Projected activities

1. 04 – 06 MAY 2006

9 May – Europe Day: traditional international colloquium organised by the Jean Monnet European Centre of Excellence and SISEC to celebrate the Europe: EUROPE – SPACE OF FREEDOM AND SECURITY.

The 2006 Colloquium was dedicated to the European Year of Worker's Mobility 2006. List of participants and abstracts. Photos from the colloquium.

2. 07 – 14 MAY 2006

Study visit of SISEC's students at the European institution located in Brussels; attendance of a European Law course at the ULB and IEE; visit of the Odysseus Network premises; participation at the ceremonies of celebration of the Europe Day – 9^th May, Brussels. Detailed information here.

3. JUNE 2006

Launching of a special issue on migration and mobility of The Romanian Journal of European Studies – edited by The British Council Romania and SISEC, West University of Timisoara.

The British Council – Romania and The School of High Comparative European Studies (SISEC) within the West University of Timisoara, have jointly published No.4/2005 of The Romanian Journal of European Studies - special issue on migration and mobility (Guest editor: Mr. Martin Geiger, Bonn University, Germany). For a printed copy, please contact Mr. Dan Moga (Editor) at SISEC.

 The Romanian Journal of European Studies no.4/2005

Due to the unexpected lack of [financial] support from the West University of Timisoara rector’s office for our migration projects, we were obliged to postpone the launching of the new Journal on migration, planed for the end of the year 2006. The authors which submitted papers for the migration journal are requested to accept our sincere apologises for any problems we caused as regarding their academic expectations arose as linked to our project. We contact each contributor by e-mail to propose a proper way to use the results of their scientific research (e.g. inclusion in an academic book). We thank everybody for the interest in our migration project.

We recall that we invited migration specialists and experts to submit papers for a new peer-reviewed migration journal, proposed to be launched at the end of 2006 - as depending of the logistic support provided by the host university (proposed areas of interest: migration, asylum, refugees, borders, labour migration, mobility, development, remittances, demographic trends, freedom of movement, freedom of establishment, Migration / European Law, minorities, human rights). The preparation of this journal is the main goal of Migration.ro project’s members for 2007 (we will keep informed our partners with the projected activities for 2007; any proposals concerning a proper funding of the journal will be taken into consideration).

4. 23 DECEMBER 2006 – 21 JANUARY 2007

January 1^st, 2007 was the first day of Romania’s membership to the European Union. Celebration of the New Year 2007 in "old", "new" and "future" European cities: a “winter trip” through Salzburg, Vaduz, Strasbourg, Köln, Bonn, Lille, Asse, Brussels, Paris, Calais, London, Oxford, Barcelona, Alicante, Rome, Venice, Budapest, Bucharest, Timisoara, Sofia and Istanbul. Participants: SISEC's students and researchers. More news soon, with pictures and stories!

5. OCTOBER 2007

International conference ‘SISEC after 10 years’, to mark the tenth years of SISEC activity in promotion of European studies within Romanian educational system

The ‘Action Jean Monnet’ national meeting – intends to re-launch the debate on the European studies throughout the Romanian universities; participants: the ‘Jean Monnet’ chairs and European Centres of Excellence holders from Romania and certain guest from Brussels.

6. NOVEMBER 2007

Launching of the SISEC Centre for European Studies, West University of Timisoara (part of ‘Jean Monnet’ European Centre of Excellence Timisoara project).

7. DECEMBER 2007

Launching of a scientific journal to debate challenging subjects such migration, mobility, asylum, borders, minorities, integration. Its dedicated website www.migration.ro intends to host the virtual (electronic) framework for scientific analysis of migration at the Eastern border of the European Union.

8. 18 DECEMBER 2007 – the Migrant Day

Official launch of the www.migratie.ro website: projected to offer updated information about the migration phenomenon within Romania and the CEE space, as the Eastern border of the enlarged European Union, the Migratie.ro project is primarily designed to be a platform for the idea of introducing the migration and mobility studies in the academic curricula of the Romanian universities.

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