I N V I T A T I O N

THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ETHNIC AND NATIONAL MINORITIES OF THE HUNGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE
VISEGRAD FUND

INVITES TO

The Conference on Visa and Immigration Policies of the Visegrad Countries

to be held
on 22 September 2006, 14:00
at the Conference Room of the Institute of Political Science of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (PTI Tanácsterem)
1014 Budapest, Országház u. 30.

Programme:

14:00
Welcome speech: the challenges of a common immigration policy in the enlarged EU
Balázs Vizi (Minority Studies Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences)

14:15
“New developments in the Czech visa and immigration policies”
Bohumil Hnidek (Plsen University, Czech Republic)

14:45
“The experiences of Slovakia after EU accession and the Schengen regime”
Juraj Migas (Slovak Policy Association, Bratislava, Slovakia)

15:15
“Poland and the implementation of the Schengen Treaty”
Agnieszka Weinar (Warsaw University, Poland – to be confirmed) and Stanislaw Witkowski (Wyszinski University)

15:45
“Hungarian visa and immigration policies – new perspectives”
Judit Tóth (University of Szeged, Hungary)

16:15 – discussion

For more information and relevant documents check also our website: www.visegrad.mtaki.hu