The Tampere conclusions adopted by the European Council in October 1999 under the Finnish Presidency deeply influenced EU migration & asylum policies. This conference, more than celebrating their 20th anniversary, will explore upcoming developments: a new strategic agenda to be adopted by the European Council; a renewed Parliament and Commission with new policy priorities following the European elections; and a five-year programme (2020-2024) including migration and asylum policies that should also be adopted by the European Council.
EMN Finland, the Odysseus Academic Network and the European Policy Centre (EPC) organise this event to provide ideas and suggestions for the five-year programme mentioned above. A call for contributions has been launched to fuel the five preparatory workshops in charge of drafting papers to be discussed at the conference. A final document will be presented after the conference to the EU institutions, and to the Member States for discussion. The conference follows the structure of the Tampere conclusions as following:
Workshops will leave ample time for a discussion with participants. High-level speakers, policy makers, stakeholders and academics from all over Europe will figure among the speakers. High level speakers such as Director General of the IOM Antonio Vitorino, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi, Executive Director of EASO Nina Gregori and ICMPD Director General Michael Spindelegger have confirmed their participation. High level representatives of EU institutions and Agencies, Member States, NGOs as well as leading academics will participate.
There will be a range of workshops attended by stakeholders and policy makers from Europe as well as other parts of the world to bring their diverse points of view to the table. Workshops will be introduced by top specialists in their field. The results of the conference will be shared widely including with the EU institutions and Member States who may take them into consideration in their further discussions.
The conference has now its own website where registration is open! All the details related to the registration, the venue and accommodation can be found on the conference website.
CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS
In order to provide food for thought in the conference, the Odysseus Network, the EMN-Finland and the European Policy Centre (EPC) and the Friedrich Naumann Foundation launch a call for contributions. Five preparatory workshops gathering policy makers and stakeholders from all horizons and academia will be organised in Brussels in June 2019 to review the draft papers that will be discussed in the conference. The topics of these five preparatory workshops follow exactly the program of the conference (see the five workshops above) the human rights of migrants being a transversal concern.
All interested institutions (ministries, agencies, regions, cities,…) and organisations (NGOs, trade unions, international organisations, political parties, research centers, companies,…) from the public or private sector as well as individuals (members of Parliament, academics, consultants, advisers,… ) can contribute to these preparatory workshops by sending policy proposals regarding the future of EU migration and asylum policies.