European Research Forum on
Migration
and Cultural Diversity
(EuroFor)
Member of the European
Migration Centre
Programme for the
EUROFOR Annual Conference 2002
Florence, 11th until 18th
December 2002
The European Challenge:
International Migration,
Refugee Protection and Cultural Diversity
(including
Various Project Sessions)
A project of the European
Research Forum on Migration and Cultural Diversity,
initiated by the Berlin
Institute for Comparative Social Research and supported by
the University of
Florence, Department of Education, the Tuscany Region, Municipality of Florence, Municipality of Scandicci,
ARCI and the European Commission
Conference Languages:
English/Italian
Further Information: www.emz-berlin.de,
email:
eurofor@emz-berlin.de
Wednesday,
11th of December 2002
Venue:
Sala degli Specchi, Palazzo Divarelli Colonna
Via
Ghibellina 30,
Florence
13:00 Coffee, Refreshments
Welcome:
Angelo
Passaleva (Tuscany Region), Paolo Orefice (Faculty of Education, University of
Florence), Marzia Monciatti (Municipality of Florence), Jochen Blaschke (BIVS,
Berlin), Giovanna Campani (University of Florence) and Vincenzo Striano (ARCI,
Tuscany)
15:00 Introductory Contributions
Jochen
Blaschke (BIVS, Berlin)
“Immigration
and Cultural Diversity in Europe”
Annamaria
Rivera (University of Bari)
“Discrimination,
Etherophobia, Racism: The Italian Case”
Giovanna
Campani (University of Florence)
“New
Frameworks for Migration Restriction: The Italian Experience”
Charles
B. Keely (Georgetown University, Institute for the Study of International
Migration)
“Modern
Migration Management in a Global Society”
17:30 Workshop: Laboratorio per la
democrazia
Migratory
Policies, Rights and Democracy
Introduction: Ornella de Zordo
Thursday,
12th of December 2002
Venue:
Convitto della Calza, Sala Pitti
Piazza
della Calza,
Florence
09:00 Working Group on Prevention of
and Fight against Trafficking: Institutional Developments in Europe
Mano
Candappa (CRER, Warwick), Eleonora Garosi (University of Florence), Giovanna
Campani (University of Florence), Nathalie Schlenzka (BIVS, Berlin)
11:00 Teodor Shanin (University of
Manchester)
“The
Future of Industrial Workers: What can we learn from Depeasantization for
Understanding the New Marginalization of the Main Working Class?”
Danièle
Joly (Centre for Research in Ethnic Relations, University of Warwick)
“Movements
of Refugees to Europe”
Michele
Manca di Nissa (UNHCR Rome)
“The
Role of the United Nations in Refugee Protection”
Renzo
Rastrelli (University of Florence, Centro Ricerche e servizi per
límmigrazion- Comune do Prato)
“Immigration,
Integration and Deviance. The Chinese Immigration in Tuscany”
13:00 LUNCH
(Reception by the Municipality of Florence)
14:30 Panel Debate on:
“National,
European and International Politics towards Refugees”
Introduction
by Livio Pepino (Magistratura
Democratica):
“International
Refugee Protection”
Chair:
Filippo Miraglia (ARCI Tuscany)
Thomas
Schwarz (BIVS, Berlin), Luigia Sommo (University of Florence), Gianfranco
Schiavone (ICS), Antonio Ragonesi (ANCI)
16:30
Round Table: European Initiatives
Against Trafficking
Chair:
Nathalie Schlenzka (EMZ, Berlin)
Mano
Candappa (CRER, Warwick), Eleonora Garosi (University of Florence), Giovanna
Campani (University of Florence), Farid Lamara (IOM-Paris), Marco Bufo (On the
Road, Italy), Vincenzo Castelli (On the Road, Italy), Laura Grazzini (ARCI),
Juliet Singer (Missingpersons Helpline, London), Mary Cunneen (Anti-Slavery
International, London), Birgitte Husmark (Womens Council, Denmark), Helga
Konrad (OSCE, Vienna), Ms. Niesner (Asia Group, Frankfurt), Monika Smit
(Ministry of Justice, Netherlands), Georgina Vaz Cabral (Council Against Modern
Slavery, France)
20:00 ARCI - Activities
Friday,
13th of December 2002
Venue:
Sala Consigliari - Comune di Scandicci
Piazzale
della Resistenza
Scandicci,
Florence
09:00 Round Table: Institutions for
the Economic Participation of Refugees
Lynette
Kelly (CRER, Warwick), Giovanna Campani (University of Florence), Thomas
Schwarz (BIVS, Berlin), Gianfranco Schiavone (ICS)
11:00 Albrecht Weber (University of
Osnabrück)
“The
Future Role of the Geneva Convention and of other Agreements to Protect
Refugees”
Gianfranco Schiavone (ICS)
“International and National Human
Rights Considerations and the Protection of Refugees”
Jürgen
Humburg (UNHCR Rome)
“Protection
of Refugees in Europe”
13:00 LUNCH
(Reception by the City of Scandicci)
14:30 Panel Debate:
“Legal Adjustments: Will the Nation State Perspective Become Dominant
in the European Refugee Debate?”
