Challenges of International Migration II: Migration and Regional Development in Europe through the Eyes of Young Professionals
The conference aims in the first place to ensure a unique possibility to meet for young experts from academic sphere (master and doctoral students) and practioners (NGOs, public institutions), who are working with migration in the field.
Regional Studies Department, University of Economics and migrant youth organization Youth Included are jointly organizing the second international conference „Challenges of International Migraiton: Migration and Regional Development in Europe through the Eyes of Young Professionals“, which will take place in December 2014 in Prague, Czech Republic.
The conference aims in the first place to ensure a unique possibility to meet for young experts from academic sphere (master and doctoral students) and practioners (NGOs, public institutions), who are working with migration in the field. Three-day event will make it possible to share the experiences and knowledge, to open a space for discussion and suggestions, and to establish the proffesional networks in the field of migration. Event will unite academic papers on migration and regional development, research findings from the fieldwork, presentations of activities from non-governmental and governmental organizations, working with the challenges of migration in Europe.
Among the key speakers:
Migration and gender, Petra Ezzedine, Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Humanities, Charles University /SIMI Prague;
Aspects, what affect process of acculturation for migrants, Laura Buzinska, Central European University;
more to be added!
Research findings from the fieldwork:
Resistences from the margins: case study of Association of African women for integration at Valencia, Jana Vlastnikova, InBaze community center;
Extreme right anti-refugee protesters in Western Hungary, Annastiina Callius, Amsterdam University;
The role of NGOs in the migrants’ integration in Greece, Magdalena Kavvadia, Athens University and Katerina Batueva, University of Economics;
more to be added;
Workshops from NGOs:
Fortress Europe: Are the Czech media flooded by a wave of xenophobic articles? People in Need Foundation – Migration Awareness Programme;
Migration and youth involvement, International Organization of Migration (IOM), project ACCESS – Active Citizenship: Enhancing political participation of migrant youth;
Exploring routes and stories of migration,Youth Included, Liudmila Kopecka;
more to be added!
Special panel:
“Mobility in the crisis – crisis of mobility?, Kamila Fialkowska, Institute of Social Science, Warsaw University/Centre of Migration Research in Warsaw
This panel will bring together papers form sociological and political science (but not only) perspective, which touch upon mobility of young Europeans in today’s Europe/world. Papers should contribute to the discussion about mobility in the crisis/crisis of mobility – bringing the issues of diverse forms of spatial mobility (i.e. barriers, facilitators), policies related to mobility, (multiple) inequalities, aging, transnationality and/or cosmopolitan lifestyles.
Topics for your abstracts:
“Defending European Fortress”: common immigration EU policy and impact on the region/country;
Migration patterns in Europe and their impacts on the region/country/city;
Legal frameworks in the European countries and their practical implementation;
Migrant networks and their impact on hosting and sending countries;
Institutions, politics and migration;
Migration and trade;
Migration and Globalization;
Migration and Financial Crisis;
Remittances, Growth and Regional Development;
Human capital, migrants and Regional Development;
Migration and integration: practices, challenges, main actors;
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DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION AND FOR SUBMITING ABSTRACTS: 31.10.2014
Abstracts (maximum 300 words) accompanied by your short bio can be submitted to challengesofmigration2014@gmail.com
Eligibility:
Academic affiliation (master, PHD program) at the time of application;
Professional affiliation in the field of migration (NGO, public institution, education institution);
Sufficient level of English;
Residing in one of European countries at the moment of application.
more information can be found on http://challengesofmigration2014.com/
Training overview
http://trainings.salto-youth.net/4441
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This Seminar is
for 50 participants
from Erasmus+ Youth Programme countries 
, Partner Countries Neighbouring the EU
and recommended for
Youth workers, Youth project managers, Youth policy makers, master and PHD students dealing with migration and regional development
Working language(s):
English
Organiser:
Youth Included (Youth NGO)
YOUTH INCLUDED is a non-profit organization, based in Prague, Czech Republic, managed by a team of academics, youth workers and experts in the field of youth work, intercultural cooperation and diversity promotion.
YOUTH INCLUDED has been created as an open-space for open-minded, honest, creative and active young people who want to make a change in their communities. We commit ourselves to support, advice, guide and educate the youth by giving them a chance to develop and organize the project of their dream, by providing them opportunities to volunteer and experience other cultures, by showing them that changing the World can start with small steps to self-exploring, self-respecting, self-development and self-expressing.
Among our main aims are contribution to the positive social changes in the society by promoting intercultural dialogue, facilitating understanding among people and establishment of harmonic co-existence.
Our organization is working with young people as we do believe that the youth is the key to building of the future generations, therefore we have to put all the efforts to give them the tools for education, raise their awareness in regards to the dangers of xenophobia and discrimination, show them the diversity of the World and point out the positive effects of intercultural interactions.
Co-organiser(s):
- University of Economics (Youth NGO)
Costs
We organize this conference for young professionals, who just start their professional career in the field of migration and regional development.
That is why the participation in the conference is free of charge, however participants would have to ensure their own travel costs and accomodation while on the conference.
, Partner Countries Neighbouring the EU