SOCRATES INTENSIVE PROGRAMME
Komotini, 4-14 MARCH 2008
TITLE: «Children, Poverty and Social deprivation in the EU: Suggestions and Policy recommendations to tackle children’s social exclusion in Europe.»
Monday 3 March : Arrival of Students and Professors in Komotini
Tuesday 4 March:
9.30- 10.30 a.m.: Welcome and inaugural lecture (by Head of the Dept
of Social Administration, DemocritusUniversity of
Thrace, Prof. Maria Petmezidou)
10.30 -12.15 p.m Students Report Presentation (Netherlands, Belgium,
Portugal)
12.15-13.30 p.m Lunch break
14.00-16.30 p.m Students Report Presentation (Sweden, Greece,
Switzerland, Bulgaria
Wednesday 5 March:
9.30 -10.30 a.m: Prof. Fransisco Branco : «The Biographical Method in the Study of Poverty»
10.30-11.00 a.m Coffee Break
11.00 -12.00 a.m : Ass. Prof. Christos Papatheodorou « Children poverty across welfare regimes. What the experiences of the EU countries are»
12.00-13.30 p.m Lunch Break
13.30- 15.00 p.m Discussion Group
15.00-15.30 p.m Organizing small powerpoint presentation in the University’s Computer Centre
15.30- 16.30 p.m Group presentations
Thursday 6 March
9.30- 10.30 a.m Anna Manzoni: «Welfare Regimes and Poverty Dynamics. The Duration and Recurrence of Poverty spells in Europe»
11.00- 12.00 a.m Kerstin Hamreby : «Children’s well being»
12.00-13.30 p.m Lunch Break
13.30- 15.00 p.m Discussion Group
15.00-15.30 p.m Organizing small powerpoint presentation in the University’s Computer Centre
15.30- 16.30 p.m Group presentations
Friday 7 March
9.30 – 12.00 a.m Visit to the Welfare Services and the Municipality Social Services and NGOs in Komotini
12.00-13.30 p.m Lunch Break
13.30- 15.00 p.m Discussion Group
15.00-15.30 p.m Organizing small powerpoint presentation in the University’s Computer Centre
15.30- 16.30 p.m Group presentations
Saturday 8th March
9.30- 10.30 a.m Prof Lennart Nygren: «Ηealth and Compliance among Swedish adolescents. Patterns and policy»
10.30-11.00 a.mCoffee Break
11.00-12.00 a.m Patia Georgieva : «Children with disabilities in Bulgaria, Programmes and Policies to tackle discrimination»
12.00-13.30 p.m Lunch Break
13.30- 15.00 p.m Discussion Group
15.00-15.30 p.m Organizing small powerpoint presentation in the University’s Computer Centre
15.30- 16.30 pm Group presentations
Sunday 9th March
Carnival Parade in Xanthi
Monday 10th March
9.30- 10.30 a.m Isabel Santos: «The Integration of Second generation immigrants in Portugal. The Social Capital factor|»
Flying the kite ( Ash Monday festivities in the city of Komotini)
Tuesday 11 March
9.30-10.30 a.m Joris Ghysels Reconciliation of work and family children with disabilities
10.30-11.00 a.m Coffee break
11.00-12.00 a.m Periklis Polyzoidis Using Social marketing to combat children’s social exclusion
12.00-13.30 p.m Lunch Break
13.30- 15.00 p.m Discussion Group
15.00-15.30 p.m Organizing small powerpoint presentation in the University’s Computer Centre
15.30- 16.30 p.m Group presentations
Wednesday 12 March
Visit to KavalaMunicipality Services and to the PomakMountain villages in the region of Xanthi
Thursday 13 March
9.30-10.30 a.m Agapi Kandylaki:Education, Poverty and Social Exclusion: Breaking the cycle of dropouts from compulsory education, through a social work intervention in Muslim deprived communities in Thrace
10.30-11.00a.m Coffee Break
11.00-12.00 a.mProf Tatiana Tomova : Policy Process and Policy capacity building in the area of children poverty
12.00-13.30 p.m Lunch Break
13.30- 15.00 p.m Discussion Group
15.00-15.30 p.m Organizing small powerpoint presentation in the University’s Computer Centre
15.30- 16.30 p.m Group presentations
Friday 14 March
9.00-12.00 am Preparation of the final reports
12.00- 13.30 pm Lunch Break
13.30- 14.00 p.m Group A
14.00- 14.30 p.m Group B
14.30-15.00 p.m Group C
15.00- 15.30 p.m Group D
15.30- 16.00 p.m Group E