MEDITERRANEAN SUMMER UNIVERSITY in partnership with MIGRANTS IN EUROPE : Borders, Human Rights and International Security REPORT OF THE SESSION REPORT OF THE SESN ROME (Italy) September 25 to 1 October 2016
- 1 - For the first time, the «Centre International de Formation Européenne» has organised its Mediterranean summer university in Italy (Rome) from September 25 th to October 1 st, 2016. This programme was organised in collaboration with Centro italiano di formazione Europea, and Università La Sapienza, Unesco Chair. Breakfast was not possible in this place but a little café, just at the corner of the street, proposed an Italian breakfast, that the students and lecturers took either in the bar or take away in the garden of the hotel. The lecturers specially appreciated to have their café in such a nice environment. The foreign students together with the lecturers were accommodated in the guest house of the University La Sapienza, very well located near Termini train station and not far from the university. They had at their disposal very comfortable conditions with air conditioned in each rooms and a private little garden very appreciated in the evening, after a long working day. This place was also with easy access to the common transportation in order to reach the city centre. All the conferences were hold in the building of the Faculty of economics of the University La Sapienza and a commun lunch took place in a restaurant very close to the university. So, the group was very close all the day and this very comfortable logistics was perfect to continue discussion even during lunch time. Nevertheless, the timing was organised so that everybody had enough time to visit Rome during the evening after the academic program, and all the began very friendly from the beginning of the program. The academic program was structured around the very important issue of Migrants : borders and security, medical assistance of the refugees, unaccompanied minors, etc. It was approximately 30 hours of lectures and discussions to permit to the students to be more and more involved. They were conducted in English by international experts from Italy and the rest of Europe and an interactive activity at the end of the programme was proposed as an illustration of this working week. The group was constituted with about 20 students, from Italy and from abroad and, in addition, some of the Italian students of La Sapienza University took part of the programme from time to time. Finally, it was a large group of candidates that finally were present representing 9 different nationalities. They immediately formed very friendly relations. Thanks to this very great atmosphere introduced from the beginning of the programme, the group created immediately a very interesting cohesion, between the students together but also with the lecturers. All the participants enjoyed a rich extra programme which helped them to savour the culture of this very historic an famous city. A day trip, very appreciated, was proposed in the famous historical and cultural site of Ostia Antica. All the candidates completed the program successfully and received a certificate of participation. Additionally, those students who presented some supplementary work after the session acquired ECTS Credits. This programme was also the opportunity to propose, after the session, a regional alumni meeting. Some of the students of the summer university programme chose to continue two days more to meet some alumni and discuss about their carrers. Cife thanks the Italian partner, University La Sapienza, for its friendly collaboration in the academic programme and the Centro Italiano di Formazione Europea for its involvement in the regional alumni meeting.
- 2 - PROGRAMME Sunday September 25: Arrival of the foreign candidates - Accommodation and free time for dinner Monday September 26: 9.30-10.00 Opening session : Welcome and introduction Location : Sapienza University of Rome Faculty of Economics - Via del Castro Laurenziano European Documentation Center «Altiero Spinelli» Presentation of the partners - Sapienza University of Rome Alessandra De Rose, Director of the MEMOTEF Department. - Centro Italiano di Formazione Europea, Rome Cristina Giudici, President. - Centre International de Formation Européenne, Nice Marie-France Perdigon, Director of the Summer University Programme. Presentation of the students 10.00 Migrant crisis, Border and security in Europe Cristina Giudici, Unesco Chair in Population, Migrations and Development, Sapienza University, Rome. 11.30 Borders and Migrations in the Mediterranean area, Angela Paparusso, Unesco Chair in Population, Migrations and Development, Sapienza University, Rome. 13.00-14.30 Time for lunch
