14th Public Event of the Re-Be initiative
Thursday 15 June 2017, 2 to 6pm
In the past few decades, political authorities have developed policies aimed at the integration of newcomers. This has produced quite some discussions about the exact aims of integration policies and about the ways in which integration is to be achieved.
In some places – including Belgium – the authorities responsible for the integration policies are the substates. This generates two additional questions that will be explored during this event:
1. Is there a tension between attempts of substates to build and protect their identities and their ambition to be open and welcoming societies.
2. How should one address the high probability of overlap between levels of government for policies that touch upon language, culture, education, employment, security and more.
Programme
1.30 pm
Registration
2-3.45 pm
Part 1: Integration policies in federal states – an overview
Ilke Adam (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
Catherine Xhardez (Université Saint-Louis & Sciences Po Paris)
Ricard Zapato Barrero (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
3.45-4.15 pm: Coffee break
4.15-6pm
Part 2: Are integration policies different in the Belgian regions, and should they be different?
Fabrice Ciaccia (Centre Régional d’Intégration de Charleroi – CRIC)
Eric De Jonge (Brussels Reception Agency for Integration – BON)
Karl Vanlouwe (Member of the Flemish Parliament for the N-VA)
6pm: Reception