PROGRAMME

Morning session

Chair:
Muriel Dunbar, Director ETF

9:00 - Opening session
Muriel Dunbar

9:15 - Europe and migration
Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, European Parliament

9:30 - Circular migration and mobility packages
Agnieszka Weinar, DG Justice, European Commission

9:45 - Green paper on education and migration
Laura Cassio, DG Education and Culture, European Commission

10:00 - Outcomes of the ETF migration studies
Natalia Popova, ETF project leader

10:30 - Coffee break

11:00 - The position of the ETF partner countries
- Egypt: Aisha Abdel Ghani, Minister of Manpower and Migration
- Albania: Kosta Barjaba, Chief of the Minister's Staff, Ministry of Labour
- Moldova: Sergiu Sainciuc, Deputy Minister of Economy and Trade
- Tunisia: Fredj Souissi, Director General of the Office des Tunisiens à l’Etranger (OTE)

12:00 - Open debate

12:30 - Lunch

Aternoon session

Chair:
Eva Jimeno Sicilia, Deputy Head of Operations Department, ETF

14:00 - Panel discussion

Members:
- Richard Black, University of Sussex
- Magued Osman, Chairman of the IDSC (Information and Decision Support Centre) at the Cabinet of the Egyptian Prime Minister
- Giuseppe Silveri, Italian Ministry of Social Solidarity
- Milan Vodopivec, The World Bank
- Jean-Pierre Cassarino, European University Institute
- Muriel Dunbar, ETF Director

Moderators:
- Diana Madill, BBC
- Marc Gramberger, Prospex

15:45 - Skills development for legal migrations: the Italian case
Cesare Damiano, Italian Minister of Labour and Social Security

16:00
Mercedes Bresso, President of the Region of Piemonte and member of the Committee of the Regions

16:15 - Wrap up and conclusions
Eva Jimeno Sicilia, ETF

16:30 - Cocktail

INFO:
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