- 3-14.30-16.30 Migrants routes in the Mediterranean area, development and responses in individual countries. Emerging sea routes Enza Roberta Petrillo, Unesco Chair in Population, Migrations and Development, Sapienza University, Rome. Free time for dinner and personal activities Tuesday September 27 EMERGING MIGRATION FLOWS AND POLICY CHALLENGES IN EUROPE 9.30 Environmental Migrations from Conflict-Affected Countries: Focus on EU Policy Response Cristina Giudici, Unesco Chair in Population, Migrations and Development, Università La Sapienza, Rome. 11.00 Unaccompanied minor in Europe: the case of Italy Elena Ambrosetti, Unesco Chair in Population, Migrations and Development, Sapienza University, Rome. 13.00-14.30 Time for lunch 14.30-16.30 The Italian system for the protection of asylum seekers and refugees Nadan Petrovich,, Sapienza University, Rome. Free time for dinner and personal activities
- 4 - Wednesday September 28: Full day excursion: Italian Culture : Visit of Ostia Antica and free time for personal visits Cità del Vaticano
Thursday September 29 th: - 5 - MIGRATION AND REFUGEES, HUMAN RIGHTS 9.30 Human trafficking, a modern form of Slavery Laura Spataru Negura, Nicolae Titulescu University, Bucharest, Romania. 11.00 Political refugees and economic migrants: the EU legislation Hamed Alavi, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia. 13.00-14.30 Time for lunch 14.30-16.30 EU s commitment to address the problem of trafficking in Human being Laura Spataru Negura, Nicolae Titulescu University, Bucharest, Romania. Free time for dinner and personal activities
Friday September 30 th : - 6-9.30 High Skilled worker immigration to EU Hamed Alavi, Tallinn University of Technology 11.00 Interactive session under the direction of Laura Negura with the students shared in little groups. Presentations by the different groups. 12.45-14.00 Time for lunch 14.00 Final evaluation Distribution of the certificates.
- 7-15.00-17.00 Oral examination session for the students wishing to acquire ECTS Credits Free for the others 19.00 Closing drink in the office of Centro Italiano di Formazione Europea and continuation for those who were registered for the Alumni meeting Saturday October 1 st 2016 : Departure
- 8 - PARTICIPANTS AL MUKHTAR Shaimaa (Miss) British shaimaa.almukhtar@gmail.com Graduate in Public Policy and Leadership, from American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, Graduate of Queen Mary, University of London, Graduate from the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. ARSLAN Hazal (Miss) Turkish hazal-arslan@hotmail.com Master in International Relations at the Kutahya Dumlupinar University in Turkey. AYDIN Rahmi Turkish ramiaydin@gmail.com Master in Political Sciences and International Relations at the Kutahya Dumlupinar University in Turkey. BAMPALOUKA Charikleia (Miss) Greek xarmpampalou@gmail.com Master in Advanced European and International Studies, Centre International de Formation Européenne BECKER Catharina (Miss) Brazilian catharinabecker02@gmail.com Student in International Relations, Federal University of Rio Grande do Soul. BECKENKAMP Nicolas German n.beckenkamp@posteo.de Master in Advanced European and International Studies, Centre International de Formation Européenne.
- 9 - CAU Manuela (Miss) Italian Student, Università La Sapienza, Roma. von DITFURTH Hagimar German hvditfurth@gmail.com Assistant to the German Chamber Manager in Shanghai, China. GUGLU Cansu (Miss) Turkish cansuguclu15@gmail.com Student in International Relations, Speciality in European Studies, University of Szeged (Hungary). von HAMMERSTEIN Victoria German victoria.hammerstein@gmail.com Double Master degree in European Affairs and Political Science at the University of Science Po. Paris & Frei Universität Berlin. MALIQI Merita (Miss) Kosovo / Albania merita.maliqi@gmail.com M.A. in International relations, Lecturer at University College Victory, Prishtina. MATVIYKO Olga (Miss) German matviyko.olga@gmail.com Student in Master European Studies programme at RWTH Aschen University in Germany. NARGI Eugenia (Miss) Italian Postgraduate student, Department of International Science eugenia.nargi@edu.unito.it
- 10 - NTONGO Magali (Miss) Swiss magali.ntongo@unine.ch Master in Migration and Citizenship studies at the University of Neuchatel (Swizerland) OSTER Sophia (Miss) German sophia.oster@gmx.net Degree in Political Science Studies at the Technical University in Chemnitz in Germany. SCHMUCK Susanne (Miss) Italian susi.schmuck@hotmail.com BA European Economics and Business administration, University of applied Sciences in Vienna. SIGMUND Fabiola (Miss) Austrian Student in Political science, University of Vienna, Graduated in business law. fabiola.sigmund@hotmail.com SCHNEBLE Isabelle (Miss) Germany isabella.schneble@web.de Master of Arts in European Public Administration, University of Applied Sciences Ludwigsburg. SOCCOL Alberto Italian Student, Università La Sapienza, Roma. alberto.soccol@yahoo.it TOPAL Sedef Asli (Miss) Turkish topalsedef@gmail.com Master of Art in International Relations, University of Szeged (Hungary).
