INVITATION TO:

Designing Peacebuilding Programmes: Improving Sustainability, Impact and Effectiveness in Peacebuilding & Peace Support Operations, Cluj Napoca, Romania, 26th – 30th of November, 2012

Dear Colleagues/Experts,

The International Peace and Development Training Center is  recruiting expert professionals, policy makers and practitioners for its upcoming Advanced Professional Training Programme for UN agencies, governments and national and international organisations. IPDTC’s programmes have been ranked by participants and their agencies as amongst the most professional, intensive and high quality in their field. They provide participants with the opportunity to train together with an exceptional group of experts and practitioners from around the world, coming from governments, community-based, national and international organisations, military and security forces, donors, and others. The programmes are thorough, rigorous and dynamic, drawing upon key lessons in the field and training people in practical skills, knowledge and capabilities to directly improve their and their organisations capacities for peacebuilding, prevention and post-war recovery. We would like to ask you to share the announcement for these programmes broadly through your networks, web-sites and mailing lists. Please note: agencies which send multiple participants may receive a significant discount in fees, while participants taking part in both programmes receive a substantial course fee reduction.

The programme will be held at the Global Academy of IPDTC and is intended for senior to executive level experts and practitioners working in peacebuilding, crisis prevention and management and post-war recovery and stabilization operations from governments, UN agencies and inter-governmental organisations (EU, OAS, AU, ASEAN, Commonwealth, OSCE) and national and international organisations.

To enable organisations, agencies and practitioners in the field to benefit from this programme IPDTC has developed a fee scheme advantageous to all individuals and organisations interested in attending, including attractive discount rates for early payments and group participation. Please feel free to contact us for more information on the fee scheme, which is also available by accessing the training outlines on our website.

For more information, to view the programme and/or to apply, visit http://www.patrir.ro/training

Application deadlines: October 30th for Applicants WHO NEED a Romanian Visa and November 12th for Applicants who DO NOT NEED a Romanian Visa

Email: training@patrir.ro

Registration is now open

The RSC’s 30th Anniversary Conference aims to examine and theorise the

Refugee Studies Centre 30th Anniversary Conference

policy-making processes relating to refugees and forced migration at the global level. Critical reflection upon the processes through which global public policy on refugees, internally displaced persons, statelessness, human trafficking, and other areas of forced migration is made, is intended to offer new and valuable insights for scholars, policy makers and practitioners.

This conference therefore provides a forum for a critical discussion on ‘Understanding Global Refugee Policy’ by bringing together academics, policy makers, practitioners, advocates and displaced people to engage in a debate on how we might begin to make sense of and conceptualise the global refugee policy process. It seeks to explore the nature, content and implications of ‘global refugee policy’ with questions such as: What is ‘global refugee policy’? How can we theorise global refugee policy? What factors explain variation both in the motivations for policies, and in outcomes? To what extent do the diverse interests and priorities of key stakeholders shape global refugee policy, and to what effect?

Register for the conference

There are 2 registration options available

Option 1 Residential – £350.00 Includes conference registration fee, 2 nights B&B accommodation at St Anne’s College on 5th and 6th December, lunch on Thursday and Friday (6th and 7th December) and conference refreshments.

Option 2 Non-Residential -£200.00 Includes conference registration fee, lunch on Thursday and Friday (6th and 7th December) and conference refreshments

http://www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/events/thirtieth-anniversary-conference

email: rsc-conference@qeh.ox.ac.uk

NB: Please note that we are offering free bursary places to volunteers, unwaged or low waged people including people with experience of unfree/ forced labour who would like to attend.

Last call for contributions (deadline *28 September*) and call for participants (registration deadline *31 October*):

Vulnerable Workers, Forced Labour, Migration and Ethical Trading A conference at the University of Leeds, UK, Friday 14th December 2012

This 1-day conference will bring together academics, campaigners, and policy makers to explore both the drivers and the broad experiences of vulnerable, forced and exploitative labour, to place the UK experience within a global context, and put questions of globalisation, migration and ethical trading centre-stage. We are particularly interested to support campaigning groups, including trades unions, those supporting refugees, and organisations concerned with the wider implications of forced labour, including ethical trading and the regulation of supply chains; and to consider how research evidence can strengthen the work of those active in these areas.

Keynote speakers:

Alice Bloch, Professor of Sociology, City University Aidan McQuade, Anti Slavery International Nicola Phillips, Professor of Political Economy, University of Sheffield Guy Standing, Professor of Economic Security, University of Bath

We invite papers and other types of contributions (e.g. poetry, photography, film, art) which reflect on these and related questions:

Vulnerable migrant workers

- What is the interplay between asylum and broader migration policy and vulnerable /forced labour?

- How are different groups of non-migrants and migrants, including refugees and asylum seekers, vulnerable to exploitation?

Labour markets and trade

- How the does the organisation of production and trade in the contemporary global economy generate vulnerability and forced labour in different contexts?

- What are the links between the politico-economic framework of neoliberal labour markets and exploitative work?

Forced labour

- What value do definitions, international treaties and covenants on forced labour and domestic UK legislative apparatus designed to reduce/eliminate forced labour have in everyday life?

- How do people become trapped in vulnerable and forced labour?

Organising and mobilising

- What opportunities exist for individuals or groups to resist in order to mobilise and eventually exit from vulnerable / forced labouring?

- What interventions might have the potential to reduce unfree/forced labour; e.g. immigration policy solutions; employer sanctions; improving precarious workers’ access to information and organising/mobilising opportunities; strategies for campaigning organisations?

