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. Below you will find all the speeches and presentations from the various forums of the conference, individually downloadable in PDF format (Adobe Reader).
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30 September 2008
Reception of the participants by the City of Bonn
Welcoming reception hosted by the City of Bonn
Dr. Christof Eichert, Ministry for Intergenerational Affairs, Family, Women and Integration of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, Düsseldorf, Germany, Grußwort für den Abendempfang des Bürgermeisters der Stadt Bonn (greeting for the evening reception hosted by the Mayor of Bonn)
01 October 2008
Opening of the conference (9:30 – 12:00)
Moderator:
Ms. Verica Spasovska, Executive of the Editorial Department for Middle, Southern and South Eastern Europe, Deutsche Welle, Germany (media partner of the AAMEE project)
Opening speeches:
Ms. Bärbel Dieckmann, Lady Mayor of the City of Bonn, Germany, Grußwort zur Eröffnung (greeting for opening)
Mr. Armin Laschet, Minister for Intergenerational Affairs, Family, Women and Integration of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, Düsseldorf, Germany, "Europas Neues Gesicht. Ältere Menschen mit Zuwanderungsgeschichte in Europa – von Herausforderungen zu Chancen" ("New Face for Europe. Migrant Elders across Europe – from Challenges to Opportunities")
Mr. Gerhard Stahl, Secretary General of the Committee of the Regions, Brussels, Belgium, "Ältere Angehörige ethnischer Minderheiten und Migranten in Europa – Herausforderungen und Chancen" ("Elder Members of Minority Ethnic Groups and Migrants in Europe – Challenges and Opportunities")
Mr. Thomas Mann, Member of the European Parliament / Member of the Committee for Employment and Social Affairs, Brussels, Belgium, "Ältere Menschen mit Zuwanderungsgeschichte in Europa" ("Migrant Elders across Europe")
Mr. Jérôme Vignon, Director of the Directorate General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium, "Chancen, Zugangsmöglichkeiten und Solidarität in einer alternden Gesellschaft – Blick auf ältere Migranten" ("Opportunities, Access and Solidarity in an Ageing Society – A Look at Migrant Elders.")
Panel discussion:
First European Dialogue: "Active Ageing - Equal Opportunities for Migrant Elders". Featuring: Minister Armin Laschet, Secretary General Gerhard Stahl, Mr. Thomas Mann, MEP, and Director Jérôme Vignon. Moderator: Ms. Verica Spasovska, Deutsche Welle (media partner of the AAMEE project).
Discussion forums:
The nine forums explored the concrete living situations of migrant elders on the basis of the following key questions:
Supplementary key discussion questions for Forum 3 ("The diverse migrant elders' community - impact and chances"):
Supplementary key discussion questions for Forum 7 ("Migrant elders – research in Europe")
Supplementary discussion topics for Forum 9 ("Migrant elders – gender matters?"):
On the second day of the conference, the results of the various forums were presented at the plenary meeting, with the presenters covering the following key questions:
The reports and results of the discussion forums can be individually downloaded in PDF format (Adobe Reader):
Forum 1: "Political and Social Participation of Migrant Elders" (13:30 - 15:15)
Moderator: Mr. Markus Held, Director of the European Volunteer Centre (CEV), Brussels, Belgium.
Mr. Thomas Mann, Member of the European Parliament / Member of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, Brussels, Belgium
Ms. Claire Ball, National Development and Policy Officer BME Elders, Age Concern BME Elders Forum, London, England, "Supporting the Engagement of Black & Minority Ethnic (BME) Older People - experience from England"
Dr. Katalin Haraszti, Vice Head of Department at the Office of Parliamentary Commissioner for Civil Rights of Hungary, Budapest, Hungary, "Elderly migrants in the practice of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Civil Rights in Hungary"
Ms. Zsófia Tornóczi, Co-ordinator of the transnational project "Think Future – Volunteer Together", National Volunteer Centre, Budapest, Hungary, "Think future, volunteer together - ENEA project: 12/2007 - 12/2009"
The results were presented by Mgr. Barbora Novotná, Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic.
Forum 2: "Quality Housing Concepts for Migrant Elders" (13:30 - 15:15)
Moderator: Ms. Roswitha Sinz, Verband der Wohnungswirtschaft Rheinland Westfalen e.V. (Association of the Housing Industry of Rhineland Westphalia), Düsseldorf, Germany
Mr. Burghard Schneider, Verband der Wohnungswirtschaft Rheinland Westfalen e.V. (Association of the Housing Industry of Rhineland Westphalia), Düsseldorf, Germany, "Wohnqualität für ältere Migranten" ("Quality Housing Concepts for Migrant Elders")
Ms. Rohini Sharma Joshi, Housing Equal Opps Manager, Trust Housing Association, Edinburgh, Scotland, "Quality Housing Concepts for Migrant Elders"
Mr. Leslie Laniyan, Federation of Black Housing Organisations, London, England, "Quality Housing & Culturally Specific Services for Migrant Elders in the UK"
Ms. Saloua Berdai, co-ordinator of Team Care, minority centre de8, Antwerp, Belgium, "Intercultural Care for Elderly People. A guide to provision of suitable services for elderly migrants"
The results were presented by Ms. Glenda Watt, Strategy Manager, Edinburgh's Joint Plan for Older People, The City of Edinburgh Council, Scotland.
