30 May 2022

A targeted study visit coordinated by Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP) and University of Belgrade – Faculty of Political Science (FPN) took place in Athens. In total, 7 academics, doctoral students and one representative of the Commissariat for Refugees and Migration of the Republic of Serbia visited Athens in the context of H2020 MIGREC Project.

The South-East Europe Programme of ELIAMEP led by Panagiotis Paschalidis, Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Western Macedonia and Research Fellow at ELIAMEP and Alexandros Koutras, Project Manager of the Programme, organized and hosted a series of indoor sessions at ELIAMEP offices in Athens as well as meetings with migration related stakeholders. The schedule included seminars, presentations and open discussions related to migration with scholars, experts as well as government officials.

The study visits of staff and PhD students focused on enhancing a better understanding of the migration issues and strategies of Greece and the current geopolitical challenges. The participants had the opportunity to learn more about migration issues in Greece by following the agenda:

• Visit to the Ministry of Migration and Asylum (Deputy Minister of Migration, Asylum in charge of integration)
• Visit to the NGO Solidarity Now (Marina Kanta – Legal Team Leader)
• Visit to PRAKSIS NGO (Athens Community Center)
• Seminar on series on social sciences research and methodology (Salomi Boukala – Assistant Professor, Department of Social Anthropology, Panteion University of Athens)
• Seminar on turning academic paper to policy papers (Angeliki Dimitriadi – Senior Research Fellow and former Head of the Migration programme at ELIAMEP 2017-2021)
• Presentation on the Asylum and Citizenship issues in Greece (Lampros Baltsiotis – Department of Political Science and History, Panteion University of Athens)

 

The list of staff and PhD students:

Natalija Perišić – Full Professor, University of Belgrade – Faculty of Political Science

Biljana Djordjević – Assistant Professor, University of Belgrade – Faculty of Political Science

Dejan Pavlović – Assistant Professor, University of Belgrade – Faculty of Political Science

Danica Santić – Associate Professor, University of Belgrade – Faculty of Geography

Violeta Marković – teaching assistant and a PhD, University of Belgrade – Faculty of Political Science

Danijela Pavlović – teaching assistant and a PhD student, University of Belgrade – Faculty of Political Science

Milica Todorović – teaching assistant and a PhD, University of Belgrade – Faculty of Geography

Jovana Konjević – representative of the Commissariat for Refugees and Migration of the Republic of Serbia