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Thursday, September 18, 2008, 10.40 - 13 h
Roundtable 1 - Demographic Changes, Human Capital and Labour Migration in Europe
Are there mechanisms in the European Union for a coherent policy management on human capital and labor migration in Europe? Do European governance bodies exist to coherently manage and control labor migration? Is a governance of labour migration possible in light of the different situations of the labor markets in the member states? Does the EU Enlargement have an influence on the labor migration policies within the European Union?
With:
- Egbert Holthuis, Deputy Head of Unit, European Employment Strategy, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities, Brussels
- Janusz Grzyb, Director, Ministry of Labour and social policy, Department of Migration, Warsaw
- Prof. James Wickham, Director, Employment Research Centre, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin
- Mark Kleinman, Director for Migration and Chief Social Researcher, Communities and Local Government UK, London
Chair: Jakob von Weizsäcker, Bruegel, Resident Fellow, Brussels
Roundtable 2 - The Africa-Europe Dynamic: Poverty meets Fortress
Which governance structures already exist in order to coordinately manage migration between Africa and Europe? Which conflicting and common interests can be identified (i.e. remittances vs. brain-drain)? Which regional initiatives and processes can build the foundation for a common migration management? How can competing political fields such as migration, development, employment, security, etc. be integrated into the governance debate?
With:
- Ambassador Nihad Abdel Latif, Secretariat for Coordination and Implementation Egypt-EU Partnership, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cairo
- Prof. Mohammad Khachani, Moroccan Association for Studies and Education on Migration, University Mohammed V, Rabat
- Elizabeth Adjei, Ghana Immigration Service, Accra
- Dr. Jean-Pierre Cassarino, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, Coordinator MIREM project, Florence
Chair: Brima Conteh, Diaspora Afrique, Paris
Roundtable 3 - Migration and Development: Potentials and Shortcomings
How can the positive potential of migration become an element of European and international development collaborations? How can remittances be specifically used for poverty reduction and development? How can the different levels of migration in Europe (labor migration, circular migration, education and training, family reunion etc.) be more efficiently applied in the context of development collaborations? How can diaspora communities in Europe participate in the governance of development policy?
With:
- Prof. Irudaya Rajan, Centre for Development Studies, Trivandum, Kerala
- Jason Gagnon, Research Associate, OECD Development Centre, Paris
- Syed Nayyar Hasnain Haider, Overseas Pakistanis Foundation, Islamabad
- Erich Stather, State Secretary, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Berlin
Chair: Dr. Hans-Werner Mundt, Senior Advisor Migration and Development, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ), Berlin
Friday, September 19, 2008 10.30 - 12.30 h
Roundtable 4 – Security, Protectionism & Liberalization of Labour Market – Goal Conflicts in the Governance of Migration
How can goal conflicts be managed between security, pressure of demographic change, immigration into labor market and development policy? How can the goal conflicts be reconciled in a far-sighted European migration policy? Which conflicts do exist from the perspective of the sending (emigration) and receiving (immigration) nations managing migration processes? How can terrorism be controlled in a growing liberal area of mobility as the European Union?
With:
- Dr. Hans Dietrich von Loeffelholz, Federal Office for Migration and Refugees, Migration & Integration Research, Nürnberg
- Friedrich-Alexander Hoppe, Assistent Chief Constable, Federal Police Headquarters Strategic Planing, Potsdam
- Prof. Don J. DeVoretz, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada
- Dr. Martin Ruhs, Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS), University of Oxford, Oxford
Chair: Michele Wucker, Executive Director, World Policy Institute, New York
Roundtable 5 – Protecting the Vulnerable: Refugees, Asylum & Resettlement und Undocumented in the European Union
How can a European asylum, resettlement and humanitarian policy be developed within the framework of a common European migration and asylum policy? What effect do campaigns for legalization have on immigrants and the European migration policy? How can the issue of security of the vulnerable as well of the sovereign states be addressed accordingly? How can human rights and humanitarian organizations be involved in the European migration and development policy?
With:
- Dr. Gottfried Koefner, UNHCR Regional Representative for Austria, Germany and the Czech Republic, Berlin
- Doris Peschke, Churches' Commission for Migrants in Europe (CCME), Brussels
- George Joseph, Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) / Caritas Sweden, Stockholm
- Dr. Oliver Bakewell, International Migration Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford
Chair: Claudia Roth, MP, Chairwoman of Alliance 90/The Greens, Berlin
Roundtable 6 – Recent Global Governance Efforts - From Global Commission to the Global Forum
Can the Global Forum offer the right frameworks in order to promote the governance process? How do regional and international institutions as well as nation-states participate in the process? How do sending (emigration) and receiving (immigration) nations interact as partners in the dialogue process? How can civil society and non-governmental organizations participate as relevant stakeholders of the governance process?
With:
- Prof. Rita Süssmuth, Former Member of the Global Commission on International Migration, Berlin
- Nele Verbruggen, Member of the International Advisory Committee for the Civil Society Forum at Global Forum on Migration and Development / King Baudouin Foundation, Brussels
- Bernd Hemingway, IOM Regional Representative to the European Union, Brussels
- Dr. Jean D'Cunha, UNIFEM – East and Southeast Asia Regional Offfice, Bangkok
Chair: Gregory A. Maniatis, Migration Policy Institute, Washington, DC |