Chair:
Jochen Blaschke
Christopher
Hein (Italian Refugee Council, Rome), Marcella
delle Donne (Universita de Sapiencia, Rome)
16:30:
Round Table: The Decentralization of Refugee Reception
Chair:
Thomas Schwarz (BIVS, Berlin)
Gianfranco
Schiavone (ICS), Filippo Miraglia (ARCI), Luigia Sommo (University of
Florence), Luca Pacini (Programma Nazionale Asilo), Luca Fanciullacci (ANCI,
Tuscany), Kath Jones (Home Office, UK), Anny Knapp (Asylum Coordination,
Vienna), Loris de Filippi (Médecins Sans Frontières)
Saturday,
14th of December 2002
Venue:
Sala Consigliari - Comune di Scandicci
Piazzale
della Resistenza
Scandicci,
Florence
9:00 Working Group on
Refugee Women: the Reception and Integration Regimes in Europe
Nathalie
Schlenzka (BIVS, Berlin), Kursheed Wadia (CRER, Warwick), Luigia Sommo
(University of Florence), Giovanna Campani (University of
Florence)
11:00 Gabi Sheffer (Hebrew University,
Jerusalem)
“Future
Politics for and in Refugee Diasporas”
Russell
King (Sussex University)
“The
Mediterranean Migration System”
Majid
Al- Haj (University of Haifa)
“UNWRA-Politics:
The Conservation of Refugee Status in Palestine and Israel”
Ali
Rashid (Palestine Embassy in Italy)
“The
Palestinians in Italy”
13:00 LUNCH
14:30 Round Table on Risk Groups of
Unaccompanied Refugee Children and Youth
Giovanna
Campani (University of Florence), Irina Meyer (BIVS, Berlin), Clara Silva
(University of Florence), Monia Giovanetti (University of Bologna), Elena Rozzi
(Save the Children), Benoit Van Keirsbilck (Service Droit des Jeunes, Brussels)
Martin
Jespersen (Hillerod Ungdomsskole, Integration of Young Refugees, Denmark), Daphne
Benjamins (SAMAH, Amsterdam), Reetta Helander (Refugee Advice Center, Finland),
Veronika Krainz (Asylum Coordination, Vienna), Tanya Ward (City of Dublin
Vocational Education Committee)
16:30 Round Table on Refugee Women:
the Reception and Integration Regimes in Europe
Chair:
Luigia Sommo (University of Florence)
Nathalie
Schlenzka (BIVS, Berlin),Kursheed Wadia (CRER, Warwick), Giovanna Campani
(University of Florence), Sanela Sabanovic (German Red Cross), Anna
Büllesbach (UNHCR Nürnberg), Laura Graccini
(ARCI), Annette Windgasse (Psychosocial Center, Düsseldorf), Ute Wagner
(Dept. Women Refugees Home, Sachsen-Anhalt)
Sunday,
15th of December 2002
Venue:
Sala Convegni della Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze
Via
Folco Portinari, 5
Florence
9:00 Round Table on
National Employment Strategies towards Migrants and Ethnic Minorities
Lynette
Kelly (CRER, Warwick), Giovanna Campani (University of Florence), Ching Lin
Pang (MERIB, Leuven), Eugenia Markova (University of Athens),
Pablo Salazar del Risco (ARCI), Annika Forsander (CEREN, University of
Helsinki)
11:00 Ursula Apitzsch (University of
Frankfurt)
“Migrant
Women and Self Employment”
Enrico
Pugliese (Institute for Research on Population and Social Policies, Rome)
“How
to Protect Non-Documented Immigrants”
Elli
Heikkila (Institute of Migration, Finland)
“Employment
of Immigrants in the Finnish Labour Market”
13:00 LUNCH
14:00 Political Lecture:
“Immigration:
The View from the Trade
Unions”
Giovanna
Mottura (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia), Bahram Asghari (CGIL,
Tuscany)
16:30 Panel Debate: “National
Interests and Economic Growth: Better Orientations for Immigration
Politics?”
