Directorate General III Migration Division	Directorate General IV Language Policy Division
The linguistic integration of adult migrants Intergovernmental Seminar
Strasbourg, 26-27 June 2008

PROGRAMME including presentations
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Thursday 26 June

8.15 – 9.15	Registration: Agora Building – Room G 02 – Quai Jacoutot
09.15 – 10.00 Chair: Joseph Sheils	Official opening · Gabriella Battaini-Dragoni, Director General of Education, Culture and Heritage, Youth and Sport, DG IV [speech] · María Ochoa-Llidó, Head of the Migration and Roma Department, DG III [speech] · Martina Ní Cheallaigh, European Commission [powerpoint] · Tineke Strik, Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population -Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe [speech] Introduction to Seminar programme and working methods David Little, Rapporteur [powerpoint]
10.00 – 10.45 Chair: Sergey Khrychikov	Language requirements for adult migrants in Council of Europe member states: Report on a survey Claire Extramiana [powerpoint and presentation] Piet van Avermaet [powerpointand presentation]
10.45 – 11.15	Break
11.15 – 12.45 Chair: Richard Rossner	Round Table on language proficiency requirements, language training and assessment with the participation of delegates from the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy and Spain / Catalonia
12.45 – 14.30	Lunch
14.30 – 15.45 Chair: Piet Van Avermaet	· Languages in integration policies for adult migrants: Jean-Claude Beacco [presentation] · The ‘Common European Framework of Reference for Languages’ and the development of policies for the integration of adult migrants: David Little [powerpoint] Discussion
15.45 – 16.15	Break
16.15 – 17.45 Chair: Hans-Jürgen Krumm	Case studies · The new German integration policy – the implementation of a nation wide integration course: Carola Cichos [powerpoint - text] · Tailor-made language education for beginners in Dutch as a second language: Jeroen Devlieghere [powerpoint – video 1 – video 2]] · The new pilot project in Lombardy for adult newcomers: “Certify your Italian. A language for knowing and making yourself known”: Antonello Grimaldi [powerpoint] Discussion Summing up of Day 1: David Little, Rapporteur

Friday 27 June

09.00–10.30 Chair: Günther Schneider	The assessment of language proficiency: · Language tests for social cohesion and citizenship: Henk Kuijper [powerpoint - text] · An alternative approach to teaching and assessment: the experience of Integrate Ireland Language and Training: Barbara Lazenby Simpson [powerpoint] Discussion The provision of language training · Quality assurance in the provision of language education and training for adult migrants: Richard Rossner [powerpoint] Discussion
10.30–11.00	Break
11.00 – 11.30	Non Governmental Organisations · Sophie Dimitroulias, Association of Women of Southern Europe (AFEM) [presentation] · Véronique Laurens, CIMADE / CLP [presentation]
11.30 – 13.00 Chair: Jean-Claude Beacco	Closing session Tour de Table / Plenary discussion Summary of Conclusions: David Little, Rapporteur Close of seminar: Joseph Sheils / Sergey Khrychikov

The financial support from Luxembourg and Ireland for this project is gratefully acknowledged by the Language Policy Division

Coordinating Group

· David Little, Head of the School of Linguistic, Speech and Communication Sciences, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. Seminar Rapporteur
· Piet van Avermaet, Head of the Centre for Diversity and Learning, University of Ghent / member of the Association of Language Testers in Europe (ALTE)
· Jean-Claude Beacco, University of Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris III, France
· Carola Cichos, Federal Office for Migration and Refugees, Nürnberg, Germany
· 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
· Richard Rossner, Chief Executive, The European Association for Quality Language Services (EAQUALS)
· Günther Schneider, University of Fribourg, Switzerland

Other Presenters

· Jeroen Devlieghere, ‘Nederlandse Taalunie’ (Dutch Language Union)
· Sophie Dimitroulias, Vice-Chair of the Association of Women of Southern Europe (AFEM); Delegate to the Council of Europe INGO Liaison Committee
· Antonello Grimaldi, Struttura Interventi Sociali, Direzione Famiglia e Solidarietà Sociale - Regione Lombardia, Milano
· Henk Kuijper, CITO, Arnhem, The Netherlands / ALTE member
· Véronique Laurens, Training Integration Center, CIMADE (migrants’ rights organisation); Liaison Committee for the Promotion of migrants and persons seeking integration (CLP)
· Barbara Lazenby Simpson, Trinity College, ‘Integrate Ireland Language and Training’, Dublin

Council of Europe Secretariat

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