Conference: Monitoring Migrant Integration
Venue: The Royal Irish Academy, 19 Dawson Street, Dublin
Time: 09.30 - 13.00
This half-day Conference, jointly organised by the Integration Centre and the ESRI, coincides with the publication of the Annual Monitoring Report on Integration 2012,
Key findings from the third Annual Monitoring Report on Integration will be presented and discussed. International speakers, including from the OECD, will present international findings on migrant integration in OECD countries. A panel of practitioners and other experts will also consider the challenges of monitoring migrant integration and associated policy issues.
PROGRAMME
09.30 Refreshments / Registration
09.45 Welcome and Introduction
Professor Frances Ruane (Director, ESRI)
09.55 Session I: Monitoring Integration in Ireland
Chair: Pat Montague (The Integration Centre)
Annual Monitoring Report on Integration 2012
Dr Frances McGinnity (ESRI) Download Presentation
Experience of Migrant Integration in Ireland: Challenges and policy responses
Killian Forde (The Integration Centre) Download Presentation
Q&A
10.40 Coffee
11.00 Session II: International Experience of Monitoring Integration
Chair: Professor Philip O’Connell (UCD Geary Institute)
Settling In: OECD Indicators of Immigrant Integration
Dr Thomas Liebig (International Migration Division, OECD) Download Presentation
Monitoring Integration in the Netherlands
Dr Merove Gisbjerts (The Netherlands Institute for Social Research) Download Presentation
Q&A
12.00 Session III: Panel Discussion
Chair: Killian Forde (The Integration Centre)
Structured discussion with (TBC): David Joyce (ICTU); Declan Hayden (DCC); Flora Okobi, Culture Connect; Fran McGinnity (ESRI); Karen McHugh (Doras Luimní); Peter Szlovak (TIC)
12.45 Closing Comments