Chair:
Angels Pascual de Sans (University of Barcelona)
Marzia Monciatti (Community of
Florence), Sergio Briguglio, Ugo Melchionda (IOM, Rome), A.I.E.E., Tuscany
18:00 EurFor Annual Meeting
1. Report
of Reform Group
2. New
Organisational Structure
3. New
Membership
4. Young
Researchers
5. The
Journal
6. Publications
7. Research
8. The
6th Framework Programme
9. The
new “European Study Centre”
10. Future
Cooperation
Monday,
16th of December 2002
Venue:
Sala Convegni della Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze
Via
Folco Portinari, 5
Florence
9:00 Round Table: Security
Policies, Migration and Youth
Chair:
Irina Meyer (BIVS, Berlin)
Paola
Rebughini (University of Milan), Marie Poinsot (ADRI, Paris), Muhammed
Anwar (CRER, Warwick), Dario Melossi (University of Bologna), Monia Giovannetti
(University of Bologna), N.N (SPI Foundation), Eckhard Lazai (Police Dep.,
Berlin), Samina Tahira Ahmad (CRER, Warwick), Tahir Abbas (Home Office,
London), Sabine Behn (Camino Werkstatt, Berlin), Muhammad Afzal (Cabinet
Member, Birmingham City Council)
11:00 N.N.
“Political
Participation and Cultural Diversity”
Marcel
Lorenzini “Centre de Documentation sur les Migrations Humaines”
“Cultural
Presentation, a Local Museum of Migration in a European Context”
Zoran
Lapov
“Gypsies
and Antiziganism”
Rosaria
Bruno (Médecins Sans Frontières)
“Immigrants
Support, Cultural Diversity and Medical Services”
13:00 LUNCH
14:00 Panel Debate:
“Islamophobia and European Islam”
Chair:
Giovanna Campani (University of Florence)
Mohammad
Anwar (CRER, Warwick), Åke Sander (University of Goteburg), Fuad Allam
(University of Urbino)
16:00 Panel Debate: “Racism and
Populism: The Stereotyping of Refugees in the European Regions”
Chair:
Jochen Blaschke (BIVS, Berlin)
Ilias
Katsoulis (University of Athens) , Pietro Basso (University of Venice), Katia
Amore (CRER, Warwick), Filippo Miraglia (ARCI, Toscana), Guillermo Ruiz (BIVS,
Berlin) Isolde Van Maele (BIVS, Berlin)
18:00 Young Researchers Meeting
Chair:
Andrea Hötzeldt
20:00 ARCI - Activities
Tuesday,
17th of December 2002
Venue:
Sala Auditorium del Consiglio Regionale della Toscana
Via
Cavour 2
Florence
Migration Research, Migration Theory, Migration
Practice
9:00 Round Table on
Immigration, Integration, Asylum and Refugee Policies in all EU Member States
Giovanna
Campani (University of Florence) , Ilias Katsoulis (Athens University) ,
Sandra Gil Araujo (University of Granada), José Carlos Bronze
(University of Granada), Daniele Joly (CRER, Warwick), Ching
Lin Pang (MERIB, Leuven), Loris de Filippi (Médecins sans
Frontières)
11:00 Marcella della Donne (Universita de Sapienza, Rome)
“More
Refugees, more Refugee Studies?”
Thomas
Schwarz (BIVS, Berlin)
“The
Experiences of European Research in Migration and Ethnicity”
Jochen
Blaschke (BIVS, Berlin)
“Future
Developments in Migration and Ethnicity”
13:00 LUNCH
Welcome
by Assesore Paolo Benesperi (Tuscany Region
14:00 Workshop: Associations and
Immigration
Introduction:
Franco Pittau (Caritas)
“Welfare
State, Immigration and Associations”
Contributions
of NGOs
Chair: Filippo Miraglia (ARCI,
Toscana)
Wednesday,
18th of December 2002
Venue:
Sala Auditorium del Consiglio Regionale della Toscana
Via
Cavour 2
Florence
12:00 EuroFor Meeting on Future Research
and Politics
13:00 Welcome by Assesore Mariella Zotti
(Tuscany Region)
14:00 “The International Labour
Migrants Day : We need a Charta for Migrants protection The Migration Charta
Contribution
of Immigrants´associations
Organising Body
The EUROFOR
Annual Meeting has been organised by Jochen Blaschke of the Berlin Institute
for Comparative Social Research. Co-ordination and management: Elke Park and
Cristina Faraco