“Human rights protection against poverty and social exclusion" a seminar in Wroclaw
EuroMI representatives have been invited to take active part in a seminar called "Human rights protection against poverty in social exclusion" organised by a Polish MEP Lidia Geringer de Odenberg in Wrocław on the 3rd of March 2007.

EuroMI strategic development plan presentation.
A meeting of all the model local partnerships from the Wielkopolska region met within the "Social Economy in Practice"partnership today on the 26th of February 2007. Representatives of each local partnership presented their activities and development. EuroMI representatives took part in one of the panel sessions and presented their strategic development plan for the EuroMI project. artnership models created by the Barka Foundation are going to be introduced in 16 other regions of Polanad and later on to the 27 EU countries. They are all going to be members of the EuroMI network. One of very important activities in Polish partnerships will be working with all the potential work migrants offering courses and all kinds of advice and support. Those not prepared to the process of migration will be advised to stay in Poland go through a process of training and found social cooperatives. All the partners in the EuroMI network will have the possibility of exchanging trainees and study visits.  An institute for monitoring, research and training will also be created. It will concentrate on the system's monitoring, publications and reports launch as well as providing training for experts employed in the Centres for Migrants Integration. 

23.02.2007 Partner organisations have presented their suggestions concerning the Wielkopolska Region Employment Strategy for the years 2007-2008
The Barka Foundation representatives together with the School of Barka- Centre for Social Integration and Nationwide Alliance of Organisations for Social Integration and EuroMI representatives have writen to Mrs Barbara Kwapiszewska a list of suggestions concerning the Wielkopolska Region Employment Strategy for the years 2007-2008.  
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A report from a study visit of our new Scottish partner
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Theatre Fans!
A meeting concerning preparing a theatre play for a catholic “Radio Emmaus” from Poznań took place in the Centre for Social Integration (CES) in Poznań. Representatives of partner organizations and institutions met to prepare for performing in a radio play based on a book by Dorothy L. Sayers „ A man born to be a king”. The book is a philosophical reflection on Jesus from Nazareth’s life, 2000 years ago
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Polish TV programme featuring the EuroMI coordinator
We  present latest TV Polonia programme featuring Ewa Sadowska, the EuroMI coordinator, Agata Żuraw from the European Migrant Workers Union and Krzysztof Karszmicki the vice director of the Polish Public Prosecutor's Office for Organised Crime. The problems of dishonest employers, job agencies and work camps were discussed in the programme. Eva Sadowska also explained the difference between the terms " free movement of workers" and "work migration".
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“Human rights protection against poverty and social exclusion" a seminar in Wroclaw
EuroMI representatives have been invited to take active part in a seminar called "Human rights protection against poverty in social exclusion" organised by a Polish MEP Lidia Geringer de Odenberg in Wrocław on the 3rd of March 2007.

EuroMI information campaign on the local level
 The EuroMI representatives will make a presentation on the history, achievements and strategic development plan of the EuroMI project..  The presentation will take place in Drezdenko, a town nearby Poznan, as one of weekly meetings of School for Social Economy Leaders 
 The EuroMI team will also take active part in a conference "Education and work abroad as an opportunity for vocational development" organised tomorrow on the 22nd of February 2007 in Poznan School of Business and Foreign Languages The presentation prepared by the EuroMI representatives is called "Possible difficulties during a stay abroad

 The Pavement Magazine- the paper for the homeless, London edition.
Information concerning EU migrants in the UK on page 4
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 A letter from our Scottish partner organisation
 Ms Michelle McKearnon from Furniture Plus Trading Limited form Scotland has written to us after her meeting in Poznan with the EuroMI team and her visit to the Barka Foundation seat.
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Polish President in Ireland: "You have to think it over whether to stay here or come back home"
- You have to think it over whether you want to stay here or come back home, said the Polish President Lech Kaczynski to Poles living in Ireland during a meeting in Dublin. The president has also thanked the Irish authorities for their friendly approach towards Polaes.
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The Polish EAPN Committee has been created.
 On the 1st of February 2007 the Polish European Anti Poverty Network Committee was created in Warsaw. The Committee works in cooperation with the Polish Working Community for Social Organisations Association (WRZOS)  The Committee is composed by WRZOS representatives as well as other big social organisations' associations such as Caritas, Monar, ST Albert's Help Association, the Federation of Polish Food Banks and other smaller organisations acting on the local and regional level. ATD Association "The Fourth World" acting on the international level.  The aim of the Polish EAPN Committee is to monitor and report on the activities of the state and the Polish government in terms of fighting poverty and social exclusion. The Committee also aims at influencing national and European policy on fighting poverty and social exclusion. The Polish Committee is a member of the European Anti Poverty Network with its seat in Brussels.

