AccessIN Final Conference
The AccessIN team is delighted to invite you to the final conference of the project “Migrants’ Social Inclusion and Access to Basic Services in Belgium, Germany, Hungary, and Spain”.
This conference will provide an opportunity for our consortium to share the project’s results with the public. It also aims to foster rich discussions on migrants' access to basic services (employment, education, healthcare, housing, and social assistance) in Belgium, Germany, Hungary, and Spain, with both researchers and practitioners.
The event will take place on Tuesday, 26th of November 2024 between 09:00 and 13:30 (Brussels time). The event will be held in a hybrid format: on-site at Residence Palace (Wetstraat 155, 1040, Brussels) and online via Microsoft Teams
If you are interested in joining the event or any of its sessions, please register via the link below. For any questions, please contact Angeliki Konstantinidou (A.Konstantinidou@uliege.be)
Registration link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfmxeTwoXHLy9Pmt7_plC0g0oqZfgpWQo47prhe-cgeBV3H7A/viewform?usp=sf_link
Programme of the event
8:30–9:00: Welcome coffee
9:00–9:15: Overview of the AccessIN project
- Speakers: Daniela Vintila (University of Liège), Jean-Michel Lafleur (University of Liège)
9:15–10:15: PANEL 1. Mapping, informing and improving the eligibility conditions for migrants’ access to basic services
- Speakers: Angeliki Konstantinidou (University of Liège), Carole Wenger (University of Liège), Pieter van Roeyen (Caritas International), Thorsten Schlee (University Duisburg-Essen), Pascal Debruyne (Odisee University for Applied Sciences)
10:15–11:15: PANEL 2. Removing barriers in migrants’ access to basic services: The role of service providers
- Speakers: Santiago Pérez-Nievas (Autonomous University of Madrid), Maria Soledad Escobar (Autonomous University of Madrid), Álvaro Will Ibáñez Tudela (Solidaridad Sin Fronteras), Sebastián Salinas Maldonado (Solidaridad Sin Fronteras)
11:15–11:30: Coffee break
11:30–12:30: PANEL 3. Migrants’ experiences in accessing basic services and tools for improving healthcare provision
- Speakers: Antje Röder (Marburg University), Marie Mallet (University of Oxford), Zach Bastick (Marburg University), Ouissam Akian En-Nahas (Frankfurt City)
12:30–13:30: PANEL 4. Strengthening the role of CSOs in fostering migrants’ access to basic services
- Speakers: Bernadette Daragics (Menedék- Hungarian Association for Migrants), Vivien Vadasi (Menedék- Hungarian Association for Migrants)
13:30–14:30: Reception
Each panel will include a Q&A session.
See the full programme and the bios of the speakers here .