*This includes*:

- contributions across international contexts on precarious work, forced labour and ethical trading

- critical engagement with key terms: vulnerable workers, forced labour, etc.

- presentations offering insights into activism, education and applying research evidence

The conference will be of interest to: academics working in this interdisciplinary field; people with personal experience of unfree/forced labour; policy makers; trades unionists; people working, campaigning, volunteering in these areas; and political activists. The conference will include a mixture of speakers, discussion, and presentations by academics and campaigning groups.

Please send your ideas for papers or presentations (abstracts of max 250 words) by 28th September 2012 to Dr Hannah Lewis, h.j.lewis@leeds.ac.uk .

To register for the conference (£20 higher education, business, statutory, £10 charity and voluntary; unwaged free): see: http://www.geog.leeds.ac.uk/research/events/conferences/vulnerable-workers/ . Registration closing date 31st October 2012.

Organised by Dr Stuart Hodkinson, Dr Hannah Lewis, Dr Louise Waite, University of Leeds; Prof. Pete Dwyer, University of Salford; and Prof. Gary Craig, Wilberforce Institute, Hull.

The conference is organised on behalf of the ESRC-funded project: Precarious lives: asylum seekers and refugees’ experiences of forced labour (RES-062-23-2895), with additional financial support from the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust.

Academy of European Law

ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON EU ASYLUM LAW 2012: FOCUS ON THE IMPACT OF THE CHARTER OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS ON THE ASYLUM PROCESS Floriana (Malta), 29-30 October 2012

Registrations reaching ERA before 29 September will be eligible for a 10% discount.

Objective

This annual conference seeks to give participants an overview of current developments in European asylum law. In addition, this year’s annual conference will focus on the impact of the Charter of Fundamental Rights (CFR) in asylum matters as well as looking especially at the role of European agencies in the asylum process.

Key topics

- The latest developments regarding the proposals to reform the existing legislation in the area of asylum law such as the Qualifications, Procedures and Reception Directives

- Recent case law of the Court of Justice of the EU

- Recent case law of the European Court of Human Rights

- The impact of the CFR in asylum matters

- The justiciability of the CFR in EU Courts

- The role of agencies in the migration process: how does the work of EU agencies (FRONTEX, EUROPOL, EASO) impact on the rights of asylum-seekers?

Who should attend?

This conference is aimed principally at asylum lawyers and judges of national courts, staff of national asylum authorities and NGOs.

Language: English

Organiser: Killian O’Brien, ERA

Event number: 412R30

Professional training: Participation in this seminar can contribute to your continuing professional education (10 hours).

Detailed conference programme and online registration available at https://www.era.int/cgi-bin/cms?_SID=713822c395cfc91e28459213c9dd23475a3c4c0f00200452449307&_sprache=en&_bereich=artikel&_aktion=detail&idartikel=122914

Speakers:

- Anneliese Baldaccini, Executive Director, Asylum & Migration, Amnesty International, European Institutions Office, Brussels

- Eugene Buttigieg, Judge at the General Court of the European Union, Luxembourg*

- Albin Dearing, Project Manager, EU Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA), Vienna

- Maria-Teresa Gil-Bazo, Lecturer in Law, University of Newcastle; Research Associate at the Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford University

- Paul Harvey, Legal Officer, European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg

- Maria Hennessy, Senior Legal Officer, European Council of Refugees and Exiles (ECRE), Brussels

- Niilo Jääskinen, Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union, Luxembourg*

- Nuala Mole, Director, Advice on Individual Rights in Europe (AIRE) Centre, London

- Ioana Patrascu, Legal Officer, Asylum Unit, DG Home Affairs, European Commission, Brussels

- Jorrit Rijpma, Assistant Professor, Leiden University

- Robert K Visser, Executive Director, European Asylum Support Office (EASO), Valetta

- Boštjan Zalar, Higher Court Judge, Administrative Court of the Republic of Slovenia, Ljubljana

* to be confirmed

South-South Humanitarianism in Contexts of Forced Displacement Workshop 6 October 2012

Seminar Room 3, Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford Department of International Development University of Oxford, 3 Mansfield Road, OX1 3TB

Programme

Workshop on South-South Humanitarianism in Contexts of Forced Displacement

9.45–10.10 Registration (Tea/Coffee)

10.10–10.20 Welcome and Introduction, Prof. Dawn Chatty (Director, RSC, Oxford University)

10.20–10.30 Opening Remarks, Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh (RSC, Oxford University)

10.30–11.15 Opening Lecture: Contemporary Humanitarianism Action and the Role of Southern Actors: Key trends and debates, Simone Haysom (Humanitarian Policy Group, Overseas Development Institute)

11.15–13.00 Session 1: South-South Civil Society Responses to Displacement: Past and Present, Chair: Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh (RSC, Oxford University)

- Bottom-Up, Not Top-Down: Accommodating the displaced in mid-Albania in 1918, Beryl Nicholson (Independent researcher, UK)

- An Activist’s Perspective on South-South Humanitarianism in North-West Bangladesh, Rumana Hashem (University of East London)

- South-South Faith-Based Humanitarianism: Understanding the Social and Spiritual Capital of Local Faith Communities, Helen Stawski (Archbishop of Canterbury’s Deputy Secretary for International Development)

13.00–13.45 Lunch

13.45–15.30 Session 2: Southern Host States’ Responses to Different Forms of Displacement: Humanitarianism or Politics? Chair: Simone Haysom (Humanitarian Policy Group, Overseas Development Institute)

- Who Is a Refugee? Explaining Variation in African Host State Policies, Alexander Betts (RSC, Oxford University)

