People on the Move: (Still) stuck in the corridors to the EU - Conference Programme

People on the move poster

Conference Programme

 

Dates: 31.3. - 01.04.2022.

Location: International Youth Centre Novo Sarajevo

Type: Hybrid – in person [limited] and online (via Zoom)

 

Agenda

DAY 1 - Local and Regional Challenges in the Balkans

Welcoming remarks

HORIZONS: Overview  on the situation in BiH and the wider region

  • Gorana Mlinarević, researcher, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Nidžara Ahmetašević, researcher, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Radoš Đurović, director of APC, Serbia
  • Mersiha Smajlović, Legis, North Macedonia

Moderators: Judith Brand and Neda Noraie-Kia

 

“SHRINKING SPACES”

  • Eleni Velivasaki, RSA, Greece
  • Marta Stojić, expert, Serbia
  • Karolina Augustova, researcher and activist
  • Tajana Tadić, expert/activist, Croatia/Germany

Moderator: Gorana Mlinarević

 

MEDIA and MIGRATION along the Balkan route

  • Stavros Malichudis, We are Solomon, Greece
  • Idriss Moussaoui, activist, France
  • İbrahim Kibar, activist, Turkey
  • Elvira Jukić-Mujkić, editor at Media Centar, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Moderator: Nidžara Ahmetašević

 

NETWORKING: Movies and discussions @ Meeting Point Cinema, Sarajevo

 

- 19:00 - Welcome notes and intro about the documentary "Shadow Game"

- 19:05 - Projection of "Shadow Game"

- 20:00 - Intro about the documentary "When we were them"

- 20:05 - Projection of "When we were them"

- 20:20 - 21:00 - Open discussion with directors and participants

- Damir Šagolj, BiH

- Eefje Blaknevoort, Netherlands

- Sajid Khan Nasiri, Afganistan/Belgium

 

Moderator: Neda Noraie-Kia, HBS Thessaloniki

 

DAY 2 - The Balkans, the European Union and Beyond

 

Human Rights at the EU’s external borders

  • Sara Kekuš, policy expert and activist, Centre for Peace Studies, Croatia
  • Erik Marquart, MEP, Germany
  • Joanie DUROCHER, Head, Programme Support Unit, IOM BiH
  • Hanaa Hakiki, Senior Legal Advisor at European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights, Germany

Moderator: Giorgos Christides

 

EU policies in response to the war in Ukraine

  • Giulia Amaducci, European Commission, DG Home
  • Prof. Monika Mokre, Austria
  • Aigul Hakimova, Slovenia
  • Magda Faltova, director of Association for Integration and Migration (SIMI), Czech Republic

Moderator: Neda Noraie-Kia

 

Perspective to stay - ways forward

  • Radoš Đurović, APC, Serbia
  • Emir Prcanović, Vaša Prava, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Antonia Pindulić, legal expert and activist, Centre for Peace Studies, Croatia
  • Andrea Kontenta, Italy

Moderator: Karolina Augustova