Maria Skóra
Co-Facilitator
Thinking Lab on Migration & Integration
Das Progressive Zentrum
Dr. Maria Skóra is Senior Project Manager at Das Progressive Zentrum. Furthermore, she is Project Manager at the Humboldt-Viadrina Governance Platform in Berlin. Maria led inter alia the expert group “Social and Fiscal Policy” of the project “A Future Agenda for Eastern and Central Europe” that was jointly organised by Das Progressive Zentrum and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung between spring 2013 and the beginning of 2015.
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Dialogue On Europe goes East!
#EuropeanTownHall Meeting in Warsaw
Exactly one year after launching DIALOGUE ON EUROPE, a further bilateral half-day #TownHallMeeting was organized – this time in Warsaw. On December 7 th , representatives of academia, civil society and culture from Germany and Poland followed our invitation to discuss possible future scenarios for Europe. Open discussions fed directly into a live conversation about the challenges of European integration and Polish-German relations with Michael Roth, German Minister of State for Europe.
The EU Must Focus on the Root Causes of Migration
Following the latest tragedy involving migrants, 28 members and leaders of the EU have initiated plans for a military operation to combat criminal gangs who smuggle refugees in thousands per ship. The details of the initiative still need to be clarified, and the body of water where the operation will cover needs to be decided. This will require Libya’s permission to destroy the smugglers’ boats in its territorial waters. The EU needs to obtain a mandate in order to operate under Chapter 7 of the United Nations (UN) charter.
#EuropeanTownHall Meeting in Warsaw
DIALOGUE ON EUROPE in Poland one year after the first #EuropeanTownHall Meeting
Exactly one year after the first #EuropeanTownHall Meeting in Athens, the DIALOGUE ON EUROPE goes further and takes place on 7 December 2016 in Warsaw. With a European Union at stake, sustainable solutions can best be achieved with the support of a strong and well-connected European civil society.
Steinmeier launches DIALOGUE ON EUROPE with European ‘next generation thinkers’
On 28 June 2016, the German Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, together with the German Federal Minister of State for Europe, Michael Roth, officially launched the DIALOGUE ON EUROPE-project at the Europasaal of the German Federal Foreign Office in Berlin. (more…)
Introducing the Thinking Lab on Migration & Integration
16 engaged Europeans for concrete solutions to the refugee crisis and beyond
The Thinking Lab on Migration & Integration focuses on one of the most crucial challenges currently faced by the European Union. Within one year, based on the diverse experiences Southern European countries and Germany have so far gathered, the Lab will deliver a genuine European perspective on migration and integration policy. The concept of “people on the move” rather than “refugees” or “migrants” remains the center of the debate.