- Granting Collective Property Rights to Displaced Afro-Colombians in the 1990s: A reassessment of South-South IDP policy interventions, Carlos Eduardo Perez Corredor (Barcelona University)

- Contradictions in South-South Counter-Trafficking Initiatives: A case-study of post-war Iraq, Julia Smith (IOM Iraq)

15.30–15.45 Coffee

15.45–16.45 Session 3 Beyond Hosting: The Politics of Southern Donor States, Chair: Jeff Crisp ( Policy Development and Evaluation Service-UNHCR)

- Controversial South-South Humanitarianism: Brazil’s performance in post-disaster Haiti and towards Haitian displacement to Brazil, Diana Zacca Thomaz (Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil) and Fernando Brancoli (San Tiago Dantas Program, Brazil)

- South-South Humanitarianism and its Impact(s): Reflections on the Sri Lankan experience, Bhavani Fonseka (Centre for Policy Alternatives, Sri Lanka)

16.45–17.15 Closing Remarks, Jeff Crisp ( Policy Development and Evaluation Service-UNHCR)

17.15–17.30 By Means of Conclusion: Future steps, Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh (RSC)

This workshop is convened by Dr Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh (Departmental Lecturer in Forced Migration, University of Oxford) and is generously supported by the Oxford Department of International Development’s Outreach Fund, the Refugee Studies Centre and the UNHCR’s Policy Development and Evaluation Service.

Please register your interest by following this link www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/events/south-south-humanitarianism or emailing elena.fiddian-qasmiyeh@qeh.ox.ac.uk .

* Refreshments and a light lunch will be provided.

Dear colleagues,

Please circulate and forward as appropriate.  Thanks Lara

To celebrate the 18th birthday of our Children’s Section we have teamed up with Penguin Audiobooks and are looking for Refugees and Asylum seekers of all ages to take part in a Booker nominated author-led writing workshop in which participants will write about what ‘turning 18’ means to them.

Penguin will then be asking some participants to record their pieces as part of a collection of stories which will be serialised over Penguin’s new media channels.

The workshop will be held on Saturday September 15th and whatever your country of origin, your age or the stage of your claim if you are interested in writing and would like to help the Refugee Council  to raise money for and public awareness of our work then we’d love to hear from you.

Please express your interest by emailing ben.latham@refugeecouncil.org.uk as soon as possible.  The  deadline for applications is Midday this Friday 14th September.  Ideally we need to know the following:

1.         Name

2.         Email

3.         Mobile number

4.         Country of origin

5.         Age

6.         Number of years in the UK

7.         First Language

8.         Will you require a translator?

9.         Why you would like to take part!

For more detail on the project please see our website http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/supportourwork/turning18?utm_medium=email&utm_source=Refugee+Council&utm_campaign=1589599_Penguin+September&utm_content=turning18&dm_t=0,0,0,0,0

Complete anonymity can be guaranteed on request. Travel expenses within greater London can be paid in full.

Please forward this email to anyone that you think might be interested in taking part.

Lara Wilks Sloan
Marketing Manager

Refugee Council
PO Box 68614
London
E15 9DQ
T 020 7346 6736
M 07990 511 106
F 020 7346 6730

www.refugeecouncil.org.uk

UK Registered Charity no. 1014576

The Refugee Council London office has moved and we’ve changed the way we run our services– click here to find out more.

Centre for Migration and Diaspora Studies Department of Anthropology and Development Studies, SOAS Joint Seminar Series Autumn Term 2012-13 Wednesday 5-7
G51

October 10th

Rutvica Andrijasevic
(Centre for Labour Market Studies, University of Leicester) The Figure of the Trafficked Victim: gender, rights and representation

October 17th

Ruben Andersen
(Department of Social Anthropology, LSE) A Game of Risk: boat migration and the business of bordering Europe

October 24th

Laurence Brown
(School of Arts, Languages and Cultures, University of Manchester) The Dynamics of Diaspora amongst Caribbean Migrants in Manchester, 1940-1981

October 31st

Laura Hammond
(Development Studies, SOAS)
Transnational Links to Rural and Urban Areas in Somaliland and Puntland: remittances and livelihood security

November 14th

Oliver Bakewell
(QEH, Oxford)
Diasporas and Development: a marriage of convenience or true love?

November 21st

(Joint seminar with Department of Anthropology) Katy Gardner (Social Anthropology, University of Sussex) Transnational Connections and Development Disconnections: stories from Sylhet

November 28th

Annual Lecture (venue TBA)
Claire Alexander
(Department of Sociology, University of Manchester) Contested Memories: the Shahid Minar and the struggle for diasporic space

December 5th

(Joint seminar with Department of Anthropology and Anthropology of Development) Gaim Kibreab (London South Bank University) Displacement in Post Independence Eritrea: causes and consequences

December 12th

Dae-oup Chang
(Development Studies, SOAS)
The Challenge of Mobile Value Subjects: East Asian capitalism and struggles of migrant labour

The seminars are open to all and no reservation is required. For further details please contact Reza Gholami ( rg32@soas.ac.uk ).

More information about the Centre for Migration and Diaspora Studies is available at http://www.soas.ac.uk/migrationdiaspora/

The State of Learning in Africa
Monday, September 17, 2012, 10:00 — 11:30 am
The Brookings Institution, Falk Auditorium, 1775 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington, DC

Despite Africa’s progress in expanding school enrollment over the past decade, one in four children—30 million primary-level students—remain out of school. At the current rate, millions more will be out of school in 2015 than there are today. Africa’s education deficit has severe consequences for development and hinders opportunities for growth, innovation, and social and economic prosperity.

