Integration Conference 2025

2023

Lõimumiskonverents 2024
 

From Security to Solidarity: Challenges of Integration in the Times of Crisis

Conference programme and speakers’ abstracts in three languages

Photo gallery

Opening remarks. Eda Silberg (Undersecretary for Cultural Diversity of the Ministry of Culture)

Opening remarks. Dmitri Moskovtsev (Director of the Integration Foundation)


Tanya Escudero
Tanya Escudero
“Improving Communication with Migrants for Crisis Preparedness: Lessons Learned From COVID-19”
Märt Masso
Märt Masso
“The long-term impact of Ukrainian war refugees on Estonia”

Panel 1: Problems of forced migration: Social and Economic Aspects

 
Sona Kalantaryan
Sona Kalantaryan
„Refugee Crisis Challenges of the EU: Social and Economic Aspects“
VIDEO  
Hanna Hellgren
Hanna Hellgren
„Speaking Swedish – The Role of Language Skills in an Integration Support Project“
VIDEO  
Kemal Nedžibović
Kemal Nedžibović
„Integration of Bosnians – On the Move“
VIDEO  
Marian Benbow Pfisterer
Marian Benbow Pfisterer
„Needs, Intentions and Integration Challenges of Displaced Populations“
VIDEO  
 

Panel discussion

Panel 2: War Refugee Integration: Academic Approach vs. Practice

 
Gina Balsiger
Gina Balsiger
„The societal integration of Ukrainian war refugees in Switzerland since March 2022: Structural problems, missed opportunities and possible improvements“
VIDEO  
Sara Cook
Sara Cook
„Psychosocial integration: Supporting war refugee integration through a trauma-informed lens“
VIDEO  
Jan Kovář
Jan Kovář
„Refugees Integration in Central Europe: What is the Role of the Discourses surrounding Immigrants and Refugees“
VIDEO  
 

Panel discussion

Panel 3: Best Integration Practices for the European Union and beyond

 
Vello Pettai
Vello Pettai
„Keeping the Faith: Challenges in an Era of Political Stress“
VIDEO  
Ercan Küçükarslan
Ercan Küçükarslan
„ENABLE Project as a way of Best Integration Practices for the European Union and beyond“
VIDEO  
Alexander Wolffhardt
Alexander Wolffhardt
"Good practices’: Quality criteria and adaptability“
VIDEO  
Karolis Žibas
Karolis Žibas
„Effective inclusion of refugees: Participatory approaches for practitioners at the local level“
VIDEO  
 

Panel discussion

Panel 4: Social Cohesion and State Security: Where Is the Line?

 
Raivo Vetik
Raivo Vetik
„Who are “our people” in times of war?“
VIDEO  
Olga Gulina
Olga Gulina
„Russia´s Exodus after the 24th of February 2022“
VIDEO  
Maurice Crul
Maurice Crul
„The New Minority. People Without a Migration Background in the Superdiverse City“
VIDEO  
 

Panel discussion

Political debate

 

Political debate between Estonian politicians