Directorate General III Migration Division - www.coe.int/migration	Directorate General IV Language Policy Division - www. coe.int/lang
Linguistic integration of adult migrants: towards the evaluation of policy and practice Intergovernmental Conference
Council of Europe, Strasbourg, 24-25 June 2010

PROGRAMME including Presentations

Thursday 24 June

09.00 – 10.15 Chair: Philia Thalgott	Official opening Council of Europe · Joseph Sheils, Head of the Department of Language Education and Policy, DG IV · Michel Villan, Chair, European Committee on Migration (CDMG) · John Greenway, Chair, Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population - Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) [text pending]
	International organisations · Teresa Condeço, European Commission · Georges Lemaitre, OECD
10.15 – 10.45	Introduction to the Conference David Little, Rapporteur [Handout]
10.45 – 11.15	Break
11.15 – 12.15	Language requirements for adult migrants in Council of Europe member states: Report on a follow-up survey · Claire Extramiana (powerpoint + text) · Piet van Avermaet Plenary discussion: Comments and Questions
12.15 – 14.15 [12.50 – 14.00]	Cold Lunch (provided) Presentations of national / regional projects
14.15 – 14.30 Chair: Richard Rossner	Plenary Contextualisation of key issues from the Council of Europe viewpoint Set of key questions to assist an evaluation of effectiveness / impact
14.30 – 16.15	Discussion Groups [3 Rooms ]
16.15 – 16.45	Break
16.45 – 17.45 Chair / Moderator Jean-Claude Beacco	Plenary Feedback: Round table with Group Rapporteurs Discussion

Friday 25 June

09.00 – 09.15 Chair: Piet van Avermaet	Plenary Introduction to 2nd session of group work Presentation on second set of challenging statements
09.15 – 10.45	Discussion Groups [3 Rooms]
10.45 – 11.15	Break
11.15 – 12.15 Chair / Moderator: Claire Extramiana	Plenary Feedback: Round table with Group Rapporteurs Discussion
12.15 – 14.00	Lunch
14.00 – 15.00 Chair: Hans-Jürgen Krumm	Round Table Participants will briefly present the work of their body and respond to the issues raised during the Conference · Barbara John, European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) [www.coe.int/ECRI] · Laurent Dalmasso, IGC (Intergovernmental Consultations on Migration, Asylum and Refugees) [www.igc.ch] Apologised for absence: Jan Niessen, Migration Policy Group
15.00 – 15.15	A Canadian perspective: Patrick McEvenue, Ottawa [text pending]
15.15 – 15.45 Chair: Sergey Khrychikov	Closing session · Paulina Polowniak, Adviser to the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights · Gabriella Battaini-Dragoni, Director General of Education, Culture and Heritage, Youth and Sport, DG IV
	Summary of Conclusions: David Little, Rapporteur Close of the conference: Philia Thalgott / Sergey Khrychikov

NB: texts and powerpoints are attached in the language in which they were delivered. The Conference Report will be available by the end of the year

Coordinating Group

· Piet van Avermaet, Director of the Centre for Diversity and Learning, University of Ghent, Belgium
· Jean-Claude Beacco, University of Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris III, France
· Claire Extramiana, Délégation à la langue française et aux langues de France (DGLFLF), Ministry of Culture and Communication, Paris, France
· Hans-Jürgen Krumm, University of Vienna, Austria
· David Little, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, Conference Rapporteur
· Richard Rossner, Chief Executive, The European Association for Quality Language Services (EAQUALS), United Kingdom

Council of Europe Secretariat

· Joseph Sheils, Head of the Language Policy Division, DG IV
· Philia Thalgott, Administrator, Language Policy Division, DG IV - Conference co-ordinator
· Sergey Khrychikov, Administrator, Migration Division, DG III