V INTERNATIONAL FORUM ON MIGRATION AND PEACE
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Integration: Towards a Peaceful and Democratic Coexistence
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June 11 – 12, 2014
Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Headquarter

Berlin V INTERNATIONAL FORUM ON MIGRATION AND PEACE
Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Program: 

June 12, 2014

From	To	Agenda	Moderator
17:30	18:00	Accreditation and Welcoming
18:00	18:20	Opening of the Forum Dr. Gerhard Wahlers, Deputy Secretary General, Konrad- AdenauerStiftung Leonir Chiarello, Executive Director, Scalabrini International Migration Network (SIMN) Sandro Gazzola, General Superior of the Missionaries of Saint Charles, Scalabrinians
18:20	20:00	The role of Migration in International Relations Armin Laschet, Member of Landtag, Deputy Chairman of the CDU Germany Laura Thompson, Deputy Director General of the International Organization for Migration Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, Permanent Representative of the Holy See to the United Nations and International Organizations in Geneva	Olaf Jacob, Head of Department Latin America
20:00	21:00	Welcoming Cocktail
		June 12, 2014
From	To	Agenda	Moderator
9:00	9:30	Accreditation and Welcoming
9:30	11:00	1st Panel – Dignity: "Human Dignity is Inviolable" Donald Kerwin, Director of the Center for Migration Studies of New York Nele Allenberg, legal advisor/consultant of the German Evangelical Church for migration, integration, immigration and asylum law, human rights Flor Maria Rigoni, Director of Casa del Migrante Belen, Tapachula, Mexico	Fabio Baggio, Director of the Scalabrini International Migration Institute, Rome
11:00	11:30	Coffee break
11:30	13:00	Panel 2 – Integration: Fort- und Rückschritte in der Integrationspolitik der letzten 25 Jahre Serap Güler MdL, Spokeswoman of the CDU of the Working Committee for Integration, Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia Tobias Keßler, Director of the Center for Migration Studies of Basel, Staff Member of the Institute for Global Church and Mission in Frankfurt and Advisor of the German Episcopal Commission for Migration Mercedes del Carmen Guillén Vicente, Assistant Secretary for Population, Migration and Religious Affairs of Mexico	Alfredo Goncalves, General Director of Scalabrini International Migration Network
13:00	14:30	Lunch
14:30	16:00	Panel 3 – Demokratie: Beiträge von Migranten in demokratischen Prozessen Cemile Giousouf MdB, Referentin im nordrhein-westfälischen Ministerium für Arbeit, Integration und Soziales Dr. Joseph Chamie, Ehemaliger Direktor der Abteilung für Bevölkerungsfragen der Vereinten Nationen und ehemaliger Direktor des Zentrums für Migrationsstudien in New York (CMS) Franz Wolf-Maier, Direktor des Österreichischen Integrationsfonds, Wien	Olaf Jacob, Head of Department Latin America, KonradAdenauer-Stiftung
16:00	16:30	Coffee break
16:30	18:00	4th Panel - Participation: Best Practices for Participation of Migrants Nisha Agarwal, New York City Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs Giovanni Borin, Regional Superior of the Blessed John Baptist Scalabrini Region (Europe-Africa) Rafael Fernández de Castro, Head of the Department of International Studies at Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) Sylvie Nantcha, Coordinator of Migrants Network for Women in BadenWürttemberg, The African Network Sezen Tatlici, Typisch Deutsch e.V.	Katharina Senge, Coordinator immigration and integration, Konrad-AdenauerStiftung
18:00	18:15	Closing of the Forum Patricia Espinosa, Ambassadress of the United Mexican States in Germany Leonir Chiarello, Executive Director of SIMN Olaf Jacob, Head of Department Latin America, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung

Final Declaration: