The
project draws in the full range of agencies which work at the frontline of
dealing with the health care issues of undocumented migrants. Moreover, in order
to gain a picture as comprehensive and complete as possible during the different
working sessions, the group of partners has been supplemented by a number of
additional key experts in the field of immigration, health and the social
inclusion policies.
A thematic overview of the meetings is provided below:
1)
Inaugural meetings - (I Partner meeting)
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NGO’s meeting
(Click for agenda and report)
- Date: 21 November 2005
- Place: Brussels
- Number of Participants: 19 (Click for list
of participants)
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Health care providers’ meeting (Click for agenda and
report)
- Date: 5 December 2005
- Place: Brussels
- Number of Participants: 14 (Click for
list
of participants)
§
Local authorities’ meeting (Click for agenda and
report)
- Date: 12 December 2005
- Place: Brussels
- Number of Participants: 12 (Click for list
of participants)
The
following objectives, as expressed in the meetings agendas, were common
to all three meetings:
o
to introduce and develop the
objectives and methodology of the project;
o
to build an active network of
relevant field actors and to increase their capacity to understand and
participate actively in the Social Inclusion Strategy;
o
to gather information on
access to health care for undocumented migrants in the targeted eleven EU member
states;
o
to discuss main features of
the reporting template.
2)
Working session with partners and advisors - (II Partner meeting) (Click for agenda and
report)
- Date: 22-23 May 2006
- Place: Brussels
- Number of Participants: 46
(Click for list of participants)
As described below, this two-day meeting was divided in 5 sessions:
o
Round-table with keynote speakers: “The European
Social Inclusion Strategy and its contribution to the fight against social
exclusion of undocumented migrants”.
o
Round-table with keynote speakers: “Health needs and
barriers to access health care for a specific target group: undocumented
women”.
o
Presentations of project partners’ activities.
o
Round-table with keynote speakers: “Data collection
as a way to influencing policy”.
o
Partners’ working session on the reporting template
and presentation of future project’s developments.
3)
Academic advisors meeting
- Date: October 2006
- Place: Brussels
- Participants:
- Focus: Policy recommendations on access to health
care for undocumented
migrants
4)
III Partner meeting
- Date: 4th December 2006
- Place: Brussels
- Participants: 28
- Focus:
o
Presentation of research
results
o
Agreement on final version of
the reporting template
o
Thematic study: health needs
of undocumented children
5)
IV Partner meeting
(Click here for agenda & report)
- Date: 19th March 2007
- Place: Brussels
- Participants:
- Focus:
o
Policy recommendations
o
Final conference
o
Thematic study: health needs
of old undocumented migrants
6)
V Partner meeting
- Date: 29th June 2007
- Place: Brussels
- Participants:
- Focus:
o
Feedback and evaluation of
the project
o
Dissemination strategies for project’s results and
publication
o
Future cooperation