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Sydney: Sustainable Refugee Resettlement
8 March 2016 @ 8:00 am - 9 March 2016 @ 5:00 pm
Sustainable Refugee Settlement
Promoting a coordinated & collaborative approach for long-term settlement
Over the next 12 months approximately 25,000 displaced individuals including 12,000 Syrians will seek refuge in Australia. Settlement services must drive improved service delivery and connectivity to build sustainable and responsive communities.
- Examine effective wrap-around services
- Enhance pathways to education & employment
- Promote community development & engagement
- Drive improved coordination & collaboration
Paul Power, Chief Executive Officer, Refugee Council of Australia
Paris Aristotle, Chief Executive Officer, Foundation House & Chairperson, Refugee Resettlement Advisory Council
Belinda McLennan, Chief Executive Officer, AMES Australia
Rebecca Nicholls, Chief Executive Officer, Global Skills
DAY 2 – Speakers
Jorge Aroche,Chief Executive Officer, STARTTS
Maureen O’Keeffe, Manager Settlement & Community Programs, Diversitat Settlement, VIC
Melissa Monteiro, Executive Director, Community Migrant Resource Centre, NSW
Hayley Mansfield, Senior Manager, Refugees, Immigration & Multiculturalism, Brotherhood of St Laurence
- Enhancing cultural competence to improve settlement outcomes
- Pre-Conference Workshop
Monday 7th March 2016
1:00pm-4:00pm
- How to measure social capital in refugee communities settling in Australia
- Pre-Conference Workshop
Monday 7th March 2016
4:30pm-7:30pm
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