What's the future of Polish social companies' development?
According to the latest research run by Klon/Jawor  Association called "The condition of the Polish NGOs sector 2006" there are few Polish organisations willing to combine their statute activities with economy activities. „NGOs believe that the non profit sector should be based on the social activity only- (30% of Polish NGO responded that way"). It means that many NGOs perceive economic activities as "unethical" and contradictory to the social character of such organisations. 

EuroMI coordinator on Polish TV - a very important programme!!!!
 There will be a programme broadcast on Polish TV Polonia on Satturday the 17 th of February. The invited guests: the Polish Minister of JusticeZbigniew Ziobro, Agata Zuraw from European Association of Migrant Workers and Ewa Sadowska, the EuroMI coordinator will talk on very important issues concerning "work migration".
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France not for Poles
Polish work migrants In France complain that contrary to what had been promised local authorities make it impossible for poles to find legal work. “We are being discriminated against” says a Pole  who has already sent her protest to the European Commission.
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The EuroMI strategic plan
A very important meeting took place today at 9:00am. The EuroMI team met with their advisors in order to discuss a strategic development plan for the comming years.
Partnership models created by the Barka Foundation are going to be introduced in 16 other regions of Polanad and later on to the 27 EU countries. They are all going to be members of the EuroMI network. One of very important activities in Polish partnerships will be working with all the potential work migrants offering courses and all kinds of advice and support. Those not prepared to the process of migration will be advised to stay in Poland go through a process of training and found social cooperatives. All the partners in the EuroMI network will have the possibility of exchanging trainees and study visits.
A project of a "Young Leaders of Tommorow" educational association was also presented. We invite all the young people interested in the topic to join us.

Jobless must learn English or lose benefits, warn minister. Unemployed people who cannot speak English will have to prove they are learning the language or face losing their benefits under government plans.
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A job advert!
Providence Row, the Dellow day centre are currently  seeking an advice worker for our A8 clients, who must be fluent in Polish or another appropriate language.  This is a fixed-term appointment, until 1 January 2008. The closing date for applications is 2 March.
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Further transnational development of the EuroMI project!
On the 10th of February the EuroMI and Barka representatives met with Michelle Mckrearnon from "Furniture Plus", a social company based in Scotland, to discuss a common educational programm for social cooperative members. We presen a short report form the meeting and the programme description.
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A very important programme on Polish TV with the EuroMI coordinator!!!
 There will be a programme broadcast on Polish TV Polonia on Thursday the 15th of February. The invited guests: the Polish Minister of JusticeZbigniew Ziobro, Agata Zuraw from European Association of Migrant Workers and Ewa Sadowska, the EuroMI coordinator will talk on very important issues concerning "work migration".
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EuroMI network is being created in one of the biggest regions in Poland.
On the 10th of February 2007 representatives of the cities of Wielkopolska region came to the Barka Foundation  in Poznan. They were all interested in setting up different associations which would then be included in the EuroMI network. 20 participants were present at the meeting. Mr Tomasz Sadowski, the President of the Barka Foundation took the floor and presesnted the system created by the Barka Foundation wchich could be introduced to other regions of Poland within the EuroMi project. Information materials were handed out to the guests and they also decided on the date of their next meeting.

