Integrating european neighbourhoods

Wednesday, 17 October 2012

Integrating European neighbourhoods

Residence Palace, Polak Room

Rue de la loi 155 – 1040 Brussels

PROGRAMME

09.00           Opening remarks

                   Yves Pascouau, Senior Policy Analyst, European Policy Centre

09.05           Presentation of the conceptual and methodological basis of the Concordia Discors project

Ferruccio Pastore and Irene Ponzo, FIERI

Discussant:

Marco Martiniello, CEDEM, University of Liège

09.45           Local spaces and intergroup relations

                   Presentation of the Concordia Discors results

Ben Gidley COMPAS, University of Oxford

Discussants: 

Maria Lucinda Fonseca, IGOT, University of Lisbon

10.30           Q&A session

10.45           Coffee Break

11.15           Panel debate

Building integration from below

Chair: Ferruccio Pastore, FIERI

Nicos Trimikliniotis, University of Nicosia

Kinga Göncz, Member of the European Parliament

Luc Van den Brande, Member of the Committee of Regions

Michael Keating, Cohesion and integration strategy for the London Borough of Tower Hamlets

12.30           Q&A session

13.00           Sandwich Lunch 

14.30           Parallel working groups (in EPC Conference room and Max Kohnstamm room, 4^th floor)

                        Working group 1

How do urban spaces affect integration and intergroup relations?

Chair: Ricard Morén Alegret, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona

Pietro Cingolani, FIERI

Ana Feder, Eurocities

Emmanouil Dardoufas, CIVEX Commission, Committee of the Regions

                   Ana Maria Sust Soler, Sagrada Familia Library

Working group 2

What can local institutions and civil society do to turn conflict into cooperation?

Chair: Claudia Köhler, EFMS, University of Bamberg

Daniele Valle, District 3, Torino

Cristian Pirvulescu, Member of the EESC

Eric De Jonge, BON, Flemish community helpdesk for new migrants in Brussels

Tea Garadnay, Budapest Chance Nonprofit Ltd.

16.00           Documentary screening, shot in Concordia Discors cities

16.15           Final plenary session (Polak Room)

                   Chair: Endre Sik, TARKI

Feedback from working groups

Claudia Köhler and Ricard Morén Alegret

16.30           Q&A session

16.45              Concluding remarks

Stefano Manservisi, Director General for Home Affairs, European Commission

17.00           Q&A session

17.15           End