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You can also download the programme in pdf version here Final agenda.pdf

Day 1 - Wednesday 20 November
Day 2 - Thursday 21 November
08:30 — 09:00
Registration & Welcome Coffee
09:00 — 09:45
Conference opening & welcome speeches

Moderator: Ali Al-Jaberi

  • Anna Lisa Boni, Deputy Mayor, Bologna
  • Rutger Groot Wassink, Deputy Mayor, Amsterdam & Chair of Eurocities Working Group Migration & Integration
09:45 — 11:00
Panel debate I – Rethinking Participation: cities and migrants building stronger local democracies

Moderator: Ali Al-Jaberi

Francisco Javier Ayala Ortega, Mayor, Fuenlabrada
Aurélie Belzunces, Head of Sector, Integration & Resettlement, European Commission
Rutger Groot Wassink, Deputy Mayor, Amsterdam & Chair of Eurocities Working Group Migration & Integration
Shada Islam, Journalist and Founder of New Horizons Project
Yves Pascouau, Vicepresident, Nantes Metropole

11:00 — 11:30
Coffee break & Networking
11:30 — 13:00
Parallel workshops - session I
11:30 — 13:00
Workshop 1: Homelessness and migrants with a precarious status: an overview from the local level – in cooperation with C-MISE

(in cooperation with C-MISE)

Moderator: Myriam Cherti, COMPAS, Oxford University

Guido Acquaviva, Director of Welfare and Health, Milan
Jan Braat, Senior Advisor, Utrecht
Jennie Corbett, Principal for Asylum and Migration, Manchester

11:30 — 13:00
Workshop 2: Participatory art and culture for an inclusive society in European cities

Moderator: Ceri Hutton, MigrationWork

Amir Issaa, Artist
Rita Monticelli, Delegate of the Mayor for Human Rights, Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue
Mika Penttilä, Director of Education and Cultural Services, Oulu

11:30 — 13:00
Workshop 3: Co-design in “emergencies”: examples from European cities

Moderator: Dirk Gebhardt, MigrationWork

Adem Kumcu, President, UNITEE
Panagiotis Psathas, Head of Department for the support and social inclusion of Migrants and Refugees, Athens
Eugenia Rozbitskaya, President, ‘Faina UA’ association

13:00 — 14:30
Lunch Break

As part of the 11th Integrating Cities Conference, we invite you to a screening of selected short films that are part of 13.11, a series of six films exploring the lived experiences of migrants in Europe. The screenings, organised by the Municipality of Bologna, aim to deepen our understanding of migrant narratives, encouraging us to reflect on diverse perspectives on migration.

Each short film aims at fostering awareness of migration narratives in different cities: Toulouse, Seville and Loures. The selected films explore themes of unaccompanied minors, the challenges faced by LGBTQ+ migrants, and issues of social segregation. Through these personal stories, we gain insight into the broader societal and human rights challenges and the role of communities in responding to them. These screenings form part of an effort to engage city representatives across Europe in meaningful reflection on migration narratives and inclusion.

Short films Integrating Cities Conference.pdf

14:30 — 16:00
Parallel workshops - session II
14:30 — 16:00
Workshop 4: Cities fostering safer spaces for the participation of vulnerable migrants

Moderator: Razan Ismail, New Women Connectors

Ari Alatossava, Mayor, Oulu
Kirstie Angstmann, Elected Member of the Migrants Council and the Women Commission, Freiburg
Daro Sakho, Diversity Manager, Bologna
Antonella Valmorbida, Secretary General, ALDA

14:30 — 16:00
Workshop 5: A peer-learning journey with the Integration Champions: A Eurocities initiative

Moderators: Sue Lukes and Richard Williams, MigrationWork

Ibtisam Adem, Councillor, London Borough of Lambeth
Jan Janoušek, Specialist in Foreigners Integration, Prague
Caroline Schlenker,  Project Manager, Grenoble Alpes Metropole
Priyanka Sood, Integration Services Manager, Oulu

14:30 — 16:00
Workshop 6: Community participation and well-being among migrants and refugees

Moderator: Bella Kosmala, MigrationWork
 

Sara Martinez‐Damia, Professor in Psychology, University Cattolica del
Sacro Cuore, Milan
Abd Alrhman Marae, Representative of the Agora, Grenoble Alpes Metropole
Ronke Oluwadare, Systemic Social constructivist Psychotherapist

16:00 — 19:00
Free time
17:00 — 19:00
Side Event OPTIONAL: Advocacy in Action for Equality. An Open Dialogue between European and Local Networks

Advocacy in Action for Equality. An Open Dialogue between European and Local Networks

In the framework of the Integrating Cities Conference, the side event aims at creating a space for discussion on advocacy between European networks and local associations, sharing good practices. The event will host contributions by Emily Marion Clancy (Vice Mayor of the Municipality of Bologna), Benedetto Zacchiroli (President of the European Coalition of Cities against Racism), Kim Smouter (General Director of the European Network Against Racism) and the representatives of associations of the Anti-Discrimination Help Centre (SPAD) network in Bologna.

Italian-English interpretation will be provided

19:00
Performance by Cantieri Meticci in Piazza del Nettuno
20:00 — 22:00
Integrating Cities Charter signing ceremony & Reception dinner

New signatory cities: Bologna, Dortmund, Düsseldorf, Grenoble-Alpes Metropole & Vilnius

  • Anna Lisa Boni, Deputy Mayor, Bologna
  • André Sobczak, Secretary General, Eurocities

 

The evening function on Wednesday 20 November will also take place at the same location: Biblioteca Sala Borsa in Palazzo d'Accursio.

08:45 — 09:15
Registration & Welcome Coffee
09:15 — 09:30
Presentation of the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)
09:30 — 10:45
Panel II – Co-designing narratives to shape an inclusive society

Moderator: Ali Al-Jaberi

Faouzi Achbar, Deputy Mayor, Rotterdam
Simona Bieliūnė, Deputy Mayor, Vilnius
Emily Marion Clancy, Deputy Mayor, Bologna
Fatemeh Jailani, COO, SINGA Global
Kim Smouter-Umans, Director General, European Network Against Racism
Benedetto Zacchiroli, President European Coalition of Cities Against Racism

10:45 — 11:00
Coffee break & Networking
11:00 — 13:30
Site Visits

A bus will drive you to the different site visits

11:00 — 13:30
Site Visit 1: SALUS Space

Via Malvezza, 2/2, Bologna

SALUS is a space for social innovation through a participatory design process (co-design), with a generative and intercultural Welfare approach. It is a centre of local services for citizens in a multi-purpose building.

11:00 — 13:30
Site Visit 2: Intercultural Centre Massimo Zonarelli

Via Giovanni Antonio Sacco, 14, Bologna

The Intercultural Centre promotes the participation of new citizens in the Municipality and supports migrant and intercultural associations.

11:00 — 13:30
Site Visit 3: Cantieri Meticci and Centro diurno at MET Space

Via Massimo Gorki, 6, Bologna

MET Space was a warehouse, now regenerated with a view to recycling. It hosts exhibitions, shows, intercultural evenings, events and a Youth day center for unaccompanied minor migrants and young adults.

13:00 — 13:30
Transport back to the venue
13:30 — 15:00
Closing words and Lunch

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