On September 17, the Center for Universal Education at Brookings (CUE) will host the launch of the “Africa Learning Barometer” — a collaboration between CUE and This is Africa. The barometer is the first region-wide assessment and online interactive tool examining the state of learning in Africa. The program will begin with introductory remarks from Senior Fellow and CUE Director Rebecca Winthrop, followed by a short presentation by Brookings Fellow Justin van Fleet on the data and trends from the barometer. Afterwards, a panel will discuss the implications for business and development in Africa. Panelists include Talya Bosch, vice president of Social Ventures at Western Union, and Senior Fellow Mwangi Kimenyi, director of the Africa Growth Initiative at Brookings. Lanre Akinola, editor of This is Africa, will moderate the discussion.

Participants can follow the conversation on Twitter using hashtag #AfricaLearning. After the program, speakers will take audience questions.

Introductory Remarks
Rebecca Winthrop
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Universal Education
The Brookings Institution

Moderator
Lanre Akinola

Editor
This is Africa

Presenter
Justin van Fleet
Fellow
The Brookings Institution

Panelists
Talya Bosch
Vice President, Social Ventures
Western Union

Mwangi S. Kimenyi
Senior Fellow and Director, Africa Growth Initiative
The Brookings Institution

To RSVP for this event, please call the Office of Communications at 202.797.6105 or visit: https://www.cvent.com/events/the-state-of-learning-in-africa/registration-b5d78432a89a450194db6a368aa1e5c2.aspx

Migration Consequences of Complex Crises

Migration Consequences of Complex Crises

Guest speaker: Ambassador William Lacy Swing, Director General, International Organization for Migration (IOM)

Date: 05:00pm, Monday, October 15, 2012

Location: Oxford Department of International Development, University of Oxford, QEH, 3 Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TB

Link: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/events/migration-consequences-complex-crises

Recent humanitarian crises, whether set off by political conflict (Libya) massive earthquake (Haiti) or extensive flooding (Pakistan) have generated large and complex population flows – whether internal or across borders – before, during and after the events triggering the emergency. Nevertheless, the migration dimensions of such crises have been insufficiently addressed, both in theory and in practice.

While the drivers of crisis-related migratory movements vary, the challenges are particularly acute where poverty, political instability, weak governance, environmental degradation and natural disasters combine. Migration in response to an extreme crisis situation is common, yet the patterns of movement are far from straightforward.

As evidenced by previous crises, initially temporary displacement may become protracted; internal movements can spill across borders; and crises and displacement situations can give rise to other forms of migration such as search for work, migration to cities, irregular and mixed movements, trafficking and smuggling. Modern-day crisis situations clearly demonstrate that whether the movements of people are gradual or spontaneous – small or large-scale – they are increasingly likely to affect individuals and groups with different levels of vulnerability and different types of needs.

In light of these present-day realities, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has sought to develop linkages between humanitarian and migration perspectives and improve its own responses to the migration consequences of complex crises. Instead of ad hoc reactions, the Organization is advocating for more systematic approaches on the part of national institutions and the international community to better manage the human mobility aspects of crisis situations.

During his visit to the University of Oxford, IOM’s Director General will reflect upon the nuanced and complex relationship between crises and mobility, as well as the institutional set-ups and cooperation mechanisms that can complement and strengthen existing systems aimed at providing assistance and protection to crisis-affected populations. The discussion will shed light on the types of migratory patterns that can result from complex crises; the effectiveness of migration policy tools in addressing certain aspects of crisis situations; and the ways in which mobility can be used as a positive strategy toward long-term recovery of crisis affected areas.

The lecture will be followed by a drinks reception

Register to attend the forthcoming lecture http://www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/special-lecture-registration

Contact Heidi El-Megrisi rsc-outreach@qeh.ox.ac.uk

Refugees into Schools: ‘Sharing learning and lessons for the future’

Conference Hall, Resource for London, 356 Holloway Road

Thursday 13th September, 10am – 4.30pm

We would like to invite you to our celebration event for Refugees into Schools. As the project in its current form draws to end, we would like to use this occasion to share what we have learned from meeting with over 5,000 children in London’s schools over the last 4 academic years. We also want to celebrate the support from our volunteers and thank them for making Refugees into Schools such a success.

The project developed to focus increasingly with refugee community organisations, building their capacity to engage with schools and deliver a similar visits. The morning session will provide an insight into how this can happen and how communities can work effectively with schools.

The afternoon session will feature a presentation on the key outcomes from our work with schools and communities, how this fits in with public sector equality duties and a panel discussion with those who have been involved with various aspects of the project.

We will also be distributing reports on children’s attitudes towards refugees, and civic participation among refugees, in addition to a new resource pack for school teachers.

Participants are welcome to attend either the morning or afternoon session, or both. Pre-booking for this event is essential. Please email ris@employabilityforum.co.uk or call 0207 697 4113 to reserve your place. A programme for the event, along with a flyer, can be found here. Please feel free to distribute or advertise both within your networks.

We look forward to sharing our project findings with you.

Kind regards,

Tom

Tom Shakhli
Policy and Projects Officer

Employability Forum
356 Holloway Road
London
N7 6PA

Tel: 020 7697 4110 (general enquiries)
Tel: 020 7697 4112 (direct line)

www.employabilityforum.co.uk

Follow us on Twitter! @empforum

The Swinburne Institute for Social Research, Melbourne, Australia, is hosting a two day symposium on humanitarianism, mobilities and forced migration – 12&13 November 2012. Symposium discussion and debate will focus on critical anthropological scholarship of our keynote speaker: Professor Didier Fassin, James D. Wolfensohn Professor of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study of Princeton and Director of Studies at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris. Preliminary programme details are now available and registration is now open!

