The integration of migrants at local level - The Hague, 28-29 November 2007 28-11-2007 Introduction The Association of Netherlands Municipalities (VNG) is organising, in
cooperation with the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR), a
conference on the integration of migrants at local level. Under the title ‘Equal
opportunities for all: citizenship and human capital in a diverse Europe’, the
conference is the answer on the CEMR declaration of Seville on the role of
European local and regional governments in relation to migration.
Description
It will bring together politicians, experts and representatives of migrants
organisations to explore issues such as social cohesion and citizenship, housing
policies and diversity management.
The event will take place within the framework of the 2007 European Year of
Equal Opportunities for All. The overall results of the conference will be used
in a policy paper and declaration as reaction on the “Handbook on immigration'
and ‘Proposals for economic migration' to be published by the European
Commission this year.
Speakers at the conference will include:
Programme
Location
The Hague, the Netherlands
Register Links For more information and to register, please visit the conference websiteback |
