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| Annual Conference of the Coalition for Migrants and Refugees Rights on "Migration and Labor in Romania", 13 December 2017, Bucharest | |
| The Coalition for Migration and Refugee Rights (CDMiR), consisting of organizations working in the field of migration, human rights and public policies, organizes a conference on "Migration and Labor in Romania" on December 13 in Bucharest. At the event are expected to participate decision-makers with attributions in the field of work, education and recognition of diplomas, representatives of international organizations, specialists from academia, business and civil society, trade unions. [...] | |
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| Round table: "Granting the right to practice to foreign physicians in the context of the personnel shortage in the Romanian health system" | |
| The round table on "Granting the right to practice to foreign physicians in the context of the personnel shortage in the Romanian health system" will be held in Bucharest, on 26th of October. The event is organised by the Coalition for the Rights of Migrants and Refugees (CDMiR), a platform of non-governmental organisations active in the field of migration, human rights and public policies, which promotes migrants’ integration in Romanian society. Location: Marshal Garden [...] |
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| International Summer School "Advocacy and Migration Policies", Bucharest, 24 - 28 July 2017 | |
| The international summer school "Advocacy and migration policies" is held in Bucharest in the week 24-28 July, organised by the Research and Information Centre on Immigrant Integration (CDCDI) within the Romanian Association for Health Promotion (ARPS), in a partnership with the Research Institute on the Quality of Life (ICCV). Participants, registered and selected by an academic evaluation process, come from Romania, Italy, Ukraine, Greece, Albania, Turkey, Finland, [...] |
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| The Coalition for the Rights of Migrants and Refugees (CDMiR) requests the Ministry of Justice to make a number of amendments on the Romanian citizenship Law | |
| On Thursday 15 June 2017, following the request of the Centre for Public Innovation, on behalf of the Coalition for the Rights of Migrants and Refugees, the Ministry of Justice organised a public debate on the draft bill to modify and amend the Romanian citizenship Law no. 21/1991. The discussions enjoyed the participation of the Minister of Justice, Tudorel Toader, the president of the National Authority for Citizenship, Andrei Tinu, representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the General Inspectorate for [...] | |
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| The Coalition for the Rights of Migrants and Refugees has been established | |
| A group of 11 Romanian NGOs active in the field of migration, human rights and public policies announce the official conclusion of the partnership laying the foundation of the "Coalition for the Rights of Migrants and Refugees" (CDMiR). Member organisations intend, through this coalition, to launch proposals for changes in legislation and institutional practices to facilitate the access of foreigners in Romania to education, employment, health services and other public services and also [...] | |
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| Call for applications: CDCDI Summer School ”Advocacy and migration policies” | |
| The International Summer School ”Advocacy and Migration Policies” is open to students and professionals working in the field of migration and human rights, interested to find more about migration from different perspectives, to know people from this area and to have the opportunity to change ideas and know-how about migration policies. [...] | |
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| The second interactive workshop on advocacy priorities in the field of direct services for migrants | |
| Representatives of non-governmental organisations and experts interested in the necessary changes in legislation and institutional practices in Romania regarding migrants will continue the discussions initiated on 25 January on creating a Coalition and the common actions of the latter on the short and medium term. The common advocacy actions will materialise in proposals for amending legislation or institutional practices to ensure that immigrants in Romania are granted access to education, labour, health services or other [...] | |
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| The Advocacy Priorities of Non-Governmental Organisations in the Field of Migration | |
| Participants in the workshop organised on 25 January by the Association for Health Promotion discussed about the perspective of creating a Coalition for the Rights of Migrants and the possible advocacy actions to be developed under the Coalition's umbrella in relation with Romanian authorities. [...] | |
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| Migrants face legal and practical obstacles, as well as a lack of institutional support for accessing the Romanian labour market | |
| The Research and Information Center on Immigrant Integration (CDCDI) within the Romanian Association for Health Promotion published the research report "The Impact of Immigration upon the Romanian Labour Market”, a study on migrants' access to the labour market, as employers and entrepreneurs. [...] | |
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| International CDCDI Conference, 3rd edition: “Changing migration policies: national perspectives and supra-national strategies” | |
| In addition to the main conference subject - the dynamics of migration policies - the topics approached were very diverse. The following subjects were discussed on the first day: the relation between research and migration policies; improving the mechanism for sharing responsibility among EU member states by the takeover of negotiable refugee quotas and the variable financial compensation of the difference up to the optimum number for the receiving member state; the individual determinants of migration... [...] | |
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| Interview on Digi24: Luciana Lăzărescu, CDCDI researcher, on the condition of foreign medical doctors in Romania | |
| While Romanian doctors emigrate massively to western countries, Romania only allows a small category of foreigners to practice medicine. Although they have completed their studies and their medical residency in the country, foreigners from outside the EU, Switzerland or the European Economic Area are not allowed to practice medicine in Romania - however they are accepted by countries such as Germany or France. The Ministry of Health and the College of Physicians declared it would not be fair to allow these foreigners to [...] | |