For program details and registration, please see: http://www.formhub.net or http://www.sisr.net or contact Sandy Gifford: sgifford@swin.edu.au

Please send all replies to: sgifford@swin.edu.au

Refugees into Schools: ‘Sharing learning and lessons for the future’

Conference Hall, Resource for London, 356 Holloway Road

Thursday 13th September, 10am – 4.30pm

We would like to invite you to our celebration event for Refugees into Schools. As the project in its current form draws to end, we would like to use this occasion to share what we have learned from meeting with over 5,000 children in London’s schools over the last 4 academic years. We also want to celebrate the support from our volunteers and thank them for making Refugees into Schools such a success.

The project developed to focus increasingly with refugee community organisations, building their capacity to engage with schools and deliver a similar visits. The morning session will provide an insight into how this can happen and how communities can work effectively with schools.

The afternoon session will feature a presentation on the key outcomes from our work with schools and communities, how this fits in with public sector equality duties and a panel discussion with those who have been involved with various aspects of the project.

We will also be distributing reports on children’s attitudes towards refugees, and civic participation among refugees, in addition to a new resource pack for school teachers.

Participants are welcome to attend either the morning or afternoon session, or both. Pre-booking for this event is essential. Please email ris@employabilityforum.co.uk or call 0207 697 4113 to reserve your place. A programme for the event, along with a flyer, can be found here. Please feel free to distribute or advertise both within your networks.

We look forward to sharing our project findings with you.

Kind regards,
Tom

Tom Shakhli
Policy and Projects Officer

Dear Friends,

On Friday, September 7, the Brookings Center for Universal Education will co-host a full-day conference celebrating International Literacy Day with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Global Partnership for Education.

Brookings will convene a panel on the importance of including education, particularly learning and literacy, as central components of the post-2015 international development goals. Panelists will include Tamar Manuelyan Atinc, vice president of the Human Development Network at the World Bank; U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs Esther Brimmer; USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah; and Ritu Sharma, co-founder and president of Women Thrive Worldwide. Brookings Senior Fellow Homi Kharas will moderate the discussion.

To register and find out more details about the full agenda, please visit the International Literacy Day conference website: http://allchildrenreading.org/program?cid=em_cuelit2

Sincerely,
Rebecca Winthrop
Senior Fellow and Director
Center for Universal Education
The Brookings Institution

Please send all replies to: cue@brookings.edu

Workshop

6 October 2012

European and North-American led humanitarian responses to contexts of

Workshop on South-South Humanitarianism in Contexts Of Forced Displacement

forced displacement are increasingly being paralleled and at times overtly challenged by an ever-expanding array of “alternative” models of humanitarian intervention. However, while extensive research has been conducted on South-South development programmes (i.e. Chinese development funding in sub-Saharan Africa), and “alternatives to development” (i.e. post-development studies), there remains a need to comparatively examine South-South humanitarian partnerships.

This workshop provides a space for critical reflection upon the various histories, modes of operation and implications of diverse “alternative” models of humanitarian action; such critical analysis is particularly important given increasing governmental and UN interest in Southern-led humanitarianism for a variety of financial and political reasons.

Papers will explore a range of relevant questions through case-studies from across the global South, providing ample space for discussion and debate amongst academics, researchers and practitioners and members of civil society:

-         What are the motivations underpinning diverse Southern state, civil-society, collective and individual responses to diverse contexts of displacement?
-        How are South-South humanitarian programmes and projects experienced and assessed by different members of Southern displaced populations?
-        Do diverse South-South humanitarian initiatives complement and/or challenge Northern-led humanitarianism?
-        What is the relationship between South-South humanitarianism and the “international” humanitarian principles of neutrality and impartiality?

Saturday 6 October, 10:00am

Venue:
Seminar Room 3
Refugee Studies Centre
Oxford Department of International Development
University of Oxford
3 Mansfield Road
Oxford
OX1 3TB

Please register to attend the workshop at www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/register-interest
Further information and the Workshop Programme will be available to download from www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/events/south-south-humanitarianism

The Workshop is convened by Dr Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh (Departmental Lecturer in Forced Migration) and is kindly supported by the Refugee Studies Centre, the Oxford Department of International Development’s Outreach Fund, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

First brown bag lunch of 2012-2013: Wednesday September 5 11.45-13.00

(probably) conference room 260a, History Department, Leiden University, Doelensteeg 16. Leiden, the Netherlands

Politics beyond borders:  Sending states and “their” emigrants
by Prof. Roger Waldinger
Department of Sociology, UCLA.

Abstract This paper seeks to develop a framework for analyzing the political sociology of emigration. The paper emphasizes the dualities at the heart of the migration phenomenon: immigrants are also emigrants, aliens are also citizens, foreigners are also nationals, non-members are also members. At once of the sending state, but not in it, the migrants are members whose everyday cross-border connections and ongoing needs draw the sending state across the borders; residing abroad, however, their claims to belonging are undermined by their presence on foreign soil. At once in the receiving state but not of it, the migrants can access the economic and political resources available in their new home, using them to gain leverage in the home left behind; yet as outsiders, their rights are circumscribed and their acceptance is uncertain, vulnerabilities that can be aggravated if continuing homeland involvement triggers the suspicion of receiving state nationals. Both conditions activate interventions by home states seeking to influence and protect nationals abroad. While extension to the territory of another state keeps options inherently limited, even limited engagements can inflame the passions of receiving state nationals, already anxious about the foreigners in their midst.

