Photo credit goes to R. Watkins/ DFID WORKSHOP AGENDA Developing a comprehensive and sustainable integration strategy for Syrian refugee children in Denmark The objectives of the workshop are to clarify and refine the project s goal and objectives in line with the FACE/DAPP objectives, research methodology and ethics, risks and mitigation measures, activities and timeline.
Day 1: Thursday 25 th February 2016. Room 25.1 Klynge MORNING SESSION 8:30 9:00 Arrival at Roskilde University & registration 9:00 9:15 Introduction to the overall objectives of the workshop and the FACE initiative(ruc) by Ehab Galal, University of Copenhagen, Denmark 9:15 10:30 Panel 1: Researching trauma in a refugee setting - methodologies and ethics for researchers and practitioners Chair: Shelley Deane, Brehon Advisory, United Kingdom Thinking about trauma as a social scientist by Lotte Buch Segal, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Trauma, exile and refugee families by Edith Montgomery, Dignity, Denmark 10:30 10:45 Coffee Break 10:45 11:30 Panel 2: Sharing experiences of responding to trauma - learning from MENA Chair: Somdeep Sen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Sharing experience of mental health needs and service provision by Ahmad Bawaneh, International Medical Corps, Jordan Towards a better well-being and mental health for refugees by Marie Kortam, Ifpo, France/Lebanon 11:30 11:45 Coffee Break 11:45 13:00 Panel 3: Childhood in flight - the impact of exile on refugee minors and vulnerable children and implications for informing integration (research, policy and practice) Chair: Michelle Pace, Roskilde University, Denmark From a state of shock to a state of liminality, Syrians and their children on the move by Josepha Ivanka Wessels, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Children fleeing alone by Bent Hansen, Roskilde Municipality, Denmark 13:00 14:00 Lunch
Day 1: Thursday 25 th February 2016 AFTERNOON SESSION 14:00 14:45 Panel 4: Between Syria and Denmark, home country and host country: personal accounts of forced migration Chair: Maysa Ayoub, American University of Cairo, Egypt How to absorb the refugee crisis: local and regional perspectives by Jan Khorto, Board Member, The Syrian Cultural Institute, Denmark Plight of Syrians during the crisis by Mazen el-feel, independent Syrian artist, Denmark Experiences and learnings from Yarmouk camp by Buthaina Shaheen, Roskilde University, Denmark 14:45 15:15 Coffee break 15:15 17:00 Group discussions and plenary session: Researching trauma - research methodology, risks and mitigation measures. Chair for plenary session: Michelle Pace and Somdeep Sen Participants will work in groups to draw lessons from the morning s sessions and their own experience and expertise to inform the research project. 17:00 17:30 Conclusions for day 1 and closing 19:30 Dinner for workshop participants
Day 2: Friday 26 th February 2016. Room 25.1 Klynge MORNING SESSION 8:30 9:00 Arrival at Roskilde University 9:00 11:00 Panel 5: Learning from the MENA experience: Challenges and opportunities integrating refugees in Lebanon, Egypt and Turkey Chair: Lana Khattab, International Alert, Lebanon Rethinking the nexus between displacement and security in the wake of the post-2011 migrant crises by Tamirace Fakhoury, Lebanese American University, Lebanon Challenges of hosting and integrating Syrian refugees in countries of first asylum by Maysa Ayoub, American University of Cairo, Egypt Between Integration and Transnationalism: The case of Syrian forced migrants in Turkey by Dogus Simsek, Koc University, Turkey Partnership over Partisanship: The need for better joint research and government relations between refugee-hosting MENA countries and European countries of asylum by Jennifer Skulte-Ouaiss, Lebanese American University, Lebanon 11:00 11:15 Coffee break 11:15 12:30 Panel 6: The role of education and children as future generation for peaceful democratic reform in Syria Chair: Chiara Butti, International Alert, Lebanon Refugee access to formal education in Lebanon and community engagement by Agatha Abiaad, UNHCR, Lebanon Education as a platform for societal security for refugees: lessons learned by Shelley Deane, Brehon Advisory, United Kingdom 12:30 13:30 Lunch Prorector Peter Kjær, Roskilde University will join us from 13:00
Day 2: Friday 26 th February 2016 AFTERNOON SESSION 13:30 15:00 Group discussions and plenary: Refugee children reform and democratization processes in Syria Chair for plenary session: Lana Khattab and Somdeep Sen Participants will work in groups to draw lessons from the morning s and previous day s sessions and their own experience and expertise to inform the research project 15:00 15:15 Coffee break 15:15 17:00 Group discussions and plenary: Building understanding and cooperation between Denmark and the MENA region the role of research and cooperation in informing policy and practice in Denmark and host countries in MENA Chair for plenary session: Michelle Pace and Chiara Butti Participants will work in groups to draw lessons from the morning s and previous day s sessions and their own experience and expertise to inform the research project 17:00 17:30 Conclusions of day 2 and closing of workshop 19:30 Dinner for workshop participants