Enaro Fall Exchange Briefing Friday 27 September 2013

Welcome  Welcome on behalf of the Enaro Steering Group.  A brief word of introduction about Enaro.

History  In 1989, the first European Conference on the Reception of Asylum Seekers was organised in Papendal (Holland):  Common awareness that we all share the same problems and challenges in our daily work.  Discussions about different ways of cross-border cooperation between the European reception organisations.

History  In Amsterdam The Netherlands in 2002 after the 7th European Conference in Brussels (2001).  5 organizations founded Enaro:  COA the Netherlands  Red Cross Denmark  Migration Board from Sweden  Department for Refugees in the Czech Republic and  Fedasil, Belgium  The start of the exchange programmes.

Member organisations  The number (19 right now) of Enaro member organisations has grown ever since. Today, 14 countries participate in the fall exchange programme.  Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Serbie, Sweden, Switzerland

Structure  Enaro is an informal network.  A steering group with representatives from all member organisations.  Steering group gathers twice a year: spring and fall (closing conference this year in Serbia).

Structure  Presidency:  2011: Slovak Republic  2012: Italy  As from 2013: International Secretariat  Responsible for the Enaro Secretariat is AWAS (Marisa Sapiano from Malta)

Goal  The goals of Enaro: Exchange of staff and expertise  to exchange expertise and best practices…  … by sending two staff members per country abroad for 1 week, twice a year.

Fall Exchange  ‘Conflict management’  Presentation by ………….