Forum 3: "The Diverse Migrant Elders' Community – Impact and Chances" (13:30 - 15:15)
Moderator: PD Dr. habil. Peter Schimany, Forschungskontakte / Wissenschaftlicher Beirat, Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge (research contacts / scientific advisory board, Federal Office for Migration and Refugees), Nuremberg, Germany.
Dr. Paolo Ruspini, Senior Researcher at the Faculty of Communication Sciences, University of Lugano, Switzerland, "Migration typologies and immigration policies across the European continent – which place for migrant elders?"
Ms. Alexia Scarlett, Head of the Policy and Programme Unit, International Organization for Migration, Regional Liaison and Coordination Office to the European Union, Brussels, Belgium, "Migration of Elders – IOM Perspectives"
Ms. Tanya Stoyanova, Manager of the International Projects Department at the International University College and International Management Institute, Dobrich, Bulgaria, "MOBIAGE: European Mobility Resource Centres For Active Aging Of People Living Outside Their Country"
Prof. Dr. Vicente Rodriguez, Centre of Human and Social Sciences, Spanish Council for Scientific Research, Madrid, Spain, "Older European migrating to Spain: research challenges"
The results were presented by Mr. John Byrne, Director of the Mid-East Regional Authority, Wicklow, Ireland.
Forum 4: "Culturally Sensitive Health and Care" (13:30 - 15:15)
Moderator: Mr. Reinhard Pohlmann, Bereichsleiter für Seniorenarbeit, Sozialamt der Stadt Dortmund, (Head of Department for Senior´s Issues, Social Assistance Office of the City of Dortmund), Germany
Dr. Elke Olbermann, Forschungsgesellschaft für Gerontologie e.V., Institut für Gerontologie, Technische Universität (Research Association for Gerontology, Institute for Gerontology, Technical University) Dortmund, Germany, "Culturally Sensitive Health and Care: Introduction"
Ms. Birgit Goris, project officer OVALLO, Brusselse Welzijns- en Gezondheidsraad, Overleg Platform Allochtone Ouderen (OVALLO, Brussels Well-Being and Health Council, Consultation Platform Older Migrants), Belgium, "Consultation Platform Older Migrants"
Ms. Dragica Baric-Büdel, Referentin interkulturelle Altenhilfe (Desk Officer for Intercultural Care for Elderly), AWO - Arbeiterwohlfahrt Bundesverband (National Labour Welfare Association), Bonn, Germany / Ms. Anna L. Vey, Referentin für Querschnittsaufgaben der Migrationsarbeit (Desk Officer for Cross-Sectional Tasks of MigrationWork, team 44 - migration and integration), DRK Generalsekretariat (The German Red Cross General Secretariat), Berlin, Germany, "Forum for a culture sensitive care for the elderly"
Mr. Ramazan Salman, Executive Director of the Ethno-Medizinisches Zentrum e.V. (Ethno-Medical Centre), Hanover, Germany
The results were presented by Ms. Sari Takala, School of Public Health, University of Tampere, Finland.
