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PHBLM PROJECT

“Increasing Public Health Safety Alongside the New Eastern European Border Line”

Co-funded under the European Commission’s Public Health Programme 2006

AGENDA

EU Level Seminar on Health and Border Management

20th May 2010, Brussels

09:00 – 16:00 Venue: the International Auditorium, Boulevard du Roi Albert II 5

09:00 – 09:15 Registration

09:15 – 9:45 Welcoming addresses

Bernd Hemingway, Regional Representative, Regional Liaison and

Coordination Office to the EU, IOM

Cinthia Menel-Lemos, Scientific Project Officer, Executive Agency for

Health and Consumers, EC

Gábor Ternák, Head of the Department of Clinical Infectology and

Migration-medicine, University of Pecs (PHBLM project associated

partner)

Bibiana Navarro, Associate professor, Andalusian School for Public

Health (EASP) (PHBLM project associated partner)

Session I: Project overview and assessment component:

9: 45 – 10:00 IOM Migration and Health in Europe. PHBLM Project Overview.

Roumyana Benedict, Senior Migration Health Manager, Regional Liaison

and Coordination Office to the EU, IOM

10: 00 – 10:30 Assessment phase and Situation Analysis Report: methodology and summary results.

Mariya Samuilova, Research Assistant, IOM

10:30 – 11:00 PHBLM project perspective of national governmental partners (Hungary,

Poland, Slovakia, and Romania), border guards’ training schools, and

partnering organisations - FRONTEX, ECDC

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11:00 – 11:15 Q&A Session

11:15 – 11:45 ‘Health Break’

Session II: Training materials for trainers:

11:45 – 12:15 Assessment conclusions on HPs and BGs training needs

Jennifer Hollings, EU Liaison & Project Development Coordinator -

Technical Cooperation on Migration Management, IOM

Development and overview of modules on migration and health for

Border Officials and for Health Professionals

Bibiana Navarro, Associate professor, Andalusian School for Public

Health (EASP)

12:15 – 13:15 Roundtable discussion with the highlighted participation of:

Fabian Lutz, Unit Border Management and Return Policy, DG Justice,

Freedom and Security, EC

Ivana Petrickova, Training Project Officer, Training Unit, The European

Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External

Borders of the Member States (FRONTEX), EC

Gareth Lewis, Technical Officer, Facilitation, World Customs

Organization

Facilitator: Pier Rossi-Longhi, Technical Cooperation Specialist for

Europe & Central Asia, IOM

13:15 – 14:15 Lunch (Buffet)

Session III: Guidelines for public health in border management and detention procedures and

recommendations for structural changes:

14:15 – 14:45 Assessment conclusions on public health in border management and

detention procedures

Mariya Samuilova, Research Assistant, IOM

Guidelines for border management and detention procedures from a public

health perspective.

Recommendations for structural changes to health/ public health

services in the targeted border sectors.

Gloria Cordoba, Consultant, Andalusian School for Public Health

(EASP)

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14:45 – 15:15 Roundtable discussion

Facilitator: Barbara Rijks, Migration Health Programme Coordinator

Migration Health Department, IOM

15:15 – 15:30 Coffee Break

15:30 – 16:00 Closing remarks

Cinthia Menel-Lemos, Scientific Project Officer, Executive Agency for

Health and Consumers, EC

Roumyana Benedict, Senior Regional Health Manager, Regional Liaison

and Coordination Office to the EU, IOM