European Economic and Social Committee s3

European Economic and Social Committee

Hearing on Immigration and integration: cooperation between regional and local governments and civil society organisations

Organised by the European Economic and Social Committee, the Generalitat de Catalunya and Barcelona City Council with the collaboration of the Chamber of Commerce of Barcelona and the Catalan Labour, Economic and Social Affairs Council 2 and 3 February 2006 at the Casa Llotja de Mar, BARCELONA

Thursday 2 FEBRUARY

9.00 Arrival and registration of participants

9.30 OPENING OF THE HEARING

Mr MALOSSE President of the Section for Employment, Social Affairs and Citizenship, European Economic and Social Committee

Ms PRATT Head of Unit, DG Justice, Freedom and Security, European Commission

Ms TERRÓN Secretary General of the Patronat Català Pro Europa. Representative of the Governement of Catalonia in Brussels

Ms BALLARÍN Councillor of Treasury of the Barcelona City Council

Ms SIMÓ Honourable Minister for Welfare and Family Affairs, Government of the Generalitat de Catalunya

PANEL 1

10.20 Chaired by Ms O’NEILL, Member of the European Economic and Social Committee

Ms ROS, General Secretary for Immigration, Government of the Generalitat de Catalunya (Spain) Ms TAKÁCS, Executive officer, City of Budapest (Hungary)

11.25 Discussion

11.45 Coffee break - 2 -

PANEL 2

12.05 Chaired by Mr HINOJOSA, President of the Catalan Labour, Economic and Social Affairs Council

Ms JÄGER, Head of Division, Reception, housing and integration of immigrants, Land Schleswig-Holstein (Germany) Ms VALLAUD-BELKACEM, Member of the Mayor’s private office, City of Lyon (France) Ms DEMSIC, Head of the Youth Office, City of Ljubljana (Slovenia)

13.10 Discussion

13.30 Lunch break

PANEL 3

15.00 Chaired by a Member of the European Economic and Social Committee

Ms MacDONALD, Head of the International Projects Division, Scotland (UK) Mr BRONSVELD, International social relations’ officer, City of Rotterdam (The Netherlands) Ms ROUMET, Secretary General, European Liaison Committee for Social Housing

16.05 Discussion

16.25 Break

PANEL 4

16.40 Chaired by Mr KRIEGER, Research Manager, European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions

Mr VALENTI, Chief Executive for the Department of Integration and Citizenship, City of Brescia (Italy) Ms PELLILÄ, Project leader, Social Services Department, City of Helsinki (Finland) Ms MUNCH, Executive Officer/project co-ordinator, City of Oslo (Norway)

17.45 Discussion

18.00 End of first day’s proceedings

20.30 Dinner offered by the Barcelona City Council Address: Plaça Sant Jaume, 2. 08010 Barcelona

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Friday 3 FEBRUARY

9.00 Arrival of the participants

PANEL 5

9.30 Chaired by Ms VIRÓS, President of the Economic and Social Committee of Barcelona

Mr MARTIN, Director of the École de la deuxième chance, Midi-Pyrénées Region (France) Ms HOLCK, Integration consultant, City of Copenhagen (Denmark) Mr MELICÍAS, President of the Organisation de la Misericordia (Portugal)

10.35 Discussion

11.00 Coffee break

PANEL 6

11.20 Chaired by Mr ENGLAND, Eurocities and Deputy Director of Social Services, City of Leeds (UK)

Mr SANAHUJA, Director, Technical Cabinet of Immigration, Ajuntament de Barcelona (Spain) Mr ANGRISANO, Chief Executive for the Labour market with responsibility for immigration, Campania Region (Italy)

12.25 Discussion

CONCLUSIONS

12.45 Chaired by Mr PARIZA, member of the European Economic and Social Committee

Ms DÍEZ, Member of the European Parliament

Mr PAJARES, Expert from the European Economic and Social Committee

13.30 End of the Hearing

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