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| The IKEA Brighter Lives for Refugees campaign raises €10.8¬ million for UNHCR | |
| UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, thanks IKEA customers and co-workers for supporting ‘Brighter Lives for Refugees’, a global cause-related campaign that raised €10.8 million for refugees this year. The campaign ran in IKEA stores globally from 1 February to 29 March 2015. During this period, for every LED light bulb purchased by an IKEA customer, the IKEA Foundation donated €1 to UNHCR. [...] |  |
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| Post-event press release: the International Conference "Challenges Ahead: Integration of Migrants on the European Labour Market", a success | |
| The second international conference within the project Research and Information Center on Immigrant Integration (CDCDI) was held in Bucharest between 12-13 March. This event dedicated to migration was called "Challenges Ahead: Integration of Migrants on the European Labour Market" and brought together about 100 participants from the academic world, public institutions and the civil society. The event was organised by the Romanian Association for Health Promotion in a partnership with the Open [...] |  |
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| Workshop interactiv II | |
| The second interactive workshop within the 3rd stage was held in Bucharest at the headquarters of the Research and Information Center on Immigrant Integration (CDCDI), organized by the Romanian Association for Health Promotion (ARPS) and the Foundation for an Open Society, in collaboration with the Association for Technology and Internet. [...] |  |
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| Workshop I | |
| The first interactive workshop of the 3rd stage was held in Bucharest, at the new office of the Research and Information Centre on Immigrant Integration (CDCDI) in 9 Comăniţa St., District 2. The workshop was attended by members of the multidisciplinary researcher team of CDCDI, professionals and researchers in Bucharest and Constanţa. [...] |
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| Launching the Immigrant Integration Barometer, 2014 edition - Press release | |
| Education, data collection and centralising by public institutions - key issues for third country nationals’ integration in Romania in 2014, according to the 2014 edition of the Immigrant Integration Barometer launched by the Romanian Association for Health Promotion in partnership with the Open [...] |  |
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| Press release - My Place | |
| The JRS Association in Romania, in partnership with Novapolis Association – Center of Analysis and Initiatives for Development announces the promoting event of the Cultural Multifunctional Center My place. The event takes place on Monday, the 24th of March, from the 14:00 hours at 54 Street Mr. Ilie Opris, district 4, Bucharest. [...] | |
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| Post Event Press Release The Conference „Rethinking EU Immigration: Legal Developments, Management and Practices”, a Success | |
| The international conference "Rethinking EU immigration: legal developments, management and practices", held in Bucharest between 13 - 14 March 2014, brought together about 100 participants from the academic environment, public institutions and the civil society. The event was organised by the Romanian Association for Health Promotion, in a partnership with SOROS Foundation Romania, being the first conference of this kind within the project Research and Information Centre on Immigrant [...] | |
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| Immigrant Integration Barometer, June 18th, 2013 | |
| Romanians have an open attitude towards foreigners who are in their country and they support the measures taken to protect them, according to the Immigrants Integration Barometer made by the Romanian Association for Health Promotion in partnership with the Soros Foundation , in 2013, within the project Research and Information Center on Immigrant Integration. [...] | |
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| Workshop III | |
| The third interactive workshop was held on 24 May 2013 in Bucharest, at the office of the Research and Information Centre on Immigrants’ Integration - 43 Sld. Velicu Stefan St., 023255, District 2. The participants in the interactive workshop were members of the multidisciplinary team - researchers in immigrants' integration, anthropology, legislation. We also had participants from TImisoara and Bucharest. The organisations and participants were selected based on the activities [...] |
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| Workshop II | |
| The second interactive workshop was held on 29 January 2013 in Bucharest, at the office of the Research and Information Center on Immigrant Integration - 43 Sld. Velicu Stefan St., 023255, District 2. The participants in the interactive workshop were members of the multidisciplinary team - researchers in immigrants' integration, anthropology, legislation. We also had participants from Constanta, Cluj Napoca and Iasi. [...] |
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| Workshop I | |
| The interactive workshops organised within the Research and Information Center on Immigrant Integration aim to facilitate the actions of the multidisciplinary research team in view of performing the integration study. The workshops are also a good opportunity for the multidisciplinary team to interact with other members of organisations and experts activating in relevant fields for the social integration of TCNs. [...] |
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| Migrant in Romania about CDCI | |
| A new issue of Migrant in Romania has been released, containing a descriptive article of the Research and Information Center on Immigrant Integration. [...] | |
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| Launching conference | |
| On 11 October 2012, the Romanian Association for Health Promotion (ARPS) together with the Soros Foundation launched the first “Research and Information Center on Immigrant Integration.” in Romania. [...] |  |
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| CDCDI - media coverage | |
| The Research and Information Center on Immigrant Integration in Romania was launched in the presence of over 30 journalists from the central press, radio and television. Media coverage was consistent, the information being propagated through both the journalists that attended the event and the distribution of the press release. [...] |  |
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