- 11 - Assistant of the programme Angela Italy La Sapienza University, rome Assistant of the programme MAGGIARA Isabel Italy La Sapienza University, Rome, C.I.A.O Information center for the students Isabel.Mag91@gmail.com Find all the photos of the session on facebook «Programme d été du CIFE» https://www.facebook.com/programmedete.ducife/media_set?set=a.10154865813443 816.1073741850.617453815&type=3 EVALUATION The evaluation organised at the end of the session and the examination of the forms proved a very good satisfaction of the students regarding the programme as well as the organisation. We can consider that the program has been widely praised with a level of satisfaction of 85%. The candidates have all noticed a very large satisfaction regarding : - relations with the staff, - administrative assistance offered before and during the program - cultural and tourist activities offered outside the program - conduction of the educational program, etc. The main improvement proposed by the students was to plan more discussions after each presentation, even if they agreed that all the presentations were different and for some of them no debate was necessary. But all the students appreciated a lot the last interactive sequence, managed by Laura Negura, and all the students were involved in a very interesting game about the reality of the migrants integration. In conclusion, all candidates have been very satisfied with the program and we can confirm that the program has achieved great success for both students and teachers and, we hope that the partners have been fully satisfied and ready to start again. CIFE warmly thanks all the teachers and collaborators of the University La Sapienza and Centro Italiano di formazione Europea for their involvement, their confidence and their friendship.
- 12 - In continuation of the summer school, a regional alumni meeting was organized for the first time in Rome. More than 20 alumni from several countries was present and took part in the academic, social and touristic activities with avery interesting debate about BREXIT was organized in the office of Centro Italiano di Formazione Europea. Friday, 30 September 2016: REGIONAL ALUMNI MEETING ROME / September 30 th to October 2 nd, 2016 PROGRAMME This programme took place in the office of Centro Italiano di Formazione Europea Salita de' Crescenzi, 26 00187 Roma 19.00 h WELCOMING SESSION Conference and discussion : «BREXIT or Brevolution : which lessons from the british referendum?» Presentation by Maria Gabriella Briotti, Facoltà di Economia dell Università La Sapienza, Roma Debate with the participation of - Laura Spataru Negura, Nicolae Titulescu University, Bucharest Romania - Claude Nigoul conseiller spécial auprès du Centre International de Formation Européenne, Nice, France, and all the students and lecturers of the programme. Saturday, 1 October 2016: Welcome drink together with the students of the summer university programme and the alumni of CIFE Free time for dinner and personal activities 9.00 h Italian culture : Full day excursion : TIVOLI : Villa d Este, Villa Adriana (Free time for lunch) An opportunity to spend time together during the day, meet other alumni and exchange about your careers after CIFE. Sunday, 2 October 2016: Free time for lunch 10.00 h 12.00 h Walking tour in the historic center of Rome to get together and discover Rome. Professional guide : Fiorenza Mancuzo 12.00 h Goodbye brunch in the office of CIFE Afternoon Departure
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- 15 - SOME PICTURES ABOUT THE MEETING Friday, 30 September 2016: «BREXIT or Brevolution : which lessons from the british referendum?» Presentation by Maria Gabriella Briotti, Facoltà di Economia dell Università La Sapienza, Roma Debate under the direction of Laura Spataru Negura, Nicolae Titulescu University, Bucharest Romania
Saturday, 1 October 2016: - 16 - Italian culture : TIVOLI : Villa d Este, Villa Adriana Sunday, 2 October 2016: Walking tour in the historic center of Rome to get together and discover Rome. Goodbye brunch in the office of CIFE