Roger Waldinger is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at UCLA. He has worked on international migration throughout his career, writing on a broad set of topics, including immigrant entrepreneurship, labor markets, assimilation, the second generation, high-skilled immigration, immigration policy, and public opinion. The author of six books, most recently, How the Other Half Works: Immigration and the Social Organization of Labor (University of California Press, 2003), Waldinger is a 2008 Guggenheim Fellow; his research has been supported by grants from the Ford, Haines, Mellon, National Science, Sloan and Russell Sage Foundations.

Waldinger is now writing a new book, tentatively entitled Foreign Detachment: America’s Immigrants and Their Homeland Connections, explaining how the American experience at once facilitates, competes with, and structures immigrants’ involvements with the countries from which they come.

South-South Humanitarianism in Contexts of Forced Displacement
Refugee Studies Centre

Workshop

6 October 2012

European and North-American led humanitarian responses to contexts of forced displacement are increasingly being paralleled and at times overtly challenged by an ever-expanding array of “alternative” models of humanitarian

South-South Humanitarianism in Contexts Of Forced Displacement

intervention. However, while extensive research has been conducted on South-South development programmes (i.e. Chinese development funding in sub-Saharan Africa), and “alternatives to development” (i.e. post-development studies), there remains a need to comparatively examine South-South humanitarian partnerships.

This workshop provides a space for critical reflection upon the various histories, modes of operation and implications of diverse “alternative” models of humanitarian action; such critical analysis is particularly important given increasing governmental and UN interest in Southern-led humanitarianism for a variety of financial and political reasons.

Papers will explore a range of relevant questions through case-studies from across the global South, providing ample space for discussion and debate amongst academics, researchers and practitioners and members of civil society:

-        What are the motivations underpinning diverse Southern state, civil-society, collective and individual responses to diverse contexts of displacement?
-        How are South-South humanitarian programmes and projects experienced and assessed by different members of Southern displaced populations?
-        Do diverse South-South humanitarian initiatives complement and/or challenge Northern-led humanitarianism?
-        What is the relationship between South-South humanitarianism and the “international” humanitarian principles of neutrality and impartiality?

Saturday 6 October, 10:00am

Venue:
Seminar Room 3
Refugee Studies Centre
Oxford Department of International Development
University of Oxford
3 Mansfield Road
Oxford
OX1 3TB

Please register to attend the workshop at www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/register-interest
Further information and the Workshop Programme will be available to download from www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/events/south-south-humanitarianism

The Workshop is convened by Dr Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh (Departmental Lecturer in Forced Migration) and is kindly supported by the Refugee Studies Centre, the Oxford Department of International Development’s Outreach Fund, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

Unlocking the Potential of Migrants in Europe:
From Isolation to Multi-level Integration

The Silken Berlaymont Hotel, Brussels

Thursday 27^th September 2012

KEY SPEAKER:

Mr. Olivier Rouland
Head of Unit – Demography, Migration, Social Innovation and Civil Society
DG EMPL, European Commission

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The Europe 2020 Strategy and the Stockholm Programme recognise the potential of migration for building a competitive and sustainable economy. Currently, however, there are wide socio-economic disparities between third-country nationals and EU citizens, with immigrants experiencing higher rates of unemployment, over-qualification, low economic achievement, low income and poor health.

In the wake of the renewed European Agenda for the Integration of Third-Country Nationals which outlines how to understand and better support integration, this timely international symposium provides a vital platform for key stakeholders to disseminate knowledge on the most sustainable and successful integration strategies at a multi-sector level.

For further details, please refer to the enclosed event brochure. Do feel free to circulate this information to relevant colleagues within your organisation.

In the meantime, to ensure your organisation is represented, please complete and return the registration form at your earliest convenience in order to secure your delegate place(s).
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Refugee Council Conference 2012 – booking now!

Our annual conference ‘Working with separated children in the asylum system’ will be held on October 10th 2012 in London.

The conference will combine guest speakers and practical expert sessions, ensuring the conference is relevant, informative and practical.
Speakers include:

Lisa Killham, UKBA Childrens Champion – ‘UKBA’s approach to children – overview and future plans’
A young person – The experience of being a separated child in the system
Nadine Finch, Barrister, Garden Court Chambers - will present key findings and recommendations from forthcoming UNHCR /UNICEF guidance on the best interests of children
Nev Jeffries, British Red Cross, Head International Tracing and Message Services – How to help children restore links with family whilst ensuring their safety.
Prof Ravi Kohli, Prof of Child Welfare, University of Bedfordshire – final speaker of the day, theme to be confirmed

The Expert Sessions, which will focus on 4 topics, are outlined below and delegates can attend 2 of the sessions:

1. Age Assessment – How to make your age assessment lawful and achieve best practice – expert in place, name to be confirmed shortly
2. Trafficked Children – Identifying and safeguarding trafficked children - expert UK Human Trafficking Centre
3. Preparing a Human Rights Assessment for refused young people – with expert Zubier Yazdani, Pierce Glynn Solicitors
4. Making decisions on children’s asylum claims – with expert Ruth Hadland, UKBA, Regional Corporate Partner Lead – UASC’s & Vulnerable Adults

Fees:

Standard rate (local authority, business and statutory) £195 (plus VAT = £234)
Reduced rate (for registered charities) £130 (plus VAT = £156)
RCO rate (subject to availability) £45 (plus VAT = £54)

Download the full programme or book now – please ask us about discounts for multiple bookings.

