Civil Society Organisations Helping Refugees and Migrants in Europe
Monday 22 June 2020, 2.30 to 5.30 p.m.
The Diversity Europe Group of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) is pleased to invite you to its conference on "Civil Society Organisations Helping Refugees and Migrants in Europe". The conference will take place both online and at the EESC premises in Brussels on Monday 22 June 2020. Due to the COVID-19 restrictions, currently only EESC Members and speakers will be allowed to be physically present in the meeting room. Other members and invited participants will attend the Conference remotely, using the platform interactio.
Refugee and migrant movements have always required multi-level responses by many actors. While policy initiatives are intensively discussed at the decision-making level, many civil society organisations are active on the ground, providing daily humanitarian assistance to refugees and migrants and working towards their socio-economic inclusion.
The aim of this event is to illustrate the pivotal role and daily challenges of civil society organisations in helping refugees and migrants, from offering basic protection such as housing and healthcare, to providing education and legal information. In doing so, the Diversity Europe Group wishes to re-focus political attention on the topic and to offer a forum for civil society and EU Institutions to debate these issues in the context of EU recovery and reconstruction, post Covid-19.
Guest speakers include:
· Arno Metzler, President of the Diversity Europe Group of the EESC
· Erik Marquardt, MEP, Member of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
· Rossella Nicoletti, Member of the Bureau of the European Migration Forum and representative of EUROCITIES
The detailed programme can be found here.
Interpreting will be available from DE/EL/EN/ES/FR/IT to DE/EL/EN/ES/FR/IT.
For tweets live from the event please follow @diversEESC.
Your participation and input are most welcome! You can register for remote participation until Thursday 18 June 2020 by sending an email to: group3refugees@eesc.europa.eu
Further information and instructions on how to connect will be sent in due time to the registered participants.
