61th International Study Congress
on the subject
Integration and Identity
Leiden, Netherlands, September 21 – September 24, 2011
Webster University
Boommarkt 1
Leiden
Tel: +31.71.514.4341
Conference Language: English
The yearly AWR Conference has this year as its central theme: „Integration and Identities.”
The challenge today’s societies would appear to face is how to promote integration – if indeed integration is crucial for social cohesion, mutual trust and active participation in society – without stepping upon the individual’s identity, without treading upon the other’s self.
Chair: Prof. Dr. Peter van Krieken
Vice-President of the AWR; Webster University, et al.
Thursday, September 22, 2011
08:30 – 09:00 Registration of participants
09:00 Opening Session
Welcoming Speech
Prof. Dr. Andrzej Sakson, President of AWR International, Instytut Zachodni, Poznan, Poland
Welcoming remarks
Academic and Political Authorities (inter alia Webster University)
Welcoming Lecture on Leiden as a City of Migrants
Cor Smit, Historian, Leiden, Netherlands
Opening Address and Introduction into Subject: Integration and Identities:
Prof. Dr. Ralf Roßkopf, President of the AWR Scientific Council, University of Applied Sciences Wuerzburg-Schweinfurt, Germany
10:45 – 11:15 Coffee Break
11:15 – 12:45 1st Working Session: Integration: Conceptual Issues and Benchmarking
Integration Politics and Cultural Rights
Dr. Marco Odello, Senior Lecturer in Law, Aberystwyth University, UK
Sociological and Legal Concepts underlying the International Protection of “The Others”
(Migrant Workers, Refugees, Roma, Persons belonging to National Minorities)
Dr. Alberta Fabbricotti, Vice President of the AWR Scientific Council, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Germany’s First Integration Indicator Report – Concept, Findings and Development
Dr. Dietrich Engels, Institut für Sozialforschung und Gesellschaftspolitik, Köln, Germany
Austria’s Integration Indicators of the National Action Plan for Integration – Concept, Findings and Development
Stephan Marik-Lebeck, Statistic Austria Vienna, Austria
12:45 – 13:00 Discussion
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch at Webster University
14:00 – 15:00 2nd Working Session: The EU Agenda for Integration and Best Practice
From National Integration Plan towards National Integration Action Plan – A Roadmap to Binding and Measurable Objectives
N.N., Federal Agency for Migration and Refugees, Germany (tbc)
The EU Integration Agenda – Prospects
Diane Schmitt, European Commission, Directorate-General Home Affairs (tbc)
Prospects for an Integration Directive – Pros and Cons
Prof. Dr. Peter van Krieken, Vice-President of the AWR; Webster University, et al., Leiden, Netherlands
15:00 – 15:15 Discussion
15:15 – 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 – 17:15 2nd Working Session (continued)
National Integration Program, Integration Courses, Integration Contracts and Naturalization
N.N, Staff of Minister of State, Commissioner for Migration, Refugees and Integration, Germany
Urbanization and Integration
Drs. Frans Bouwen, Director of External Relations, The Hague Process, Netherlands
Integration, Social Cohesion and Citizenship: the new Netherlands Integration Policy
Dr. Wieke Vink, special advisor, Ministry of the Interior
ICMPD's involvement in European migration and integration activities
Alenka Prvinsek (Slovenia, ICMPD, Vienna)
17:15 – 17:45 Discussion
17:45: drinks at Webster; 1930: dinner at restaurant la Bota
Friday, September 23, 2011
08:45 – 09:30 Extra Session: Inclusive Migration Curricula: A comparison and Effort to improve Migration Studies Curricula:
A special session on effectiveness and success of migration and asylum curricula (primarily benefitting our Georgian and Moldovan guests)
09:30 – 10:30 3rd Working Session: Factors Influencing the Process of Integration and the Impact of Non-Integration
The Question of the Second Generation: Integration or Segregation
Prof. Dr. Barbara Franz, AWR Correspondent, Rider University, Lawrenceville, USA
The Costs of Non-Integration vs. the Costs of Integration Politics
Tobias Fritschi, Lic. rer. pol., Lecturer, University of Applied Sciences Bern, Switzerland
Recognition of Foreign Degrees
Prof. Dr. Theodor Lemper, Executive President, Otto Benecke Stiftung, Bonn, AWR, Germany (asked)
10:30 – 10:45 Discussion
10:45 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:00 4th Working Session: National Integration Reports
Integration and Identities in Italy
Ngô Đình Lệ Quyên, Caritas Rome, President of AWR Italy, Italy
Integration and Identities in Austria
Prof. Dr. Andrea Seidler, University Vienna, Austria
Hungary: Migrant Integration in Hungary: Policies, Facts and Analyzes
Dr. Réka Friedery, Ph.D., Research Fellow, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, AWR, Hungary
12:00 – 12:15 Discussion
12:15 – 13:15 Lunch at Webster University
13:15 – 14:00 4th Working Session (continued)
Liechtenstein
Dr. Wilfried Marxer, Liechtenstein Institute, Bendern, Liechtenstein
Poland: Integration of Chechnen Refugees in Poland
Prof. Dr. Andrzej Sakson, President of AWR, Instytut Zachodni, Poznan, Poland
14:00 – 14:15 Discussion
14:15 – 15:30 5th Working Session: The Arabic Revolution and its Impact on the European Refugee System
The Refugee Situation in the Arabic States and Greece
N.N., UNHCR (to be confirmed)
IOM and the North Africa migratory challenges
Drs. Joost van der Aalst, IOM Chief of Mission, the Netherlands
The Lampedusa Crisis from an Italian and European Standpoint
Dr. Daniella Vitiello, University La Sapienza, Rome, AWR, Italy
Greece, the Refugee Challenge and the New European Asylum Support Office
Iris Gachowetz, Federal Ministry of the Interior, Federal Asylum Agency, General Secretary of AWR Austria, Vienna, Austria
15:30 – 15:45 Discussion
15:45 – 16:15 Coffee break
16:15 – 17:45 AWR General Assembly
(for members only)
19:30 Dinner at Noordwijk (beach): restaurant (to be reached by bus)
Saturday, September 24, 2011 (excursion starting 11:00 hrs)
10:00 – 11:00 Extra Session: The Hague Legal Capital:
What was the role of Kaiser Wilhelm in getting the PCIJ to the PCA-building?
(introductory lecture for today’s excursion to The Hague)
Meetings of the Various Councils / Boards
Wednesday, September 21, 2011:
14:30 – 16:30 Directory, Presidency, Scientific Council, Editorial Board
Social Events:
Wednesday, September 21, 2011:
17:30 Drinks/Dinner at the Van Krieken Residence, Oegstgeest, Piet Heinlaan 41
Bus from Prinsessekade @17:48: 32/50 (abtspoelweg)
Thursday, September 22, 2011:
18:00 Reception at Webster (offered by Webster University)
19:00 Dinner at La Bota, Leiden, Herensteeg 9, +31.71.514.6340 @euro 25
Friday, September 23, 2011:
19:30 Dinner at La Galleria, Kon. Wlihelmina Boulevard 18, Noordwijk (beach)
(18:53 Prinsessekade 169/40; or: 13/44; Busstop Vuurtorenplein
Saturday, September 24, 2011: Excursion to The Hague