2013 Activities
| Date | Meetings/Events attended by Member(s) of OPMI staff |
|---|---|
10/1/13 | Citizens dialogue event and Launch of European Year of Citizens 2013. |
11/1/13 | Migrant Rights Centre Ireland – Roundtable on Migration, Rights and Social and Economic Development. |
16/1/13 | EU Funds meeting. |
16/1/13 | Seminar on new Commission IT system to manage EU Funds - Brussels. |
16/1/13 | Meeting with Family Reunification Division, INIS. |
21/1/13 | Meeting with European Parliament, Brussels on new EU Funds. |
22/1/13 | Meeting with Monaghan Resettlement Steering Group. |
31/3/13 | Meeting with Wicklow Resettlement Steering Group. |
4/2/13 | 42nd meeting of “National Contact Points on Integration” - Brussels. |
6/2/13 - 7/2/13 | Bi-annual working group on resettlement - Geneva. |
12/2/13 | Meeting with Visa Section re programme refugees. |
14/2/13 | Immigrant Council of Ireland - Conference “Family Reunification – a barrier or facilitator of integration”. |
19/2/13 | Meeting with Monaghan Resettlement Steering Group. |
27/2/13 | Meeting with AkiDwa. |
28/2/13 | An Garda Sochna Diversity Consultations Project 2013 – Civil Status module. |
12/3/13 | Reception to mark International Women’s Day – young migrant women empowering themselves through self-expression. |
13/3/13 | Migrant Rights Centre Ireland – Seminar “Minding the Gap” – on equal access to 3rd level education for children of non-EU migrants. |
20/3/13 | Meeting with Irish Red Cross re travel documents for programme refugees. |
27/3/13 | Meeting with D/Environment re housing for programme refugees. |
9/4/13 | Meeting in INIS, Burgh Quay re travel documents for programme refugees. |
9/4/13 | Meeting with HSE re medical cases (programme refugees). |
10/4/13 | Inaugural meeting of the NGO Forum, attended by The Integration Centre, Immigrant Council of Ireland, Migrant Rights Centre Ireland, New Communities Partnership, AkiDwa, Crosscare and NASC. |
11/4/13 | Meeting with Crosscare with regard to supports for isolated female-headed households in Dublin City Centre. |
19/4/13 | Joint HETI and European Parliament Office in Ireland event to mark the anniversary of the liberation of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. |
23/4/13 | An Garda Sochna Diversity Consultations Project 2013 - Race/Ethnic Origin module. |
23/4/13 | Meeting with County Council re arrangements for receiving community. |
24/4/13 | Meeting with County Council re arrangements for receiving community. |
30/4/13 | Attendance at ESRI Research Seminar: "Life Satisfaction, Ethnicity and Neighbourhoods: Is There an Effect of Neighbourhood Ethnic Composition on Life Satisfaction?". |
7/5/13 - 8/5/13 | Attendance at “Europe on the move – Participation and Integration of EU-citizens”, Conference in Vienna. |
8/5/13 | Meeting with Integration Centre re programme refugees. |
9/5/13 | Meeting with delegation from German Parliament of Baden-Wrttemberg. |
10/5/13 | Meeting with ‘field school’ professor and students from University of Northern British Columbia, Canada. |
14/5/13 | Limerick - Knockalisheen Reception Centre/Social Protection Community Welfare Officer. |
14/5/13 | Limerick – Doras Luimn – re resettlement. |
16/5/13 | UNHCR/Family Reunification Section/Citizenship Division. |
19/5/13 - 22/5/13 | Resettlement Seminar, Bulgaria. |
24/5/13 | D/Foreign Affairs & Trade re Memorandum of Understanding on resettlement with IOM (International Organization for Migration). |
27/5/13 | EU Funds meeting. |
27/5/13 | Meeting of the Committee on Holocaust Education, Research and Remembrance. |
28/5/13 | NASC, the Irish Immigrant Support Centre, launch of Report “In from the Margins – Roma in Ireland”. |
28/5/13 | Inter-Agency Working Group on Resettlement in Carrickmacross. |
