Il Cap a Roma alla conferenza internazionale del Refugee & Migrant Education Network - 26/28 settembre 2022

Dal 26 al 28 settembre si svolge a Roma la conferenza internazionale "Initiatives in refugee & migrant education" organizzata da Refugee & Migrant Education Network.

La presidente del Cap Uniba Fausta Scardigno ha relazionato in occasione del panel intitolato: "How University Networks can Create a Tsunami of Progress to Expand Refugee Access to Tertiary Education".

La conferenza è un incontro aperto ad amministratori, universitari, docenti e operatori del settore dell'istruzione, nonché leader di ONG, agenzie internazionali e organizzazioni umanitarie che si impegnano a migliorare e ampliare le opportunità educative per i rifugiati e gli sfollati. La conferenza si svolge in un momento di grande sconvolgimento e di grandi sfide. Tre i temi principali che saranno presi in considerazione nelle presentazioni e nei workshop:

ANDARE AVANTI
Post-pandemia: cosa abbiamo imparato? Come/se torneremo alla normalità?
Come siamo cresciuti? Come affronteremo il futuro?
L'impatto di Covid 19 sull'istruzione dei rifugiati

ANDARE PIÙ A FONDO
Come possiamo comprendere meglio le cause profonde della migrazione forzata?
Le migliori pratiche per amplificare le voci dei rifugiati
Educare ai rifugiati e alla loro istruzione

INSIEME
La conferenza è stata progettata per consentire un ampio spazio per il networking e la collaborazione.
Come rispondere alle crisi odierne (Ucraina e altre)
Esplorare iniziative di collaborazione, opportunità e idee.

Refugee & Migrant Education Network

Initiatives in Refugee and Migrant Education

Moving Forward • Diving Deeper • Together

MONDAY SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Location:

10 - 2

Registration and Networking

12 - 1:30

Pre-Opening Workshop: Closing the Education Gap for Refugee Girls

Leader: Jill Drzewiecki, Gender Responsive Education Specialist, JRS

2:00 - 3:15

Opening Plenary:

Opening Remarks:	Anthony J. Cernera, PhD, Co-Founder and Team Leader, Refugee & Migrant Education Network
Welcome:	Cardinal Michael Czerny, SJ, Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
	Fr. Mark Lewis, SJ, Rector, Pontifical Gregorian University
Keynote Address:	Fr. Tom Smolich SJ , International Director, Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS)

3:15 -4:15

Opening Panel: Refugee Education in Perilous Times: Global Perspectives

Moderator:	Manal Stulgaitis, Education Ofﬁcer, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Speakers:	Fr. Tom Smolich, SJ, International Director, JRS
	Roberta Malee Basset, Global Lead for Tertiary Education and Senior Education Specialist, The World Bank
	Sarah Dryden Pedersen, Associate Professor of Education, Harvard University
	Rebecca Telford, Chief of Education, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

4:30 - 5:00

Break

5:00 - 6:30

PLENARY 2: Ukrainian Refugee Education Crisis: Responsibilities &

Responses

Moderator:	Rebecca Telford, Chief of Education, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Speaker:	Mathieu Denis, Science Director and Acting CEO, International Science Council, Paris, France
	Alicia Pacewica, Cofounder and Senior Advisor, Center for Citizenship Education, Warsaw, Poland
	TBD

6:30 - 7:00

Open collaboration and discussion time

7:00

Reception

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Location:

9 - 10:30

PLENARY 3: UNHCR’S 15by30 Roadmap: Goals & Tasks

Moderator:	Arash Bordbar, Associate Education Ofﬁcer, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (Denmark)
Speakers:
	Arife Pehlivan, Coordinator, Presidency for Turks Abroad and Related Communities (YTB), Ankara, Turkey
	Amanda Kelleher, Director, Luminus Education, Amman Jordan
	Shai Reshef, President, University of People, Pasadena, California
	Jennifer Dwyer, Senior Technical Manager Education Above All Foundation, Ar-Rayyan, Qatar

