Higher Education Values in Practice – Integration of highly skilled refugees and at-risk academics in Europe - Academic Cooperation Association

June 13, 2019

11.30 – 13.00	11.30 – 13.00 Registration & lunch
13.00 – 13.30	13.00 – 13.30 Welcome by the European Committee of the Regions Laurent Thieule, Director Legislative Work, European Committee of the Regions About the GREET and Academic Refuge projects Ulrich Grothus, ACA President Marit Egner, Senior Adviser - Department of Research Administration, University of Oslo
13.30 – 13.45	13.30 – 13.45 Keynote speech Wajid Khan, MEP
13.45 – 14.45	13.45 – 14.45 Panel on higher education values European action to promote higher education values Annick Suzor-Weiner, Professor, Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie and Université Paris-Sud (moderator) Kati Verstrepen, President of the League of Human Rights Markus Laitinen, Head of International Affairs, University of Helsinki Monika Steinel, Senior Policy Analyst, European University Association Olga Hunler, Visiting Researcher, University of Bremen
14.45 – 15.00	14.45 – 15.00 Launch of e-handbook "Promoting Core Higher Education Values - Perspectives from the Field" Stefaan Smis, Professor of international and human rights law, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)
15.00 – 15.20	15.00 – 15.20 Break
15.20 – 16.30	15.20 – 16.30 Parallel sessions 1. Values in higher education as risk management Lauren Crain, Director of Research and Learning, Scholars at Risk Adinda van Gaalen, Senior Policy Officer, Nuffic 2. Awareness raising for supporting higher education in emergencies Sini Piippo, Senior Programme Manager and International Contact Point for Erasmus+, Finnish National Agency for Education (EDUFI) James R. King, Director, IIE Scholar Rescue Fund Marita Häkkinen, Coordinator, University of Jyväskylä IIE-SRF Fellow, Visiting Scholar, Oslo Metropolitan University
17.00	17.00 Guided tour of Brussels - DiverCity Prof. Eric Corijn, Professor of social and cultural geography, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)
19.00 – 21.00	19.00 – 21.00 Reception at Beursschouwburg

June 14, 2019

9.30 – 10.00	9.30 – 10.00 Welcome note Themis Christophidou, Director General, Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture (EAC), European Commission
10.00 – 11.15	10.00 – 11.15 Parallel sessions 1. Support for students with refugee background - Student engagement initiatives Christian Gerhus, Coordinator study-start for new immigrants, University of Siegen Majdi Bido, Assistant preliminary studies for new immigrants, University of Siegen Julia Kracht Araújo, Senior Desk Officer, Higher Education Programmes for Refugees, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) 2. The future of support for at-risk academics in Europe? Marit Egner, Senior Adviser, Department of Research Administration, University of Oslo Sinead O'Gorman, Director, Scholars at Risk Europe Nassim Obeid, Researcher, Department of Linguistics and Scandinavian Studies, University of Oslo 3. Networks, associations and task forces as support structures and advocacy tools Marija Mitic, Policy Officer, Academic Cooperation Association (ACA) Mathieu Schneider, Associate Professor in history of music and Vice-President of the University of Strasbourg Marjolein (Jo) Breda, Senior Policy Officer Social Affairs, Vlaamse Interuniversitaire Raad (VLIR)
11.15 – 11.30	11.15 – 11.30 Break
11.30 – 12.45	11.30 – 12.45 Initiatives to support integration of highly skilled refugees into higher education in Europe David Crosier, Eurydice (moderator) EU-level support: Mihaela Costache, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (RTD), European Commission National initiatives: Kaisu Piiroinen, Senior Ministerial Adviser, Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture Regional initiatives: Julia Kracht Araújo, Senior Desk Officer, Higher Education Programmes for Refugees, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Institutional initiatives: Mathieu Schneider, Associate Professor in history of music and Vice-President of the University of Strasbourg Students' perspective and involvement: Majdi Bido, Assistant preliminary studies for new immigrants, University of Siegen
12.45 -13.15	12.45 -13.15 Achievements and outlook Academic Refuge: The Next Steps GREET: Past and upcoming results
13.15 –14.15	13.15 –14.15 Networking lunch

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