- 17 - Impressions After CIFE s Summer Programme On Migration By Laura NEGURA SPATARU have just returned to Romania after a few days in Rome, Italy, where I was invited to share my experience on human rights law and European Union law in a summer/autumn programme organized by CIFE (for those who do not know about CIFE or CIFE s summer programmes, please see http://www.cife.eu/fr/4/programme-universitaire-d-ete_6-1) in collaboration with Università La Sapienza and Centro Italiano di Formazione Europea. The programme organized in Rome (September 25, 2016 October 1, 2016) had as topic Migrants in Europe: Borders, Human Rights and International Security, and it was really cross-cultural (reuniting students from Austria, Bresil, Germany, Greece, Italy, Kosovo/Albania, Switzerland, Turkey, UK, and lecturers from Italy, Estonia and Romania actually my colleague Hamed has an incredible life story and is difficult to come under just one country from Iran, settled in Estonia, working in Norway). My presentations have addressed the issue of human trafficking as a new modern form of slavery (where I have tackled the irregular migration issue) and EU s commitments to solve it. At the end of the programme, we have organized a role-play by dividing the students in four teams (migrants, activists, opposers and Italian authorities). I must confess that the role-play was great, the students have impressed me with their capacity of using the information received and getting into the skin of characters (I have to underline that some of them were actually graduate, with experience in human rights). I am so sorry they did not agree to record it it would have been a great tool for other students (I attach however a few photos in order to have an idea I hope my students and colleagues will not mind). Additionally, I have told them a few things about Issues Without Borders platform (who was created from the passion for human rights law) and showed them a video about it. The students were very interested in learning more and I really hope we will collaborate in the future. As for the organizing team, I have to admit that I know Marie-France Perdigon, who is the manager of the summer university programme, for many years and our collaboration has always been great. I have also really loved our Italian host, Cristina Giudici, who is professor at the Unesco Chair in Population, Migrations and Development at Università La Sapienza in Rome and the President of Centro Italiano di Formazzione Europea. After the summer programme, Marie France and Cristina have organized an alumni meeting that was great, giving us the alumni the possibility to reconect and to socialize (I am also an alumni of CIFE after attending different summer programmes this was the manner I have discovered the CIFE). At this alumni meeting, I was invited to be part of a debate panel about BREXIT. Marie France s proffesionalism and thoroughness, the high level of the students and lecturers, as well as the partners and locations chosen, are arguments that make me each year to follow CIFE s path and to deliver lectures in different parts of the world. I really hope that next year I will be invited again (in another summer programme or again in Rome, especially that I made a wish at the Trevi Fountain and I have to get back to Rome again)! Congratulations CIFE for doing such a spectacular work with your summer programmes! You should be really proud of your ambassadors!
- 18 - SUMMER UNIVERSITY ORGANISATION Direction of the CIFE s Summer University Programme Marie-France PERDIGON Director of the Summer University Programme CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE FORMATION EUROPEENNE C.I.F.E. 81 rue de France Tel. 00 33 (0)4 93 97 93 77 F - 06000 - NICE Fax. 00 33 (0)4 93 97 93 71 E-mail: direction.mfp@orange.fr ORGANISATION AND ASSISTANCE IN ITALY Cristina Giudici, Unesco Chair in Population, Migrations and Development Università La Sapienza cristina.giudici@uniroma1.it and the team of Italian assistants Isabel and Angela This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein With the support of the ERASMUS + Program