10: 30 - 11

Break

11 - 12:30

Workshops and Working Groups (Session 1)

1. Leveraging technology in Refugee Camp Education

Leader:	Drew Edwards, CEO, Pangea Educational Development
	Kavita Kar, Intern, Pangea Educational Development

2. How University Networks can Create a Tsunami of Progress to Expand Refugee Access to Tertiary Education

Moderator:	Nick Gill, Director of Research (Human Geography), University of Essex
Panelists:	Annick Suzor-Weiner, Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF) and MEnS network
	Anna Fausta Scardigno, Professor, University of Bari Aldo Moro and Sara Elarbi, Luiss University, Rome
	Raniero Chelli, Senior Project Manager, UNIMED
	Rebecca Granato, Associate Vice President for Global Initiatives, Bard College; Director of the OSUN Hubs for Connected Learning Initiatives; Vice President Bard Open Society University Network

3. Empowering Syrian Youth through Higher Education

Leader:	Sarah Shedeed, Scholarship Program Manager, JUSOOR
	Taryn Tufford, Intern, International Students Overcoming War

4. Measuring Impact at the Margins with the Integrative Justice Model

Leader:

Tina Facca-Miess, Ph.D, John Carroll University, University Heights, Ohio

5. Closing the Education Gap for Refugee Girls: Continuing the Conversation

Leader:	Rebecca Telford, Chief, Education Section, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (Denmark)
	Anne Murphy, RME Leadership Team, Consultant

12:30 - 2:30

Lunch Break

1:30 - 2:30

Networking and Discussion Time

2:30 - 3:45

PLENARY 4: Exploring the Process of Humanizing Higher Education

Moderator:	Manal Stulgaitis, Tertiary Education Lead, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Speakers:	Chiara Cardoletti-Carroll, Country Representative, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Italy
	Alan MacKay, Deputy Vice Principal, International and Edinburgh; Global Director, University of Edinburgh
	Alkattan Dan, Student Delegate Christian Huelshoerster, Head of Division, DAAD
	Duncan Ross, Chief Data Controller, Times Higher Education

4:15 - 5:45

Workshops and working groups (Session 2)

1. JRS and Pathfinders: Building a Model for Successful Refugee Livelihoods and Professional Development

Leader:

David Holdcroft, Jesuit Refugee Service

2. Innovative Academic Engagement Models for Forced Migrations

Leader:	Marco Tavanti, PhD, University of San Francisco
Presenters:	Education NOW–Sustainable Educational Solutions for Ukrainian Refugees in Poland
	Zaid Tababsem, World Refugee Schools
	Amy Valentine, Future of School

3. University Response & Responsibility: Working Models and Sharing of Established Programs

Leader:

GianMario Bensana, PhD, Associate Provost for Global Programs, DePaul University

Paper:

Meeting NGO Research Needs with Certified Refugee Researchers

Presenters: Catherine Gladwell, Refugee Education (UK)

Matt Thomas, Jigsaw Consult

Tina Facca-Miess, PhD, John Carroll University

4. Migrant Workers & Families

Paper:

Another Type of Forced Migration: Systemically Relevant Migrant Workers

Presenter: Inocent-Maria Vladimir Szaniszlo OP, PhD, Pontifical

University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum)

Paper:

Integration of Migrant Children Into the School Systems in Malta and Serbia

Presenters: Ljiljana Cumura,University of Belgrade, MIGREC Project

Tamara Mihajlovic, University of Belgrade (Serbia)

5. Student mobilization: Increasing higher education opportunities for refugees

Moderator:	Rudi Osman, Exiled Students Union
Panelists:	Bernice Kula Kula, DAFI Scholar and UNICORE student
	Hector Ulloa, Steering Committee, Global Student Forum
	Joel Amani Mafigi, Unleashed
	Nilab Zemaray Akhmad, DAFI scholar