‘Working with Separated Children in the Asylum System’ – Refugee Council Conference 2012

Our annual conference ‘Working with separated children in the asylum system’ will be held on October 10th 2012 in London.

The conference will combine guest speakers and practical expert sessions, ensuring the conference is relevant, informative and practical.

Speakers include:

- Lisa Killham, UKBA Childrens Champion – ‘UKBA’s approach to children – overview and future plans’
- A young person – The experience of being a separated child in the system
- Nadine Finch, Barrister, Garden Court Chambers – will present key findings and recommendations from forthcoming UNHCR /UNICEF guidance on the best interests of children
- Nev Jeffries, British Red Cross, Head International Tracing and Message Services – How to help children restore links with family whilst ensuring their safety.
- Prof Ravi Kohli, Prof of Child Welfare, University of Bedfordshire – final speaker of the day, theme to be confirmed

The Expert Sessions, which will focus on 4 topics, are outlined below and delegates can attend 2 of the sessions:
1. Age Assessment – How to make your age assessment lawful and achieve best practice – expert tbc
2. Trafficked Children – Identifying and safeguarding trafficked children – Mike Hand, Tactical Adviser, UK Human Trafficking Centre
3. Preparing a Human Rights Assessment for refused young people – with expert Zubier Yazdani, Pierce Glynn Solicitors
4. Making decisions on children’s asylum claims – with expert Ruth Hadland, UKBA, Regional Corporate Partner Lead – UASC’s & Vulnerable Adults

Full programme and registration information available at http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/eventsandtraining/conferences/2012Conference

***Migrating heritage: networks and collaborations across European museums, libraries and public cultural institutions, University of Glasgow, UK, 3-4 December 2012***

http://wp3.mela-project.eu/wp/pages/research-field-03-international-conference

The conference is organised by HoA – School of Culture and Creative  Arts, University of Glasgow as part of EC-funded FP7 project European Museums in an Age of Migrations (MeLA, http://www.mela-project.eu/ ).

Call for Papers – Abstract and bio submission extended deadline: 31 July 2012

Confirmed invited speakers

Sharon MacDonald (Professor of Social Anthropology, University of Manchester)

Kathrin Merkle (Head of the Cultural Policy, Diversity and Intercultural Dialogue Division, DG II, Council of Europe)

Rebecca Kay and Alison Phipps (Professors at University of Glasgow and  convenors of Glasgow Refugee Asylum and Migration Network)

Agnès Arquez Roth (Directrice réseau et partenariats, Cité nationale de  l’histoire de l’immigration) ? Dr Bernhard Serexhe (Chief Curator of  ZKM Media Museum) ? Anne Marie van Gerwen (Marketing & Communications Manager, Europeana).

Katherine Watson (Director of European Cultural Foundation)

Topics:

• Case studies on museums, libraries and public cultural institutions
• collaborating for European integration ? Operative approaches to
• multiculturalism, interculturalism, transculturalism in public
• cultural institutions National and transnational collaboration models:
• partnerships, cooperation, coordination ? European cultural policies,
• migration and mobility ? Identity, memory and heritage in European
• museums, libraries and public cultural institutions ? Studies on
• European narratives and cultural points of divergence and commonality
• ? Contested European cultural and scientific heritages in a
• post-migratory world ? Visitor experiences in collaborative projects
• involving European museums, libraries and public cultural institutions
• Archiving, preservation and exhibition technologies in relation to migration and mobility ? Politics of migrating objects, including repatriation
• Cross border tourism, customs and border policies,including souvenirs and museum replicas.

Submissions

Authors are requested to submit a PDF including 500 words abstract and  300 words bio by 31 July 2012, followed by PDF with the camera-ready full paper (max 7 pages) by 14 December 2012. All abstracts and papers must comply with the Ashgate formatting instructions (http://www.ashgate.com/Default.aspx?page=2902) and must be submitted via the EasyChair online submission system at https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?conf=mela2012rf03.  Aninternational panel of experts will review the submissions.

Important dates

Abstract and bio submission: deadline extended to 31 July 2012.   Author  notification: August 20, 2012

Conference: December 3-4, 2012

Camera ready (full paper): December 14, 2012 Conference special sessions

GRAMNet- Glasgow Refugee Asylum and Migration Network

Europeana, portal endorsed by the European Commission providing a > single access point to millions European cultural and scientific > heritage digital object

Proceedings

There will be the  opportunity to publish a selection of the conference proceedings in 2013, upon the following conditions: all the required materials have  been submitted in proper format, materials have not been already  published and the paper has been presented in person at the Migrating heritage: networks and collaborations across European museums,  libraries and public cultural institutions conference.

Registration

Conference attendance is free, but advanced online registration is required. Registration will open in September 2012.

Anticipated audience:

Scholars and PhD students in museum studies, cultural studies, social anthropology, sociology of organisations, library and information science, cultural policies, social sciences, human-computer interaction and related areas

Practitioners from museums, libraries, public institutions ? Decision-makers and policy makers ? Users of cultural institutions and representatives of migrant communities.

Conference organising committee ? Perla Innocenti, History of Art, CCA, University of Glasgow and MeLa RF03 leader; Dr John  Richards, History of Art, CCA, University of Glasgow ;  Dr Sabine Wieber, History of Art, CCA, University of Glasgow Andrew Greg, History of Art, CCA, University of Glasgow Consulting partners Dept. of Human and Social Sciences, “Orientale” University of Naples Dept. of Industrial Design, Arts, Communication and Fashion  (INDACO) – Politecnico di Milano; Glasgow Refugee Asylum and Migration Network (GRAMNet), Glasgow.

