Migration Conference 2018: programme

Time: 22 March 2018 09.30-19.00
Place: KUMU (Weizenbergi 34/ Valge 1, Tallinn)

Moderators:

• Tiit Tammaru, Professor of Urban and Population Geography, University of Tartu
• Ave Lauren, Coordinator of the Estonian National Contact Point for the European Migration Network
• Raul Eamets, Professor of the University of Tartu, Dean of Faculty of Social Sciences

• 22 March 2018

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  Registration, coffee/tea

  9.30-10.00

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  Opening remarks

  10.00

  • Kenneth Broman, Chief of Staff, Secretary General’s Office, Nordic Council of Ministers
  • Andres Anvelt, Minister of the Interior of Estonia
  • T.E. Anders Ljunggren, the Ambassador of Sweden (Country of Presidency of NCM 2018)
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  Keynote 1: Smart Migration Policy

  10.30

  • Raul Eamets, Professor of the University of Tartu, Dean of Faculty of Social Scienses
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  Keynote 2: Labour Market Entry of Non-Labour Migrants

  11.00

  • Olof Åslund, Director-General at the Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy (IFAU), Professor of Economics at Uppsala University
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  Coffee Break

  11.30-12.00

• I Changes in the Migration Policies in the Nordic-Baltic Region

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  Developments in Estonian Migration Policy

  12.00

  • Ruth Annus, Ministry of the Interior of Estonia, Head of Citizenship and Migration Policy Department
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  Integration of Immigrants into the Finnish Labor Markets

  12.20

  • Matti Sarvimäki, Associate Research Professor at the VATT Institute for Economic Research in Finland
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  Managing Cultural Diversity in the Migratory Era

  12.40

  • Martin Ehala, Professor of the University of Tartu
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  Questions, discussion

  13.00-13.20

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  Lunch

  13.20-14.00

• II Tackling Illegal Employment of Third-Country Nationals

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  Illegal Employment of Third-Country Nationals in the European Union and the Nordic-Baltic Region

  14.00

  • Silver Stõun, European Migration Network
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  Moving Forward: How to Counter Illegal Employment in Future?

  14.20

  Panel discussion:

  • Christiane Kuptsch, Labour Migration Branch, International Labour Organisation
  • Jonathan Chaloff, Senior migration policy specialist, International Migration Division, Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, OECD
  • Liis Valk, Adviser of the Development Department of Estonian Police and Border Guard Board

  Moderator of the discussion: Ruth Annus, Ministry of the Interior of Estonia

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  Coffee Break

  15.10-15.40

• III Integration to the Labour Market, Indicators of Integration

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  Policies and Measures for Speeding up Labour Market Integration of Refugees in the Nordic Region

  15.40

  • Hjördís Rut Sigurjónsdóttir, Research Fellow, Nordregio
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  Challenges Facing the Estonian Integration Policy

  16.00

  • Piret Hartman, Estonian Ministry of Culture, Undersecretary for Cultural Diversity
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  How to Measure the Effectiveness of Integration, Indicators of Integration

  16.20

  • Henrik Emilsson, Malmö University, Researcher at the Institute for Studies of Migration, Diversity and Welfare (MIM)
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  Questions, discussion

  16.40-16.50

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  Panel Discussion: Changes in Migration and Integration Policies

  16.50-17.50

  Participants:

  • Maris Lauri, MP
  • Kadri Simson, Minister of Economic Affairs and Infrastructure
  • Andres Anvelt, Minister of the Interior
  • Helir-Valdor Seeder, MP

  Discussion moderated by Professor Raul Eamets, University of Tartu

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  Concluding remarks

  17.50

  • Professor Tiit Tammaru, University of Tartu
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  Reception

  18.00-19.00