5: 45 - 6:30

Networking and Discussion Time

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Location:

9:00 - 10:30

PLENARY 5: Conversation with Refugee Student Leaders:

Overcoming Challenges, Together

Moderator:	Arash Bordbar, Associate Education Officer, United Nation High Commissioner for Refugees
Student Leaders:	Bahati Mnyaki
	Shaima Kamal Husin Alshareef
	Alkattan Dan
	Yves Umuhoza, DAFI Scholar

10: 30 - 11

Break

11 - 12:30

Workshops and Working Groups (Session 3)

1. NGO & Academic Partnerships: What Works And What Doesn’t

Leader:

Arnout Mertens, International Director of Programs and Innovation, JRS

2. Higher Education for Refugees: Preparing Migrants and Refugees for Careers in Legal Empowerment Careers

Leaders:	Michele Pistone, Professor of Law, Villanova University; Faculty Director and Founder, Villanova Interdisciplinary Immigration Studies Training for Advocates (VIISTA)
	Jane Brady, Program Manager, Villanova University, Strategic Initiative Group on Migration and Refugee Protection
	Robyn Lieberman, Associate Director, External Outreach Villanova University, Strategic Initiative Group on Migration and Refugee Protection

3. Reimagining University Admissions for Refugees

Leader:

Joanna Zimmerman, Associate Director of Education for Humanity, Arizona State University

4. Reimagining Agere Contra: Ignatian Formation and “Acting Against” Global Tendencies in Education Of and About Migrants

Leaders:	Michael M. Canaris, PhD, Loyola University, Chicago
	Mariana Morales Miller, MA, Assistant Dean of Continuing Education, Loyola University, Chicago
	Thomas Florek, SJ, President, National Catholic Farmworker Network

5. Research Development Workshop

Facilitator:

Marco Tavanti, PhD, University of San Francisco

6. Education as Ethical Hospitality in the Abrahamic Faiths

Leader:

David L. Coppola, PhD, Director of Communications and Mission Advancement, Dominican Sisters of Sparkill, New York

12:30 - 2:45

Lunch Break with Opportunity for Open Discussion Session

3:00 - 4:00

CLOSING PLENARY

Speaker:

Filippo Grandi, United Nations Commissioner for Refugees

4:00 - 5:00

General Assembly: Moving Forward: The Next Three Years

RME: Charting the course for the next three year

5:00

Closing Reception

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2022 - Post Conference Opportunity

9:00	Private Audience with Pope Francis at the Vatican

Initiatives in Refugee & Migrant Education

Moving Forward • Diving Deeper • Together

PLENARY SESSIONS

Refugee Education in Perilous Times Global Perspectives
Ukrainian Refugee Education Crisis: Responsibilities & Responses
UNHCR’S 15by30 Initiative: Goals & Tasks
Exploring the Process of Humanizing Higher Education
Conversation with Refugee Student Leaders: Overcoming Challenges, Together

WORKSHOPS:

NGO & Academic Partnerships: What Works And Doesn’t Work
Closing the Gap on Education for Refugee Girls
Research Development Workshop
Leveraging Technology In Refugee Camp Education
Building a Model for Successful Refugee Livelihoods and Professional Development
University Response & Responsibility: Working Models and Sharing of Established Programs
Research Development Workshop
Reimagining University Admissions for Refugees
How University Networks can Create a Tsunami of Progress in Expanding Refugee Access to Education
Empowering Syrian Youth through Higher Education
Reimagining Agere Contra: Ignatian Formation and “Acting Against” Global Tendencies in Education Both Of and About Migrants
Measuring Impact at the Margins with the Integrative Justice Model
Innovative Academic Engagement Models for Forced Migrations
Another Type of Forced Migration: Systemically Relevant Migrant Workers
Integration of Migrant Children Into the School Systems in Malta and Serbia
Student Mobilization, Increasing Higher Education Opportunities For Refugees
Innovative Academic Engagement Models for Forced Migrations