Venue of the colloquium: West University of Timisoara, Faculty of Law, 9A Eroilor Bd., 300575 Timişoara, Timis – Romania, Tel./Fax: +40-256-592.402, +40-256-592.442, www.drept.uvt.ro  

-          Prof. Grigore SILASI – SISEC Director, Jean Monnet Chair

-          Prof. Pia BRÂNZEU – Vice-Rector, West University of Timisoara

-          H.E. Mr. Ovidiu DRAGANESCU, Prefect, Timis County

-          H.E. Mr. Vasile ONOFREI, Honorary Consul of Austria in Timisoara

-          Mr. Daniel Iulian IDOLU, General Manager, Traian Vuia Int’l Airport of Timisoara

-          Prof. Paolo MAGAGNOTTI, President of the European Association of Journalists

Chairman: Mr. Martin GEIGER, associated researcher and guest lecturer to SISEC

1. Mr. Martin BALDWIN-EDWARDS, Mediterranean Migration Observatory, UEHR, Panteion University, Athens, Greece
   • European Mobility and Citizenship: The Paradox of Strong Migrants’ Rights and European Immobility
2. Prof. Vasile GHETAU, University of Bucharest / ‘Vladimir Trebici’ Population Research Centre, Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania

§         External and Internal Migration in Romania and Its Impact on Population Number, Age and Sex Composition. Policy Implication

1. Prof. Daniela Luminiţa CONSTANTIN; Prof. Luminţa NICOLESCU, Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania

• Mechanisms, Institutions and Social-Cultural Issues of Romania’s External Migration

2. Mrs. Simona WERSCHING, Europa-Universität Viadrina, Frankfurt/Oder, Germany

§         Actors, Networks and Solidarity in Migration

3. Mrs. Ana BLEAHU, The Research Institute for Quality of Life, Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania

§         The Story of “Capsunari” – Romanians Migrants on Labour Market in Spain

4. Prof. Maria Nicola GIATAS, Faculty of Management, Technological Institute, Thessaloniki, Greece

§         Learning by Leaving: Placement Abroad as a Didactic Tool in the Context of Vocational Education and Training in Europe (VET)

Chairperson: Mr. Martin BALDWIN-EDWARDS – Mediterranean Migration Observatory, Panteion University, Athens, Greece

Rapporteur: Prof. Daniela Luminiţa CONSTANTIN, PhD – Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania

1. Mrs. Elena Mirela DIACONESCU, Department for Labour Abroad, Ministry of Labour, Social Solidarity and Family, Romanian Government, Bucharest, Romania

• Costs and Benefits of Migration

2. Prof. Maria BÎRSAN, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania; Prof. Mihaela LUTAS, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

• The Impact of Eastern Migration on Labour Market in the EU. Case Study: Romanian Workers on the Labour Market in Spain

3. Ms. Radka BICANOVA, University of Economics, Prague, Czech Republic

• International Migration and Mobility of the EU Citizens in the Visegrad Group Countries: Comparison and Bilateral Flows

4. Dr. Liliana HIRIS; Ms. Eleonora PASHAYEVA, The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Great Britain

• Opening Up the Gates: Lessons from UK and Scottish Migration Liberalisation

5. Mr. Artjoms IVLEVS, Université de la Méditerranée Aix-Marseilles II, France

• Do Ethnic Minorities Have Different “Emigration” Behaviour”? Evidence from Latvia after the EU Enlargement

6. Ms. Romana Emilia CRAMARENCO, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

• The Migration of the Romanian Highly Skilled. The Importance of the Brain Drain Phenomenon

7. Mrs. Adriana Veronica LITRA, Transylvania University of Braşov, Romania

• Emigration and Labour Market in Romania: What We Lost, What We Still Have, What Will Remain in the Future

8. Dr. Ioana VADASAN; Prof. Laura CISMAS, SISEC / Faculty of Economic Sciences, West University of Timisoara, Romania

• Economic and Social Aspects of Romanians Immigration in the European Union

9. Mr. Vasile Adrian CAMARASAN; Mrs. Elena POPESCU, West University of Timisoara, Faculty of Economic Sciences, Romania

• The Economic and Social Impact of Integration Policies. An Analysis of the European Approaches

10. Prof. Grigore SILASI, ‘Jean Monnet’ European Centre of Excellence, West University of Timisoara, Romania; Mr. Ovidiu Laurian SIMINA, Faculty of Economic Sciences, West University of Timisoara, Romania

• Romanian Migration of the Mobile Workers: Asset and Challenge for the Enlargement of the EU

Chairperson: Prof. Vasile GHETAU, University of Bucharest / Population Research Centre of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania

Rapporteur: Ms. Simona-Carina WERSCHING, Europa-Universität Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany

1. Mr. Bayram UNAL, Binghamton State University, SUA

§         The Mechanisms of Migration and Bonded Labour Relations

2. Mr. Martin GEIGER, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University of Bonn, Germany / Associate researcher and guest lecturer, SISEC, West University of Timisoara

§        Grapes of Wrath: Almería (Spain) – A Mirror and Migratory Laboratory of Europe

3. Mrs. Margarita PÉREZ-GARCÍA, SCIENTER, Bologna, Italy; Mrs. Florentina Alina BORCOS, TEHNE – Centre for Innovation and Development in Education, Bucharest, Romania

§         Mobile Children: At the Prime Focus of the European Policy and Strategy for Workers’ Mobility

4. Ms. Françoise PHILIP, Université Rennes 2 Haute Bretagne, LADEC-LAS, Rennes, France

§         The «Free Movement of Persons» Like a Structuring Variable for the Creation of a Supranational Membership: The Case of the Young French in the European Union

5. Mr. Radu BOSTAN, Academy of Economics Studies of Moldova (ASEM), Chisinau, Moldova

§         Traditional Mobility or New Dimensions for International Education

6. Mr. Aurel BĂLOI, IGPR, Bucharest, Romania; Dr. Iulia PLATONA, University of Oradea,  Faculty of Economic Sciences, Oradea, Romania

§        lIlegal Migration and Trafficking in Human Beings Mitigation within the European Integration Framework

7. Dr. Clementina TIMUS, National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics, Bucharest, Romania; Mrs. Eugenia KOVACS, Medicine University, Bucharest

§         Specific Aspects of Brain Drain after Communism Collapse in Romania

8. Prof. Grigore SILASI, Mrs. Gabriela STAN, PhD student, West University of Timisoara, Prof. Dumitru ŢUCU, Ioan Slavici University of Timisoara

§        The Incidence of Cross-Border Programmes in the Prospect of Romania’s Integration to the European Union

Chairperson: Prof. Radu I. MOTICA, LLD – Dean, Faculty of Law, West University of Timisoara, Romania

Rapporteur: Lecturer Valentin CONSTANTIN, LLD – Faculty of Law, West University of Timisoara, Romania