Lisbon Final Transnational Conference

The Final Conference of the INTI Project: ?One-Stop Shop: A New Answer for Immigrant Integration? took place in Lisbon at the Sana Malhoa Hotel on 6 February 2009. The Conference was attended by Ministers, Government representatives, academics and representatives of civil society from throughout the European Union. The Background Paper to the Conference is available here: Background Paper for Conference. The list of participants is available here: List of Participants.

At the Conference, the final results of the project were announced and disseminated, including the launch of the Handbook on How to Implement a One-Stop Shop for Immigrant Integration, available to download here: Handbook on How to Implement an OSS. A Summary of the Handbook is available to download here: Handbook Summary.

The programme is available to download here: Conference Programme Final. Should you require more information, please contact the Project Coordinators: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Many of the presentations made at the Conference are available to download here:

OPENING SESSION
Ros?rio Farmhouse 1, High Commissioner for Immigration and Intercultural Dialogue
Margarida Marques, Representation of the European Commission in Portugal

ONE-STOP-SHOP: A NEW ANSWER FOR IMMIGRANT INTEGRATION
CHAIR: Catarina Reis Oliveira, ACIDI, I.P. (Portugal)
Gloria Carroccio, Ministero del Lavoro, della Salute e delle Politiche Sociali (Italy)
Rainer Ohliger, Netzwerk Migration in Europa e V. (Germany)
Theodoros Katsas, Hellenic Migration Policy Institute ? IMEPO (Greece)
Fidele Mutwarasibo, Immigrant Council of Ireland (Ireland)
Miguel Gil, Direcci?n General de Integraci?n de los Inmigrantes (Spain)
Maria Abranches, International Organization for Migration ? Mission in Portugal

EVALUATION OF THE FEASIBILITY OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
ONE-STOP- SHOP IN EU MEMBER STATES
CHAIR: Monica Goracci, IOM Chief of Mission in Portugal
Rinus Penninx, coordinator of the IMISCOE Network of Excellence ? International Migration, Integration and Social Cohesion in Europe: Evaluation Summary.

ONE-STOP-SHOP FOR THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION: COMMON RESPONSES FOR IMMIGRANT INTEGRATION?
CHAIR: Roberto Carneiro, Director of the Immigration Observatory in Portugal
Schieffer Martin, Deputy Head of Unit JLS/B1, Immigration and Integration, DG Justice, Freedom and Security, European Commission
Michele Klein Solomon, Director of the Migration Policy, Research and Communications Department, IOM Geneva

LAUNCH OF THE HANDBOOK ON HOW TO IMPLEMENT A ONE-STOP-SHOP FOR IMMIGRANT INTEGRATION
Ros?rio Farmhouse 2, High Commissioner for Immigration and Intercultural Dialogue

Viewing of the CNAI film, history of the creation of the Portuguese ?One-Stop-Shop?

CLOSING SESSION
Ros?rio Farmhouse, High Commissioner for Immigration and Intercultural Dialogue
Christos Zois, Deputy Minister of the Interior - Greece
Pedro Silva Pereira, Minister for the Presidency of the Council of Ministers - Portugal