IV CHALLENGE Training School : « Integration, Immigration & Citizenship: European, National & Local Responses »

23 & 24 November 2007

Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) Conference Room

Place du Congrès 1, 1000 Brussels

The development of an EU framework of the integration of immigrants has been framed as one of the key strategic objectives for the development of an Area of Freedom, Security and Justice. Based on the Amsterdam Treaty, and the political mandates given by the Tampere and The Hague Programmes, the European Commission has presented in the last years a series of instruments addressing the area of «integration of immigrants» intending to consolidate a common European framework. The evolving EU policy has consolidated a nexus between integration, immigration and citizenship as a response to the increasing dilemmas posed by human mobility and diversity to the nation state, and the EU as a political integrationist project. This nexus appears to originate mainly from the national arenas composing the EU, as the competence over this area still resides greatly in the hands of the Member States. What is the role, functions and vulnerabilities of integration in the contexts of immigration, citizenship and asylum at the various levels of governance? What is the social impact of this intersection in processes of inclusion? What is the role of religion and culture? This Training School seeks to address these and other related questions. It brings together young researchers to deepen and widen their knowledge on the issues at stake along with key academics and policy makers.

The CHALLENGE project ( The Changing Landscape of European Liberty and Security) is five-year funded by the Directorate General for Research of the European Commission. It seeks to facilitate a more responsive and responsible assessment of the rules and practices of security, and it examines the implications of these practices for civil liberties, human rights and social cohesion in an enlarged Europe. Some 23 universities and research centres from all across Europe participate in the project.

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