SIRIUS NATIONAL ROUND TABLE 2021 in Greece

TOPIC: ACCESS TO REFUGEE AND MIGRANT EDUCATION: COVID-

19 PANDEMIC, CONDITIONS AND NEXT STEPS

9 December 2021
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SIRIUS activities

Organized by: Hellenic Open University (HOU)

in collaboration with the University of Western Macedonia (UoWM)

Affiliated Organizations:

International Association for Intercultural Education

Hellenic Association for Intercultural Education

Audience: refugee and migrant students, teachers who work at refugee

settings (formal and non-formal) student teachers at Hellenic Open
University, from the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Migration Policy, from
NGOs.

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Meeting link:
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Meeting number:
2734 448 5516
Password:
SIRIUS2021

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 9th December 2021
FINAL PROGRAMME

4-4.40 pm: Opening- Official Greetings

Delegates from the Ministry of Education and Religion: Vice Ministers,
Head of the Refugee Education Sector
Representatives of HOU and UoWM- The Deans, the Rectors

Nektaria Palaiologou, HOU, Director of L.R.M., IAIE Vice President,

SIRIUS and HOU activities (10 min)

4.40-5.30 pm: K e y n o t e s f r o m i n t e r n a t i o n a l a n d n a t i o n a l
expert-Discussion

4.40-5.00pm: Ottavia Brussino, OECD

Inclusive education for refugee and immigrant students during
and beyond COVID-19

5.00-5.20pm: George Androulakis, Professor,

University of Thessaly. Refugee students in
Greece. Expert at Schools for ALL

5.20-5.30 pm: Discussion

5.30-6.15 pm: Panel Discussion-The aim of Workshops (delegates from

national organizations)

6.15-7.00 pm: Workshops in Break out rooms: 3 experts groups with

students from Language in Education for Refugees and Migrants

• Covid 19 and its effects on refugee and migrant students: what

happened the last year?, Dr. George Simopoulos, UNICEF Greece, and
Vlasios Manolias, L.R.M. student.
• Refugee Students’ needs, Dr. Dora Katsamori, expert in Refugee
Education, European Wergeland Centre and Kalliopi Bitsiou, L.R.M.
student.
• Refugee education policies on the lens: holistic and inclusive
approaches?
Dr. Victoria Banti, L.R.M. tutor-expert at Human Rights and Refugee
Law and Victoria Prekate, prior Refugee Coordinator, L.R.M. student.

7.00-7.30 pm: Closure- Discussion