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E-Newsletter 2 February 2011 / Issue 21 WELCOME! This is the twentieth issue of the European Web Site on Integration's monthly newsletter. Every first Wednesday of the month, the editorial team of the European Web Site on Integration sends you a selection of content recently published on the Site.   You are receiving this newsletter as you have registered for it. To modify your subscription status, please go to www.integration.eu, log in and click on " My Newsletters ". Upcoming Events 11/02/11 - 12/02/11 (Budapest, Hungary) Ethnic Differences in Education across Europe: Potentials and Limitations of Social Inclusion through Education for Young People from Second-Generation Migrant and Roma Backgrounds : MORE 16/02/11 - 18/01/11 (Granada, Spain) First International Conference on Migration in Andalucia : MORE 22/02/11 - 27/02/11 (Hamburg & Berlin, Germany and Madrid, Spain) Workshops on diversity for journalists in Germany and Training on reporting diversity in Spain : MORE 23/02/11 (Brussels, Belgium) The conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals in the framework of the intra-corporate transfer : MORE Click here to read more events Latest News     06/01/2011 : Changes in conditions for the entry and stay on the territory of the Czech Republic from 2011: On December 21, 2010 the Parliament of the Czech Republic passed amendment to the Act on Residence of Foreign Nationals in the territory of the Czech Republic (Act No. 326/1999 Coll., as amended): MORE     12/01/2011 : UK: Public sector equality duty guidance published by the Equality and Human Rights Commission: The Equality and Human Rights Commission has published guidance that explains what public authorities in England and non-devolved bodies in Scotland and Wales have to do to comply with the public sector equality duty: MORE     12/01/2011 : Netherlands: National Ombudsman investigates hardship specification in the Civic Integration Abroad Act : The National Ombudsman is starting an investigation into the Civic Integration Act abroad. He will take a closer look into the specifications for the so-called hardship: MORE     13/01/2011 : Germany: New Council on Integration : The Federal Government's Commissioner for Migration, Refugees and Integration introduced to the public the newly founded Council on Integration: MORE     20/01/2011 : EC: Consultation on EU funding in the area of home affairs after 2013: The Commission's responsibilities in the area of home affairs have been steadily growing over the last years and have been confirmed by the Stockholm Programme and its Action Plan: MORE   Click here to read more news Good practices recently uploaded   Accounting and payroll accounting for migrant women (Vienna, Austria ) . The training course prepares women to find a job in the field of accountancy. Three months after finishing the training course at least 30% of participants should have a job. During the training course the participants should not only prepare for entering the labour market in vocational competencies but should also be empowered. MORE   Mentor families in the workplace (Denmark) . In the project "mentor families in the workplace", seven companies successfully established mentor family relations between the company's Danish and foreign colleagues and their families, in order to integrate and maintain employment for workers with an ethnic minority background. MORE   RAR- Anti-racist jokes (Italy,Germany, France) . The project is aimed at promoting an active role of youngsters in fighting against racism, by strengthening their ability to analyse the mechanisms of construction of stereotypes and to react to racist and discriminatory attitudes and speech. MORE   Share your own good practice with the rest of the community! Click here. Top Latest documents The State of Antidiscrimination Policies in Europe: Ten Years after the Passage of the Racial Equality Directive : Natalia Banulescu-Bogdan, Terri Givens - MPI (Migration Policy - MORE Eurostat Statistics in Focus: Immigration to EU Member States down by 6% and emigration up by 13% in 2008 : Apolonija OBLAK FLANDER / Eurostat - MORE Color: society and cultural changes in the Netherlands: Paul Schnabel - MORE Act to regulate Participation and Integration in Berlin: Senate/House of Representatives of the Federal State of Berlin - MORE Click here for more documents   Latest links The Greek Ombudsman: The principal mission of the Greek Ombudsman is to mediate between the public administration and citizens, in order to help citizens exercise their rights effectively. - MORE The Portuguese Ombudsman: Citizens may submit complaints against actions or omissions by the public authorities to the Ombudsman - MORE The Ombudsman against ethnic discrimination: The Equality Ombudsman (DO) is a government agency that seeks to combat discrimination on grounds of sex, transgender identity or expression, ethnicity, religion or other belief, disability, sexual orientation or age - MORE Click here for more links   Top Please forward this email to colleagues you think might find it interesting.   To unsubscribe or subscribe, simply change your preferences by logging on from the home page, then going to the "My Newsletters" link.   If you have been forwarded this by a friend you can subscribe to future newsletters by becoming a registered member of www.integration.eu - get the newsletter, get access to special features like the directory of integration practitioners, and get the opportunity to contribute your documents to the official EU collection. 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