The course aims to provide the main tools to understand the integration process in Italy and in the main European countries, after the migratory waves of the last period in order to create a confrontation with experts, scholars and representatives of Italian institutions.

14.00 to 16.00

The migration phenomenon: between myth and reality
Maria Caterina FEDERICI, Full Professor of General Sociology at the University of Perugia

15:00 to 16:00
A historical reading of qualified migrations in republican Italy
Dr. Benedetto COCCIA – Scientific coordinator of the social area Institute of Political Studies S. Pio V
16:00 to 17:00
A demographic reading of today’s Italy
Prof. Elena AMBROSETTI – Associate Professor of Demography, La Sapienza University of Rome
17:00 to 17:30

Coffee Break

17:30 to 18:30
Round table open to the public Development cooperation and European foreign policy: the new challenge from migration to integration

Opening interventions:
Dr. Caroline KANTER – Representative Director in Italy Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung
Prof. Nicola ANTONETTI – President of the Luigi Sturzo Institute
Adm. Fabio CAFFIO – Scientific Advisor to Center for Near Abroad Strategic Studies (CENASS)

Discussant:

Arije ANTINORI, University Professor, La Sapienza, University of Rome
Giorgio CUZZELLI, University Professor, University of Naples L’Orientale
Michela MERCURI, University lecturer, author of “Migrations in the Mediterranean

Moderator: Maurizio CAPRARA, Corriere della Sera columnist

18.30-19.00 Debate open to the public
19.00 Conclusions