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At the Basque Government Immigration Section’s Department of Housing and Social Welfare, we are hard at work arranging and coordinating the 1st International New Citizenry Conference, to be held at the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao on 15 and 16 January 2004. Our objective for this event is to discuss the concept of new citizenry which, as we understand it, must overcome the barriers of academic development if any practical implementation is to be possible, and so we have invited a number of guest speakers from well-known social and university milieux.

Globalisation and the immediacy provided by new technology, migratory movements, social and economic demands by the general public and modern-day needs make the concept of citizenry a key factor towards understanding how rights and duties must form the basis of the acceptance of differences, of integration with realities various.

From the wide international viewpoint of human rights, new citizenry refers to a universal status whereby we all choose the place in which we prefer to live, with no restrictions caused by ethnic concerns or nationality.

This, however, is an open debate of opinions and contributions into which we intend to delve during the encounter. Citizenry and urban space, citizenry and migration, citizenry and equality – these are the various angles from which we will present a basic concept, an instrument for achieving equality, and a field requiring widespread participation and decisive action on the part of public bodies.
- To provide an analytic and conceptual framework for analysis of the main factors relating to social, political and cultural transformation, in order to enhance and improve democracy.

- To provide instruments to facilitate the debate between citizenry and immigration.

- To provide theoretical criteria for authentication of political decisions, design of programmes and plans for strategic action to be taken.
Those who move in university circles, persons with political responsibilities and members of social groups related to this topic.

Official languages: English, French, Basque and Spanish.
The conference is to be held in the Auditorium of the Guggenheim Museum, c/ Abandoibarra Et. 2, in the centre of Bilbao.

Date: 15-16 January 2004
Venue: Guggenheim Museum
Bilbao
THURSDAY 15 JANUARY 2004

09:30 Reception and accreditation in the lobby of the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao.
10:00 Inauguration.
Javier Madrazo Lavin, Head of the Basque Government’s Housing and Social Welfare Department.
Boladji Omer Bertin Oke, Head of the Basque Government’s Immigration Department.
10:30 Framework conference. The concept and context of new citizenry.
11:30 Coffee break.
12:00 Round table. Citizenry and international migration.
Barbara Weinstein, Lecturer in History, Maryland University.
“Identity and citizenry in the USA: from new social history to new cultural history”.
Imanol Zubero, University of the Basque Country.
“The challenge of immigration: welcoming others and enhancing our own selves”.
Moderator: Pedro Ibarra.
14:00 Lunch.
16:00 Round table. The equality of citizens in democracy.
Mariano Fernández Enguita, Professor at the University of Salamanca.
“The other side of the demos: citizenry and exclusion”.
Zig Layton-Henry, Warwick University, UK.
“On the boundaries of citizenry. Citizens and those excluded”.
Moderator: Cristina Blanco.
Basque Immigration Observatory.
18:00 End of first day.

FRIDAY, 16 JANUARY 2004

09:00 Magistral conference. The city and new citizenry. The multi-cultural city.
Jordi Borja, International Expert in Strategic Planning and Local Development. Town planner. Adviser on a large number of projects carried out in Spain and Latin America. University of Barcelona.
10:00 Coffee break.
10:30 Round table. Integration and citizenry.
Aurora Genovès, S. Walby Institute of Transnational Studies, University of London.
“The perspective of gender in the construction of new citizenry”.
Carlota Solé. Chair in Sociology at Barcelona's Autónoma University.
"Transnationalism, integration and new citizenry".
Moderator: Xabier Aierdi, Lecturer in Sociology at the Univerity of the Basque Country.
Basque Immigration Observatory.
12:30 End of the conference.

DEADLINE FOR ENROLMENT EXTENDED UNTIL 13 JANUARY 2004

Enrolment in the conference is free.


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PLEASE send this form before 17 December 2003. If you have any queries to make, please feel free to ring +34 944 668 610 between 09:00 h. and 13:00 h., or 15:00 h. to 18:30 h.
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The organisers of this conference wish your stay in Bilbao to be as pleasant as possible, and so we have arranged certain SOCIAL EVENTS, as follows:

Lunch at the 5-star Hotel Domine, opposite the Museum Guggenheim, on 15 January, during the scheduled break.

Guided tours of the Guggenheim Museum on the afternoon of 15 January in the language selected (specify language):

English French German Italian Euskera Spanish

Guided tours of Bilbao on the afternoon/evening of 15 or 16 January, as chosen by the group (specify day).

15 January at 20:00 h.
16 January at 16:00 h.

The price of the social events is 70 euros, and this will be paid following enrolment in the conference to the following BANCO ATLÁNTICO account:

0008 0830 96 1100233167

For overseas bank transfers, the Swift Code will also be required (ATLAESMM).



HALCON VIAJES will arrange your hotel bookings and flights, and will also provide any other tourist information you may require. For contact:

Telephone: +34 945 171 174
Fax: + 34 945 172 442
E-mail: halcon796@halcon-viajes.es

- Information and hotel bookings (breakfast included).

Hotel Carlton *****
Double room: 117.5 euros
Double room for single use: 86 euros

Hotel Abando ****
Double room: 101.5 euros
Double room for single use: 80.5 euros

Hotel Nervión ***
Double room: 70.5 euros
Double room for single use: 56.5 euros