More and more people want to work in our program and Centres for Migrants Integration. The EuroMI team has been constantly receiving motivation letters and resumes from potential volunteers and employees. Here is a letter of one of them.
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A short report from a meeting with 2  Vice Spearkers of the Polish Senate
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Polish migrant's ashes
A Polish comercial TV - TVN 24 has called the EuroMI team with an information that ashes of a Polish work migrant who died in Manchester were sent to his family in Poland in an unprotected package.  We have contacte the Polish Consule General in London on the matter. We are expecting the family of the dead to contact us soon.
Today on the 8th of February TVN 24 has broadcast a programme on the Polish migrant's ashes.

EuroMI in Paris
Due to the difficult situation of “work migrants” from Poland living in Paris the Barka Foundation was allerted by the French Embassy in Warsav together with Social Policy Department in Paris (DASS) and Emmaus Associationn October 2006.   According to the organisations and institutions based in Paris hundreds of Polish migrants live in tents on the banks of Sene, they also fall victim of dishonest job agencies and crimminal gangs. Barka Foundations experts have been invited to come to Paris. The study visit is now being prepared. 
The founding bid for creation of 5 Centres for Migrants Intergation in 5 different European capitals which the EuroMI team has submitted included a Centre in Paris.
On the 07th of February 2007 a EuroMI representative  talked on the phone with Mr  Horaki, the Polish Consule General in Paris. The conversation concerned the study visit of the Barka Foundation experts in Paris as well as creation of a Centre for Migrants Integration in the capital.  

The EuroMI representatives visit 2 members of the Polish Senate. Małgorzata Malak and Ewa Sadowska will meet with 2 P Vice Speakers of the Polis Senate- Maciej Płażyński and Ryszard Legutko. The talks will concern the Application for founding of the 5 Centres fro Migrants Integration that the EuroMi submitted to the Polish Senate and potential support of the application by the two Vice Speakers.

The EuroMI project coordinator on Polish TV
Ewa Sadowska, the EuroMI project coordinator has been invited to take part in a programme on Polish migrants. The invited guests will also try to answear the question "What responsabilities does the Polish government have concerning the migrants and their fate?"

The EuroMI project coodinator has been invited to an Ecas seminar entitled: "Recommendations for Policy Actions and Workers Mobility" which will take place in Brussels on the 16th of March 2007 The seminar aims, now that the activity of the Year of Workers Mobility is over, to stand back and answer the question- "What next?". It will not attempt to go into detail, which will be more the task of a series of consultations the European Commission intends to initiate to lead to its Mobility Action Plan 2007. The idea of the seminar is to identify key themes and recommendations for future EU policy.
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We would like to invite you to see our foto-gallery with pictures taken during the Sadowski's stay  at the Schwab Social Entrepreneurs Summit in Zurich(20-23.01.2007) and  The World Economic Forum in Davos (24-28. 01.2007). The Barka leaders participation in the Forum in Davos resulted in many useful contactc and partners for the EuroMI network.
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Follow up on the letter to Commissioner Spidla
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EuroMI representatives have met with Vladimir Spidla the Commissioner for Employment during a conference("Social Pacts- a way to succeed") in Warsaw on the 24th of Jauary. Małgorzata Malak and Ewa Sadowska- the EuroMI representatives took part in an international conference concerning social pacts. EU representatives as well as Polish government members and Polish trade unions representatives and empoyers organisation representatives from Poland, Hungar, Spain, Ireland and Italy were also present at the conference.  During a coffee brake the EuroMi representatives spoke with Commissioner Spidla to discuss their project on creating the European Network for Migrants Integration. The EuroMi team had sent a letter to the Commissioner asking him to concider the possibility of creating new support programs for "work migrants"in the EU Member States. The Commissioner assured the EuroMI representatives that his answear will arrive soon.

A BBC article on the World Economic Forum with pictures of Bono, Angelina Jolie and the Sadowski family.
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Internship Programe in the Centre for Social Integration.
A Polish girl who has lived in London for the past 12 years  has been invited to take part in an internship programme organised in the Centre for Social Integration run by the School of "Barka". Malgorzata is preparing to work in the Centre for Migrants Integration which is going to be set up in London within the EuroMi project. She is currently in the middle of her internship for the Simon Community in London.

We present information on the European Integration Found
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