REGIN Project Final Conference

The Final Conference of the REGIN Project – Regions for Migrants and Refugees Integration – took place on-line on the mornings of 23 and 24 February.

On the morning of 23 February (9.45-12.30 CET) a high-level session included:

• keynote speeches from European Commissioner Ylva Johansson (video address), Annika Annerby Jansson, Chair of the CPMR Migration Task Force & President of Region Skåne,
• testimonies from REGIN regional partners and
• a panel discussion addressing the role of regions in vertical and horizontal coordination in delivering policies and actions to foster migrants’ integration and inclusion.

The morning of 24 February (9.30-13.00 CET) was dedicated to practitioners and include three thematic sessions:

• Ensuring the effectiveness and sustainability of regional integration actions: keys for success;
• REGIN Indicators, gaps revealed and future prospects for use of MIPEX-R at European level;
• Methodologies for building a regional ecosystem for sustainable integration and inclusion support.

The event was addressed to regional and local authorities, diverse territorial stakeholders involved in migrant and refugee integration, national public authorities, EU institutions, international organisations, academia and the media.

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PRESENTATIONS

Day 1 – High-level session

• REGIN indicators: The importance of creating a relevant evidence base to underpin regional policymaking, by Francesco Pasetti – CIDOB Senior Researcher
• The Azores Region in the REGIN Project (presentation in Portuguese), by José Andrade – Regional Director for the Communities of the Azores Government
• REGIN testbed: Regional – local colloboration for psycho-social support of migrants, by Katarina Carlzén – Partnership Skåne Director
• Consolidating the role of regions in vertical and horizontal coordination, by Claire Charbit – Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities, OECD

Day 2 – Practitioners’ session

• Thematic session 1 – Using the REGIN toolkit: example from Campania Region, by Carmela Cotrone – Campania Region
• Thematic session 2 – REGIN Indicators: gaps revealed and future prospects for use of MIPEX-R at European level, by Giacomo Solano and Carmine Conte – MPG Head of Research and Legal Policy Analyst
• Thematic session 3 – Methodologies for building a regional ecosystem for sustainable integration and inclusion support, by Katarina Carlzén, Klara Steinvall, Ziad Jomaa and Henrik Nilsson – Partnership Skåne
• Funding opportunities AMIF Union Actions 2022, by Iulia Barbu Vlachopoulos, Programme Manager, Unit E4 Union Actions and Procurement Migration and Security Funds; Financial Resources, European Commission DG HOME

For further information, please contact Claire Street

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