The planned webinar, organised by the European Committee of the Regions together with the European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS) and the Austrian
Institute for Federalism, aims to highlight the current challenges in relation to migration and integration policies in the European Union, and propose a solution in the form of multi-level governance with the theoretical backing of authors of the publication
'Migration and the European union: Multi-Level-Governance as a Solution' .
The programme will be structured as follows:
Welcome and keynote speeches
12:00 Welcome and overall moderation Peter Bussjäger, Institute of Federalism
Othmar Karas , Vice-President of the European Parliament (via video message)
Mark Speich , Secretary of State for Federal, European and International Affairs of North Rhine-Westphalia, Chair of Commission for Citizenship, Governance, Institutional and External Affairs (CIVEX) of the European Committee of the Regions
12:15 Introduction to the debate
Peter Bussjäger , University of Innsbruck, Institute of Federalism
Anton Pelinka , Professor emeritus at the Central European University, Budapest/Vienna
Isabelle Ioannides, Policy Analyst on EU external action, European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS)
12:30 Panel discussion 1
Migration policy: a question of borders – asylum, economic migration and internal market
Moderator:
Carmen Schmidle , Deputy Head of Unit, Press Unit, European Committee of the Regions
Michael Shotter , Director for Migration, Asylum & Visa, European Commission, DG HOME
Martin Hofmann, Researcher of the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD)
Tobias Molander, Head of National and International Migration Strategy, Austrian Federal Ministry of the Interior
Gudrun Biffl , Danube-University Krems, Austria
12:55 Panel discussion 2
Integration: a task for all levels – policies, examples, limits
Moderator:
Klemen Zumer , Head of Unit for Linking the Levels, European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS)
Bert Kuby, Head of Unit, Commission for Citizenship, Governance, Institutional and External Affairs (CIVEX) of the European Committee of the Regions
Verena Wisthaler , Institute for Minority Rights at EURAC, Bozen/Bolzano, Italy
Christoph Reinprecht , Institute of Sociology, University of Vienna
Anita Orav , Expert on asylum policies and integration, European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS)
13:20 Summary and Conclusions
Christian Gsodam , Head of Cabinet of the Secretary General, European Committee of the Region
Practical Information
Date & time: 16 June 2021, 12:00 – 13:30 CEST
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Format: Microsoft Teams Webinar available to the public.
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