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Article published in March 2006 in the Spanish newspaper, La Vanguardia Many citizens from southern European countries have watched the violent events in France during the previous weeks with increasing anxiety. They worry that such events may take place in their countries too in the near future as Greece, Spain and Italy have become ‘new’ migration hosts during the past decade. In this negative climate, southern European governments find it increasingly difficult to adopt a multicultural model for integration and citizenship even if many intellectuals and part of the political elites recognize the need to integrate immigrants not only economically but also socially and culturally.
Read the article “Immigrants, political rights and democracy in the EU” by Ruby Gropas on the Bridge, a bimonthly review on European integration.
EMILIE and POLITIS were selected as best-practice projects for involving intercultural dialogue at the community level. Τhe Directorate-General for Education and Culture of the European Commission organised a conference and exhibition on Intercultural Dialogue, in Brussels on 22 and 23 November 2006 on the premises of the Committee of the Regions. This conference and exhibition aimed to showcase the results of programmes and initiatives on the theme of Intercultural Dialogue that have been supported at European level up to now. They will also serve as part of the Commission’s preparations for the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue in 2008.
The book Visions d’ Europe/Visions of Europe is at the same time analytical and political, combining high-level academic expertise with intellectual passion on key controversial subjects such as democracy and the European institutions; economic, social and cultural integration; Europe’s borders; and the question of a common European historical memory.
Madrid, 4-5 February 2008 EMILIE results on Education were presented at the Think & Act Conference on Social Cohesion in Europe, organized by CRUE at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. See the Conference programme and the Presentation of the research project.
Athens, 20 June 2007 A conference organized by the Athens Gymnasium of Multicultural Education in collaboration with the EMILIE research project Athens. Conference details: programme, papers are only available in Greek.
Brussels, 8-9 June 2006 The EMILIE project participated at the FP6 - Priority 7 Kick Off Conference, organised by the EC Commission, DG Research. Download the Powerpoint presentation.
