Tentative Programme of the Symposium

New (Im)migrants in the EU: Facing the Challenges of Integration

15 Februrary 2016, Zagreb, Croatia

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organised by the Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies, Zagreb, together with the Institut
Franais, Zagreb, Goethe Institut, Zagreb and sterreichisches Kulturforum, Zagreb, as members of
European Union National Institutes for Culture (EUNIC network Croatia)

9.00-9.30 Registration

9.30-10.00 Welcome notes

Katrin Ostwald-Richter, Acting Director of the Goethe Institut, Zagreb
Sonja Podgorelec, Acting Director of the Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies, Zagreb
Luc Levy, Acting Director of the Institut Francais, Zagreb

KEYNOTE LECTURES (moderator Luc Levy)

10.00-10.45 Mirjana Morokvai Intgration en question: du vivre ensemble la slection et la
construction de laltrit
10.45 11.30 Caroline Y. Robertson-von Trotha (TBA)

11.30 12.00 Break

PANEL SESSIONS
12.00-13.30 Panel 1 (moderator Sanja Klempi Bogadi)
Saa Boi and Simona Kuti Integration of migrants into disintegrated societies? A return to
functional citizenship
Katrina Kratzmann Integration policy in Austria: Old attempts and new challenges
Snjeana Gregurovi (Im)migrant Integration and Trust in Multicultural Societies: the Case of
Highly Skilled Migrants from South-East Europe in Brussels

13.30 14.30 Break

14.30 16.00 Panel 2 (moderator Saa Boi)

Nea Kogovek alamon Challenges and perspectives for future integration policies: The case of
Slovenia
Goranka Lali Novak and Anamarija Kova The integration of refugees into Croatian society: Testing
the legal standards and administrative capacity
Drago upari-Ilji and Dubravka Mlinari The issues of guardianship and reunification of the
unaccompanied minors in Croatia

16.00 16.15 Break

16.15 18.00 Round table Integration Policies and Practices in Croatia: Conditions and Perspectives
(moderator Drago upari-Ilji)
Discussants: the Ministry of Interior representative (tbc), Lana Vukalovi Velimirovi Government's
Office for Human Rights and Rights of National Minorities, Mevludi Arslani Islamic Centre in
Zagreb, Tea Vidovi Centre for Peace Studies, Prince Adewale Soniyiki Association of Africans in
Croatia, Branko Orikovi Croatian Red Cross

working languages of the Symposium are Croatian and English with simultaneous translation