30/5/13 | Meeting with Geoff Loane - International Committee of the Red Cross. |
3/6/13 | Meeting of “National Contact Points on Integration” - Brussels. |
5/6/13 | Co. Dublin VEC re. language training for programme refugees. |
5/6/13 - 6/6/13 | European Asylum Support Office (EASO) meeting on relocation - Malta. |
6/6/13 | Wicklow Resettlement Inter-Agency Steering Group* |
10/6/13 | Meeting of the Inter-Departmental Working Group on Resettlement and Integration. |
11/6/13 | Resettlement Inter-Agency Steering Group meeting in receiving community. |
12/6/13 | State Agency for Refugees - Transnational Workshop on Resettlement - the Way to a New Life - Bulgaria. |
19/6/13 | Irish Council For social Housing. |
21/6/13 | Meeting with International Red Cross Society. |
26/6/13 | Launch of Annual Integration Monitoring Report. |
27/6/13 | Consultative meeting on the Syrian crisis at the Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland. |
1/7/13 - 3/7/13 | Annual Tripartite Consultations on Resettlement - Geneva. |
2/7/13 | Launch of “Recording Racism in Ireland”. |
16/7/13 | Inter-Departmental Working Group on Resettlement in the receiving community. |
25/7/13 | Meeting with Dublin City Council. |
26/7/13 | 2nd Meeting of NGO Forum. |
29/7/13 | Meeting with Immigrant Council of Ireland. |
30/7/13 | Inter-Departmental Working Group on Resettlement in the receiving community. |
31/7/13 | EU Funds meeting. |
31/7/13 | Inter-Departmental Working Group on Resettlement - Arklow. |
08/08/13 | Meeting with Brian Kearney Grieve, Atlantic Philanthropies. |
19/8/13 | Launch of “Integration – A Practical Guide to assisting Integration for Local Authorities” – Wood Quay Centre, Dublin. |
20/8/13 | Meeting of the Resettlement Inter-Agency Steering Group in the receiving community. |
27/8/13 - 29/8/13 | Meetings with an Garda Sochna. |
10/09/13 | Meeting of the Inter-Departmental Working Group on Resettlement and Integration. |
11/09/13 | Presentation to meeting of the Irish Council for Social Housing. |
18/09/13 | Inter-Departmental Working Group on Resettlement - Arklow. |
19/09/13 | Launch of "A New Beginning – Research on Refugee Integration in Europe" - Brussels. |
25/09/13 | 1st Annual Forum on Relocation - Brussels. |
27/09/13 | Closed consultative meeting on resettlement priorities - Geneva. |
30/09/13 | Meeting of Committee on Holocaust Education, Research and Remembrance – D/Foreign Affairs and Trade. |
30/09/13 | Meeting with An Garda Sochna. |
01/10/13 | Meeting with delegations from Sweden, Netherlands and Poland. |
01/10/13 | Meeting with ESRI. |
04/10/13 | NASC Conference, Cork - Racism and Hate Crime in Ireland: Is the Legislative and Policy Framework Adequate? |
11/10/13 | Expert meeting on resettlement - Brussels. |
16/10/13 | Meeting between QQI and NGO Forum on certification of academic qualifications. |
23/10/13 | Intercultural Limerick Gathering – Doras Luimni launch of "Treated Differently? Evidence of Racism and Discrimination from a Local Perspective". |
25/10/13 | Launch of Westmeath Integration & Diversity Strategy 2013-2017. |
30/10/13 | Meeting with programme refugees - Naas. |
12/11/13 - 13/11/13 | Practical Co-operation meeting on resettlement. EASO, Malta. |
14/11/13 | Practical Co-operation meeting on relocation. EASO, Malta. |
25/11/13 | National Contact Points on Integration - Brussels. |
26/11/13 | Meeting of the Inter-Departmental Working Group on Resettlement and Integration. |
26/11/13 - 27/11/13 | 10th Meeting of the EU Integration Forum - Brussels. |
11/12/13 | Launch of the Limerick City and County Integration Strategy |
17/12/13 | Launch of the 3rd Roadmap to Integration by the Integration Centre. |
19/12/13 | Exchange of views with NGOs on racist crime. |
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