European Migration Network
IV National Seminar
27th September 2011
HOLISTIC APPROACH TO MIGRATION – ASSUMPTIONS AND CHALLENGES
House of the Estates, Snellmaninkatu 9-11, 00170 HELSINKI
PROGRAMME
08.30 – 09.00 Registration and coffee
09.00 - 09.10 Welcoming words – Kielo Brewis, Head of the FI EMN NCP
09.15 – 09.30 Opening words – Päivi Räsänen, Minister of the Interior
09.30 – 10.00 Keynote address: Constructing and Imagining Migration in the EU
Dr. Elspeth Guild Professor of European Migration Law, Centre for Migration
Law, Radboud University Nijmegen, CEPS - Associate Senior Research Fellow
10.00– 10.15 Book launch: Maahanmuutto työvoimantarpeen täyttäjänä - Satisfying Labour
Demand through Migration
10.15 – 10.30 BREAK
10.30 – 11.00 EMN Synthesis report: Satisfying Labour Demand through Migration
Petra van Nierop, Director GHK, EMN Service Provider
11.00 – 11.15 Comment - The Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions SAK
Pia Björkbacka, Adviser, Industrial and Commercial Policy
DISCUSSION
11.45 – 12.45 LUNCH
12.45 – 13.45 EMN Thematic Studies 2011 National reports
· Visa Policy as Migration Channel
Mari Helenius, Researcher, MIGRI, Legal and Country Information Unit
· Practical Measures for Reducing Irregular Migration
Riikka Asa, Senior Advisor, FI EMN NCP
13.45 – 14.00 Migration as support mechanism for third countries’ development goals
Rilli Lappalainen, Managing Director
Kehys - The Finnish NGO Platform to the EU
14.00 – 14.30 COFFEE BREAK
14.30 – 15.00 EMN Work Programme 2012
Rafael Bärlund, Senior Advisor, FI EMN NCP
15.00 – 15.30 Conflict resolution as part of holistic migration management
Tuija Talvitie, Managing Director, Crisis Management Initiative - Finland
15.30 – 16.00 Discussion and closing words - Kielo Brewis, FI EMN NCP
