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Forum 2006 – Achieving social cohesion in a multicultural Europe
Some of the contributions are collected in the publication
Trends in social cohesion, No. 18

"Achieving social cohesion in a multicultural Europe
– Concepts, situation and developments"


Synopsis
Index (Pdf)
Opening session

Nikolaus G. van der Pas , Director General, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities, European Commission

 

Stavros Lambrinidis , MEP (Socialist Group, Greece), Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

   
Rita Süssmuth , former Speaker of the Bundestag (Germany)    
 
Session I: Globalisation and migration: a dual challenge to Europe’s social systems
Jerzy Ciechanski, Chair of the European Committee for Social Cohesion (CDCS), Council of Europe    

Claude-Valentin Marie, Vice-President of the National Authority to combat discrimination and promote equality

 

Laurent Bonelli , University of Paris X – Nanterre

 
Luc Legoux , University of Paris 1 ( France )  
Michael Bommes , University of Osnabrück ( Germany )    
Julia Szalai , University of Budapest ( Hungary )  
Thomas Hammarberg, Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe    
Alessandra Facchi, University of Milan ( Italy )    
Giovanna Procacci - University of Milan (Italy)  

Prof. Monder Ram - Leicester Business School - De Montfort University
Director, Centre for Research in Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurship

 
 
Session II: Social policies dealing with new migrants and persons with a migration background: content and effectiveness
Federico Oliveri - Council of Europe Social Cohesion Development Division
Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa (Italy)
   

Ana María Corral Juan , Unión General de Trabajadores, Madrid ( Spain )

 
Del Jenkins, Ethnic Minorities Employment Task Force, Department for Work and Pensions ( UK )  
Mustapha El Hamdani, Association des Travailleurs Maghrébins de France, Strasbourg    
Denis Stokkink , Fondation Pour la Solidarité, Brussels (Belgium)  
Dorothea Grieger , Head of the Migration and Public Health group, Federal unit for migration, refugees and integration (Germany)  
Sara Collantes , Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants, Brussels ( Belgium )    
Tiziana Caponio , University of Turin and FIERI, Turin ( Italy )    
Hans Verrept , Intercultural Mediation Unit, Federal Public Service for Public Health, Brussels ( Belgium )    
Kris Clarke , University of Tampere ( Finland )    
Andreas Germershausen , Berlin Commissioner for Integration ( Germany )    

Sako Musterd - Universiteit van Amsterdam
Department of Geography, Planning and International Development Studies

 

Muriel Maffessoli, ORIV, Strasbourg (France)

   
Malika Abdelaziz, ACSUR-Las Segovias ( Spain )    
Margaret Healy , “Kalayaan – Justice for migrant domestic workers”, London (UK)  
Ruba Salih , University of Bologna ( Italy )    
Julieta Manzi-Adam , Amnesty for Women, Hamburg ( Germany )
 
 
Session III: Towards negotiated management of conflicts and differences: political perspectives to be explored
Gabriella Battaini Dragoni - Council of Europe
Director General of Education, Culture and Heritage, Youth and Sport, Intercultural Dialogue Coordinator
   

Khaled Fouad Allam - University of Trieste and Urbino
Member of the Italian Parliament

 
Altay A. Manço , Institut de Recherche, Formation et Action sur les Migrations – IRFAM (Belgique)  
Hans Ucko , World Council of Churches, Geneva ( Switzerland )    
Ahmet Içduygu , University of Koç (Turkey)  

Philippe Boillat - Council of Europe,
Director General of Human Rights

   
Toralv Moe , Municipality of Oslo ( Norway )    
Ignacio Camos , Secretary for Immigration of Catalonia (Spain)    
Rui Marques, Portuguese High Commissioner for Immigration and Ethnic Minorities ( Portugal )  
Athanassia Ioannou , Chair of the CDMG, Council of Europe
 
 
Session IV: “Integration through democracy: migrants’ representation, commitment and influence in the public arena”

Emine Bozkurt , MEP (Socialist Group, Netherlands)

   
Muhammad Anwar , University of Warwick ( UK )    
Claire Frachon , Panos Paris Institut (France)    
Eve Kyntäjä, Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions (SAK), Helsinki (Finland)    
Tauhid Pasha, Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrant, London ( UK )  
 
Conclusive session
Marc Reymann - Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population    
Gilda Farrell - Council of Europe
Head of Social Cohesion Development Division
   
Ralph Jacob - DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities, European Commission
Head of the Social and Demographic Analysis Unit