11.06.2007

  The new Polish migration toGreat Britain and Ireland- a conference in Warsaw.
A conference concerning new Polish migration from the socilogical, economical and cultural point of view will take place in Warsaw on the 11th of June 2007 in the National Library in Warsaw - al Niepodleglosci room 200.                                                

"Migrations and Rootlessness as <Resources for Others>" -a seminar in the seat of the Barka Foundation
 A seminar entitled  "Migrations and Rootlessness as <Resources for others>" has been organised in the seat of the Barka Foundation on Monday the 21st of May 2007. Numerous guests took part in the meeting: dr Zbigniew Galor and dr Slawomir Kalinowski from the Social Science Faculty in the Poznan Academy of Agriculture, The Barka Foundation Board representatives, the monitoring&recommendation team and the participants of the "12 Disciples" Programme. Lectures were given by dr Zbigniew Galor, Ewa Sadowska, Barbara Sadowska. The meetings and seminars are going to be orgasnised in the future. We hope that the Civil Institute for Monitoring and Recommendation will be opened as a result of those meetings and cooperation between the Barka Foundation and the Poznan Academy of Agriculture.
                               synopsis of dr Bittner and dr Galor's lecture>
                                          

07.05.2007

"European Migration Policy - Challenges and opportunities "
A conference entitled "European Migration Policy - Challenges and Opportunities", organised by demosEUROPA - Centre for European Strategy, European Commisssion Representation in Poland, , Real Instituto Elcano de Estudios Internacionales y Estratégicos (Madrid) and Fundación Alternativas (Madrid) will take place on the 7th of May 2007 in Warsaw.                                                 

The Barka Foundation on a conference in Thetford, UK- Active European Citizenship Programme
 Decorum CVS has invited Barka Foundation representatives to take active parts in a conference organized on on 2nd May (10am to 3pm) in Thetford, Norfolk, UK. The event is one of the elements of a project funded through the Active European Citizenship programme and will be specifically on the subject of working / sharing information at a European level and the need for services to respond to the needs of migrant workers in the region. The latter dovetails with the other European project Dacorum is currently delivering, entitled "Meeting the Information Needs of Economic Migrants".                                                                                   

Ecas Conference-16th of March 2007
governments' representatives, public services and their networks representatives (such as EURES-European Employment Services,)NGOs, local communities representatives from all over Europe as well as EU instittions representatives were present at the ECAS conference in Brussels.  The aim of the seminar was to create recommendations for EU policy makers in the area of workers mobility. The Barka Foundation as an expert organisation from East-Central Europe was invited to the conference to present its  activities for "migrants in their own country"in Poland and its plans of the activities dissemination in the old Member States ( the activities will be aimed at "work migrants" facing various problems such as difficulties with integration and unemployment)  The Foundation's representative took the floor during the opening session. The speach was perceived as very positive and the following speakers made frequent refference to the Barka Foundation activities. The Director of the Employment and Equal Opportuniies Department informed the EuroMi representatives that the Commissioner Vladimir Spidla has respodned to the Barka Foundation and its partner organisations appeal to the European Commission and that the response should arrive soon. 
                                           

 The Ministry of Work and Social Policy in cooperation with the Cabinet of the Prime Minister and the Polish Parliament organized an international conference: "Social pact – a chance for success” in Warsaw on the 24th of January 2007, 10.30 – 17.30.
The aim of the conference was to learn about the Polish and foreign experiences in the field of social agreements of nation-wide scope, a revision of the up-to-now realization of the project of Social Agreement called “Economy – Work – Family – Dialogue” and recommendations for the continuation of the project.
The conference was attended by:
- Jarosław Kaczyński, the Prime Minister of Poland
- Vladimir Špidla, Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities
- Anna Kalata, Minister of Work and Social Policy
- representatives of the European Socio - Economic Committee, International Work Organisation and Socio-Economic Councils
- members of the Tripartite Commission for Socio – Economic Issues
- deputies of the Polish Parliament and members of the Polish Senate
- representatives of scientific circles
The conference was also attended by representatives of EuroMI who met with the Commissioner, Vladimir Špidla, to whose cabinet the appeal to the European Commission written by the members of the network, was directed.

The Barka Foundation on the Eighth Annual Global Development Conference in Beijing ( 14-16 of January 2007)
The main topic of the conference was the development of Asia and its consequences. Demografic trends, various social cre systems, labour market development, new strategies of fighting poverty and femine as well as ecology issues are being discussed during numerous plenar sessions and workshops.  The Barka Foundation has received the first prise in the GDN competition Beijin 2007 together with the Bethesda Organisation from Benin in Africa. The Barka Foundation and Bethesda were awarded as " The most innovative projects for development"

The European Commission  invited the Barka Foundation to participate actively in a conference sumarising the Year of European Workers' Mobility The conference took place in Lille (France) on the 11-12 of December 2006 " Barka representative will take part in the official opening of the conference. They will present the Foundation's project on work migrants. Furthermore they will conduct workshops on  activization and rentegration of the migrants returning to their home country".  - said a European Commisssion representative

A Barka representative has been invited to make a speech during a United Nations conference. A seminar entitled "Strenhtening social Inclusion Process - Searching for a Compromise in Order to Reach Lisbon Strategy and Millennium Development Goals" took place in Warsaw on the 29-30th of November 2006. European Commission representatives as well as government representatives together with local authorities and NGOs dealing with social exclusion and social integration took part in the conference.

Videoconference in London and Warsaw concerning the new wave of Polish work migrants in the UK
Ewa Sadowska-the EuroMi coordinator has taken part in the panel discussion during a  seminar orgnised by the British Council in Warsaw - Thursday the 7th of December - on  the situation of Polish migrants in the UK. The Seminar will take place simultaneously in London and Warsaw - videoconference facilitieson will enable common discussion. Homelessness of many Polish migrants in the UK is one of the proposed topics

"Work migration of Poles - a threat or an opportunity for Poland's better integration with Europe? New challenges and experience for socuial counceling from Polish and Irish perspective" a conference organised by a Polish Association of Social Assistance Offices in Warsaw.

Ewas Sadowska, the EuroMi coordinator took active part in a conference called" Market Economy with Solidarity" organised by the Centre of thought of John Paul the 2nd. The confeence is one of regular meetings organised within the JPII encounters.

"Work Migration from Poland to other EU countries - challenges to the state".
 Representatives of the European Network for Migrants Integration - the project coordinator, Ewa Sadowska and the Barka Foundation secretary Anna Posnik took part in a conference organized by the Marshall of Polish Senate. The conference was called "Work Migration from Poland to other EU countries - challenges to the state. In her speech Ewa Sadowskja asked Polish Parliament representatives for support for the EuroMI project activities in the European Commission. EuroMI promotional materials were distributed during the conference.

An international conference organised by FEANSTA will take place in Wrocław. The conference was aimed at NGOs fighting homelesness, they  all came to Wrocław  to exchange their experience in the matter. The Barka Foundation was represented by Barbara Sadowska. Aditionaly Małgorzata Malak from PBME introduced the conference participants to the new  project program EuroMI. Partners of the project have written a letter to the participans and during breakes between presentation declarations of support for the project were being collected.