OPEN DAYS 2011
THEMATIC SUBSIDIARITY WORKSHOP
"The integration of immigrants at local and regional level"
Committee of the Regions, Brussels
Wednesday, 12 October 2011, 11.15 a.m. - 1 p.m., room JDE 51.
CHAIR: Mr Ramón Luis Valcárcel Siso, First Vice-President of the Committee of the Regions and Coordinator of the Subsidiarity Monitoring Network (SMN)
SPEAKERS
Mr Stefano Manservisi, Director-General, Directorate-General HOME, European Commissio
Mr Salvatore Iacolino, Vice-Chair of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs of the European Parliament (IT/EPP)
Mr Dimitrios Kalogeropoulos, CoR Member (EL/EPP), Rapporteur on the European Second European Agenda for Integration, CIVEX commissio
Mr Walter Kindermann, Director-General for Integration Affairs, Hessian Ministry of Justice, Integration and Europe
- Mr Vittoriano Solazzi, President of the Regional Parliament of Marche
Audio registrations are available in:
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Migrant integration is a major challenge facing European societies. It is also an area which serves as an excellent illustration of the application of the subsidiarity principle: policies are implemented and deliver results at the local, regional and national levels, but are also inspired by guidelines agreed at EU level and depend upon an effective partnership between all actors concerned (multi-level governance).
This Thematic Subsidiarity Workshop will show-case the experience of cities and regions that have participated in the consultation carried out by the Committee of the Regions on the Second European Agenda for Integration during its preparation. It will illustrate the CoR's approach to subsidiarity monitoring upstream in EU policy-making and will identify avenues for cooperation by means of a discussion with representatives of the Commission and the European Parliament.
Speakers will present the main challenges faced at local and regional level regarding the integration of migrants and will highlight successful experiences. They will also discuss concrete initiatives at EU level to support local and regional action, in the context of the recently released Communication of the European Commission on the Second European Agenda on Integration.
The Thematic Subsidiarity Workshop will be followed by a Networking event to present further activities of the Subsidiarity Monitoring Network, particularly in the area of migrants' integration.
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