EU Resettlement Network

Caritas International | Elisabeth Verniers: Engage in the coaching of new arrived resettlers in Belgium & help to mobilize local c ...
Valentina Sofia Caron: I will talk to my organisation to organize an event/ action to promote resettlement, I want to be a volunte ...
Swedish Migration Board | Denise Thomsson: I will talk to my organisation to organize an event/ action to promote resettlement, I ...
SPD | Max Singer: I want to be a volunteer to help refugees when they arrive in my country, I will talk to my organisation to orga ...
Humber College | Evelyn Butler: I will send a petition to my government/city, I will talk to my organisation to organize an event ...
Finnish Red Cross | Federico Ferrara: I will promote resettlement, I will talk to my organisation to organize an event/ action to ...
Christoffer Modig: Write a thesis on the subject
Finnish Ev. Lutheran Church Council | Marja-Liisa Laihia: I will talk to my organisation to organize an event/ action to promote r ...
AGIRE (Italian Agency for Emergency Response) | Cecilia Signorini: I want to be a volunteer to help refugees when they arrive in my country
Hugahorsetherapy | Lynn Jeffery: I want to be a volunteer to help refugees when they arrive in my country
Fondazione Giacomo Brodolini | Megan PILLI: I will promote resettlement, I will talk to my organisation to organize an event/ acti ...
Caritas International Belgium | Elisabeth Verniers: I will write an article in the newspaper, I will promote resettlement

SHARE Network Conference Programme & Presentations

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Monday 21st October 2013

Welcome & introduction to the SHARE Network Conference	Bernard Ryelandt - President, ICMC Europe Petra Hueck - Head of Office, ICMC Europe
'From global to local' - resettlement, protection and international solidarity in European regions and cities	Vincent Cochetel - Director of the Bureau for Europe, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Hilde Scheidt - Deputy Mayor, city of Aachen Abdulkareem Abdulkareem - Iraqi engineer resettled to Munich
Refugee resettlement and integration in European cities and regions - a comparative overview	Petra Hueck - ICMC Europe Matthieu Tardis - France Terre d'Asile Evelyn Jäger - Innenministerium des Landes Schleswig-Holstein/Ministry of the Interior des Landes Schleswig-Holstein Tarja Rantala - Finnish Ministry of Employment and the Economy
The SHARE Project 2012-13	Rachel Westerby - ICMC Europe
EXPERT PANEL: The SHARE City Visit Exchange Programme	Belinda Gallup - Sheffield City Council Chris Ward - Refugee Action (UK) Frowynke Siegers - British Refugee Council Tuula Haapio - city of Tampere Elisabeth Verniers - Caritas International (Belgium) Sabe Soe - Burma Center Prague Diana Karabinova - Red Cross Austria Ana Fontal - European Council on Refugees & Exiles (ECRE)

Tuesday 22nd October 2013

KEYNOTE ADDRESS: 'Network-building, exchange and engagement with European regions and cities - recipes for success!'	Helge Lunde - Executive Director, International Cities of Refuge Network (ICORN) To watch a video about ICORN click here.
INTERACTIVE PANEL 1 moderated by Torsten Moritz (CCME) Welcoming communities & humanitarian cities	Cllr. Jackie Drayton - Cabinet Member for Children, Young People & Families, Sheffield City Council (UK) Kristine Bjerre - Danish Refugee Council Akoi Bazzie - British Refugee Council Joseph Walker - Gateway Communities Forum (UK) Ingeborg Heck-Böckler - Amnesty International/Save Me, city of Aachen (Germany) Tiffy Allen - City of Sanctuary (UK)
INTERACTIVE PANEL 2 moderated by Petra Hueck (ICMC Europe) The 'resettlement laboratory' - developing integration practices through resettlement	Christine Johansson - Arbetsförmedlingen (Swedish Public Employment Service) Gaya Blom - Foundation for Refugee Students (UAF - the Netherlands) Tim Griffiths - city of Manchester (UK) & Alison Bacon - Gateway Project Manager William Montoro & Anne-Laure Alonso-Berier - Forum Réfugiés-Cosi (France) Ariane den Uyl - VluchtelingenWerk Nederlands
INTERACTIVE PANEL 3 moderated by Rachel Westerby (ICMC Europe) Researching resettlement - integration at the local & regional level	Emilie Wiinblad - UNHCR Europe Bureau Raphael Richards - city of Sheffield (UK) Thomas Farrell & Aoife Titley - St Catherine's Community Services Centre, Carlow County (Ireland)
INTERACTIVE PANEL 4 moderated by Rachel Westerby (ICMC Europe) Peer learning & exchange in the SHARE Network	Thomas Jézéquel - EUROCITIES Sophie Ngo-Diep & Rachel Westerby - ICMC Europe