Programma della conferenza

LUNEDI' 5 NOVEMBRE 2007

Sede: Palazzo Reale

09:00 - 10:15 Welcome and Opening Session:
Integrating Cities II and the Milan Declaration

Letizia Moratti, Mayor of Milan, Italy
Ivo Opstelten, Mayor of Rotterdam, The Netherlands / EUROCITIES
Marco Minniti, Vice-Minister of the Interior, Italy
Eduardo Cabrita, Secretary of State for Local Administration, Ministry of the Interior, Portugal
Franco Frattini, Vice-President of the European Commission and Commissioner for Freedom, Justice and Security

10:15 - 10:45 Keynote Address:
Economic development and social diversity in European cities

Ellie Vasta, Centre on Migration, Policy and Society, COMPAS, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Joaquin Arango, Department of Sociology, Compultense University of Madrid, Spain

10:45 - 11:15 Coffee break

In parallel: "Integration Market":
Posters, Stands etc of European Integration networks, projects, NGOs

11:15 - 12:15 Round table:
Territory, enterprise, job, community:
the answers to integration needs
Moderator: Olaf Merk, Urban Development Programme, OECD

Javier Fernández-Lasquetty, Regional Minister of Immigration and Development Cooperation, Region of Madrid, Spain
Alessandro Spada, Member of Board of Directors, Responsible for Europe of Assolombarda, Italy
Antonia Carparelli, Head of unit responsible for Social inclusion and social aspects of migration, DG Employment, European Commission
Ulrich Raiser, Policy Officer of the Commissioner of the Berlin Senate for Integration and Migration, Germany
Richard Stanton, Principal Policy Officer at the Greater London Authority (GLA)
Jeanne Mullgrav, Commissioner of the Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD), NYC, United States of America
Alberto Piatti, Secretary General, AVSI Foundation

12:30 - 13:00 Benchmarking Local Integration Governance:
The INTI-Cities Project

Pekka Suari, Deputy Mayor of Helsinki, Finland
Jan Niessen, Director of Migration Policy Group (MPG)

13:00 - 13:15 Introduction to afternoon workshops

Mariolina Moioli, Commissioner for Social Policy, City of Milan, Italy

13:15 - 14:30 Lunch

14:30 - 17:30 Workshops
(Travel to the workshop venues: 30 min)

INDIVIDUAL EMPOWERMENT

Workshop 1
Migrant entrepreneurs:Integration success stories

Venue: Milan Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Craft Trade and Agriculture of Milan, Palazzo Turati - Via Meravigli, 9/b

Rapporteur: Renato Mattioni, Vice General Secretary of Chamber of Commerce,
aaaa Industry, Craft Trade and Agriculture of Milan
Moderator: Giuseppe Frangi, Director of “Vita”, Italy

Speakers:
Daniel De Torres, Commissioner for immigration and intercultural dialogue of Barcelona City Council, Spain
Mustapha Sanneh, Director Social Related Marketing of Etnocom Etnomktg, Milan
Marco Accornero, President of Associazione per lo Sviluppo dell’Imprenditorialità Immigrata a Milano (ASIIM)
Jose Iban Galvez, Director “Impresaetnica”, Italy
Odile Ngo Mbila, President of Associazione Africana donne per lo sviluppo (ADAS)
Giorgio D’Amore, President of Young Entrepreuners of Assolombarda, Italy
Andrea Mascaretti, Commissioner of Labour Policies, City of Milan

Workshop 2
Working together to support migrant children: cooperation between family groups, networks and schools

Venue: Cooperativa Galdus - GB Piazzetta, 2

Rapporteur: Walter Izzo, President 'La Strada', Milan, Italy
Moderator: Marilies Flemming, former Austrian Minister of Environment, Youth and Family and Vice–president of the European Senior Citiziens’ Union, Austrian

Speakers:
Diego Montrone, President of Galdus, Milan Italy
Maria Paola Svevo, President of Fondazione Verga, Italy
Orhan Kaya, Vice-Mayor for Integration, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Matteo Zappa, Responsible for Children Areas of Caritas Ambrosiana, Italy
Mariolina Moioli, Commissioner for Social Policy, Milan, Italy
Maryan Ismail, President of Associazione Donne in Rete (ADIR)

WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP

CASE STUDY
Fusion but not confusion: social issues due to dietary identities and related new responsibilities for public administrations

Venue: Istituto dei Ciechi - Via Vivaio, 7

Moderator: Ivan Dragoni, Department of Veterinary Sciences and Technology for Food Safety, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy

Speakers:
Roberto Predolin, President SO.GE.MI, Milan, Italy
Michele Carruba, Department Pharmacology, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
Rabbi Avraham Hazan, Merkos L’Inyonei Chinuch, Expert on Kosher food Certification, Italy
Paolo Massobrio, President of Club Papillon, Italy

Workshop 3
A new home: the role of housing in integration

Venue : Cooperativa La Cordata - Via Zumbini, 11

Rapporteur: Sergio Urbani, Director of Fondazione Housing Sociale, Italy
Moderator: John England, Chair of EUROCITIES WG Migration and Integration

Speakers:
Claudio Bossi, President of “La Cordata”, Italy
Hubert Krieger, CLIP/European Foundation for Improvement of Working and Living Conditions, Ireland
Pere Picorelli Riutord, Catalan Land Institute, Government of Catalonia, Spain/ European Liaison Committee for Social Housing (CECODHAS)
Gabriele Rabaiotti, Department of Urban Design and Planning, Milan Polytechnic, Italy
Giovanni Verga, Commissioner for Housing Policy, City of Milan
Ali Rabarison, Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (VROM), The Netherlands

Workshop 4
Civic citizenship: social and civic participation in the community

Venue: Casa della Carità - Via Brambilla, 8

Rapporteur: Vincenzo Cesareo, Secretary General, ISMU Foundation
Moderator: Chester Morrison, Principal Education Officer, City of Liverpool

Speakers:
Virginio Colmegna, President of Fondazione Casa della Carità, Italy
Hans Hesselmann, Office for Human Rights, Nürnberg, and European Coalition of Cities Against Racism, Germany
Bashy Quraishy, President of European Network Against Racism (ENAR)
Ludo Steenmetser, Director Department of Social Welfare,The Hague
David Hudson, European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE)
Aldo Brandirali, President Commission Social Policies, City of Milan
Adrien Videanu, Mayor of Bucarest, Romania

(Travel to the workshop venues: 30 min)

20:30 Gala Dinner
Venue: Castello Sforzesco, Sale Viscontee

MARTEDI' 6 NOVEMBERE 2007

Sede: Palazzo Reale

09:15 - 09:30 Video Impressions from Day 1

09:30 - 10:30 Reflections on Day 1:
Presentations from the four workshop Rapporteurs
Moderator: John England, Leeds/ EUROCITIES Working Group on Migration and Integration

Speakers:
Renato Mattioni, Vice General Secretary of Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Craft Trade and Agriculture of Milan
Walter Izzo, President ‘La Strada’, Italy
Sergio Urbani, Alleanza Cooperativa Internazionale, Italy
Vincenzo Cesareo, Secretary General, ISMU Foundation

10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 - 11:15 Introductory Address:
Integration, transnationalism and co-development
Jose Luis Rhi-Sausi, Director of Centro Studi di Politica Internazionale (CeSPI)

11:15 - 12:15 Round table:
The role of cities in migration and development in countries of origin and destination
Moderator: Giorgio Paolucci, Journalist “L’Avvenire”, Milan

Speakers:
Peter Schatzer, Director Regional Office for the Mediterranean, and Chief of Mission in Italy, International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Alexandra Evert-Alverti, Deputy Mayor of Athens, Greece
Michele Pasca-Raymondo, Deputy Director General, DG Regional Policy, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium
Andrea Stocchiero, Deputy Director, Deputy director of Centro Studi di Politica Internazionale (CeSPI)
Addou Mohammad Kebir, Le Wali d’Alger, Algeri
Manfredi Palmeri, President of City Council of Milan

11:45 - 12:30 Closing session:
Local Integration Strategies - a multilevel challenge
Discussants:
Letizia Moratti, Mayor of Milan, Italy
Catherine Parmentier, EUROCITIES Chief Executive Officer

12:30 Lunch