Transnational families in focus - International colloquium

Welcome and Introduction

• Viorela Telegdi-Csetri, Project Manager, CASTLE, BBU
• Áron Telegdi-Csetri, Research Manager, CASTLE, BBU

Public Authorities from Romania, Moldova and Ukraine- consultation on the RCSTF’s research agenda

Participants:

• Igor Chișca (Head of the Directorate for Policy on Protection of Children's Rights and the Rights of Families with Children, Ministry of Labour and Social Protection, Republic of Moldova)
• Constanța Gaideu (Consultant, Directorate for Policy on Protection of Children's Rights and the Rights of Families with Children, Ministry of Labour and Social Protection, Republic of Moldova)
• Anastasia Zaharia (Consultant, Directorate for Occupational Policy and Regulation of Migration, Ministry of Labour and Social Protection, Republic of Moldova)
• Anna Gherganova (Head, Directorate for Occupational Policy and Regulation of Migration, Ministry of Labour and Social Protection, Republic of Moldova)
• Corina Marinescu (Senior Councilor, National Authority for the Protection of the Rights of Children and Adoptions, Romania)
• Natalia Chudaeva (Mariupol Social Services, Ukraine)
• Sonia Jesus (Immigration and Border Service, Portugal)
• Katerina Cherepackha (President, La Strada, Ukraine)
• Anca Stamin (Project Manager, Save the Children, Romania)
• Moderators Viorela Telegdi-Csetri, Project Manager, CASTLE, BBU; Áron Telegdi-Csetri, Research Manager, CASTLE, BBU

Coffee break

Keynote Speaker

Victor Cebotari, Strategic Advisor to the Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs, University of Luxembourg

Transnational families and children ‘left-behind’. Evidence and gaps

Moderator Viorela Telegdi-Csetri, Project Manager, CASTLE, BBU

Lunch break

Keynote speaker

Edit Frenyó, Max Weber Postdoctoral Fellow - European University Institute

Challenges of researching and advocating for the interests of transnational families in the EU

Moderator Áron Telegdi-Csetri, Research Manager, CASTLE, BBU

Coffee break

Keynote speaker

Beatrice Scutaru, Lecturer in International History, Maynooth University, Ireland

Children in migration: reflections on ‘vulnerability’ and ‘the best interest of the child’

Moderator Iulia-Elena Hossu, Researcher, CASTLE, BBU

Dinner

Session Group 1

Research tools

Chair: Iulia Hossu, Researcher, CASTLE, BBU

Coffee break

Keynote speaker

Daniela Sime, Professor, University of Strathclyde Glasgow

An issue of rights: Promoting the participation of children and young people in family migration research

Moderator Viorela Telegdi-Csetri, Project Manager, CASTLE, BBU

Lunch break

Keynote speaker

Neda Deneva Faje, Researcher, Babeș-Bolyai University

Transnational Families and Eastern European Hypermobility

Moderator Éva László, Researcher, CASTLE, BBU

Coffee break

Session Group 2

The specifics of co-researchers

Chair: Éva László, Researcher, CASTLE, BBU

Dinner

Consultation on RCSTF’s vision with Research Centres/Projects delegates

Participants:

• Weronika Kloc-Nowak (Centre of Migration Research, University of Warsaw, Poland)
• Helena Grangiea (ProChild CoLAB, Portugal)
• Asgeir Falch-Eriksen (Social Exclusion and Globalisation Academic Unit, Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway; Centre for Advanced Research on Integrity, Rights and Inclusion of the Child / CIRIC, Tallinn University, Estonia; Centre for Research on Discretion and Paternalism / DIPA, University of Bergen, Norway))
• Polina Palash (CAREWELL TF Project, UK, France, Spain, Sweden)
• Neda Deneva Faje (EuroCare Network)
• Monica Șerban (Romanian Network for Migration Studies)
• George Jiglău (Centre for the Study of Democracy, BBU, Romania)
• Anatolie Coșciug (Romanian Center for Comparative Migration Studies, BBU, Romania)

 Moderator Áron Telegdi-Csetri, Research Manager, CASTLE, BBU

Coffee break

Keynote speaker

Alina Botezat, Senior Researcher, Romanian Academy, Iași Branch, România

The impact of parental labour migration on left-behind children's educational and psychosocial outcomes: Evidence from Romania

Moderator Mihaela Hărăguș, Researcher, CASTLE, BBU

Lunch break

Keynote speaker

Sergiu Bălțătescu, Professor Habil. of Sociology, University of Oradea, România

Children left at home by migrant parents in six Eastern European countries

Moderator Mihaela Hărăguș, Researcher, CASTLE, BBU

Coffee break

Session Group 3

Research Center Vision and Networking

Chair: Mihaela Hărăguș, Researcher, CASTLE, BBU

Dinner