Museums Contact Contact chairs at:

mela2012conference@glasgow.ac.uk

Website:

http://wp3.mela-project.eu/wp/pages/research-field-03-international-conference

Academy of European Law

ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON EU ASYLUM LAW 2012: FOCUS ON THE IMPACT OF THE CHARTER OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS ON THE ASYLUM PROCESS

Malta, 29-30 October 2012

Registrations reaching ERA before 29 September will be eligible for a 10% discount

Objective

This annual conference seeks to give participants an overview of current developments in European asylum law. In addition, this year’s annual conference will focus on the impact of the Charter of Fundamental Rights (CFR) in asylum matters as well as looking especially at the role of European agencies in the asylum process.

Key topics

- Recent case law of the Court of Justice of the EU

- Recent case law of the European Court of Human Rights

- The latest developments regarding the proposals to reform the existing legislation in the area of asylum law such as the Qualifications, Procedures and Reception Directives

- The impact of the CFR in asylum matters

- The justiciability of the CFR in EU Courts

- The role of agencies in the migration process: how does the work of EU agencies (FRONTEX, EUROPOL, EASO) impact on the rights of asylum-seekers?

Who should attend?

This conference is aimed principally at asylum lawyers and judges of national courts, staff of national asylum authorities and NGOs.

Language: English

Organiser: Killian O’Brien, ERA

Event number: 412R30

Professional training: Participation in this seminar can contribute to your continuing professional education (10 hours).

Further information and online registration: [click here]

Confirmed speakers:

Sergio Carrera, Senior Research Fellow and Head of the Justice and Home Affairs Programme, Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), Brussels

Albin Dearing, Programme Manager Research – Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Freedoms and Justice Department European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights

Maria Hennessy, Senior Legal Officer, European Council of Refugees and Exiles (ECRE), Brussels

Nuala Mole, Director, Advice on Individual Rights in Europe (AIRE) Centre, London

Jonathan Tomkin, Barrister, Law Library, Dublin

Angela Ward, Legal Secretary, Court of Justice of the European Union, Luxembourg

Boštjan Zalar, Higher Court Judge, Administrative Court of the Republic of Slovenia

The Child Care History Network and the Child Migrants Trust Present:

A ONE-DAY CONFERENCE:

“Child Migration: lessons for today”

During the 19th and 20th centuries, about 130,000 children were sent from the UK to Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Zimbabwe to give them a fresh start and to boost the population of developing nations. The last ones went as recently as 1970. Some did well, but many were exploited and deceived by those who should have safeguarded them.  It is only in recent years that public apologies have led to serious attempts by the British and Australian governments to help those who were mistreated.

DATE: Monday 15 October 2012

VENUE: National Maritime Museum, Liverpool

AIMS

- to share the latest research on the subject,

- to identify what went wrong and how it happened, and

- to examine the lessons for today’s policy making and practice.

SPEAKERS WILL INCLUDE:

Professor Roy Parker, who has recently researched emigration to Canada.

David Hinchliffe, former MP who, as the Chair of the Health Select Committee, led a parliamentary inquiry into the welfare of Britain’s child migrants.

Dr Margaret Humphreys CBE, OAM, International Director, Child Migrants Trust.

Jim Hyland, former child care manager and historian

The conference is open to a wide range of professionals and students, people whose relatives were sent abroad, historians, social workers, lawyers or child care workers.

The charge for the day will be £45 to include refreshments and lunch.

Please make cheques payable to “CCHN”.

Applications should be sent to:

CCHN Conference Booking
C/O Planned Environment Therapy Trust
Barns House, Church Lane
Toddington near Cheltenham
Glos. GL54 5DQ

PLEASE FEEL FREE TO FORWARD THIS EMAIL TO ANYONE YOU THINK MIGHT BE INTERESTED

With many thanks,

CCHN and CMT

–

Dr. Craig Fees, RMARA
Archivist
Planned Environment Therapy Trust Archive and Study Centre Church Lane Toddington near Cheltenham Glos. GL54 5DQ United Kingdom
01242 620125

Website: http://www.pettrust.org.uk

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Development-induced Displacement Conference

 Next March, the Refugee Studies Centre (RSC) will host the “International Conference on Development-Induced Displacement and Resettlement: Bridging Research and Practice, Filling the Knowledge Gaps.”  Here is the description:

There is virtually no limit to what can be called a development project. It can range from a small-scale infrastructure or mining project to a mega hydropower plant construction; can be public or private, well-planned or rushed into. Land-based development initiatives may and often do cause physical and economic displacement that results in impoverishment and disempowerment of affected populations. Despite decades of experience and study on development-induced displacement and resettlement, the severity of the problem persists, with its adverse impacts not yet being effectively addressed.

DIDR has been intensifying in frequency and scope propelled by the increasing needs of growing populations and globalisation, whereas the discussions on the subject have become disproportionately scant. Different interests and ethical considerations pull the academia, private and civil sectors apart, creating inescapable traps and sources of bias in research, policy and practice. This disconnection manifests itself in the knowledge gaps. Whilst controversies in policy-making and practice remain understudied, academic findings endure unincorporated.

This conference aims to revive the discussions on DIDR and to facilitate critical engagement with the current impasse. It will facilitate cross-communication between different stakeholders, disciplines and perspectives; and will seek to bridge research and practice with a view to fill the knowledge gaps and move the DIDR studies forward.

Here is the call for papers; abstracts are due 31 October 2012.  Registration opens in November.