Inclusion Unaffordable?
The Uncertain Fate of Integration Policies and the Demonisation of Minorities and Migrants in Central and Eastern Europe
16 and 17 November 2009, Isaiah Berlin Auditorium, Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Latvia, Lomonosova 1a, Riga
Conference programme
16 November
9.30 Welcoming address (PROVIDUS, ASPRI, Embassy of Canada)
10.00 – 11.30 Inclusion unaffordable? The decline of integration and non-discrimination policies in the face of growing budget deficits and a shift of political agenda
Moderator: Viktor Makarov (Eurocivitas, Riga)
Speakers:Thomas Huddleston (Migration Policy Group, Brussels), Ilze Brands-Kehris (Human Rights Center, Riga), Raivo Vetik (Institute of International and Social Studies, Tallinn University), Feliciana Rajevska (Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences, Valmiera)
11.30 – 11.50 Coffee break
11.50 – 13.20 From populist rhetoric to hate speech: The mapping of xenophobic and nationalist discourses re-emerging as a reaction to economic insecurity
Moderator: Nils Muižnieks (Advanced Social and Political Research Institute, Riga)
Speakers: Robert Gould (Carleton University, Ottawa), Iveta Kažoka and Maria Golubeva (PROVIDUS, Riga), Laszlo Keri (Institute of Political Science, Budapest), Ilze Šulmane (University of Latvia)
13.20 – 14.10 Lunch break
14.10 – 15.40 A school of democracy? Segregated schooling and its impact on civil enculturation of minority and majority students
Moderator: Benjamin Bach (OSI Education Support Programme, London)
Speakers: Laura Kirss (PRAXIS, Tallinn), Marcela Maslova (Orava Association for Democratic Education, Orava, Slovakia), Linda Curika (PROVIDUS, Riga), Brigita Zepa (University of Latvia).
15.40 – 16.00 Coffee break
16.00 – 17.45 Measuring the success and failure of integration policies
Moderator: Maria Golubeva (PROVIDUS, Riga)
Speakers: Ilona Kunda (Advanced Social and Political Research Institute, Riga), Juris Rozenvalds (University of Latvia), Mihails Hazans (University of Latvia), Merja Pentikäinen (University of Turku, Finland), Zhidas Daskalovski (Centre for Research and Policymaking, Skopje, Macedonia).
17 November
10.00 – 11.30 Including Culture: political implications of cultural diversity
Moderator: Ilze Brands-Kehris (Human Rights Center, Riga)
Speakers: Tove Malloy (European Centre for Minority Issues, Flensburg, Germany), Viktor Makarov (Eurocivitas, Riga), Aivars Tabuns (University of Latvia)
11.30 – 12.00 Coffee break
12.00 - 13.30 Demography, migration and the future
Moderator: Vita Tērauda (PROVIDUS)
Speakers: Roberts Ķīlis (Stockholm School of economics in Riga), Jonathan Chaloff (OECD), Dace Akule (PROVIDUS, Riga).
13:30 Closing remarks
13:50 Lunch
The main funder: Think Tank Fund, Open Society Institute.
Other funders: Embassy of Canada to Latvia, Society Integration Foundation, Network of Education Policy Centers, Royal Netherlands Embassy
The main funder:
Think Tank FundOpen Society Institute
Other funding:
Embassy of Canada to LatviaSociety Integration Foundation
“The project is supported by Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway in the framework of EEA and Norwegian Financial Mechanism and Republic of Latvia and with mediation of Society Integration Foundation”
Network of Education Policy Centers
Royal Netherlands Embassy
The main funder: Think Tank Fund, Open Society Institute.
Other funders: Embassy of Canada to Latvia, Society Integration Foundation, Network of Education Policy Centers, Royal Netherlands Embassy
The main funder: Think Tank Fund, Open Society Institute.
Other funders: Embassy of Canada to Latvia, Society Integration Foundation, Network of Education Policy Centers, Royal Netherlands Embassy