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, 4th 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