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SIXTH INTERNATIONAL METROPOLIS CONFERENCE

WORKSHOP 41: Ethnic Monitoring

Wednesday, November 28, 2001
16:00 - 17:30


ORGANIZERS

Name: Dr Chan E.S. Choenni
Affiliation/Name of Institution: Ministry of Interior and Kingdom Affairs, Integration Policy
Mailing address: PO. Box 20011,2500 EA The Hague, The Netherlands
Telephone number: 0031-70-4267575
Fax number: 0031-70-4267638
E-mail address: Chan.Choenni@minbzk.nl

Name: Hanna Idema (BA)
Affiliation/Name of Institution: Ministry of Interior and Kingdom Affairs, Integration Policy
Mailing address: PO. Box 20011,2500 EA The Hague, The Netherlands
Telephone number 0031-70-4267521
Fax number: 0031-70-4267638
E-mail address:Hanna.Idema@minbzk.nl


WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION

Goal of workshop: Comparative analysis of data and registration methods, exchange of views and experiences.
The following topics will be discussed:
· the experiences of different countries and the possible lessons to be learnt from these;
· the political relevance of gathering statistics on ethnic minorities;
· the political fields of interest regarding the availability of such statistics;
· categorization of persons of mixed origins;
· What to do if persons refuse self- identification and how to define "ethnic minority group" and "majority" in this respect?
· The extent to which registrations on objective criteria and self- identification on subjective grounds are different and (in)comparable;
· The alternative models for registration currently available

How are policy-makers, researchers and NGO's involved in workshop: They will be able to participate in the discussion.
Both speakers and participants will be drawn from various countries, which will enable a cross-national comparison.
A speaker from the UK, where registration and ethnic monitoring is advanced, as well as speakers from other countries, where ethnic registration is not applied, will be invited.
The participants will be challenged to discuss the different possible practices.

DURATION: 1,5 hours

PRESENTERS:

Ms. Pam Smith, Commission for Racial Equality, London, United Kingdom
Mr. Lars Østby, Senior Research Fellow, Department of Social Statistics, Statistics Norway, Norway.



 

 

 

 

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