Forum 5: "Integration and Communication – ICT for Migrant Elders" (13:30 - 15:15)
Moderator: Dr. Markus Warnke, Ministry for Intergenerational Affairs, Family, Women and Integration of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, Düsseldorf, Germany
Mr. Stefano Kluzer, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, Seville, Spain, "ICT for migrant elders: future prospects and current opportunities"
Ms. Birgit Kampmann, Kompetenzzentrum Technik-Diversity-Chancengleichheit e.V. (Competence Centre Technology-Diversity-Equal Opportunities), Bielefeld, Germany, "Online Competence for Female and Male Migrants in Germany. Results of the Survey"
Dr. Marie Mense, Communications, THS Wohnen GmbH, Webcam Project "Sophia", Gelsenkirchen, Germany,"Working with and for Older Immigrants: ICT Pilot Project for Building Bridges to the Country of Origin"
The results were presented by Dr. Ajit K. Halder, Co-ordinator of the Learning Centre of the Indian Senior Citizens Centre, Manchester, England
Forum 6: "Life-long Learning & Leisure Time" (16:00 - 17:45)
Moderator: Mr. Baha Güngör, Director of the Turkish Programme of Deutsche Welle Radio, Bonn, Germany (media partner of the AAMEE project)
Mr. Wesley Grant, Forum Manager, BME Elders Focus Group, Leeds, England, "BME Elders: Lifelong Learning and Leisure Time"
Dr. Christa Müller, Director of the Stiftung Interkultur (Foundation Interculture), Munich, Germany, "Intercultural Gardens. Urban Places for Subsistence Production and Diversity"
Ms. Neena Agarwal, Manager of the Welfare Organisation Milan Ltd., Edinburgh, Scotland, "Milan Presentation on Minority Ethnic and Migrant Elders across Europe"
Ms. Nancy Jouwe, Programme Director Kosmopolis Platform, Utrecht, Netherlands, "Migrant elders in the Netherlands: working from an intercultural and intergenerational perspective"
The results were presented by Dr. Christof Eichert, Ministry for Intergenerational Affairs, Family, Women and Integration of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Forum 7: "Migrant Elders – Research in Europe" (16:00 - 17:45)
Moderator: Dr. Josef Hilbert, Director of the Forschungsschwerpunkt Gesundheitswirtschaft und Lebensqualität am Institut Arbeit und Technik (Research Centre Health Economy and Quality of Life at the Institute Work and Technics), Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Dr. Sándor Illés, Demographic Research Institute, Hungarian Central Statistical Office (HCSO), Budapest, Hungary,"Elderly migration – state of arts in Europe"
Prof. Anna Krasteva, Director of the Centre for European Refugees, Migration and Ethnic Studies, Department of Political Sciences, New Bulgarian University, Sofia, Bulgaria, "Ethnic and migrant elders: Research in Bulgaria"
Dr. Michael Janoschka, Centre for Human and Social Sciences, Spanish Council for Scientific Research, Madrid, Spain,"Participation of elderly transnational migrants in local politics and urban development. Expressions of European citizenship practice?"
Dr. Chan Choenni, Senior Consultant, Dutch Ministry for Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (VROM), The Hague, Netherlands, "Minority Elders in the Netherlands"
Dr Wolfgang Seifert, Landesamt für Datenverarbeitung und Statistik Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany (North Rhine-Westphalian Regional Authority for Data Processings and Statistics), "Migrant elders in the EU – Population and data sources"
The results were presented by Dr. Vera Gerling, GER-ON Consult & Research, Dortmund, Germany.
Forum 8: "Ethnomarketing" (16:00 - 17:45)
Moderator: Mr. Halit Celikbudak, Editor in Chief, the German Branch of Hürriyet A.S., Mörfelden-Walldorf, Germany
Dr. Matthias Kulinna, Consultant for Ethnomarketing and Social Economy, TürkeiFokus, Leopoldshöhe, Germany, "Introduction Ethnomarketing"
Mr. Bülent Arslan, Executive of the Institut für Interkulturelle Management- und Politikberatung (Institute for Intercultural Management and Policy Advice, imap), Leverkusen, Germany, "New face for Europe"
Ms. Evrim Özay, transcultural work on integration, City of Mülheim at the Ruhr, Germany, "Modellprojekt: Integration älterer Migrantinnen und Migranten – Schaffung neuer, integrationsfördernder Strukturen zur Verbesserung der Lebenssituation" ("A Model Project: Integrating Migrant Elders – Creating New, Integration-fostering Structures to Improve their Quality of Life")
Mr. Jean Christophe Despres, Director of SOPI Communication, Paris, France, "Migrant elders in France"
The results were presented by Ms. Sabina Hrovatin, Senior Advisor, Head of Refugee and Alien Integration Section, Ministry of the Interior, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Forum 9: "Migrant Elders - Gender Matters?" (16:00 - 17:45)
Moderator: Ms. Barbara Gessler, Representative of the European Commission in Bonn, Germany
Em. Prof. Robert Cliquet, Senior Advisor, Population and Social Policy Consultants, Brussels, Belgium, "Migrant elders – Gender matters?"
Ms. Meltem Baskaya, Kompetenz-Zentrum Interkulturelle Öffnung in der Altenpflege (Competence Centre Intercultural Opening up of Elderly Care), Berlin, Germany, "Ältere Migranten und Geschlechterrollen" ("Migrant Elders - Gender Matters?")
The results were presented by Prof. John Eade, Centre for Research on Nationalism, Ethnicity and Multiculturalism (CRONEM), University of Surrey, Guildford / Roehampton University, England.
02 October 2008 (9:00 – 13:30)
Moderator:
Mr. Baha Büngör, Director of the Turkish Programme of Deutsche Welle Radio, Bonn, Germany (media partner of the AAMEE project)
Main speakers:
Ms. Gabriela Zabalúa-Goddard, Vice President of the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) and Editor of the spanish-speaking AARP Magazine Segunda Juventud, Washington D.C., USA, "Engaging Older Migrant Populations – Experiences from the U.S."
Dr. Marilies Flemming, Former Federal Minister, Vice President of the European Seniors' Union, The Austrian Seniors' Association, Vienna, Austria: "The social and political integration of migrant elders - a common initiative in Europe"
