9:00-9:15

Welcome and setting the agenda

 

Professor Tony Edwards, Dr Merve Sancak & Dr Nicola Chelotti – Loughborough University London

 

9:15-10:45

Session 1: The impact of national institutions and regulations on the employment of refugees

 

Dr Camilla Devitt – Trinity College Dublin (online)

Metin Çorabatir – Research Center on Asylum and Immigration (IGAM)

"Legal Obstacles for Employment and Long the Dynamics of Syrian's entry into the labour markets in Turkey"

Omar Kadkoy – Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey (TEPAV)

David Jepson – ACH: Refugee and Migrant Support Services UK

"Refugees and migrants and labour market progression, a perspective from practice"

 

10:45-11:00

Coffee & tea

 

11:00-12:30

Session 2: Business practices and refugees’ employment

 

Dr Selin Sivis – University of Bristol

Catriona Fraser – Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

"Syrian refugees in Turkish garment factories: Purchasing practices as a driver of abuse"

Rami Sharrack – Arabic Industry and Business Association (ASSIAD) (online)

Dr Michelle Richey – Loughborough University

 

12:30-13:30

Lunch

 

13:30-15:00

Session 3: Education, training, and labour market integration programmes for refugees

 

Dr Almina Besic – Johannes Kepler University Linz (online)

Buket Bahar Dıvrak  –  Association for Solidarity with Asylum Seekers and Migrants (ASAM)

"Supporting Refugees’ Access to Labor Market and Social Cohesion in Türkiye"

Önder Yalçın – Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality (online)

Dr Vildan Taşlı – Yalova University (online) & Dr Merve Sancak – Loughborough University London

"Vocational training - a solid pathway for refugees' inclusion in the labour market?”

 

15:00-15:15

Coffee & tea

 

15:15-16:45

Session 4: Dynamics beyond borders: International relations and multi-lateral governance of refugee integration

 

Dr Claudia Diaz – University of Toronto (online)

"Educational integration of Venezuelan migrants in Colombia: a multilevel governance approach"

Gizem Karslı – International Labour Organisation (ILO)

"Strategies for Labour Market Inclusion with a Focus on Employment Promotion"

Marie Martin – Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons, Council of Europe (online)

“The role of PACE in promoting access for refugees to their economic and social rights”

Juliana Lindell – Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations, European Commission

"EU assistance to refugees in Türkiye in the priority area of socio-economic support"

Dr Gerasimos Tsourapas – University of Glasgow

 

16:45-17:45

Closing Keynote: What are the main factors preventing foreign workers from getting good jobs and how can they be addressed?

Professor Neli Demireva – University of Essex