Opening the doors to dialogue

Date

Time in Brussels

Connecting Site

Notes

Connection Brussels

June 20

10am-12pm

Erbil, Iraq

11am-1pm

The Portal is located in Harsham Camp, on the outskirts of the city of Erbil in northern Iraq. The camp hosts 1,500 internally displaced Iraqi families who fled the so-called Islamic State take-over of Mosul and surrounding villages in mid-2014. Erbil is the capital of Iraq's Kurdistan Region, which hosts around 1.5 million internally displaced Iraqis and almost 230,000 Syrian refugees.

10:15 Official opening Greens/EFA president Ska Keller with Journalists

11:00 Co Presidents of Ecolo Zakia Khattabi and Patrick Dupriez

12:30pm-2:30pm

Kigali, Rwanda

12:30-2:30pm

 In Kigali, we have invited UNHCR Rwanda and  refugees and internally displaced Congolese Tutsi’s to visit our Portal at Impact Hub hosted by Kurema, Kureba, Kwiga - a public arts social enterprise using street-arts and art-actions to involve civil society in positive social change.

12:30 School class

1:45 Green MEP Barbara Lochbihler (Germany) with german school class

2 pm  group picture with Green Party leaders from all over Europe

3pm-5pm

Amman, Jordan

4pm-6pm

Our Portal in Amman is located at FABLAB, a collaboration with Refugee Open Ware. Refugee Open Ware works to harness advanced technology, co-creation and open innovation to reduce suffering, fulfill basic needs, and accelerate inclusive development in fragile and conflict-affected areas. Their mission is to catalyze investment in humanitarian technology, innovation and entrepreneurship, with and for conflict-affected communities.

6pm-8pm

Berlin, Germany

6pm-8pm

Our Berlin Portal is located at Migration Hub, which creates spaces where social entrepreneurs and organizations meet to design solutions for migration challenges. They identify and host promising social initiatives and social entrepreneurs working in the field of migration and integration. Many of the entrepreneurs working in the space are refugees or have been displaced.

6 pm: Introduction by Greens/EFA president Philippe Lamberts

6:15 Concert by “Syrians got talent”

June 21

9am-11am

Herat, Afghanistan

11:30am-1:30pm

The Herat Portal is located on the campus of Hariwa University, in the center of town, and run by the Afghan Development and Inspiration Bureau (ADIB). ADIB is dedicated to empowering young Afghan men and women through the promotion of entrepreneurship.

9am acrobat class by circus artists

9:30 discussion with school class

11:30-1:30pm

Gaza, Palestine

12:30-2:30pm

Mercy Corps and Gaza Sky Geeks host the Portal in Gaza City. Gaza Sky Geeks was founded in 2011 to build Gaza’s startup movement. They run a vibrant co-working space. In 2013, the Gaza Sky Geeks accelerator began connecting top teams to global resources to transform Gaza’s most talented youth into the Middle East’s business leaders. 

11:30

Noah Tauche and school band

1pm MEP Terry Reintke

2-5pm

Erbil, Iraq

3-6pm

The Portal is located in Harsham Camp, on the outskirts of the city of Erbil in northern Iraq. The camp hosts 1,500 internally displaced Iraqi families who fled the so-called Islamic State take-over of Mosul and surrounding villages in mid-2014. Erbil is the capital of Iraq's Kurdistan Region, which hosts around 1.5 million internally displaced Iraqis and almost 230,000 Syrian refugees.

2pm Discussion with High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini (tbc)

4pm discussion with William Swing, Director General International office for Migration

6-8 PM

Rye Arts Center, New York

12pm-2pm

Leadership from HIAS - a local resettlement organization in Westchester, New York visit the Portal at the Rye Arts Center to discuss resettlement strategies. Mark Hetfield and Rabbi Jenni Rosen will be in attendance.

June 22

9am-11am

Kabul, Afghanistan

11:30am-1:30pm

The Portal is located at Turquoise Mountain, a non-profit, non-governmental organization regenerating the old city of Kabul, and spurring the sustainable development of the Afghan crafts industry. Refugees from UNHCR Afghanistan’s refugee camp would be invited to the Portal for dialogues.

9.00 - 9.30 discussion with Jean Lambert, Green UK MEP

9:30-10:15 Discussion with  School class

10:15 - 11:00

Discussion with German Green MEP Helga Trüpel  members of the Committee for Culture and Education

11:15am-1:15am

Erbil, Iraq

1:15pm-3:15pm

The Portal is located in Harsham Camp, on the outskirts of the city of Erbil in northern Iraq. The camp hosts 1,500 internally displaced Iraqi families who fled the so-called Islamic State take-over of Mosul and surrounding villages in mid-2014. Erbil is the capital of Iraq's Kurdistan Region, which hosts around 1.5 million internally displaced Iraqis and almost 230,000 Syrian refugees.

11:15 Laura Batalla; coordinator Friends of Turkey

11:30 Noah Tauche and school band

2:00pm-4:30pm

Berlin, Germany

2:00pm-4:30pm

Our Berlin Portal is located at Migration Hub, which creates spaces where social entrepreneurs and organizations meet to design solutions for migration challenges. They identify and host promising social initiatives and social entrepreneurs working in the field of migration and integration. Many of the entrepreneurs working in the space are refugees or have been displaced.

2pm School class

3pm school class

4pm discussion with Jean Lambert, Green UK MEP

6pm-8pm

Mexico City, Mexico

11am-1pm

The Habesha Project is a neutral, not-for-profit, non-political, and non-faith based international Mexican-led humanitarian initiative aimed at sending a message of solidarity to the Syrian nation. It does so by making it possible for Syrian students, who have fled the conflict, to travel to Mexico to pursue higher education. In association with leading academic institutions, the Project will foster discussion designed to increase awareness about the humanitarian crisis in the Middle East, as well as regional and global implications of the conflict.