Cultural Diversity and Harmony: Regional Victoria Today

The conference will consider the theme of social inclusion for culturally and linguistically diverse communities within regional Victoria. Initiatives, projects, ideas and research that promote social inclusion will be explored. The conference will be relevant to a range of stakeholders including those from the community sector, private sector and all levels of government. 

For more information and to download registration details please follow the link:
http://eccv.org.au/doc/2008RegionalConferenceFlyer.pdf

Date:    Saturday 31 May, 2008
Venue: Goulburn Ovens Institute of TAFE (GOTAFE) WANGARATTA
Time:   9.00 am – 4.15 pm
Cost:    FREE

Places are limited so book early to secure attendance

CONFERENCE DINNER

Hosted by the North East Multicultural Association
Special Guest Speaker - George Lekakis, Chairperson Victorian Multicultural Commission

Also featuring
Launch of the NEMA website
Local entertainment from the North East

Venue: Quality Hotel Wangaratta Gateway, 29/37 Ryley Street  WANGARATTA
Time:   7.00 pm
Cost:    $40 per person
RSVP:  Contact NEMA to confirm your attendance

Frances Salenga
North East Multicultural Association
PO Box 417
Wangaratta VIC 3676
Phone: (03) 5722 0726    Fax: (03) 5721 9526

Cheques payable to: North East Multicultural Association

Regional Settlement for Migrants and Refugees

The ECCV 2007 Conference ‘Regional Settlement for Migrants and Refugees’ was held in Bendigo on Saturday May 5. The conference created opportunities for regional ethnic communities’ councils, migrant resource centers, service providers, community groups, government and individuals to exchange ideas and strategies in relation to regional settlement for migrants and refugees. The impressive line up of guest speakers included:

Daniel Andrews MP – Minister Assisting the Premier on Multicultural Affairs;

Professor Desmond Cahill – Professor of Intercultural Studies, RMIT University;

Christopher Callanan – Acting State Director, Department of Immigration and Citizenship;

Dr. Sharman Stone – Federal Member for Murray, Minister for Worforce Participation;

Dr. Sundram Sivamalai – Senior Lecturer, University of Melbourne

To view the program click on the link:
http://eccv.org.au/doc/CONFERENCEPROGRAM.pdf

To view the presentation given by Dr. Sundram Sivamalai please click on the link: http://eccv.org.au/doc/DrSundramSivamalaiRegionalHealthPresentation.pdf

Regional Settlement Case Studies 

A diverse range of regional settlement case studies were provided in the afternoon. For information on the following case studies please click the links below:  

Castlemaine Sudanese-Burundi Community http://eccv.org.au/doc/CastlemaineSudaneseBurundiCommunity.pdf

Congolese Pilot Project – paper written by Dr Apollo Nsubuga-Kyobe and Chris Hazelman http://eccv.org.au/doc/CongolesePilotProject.pdf

Experience Counts: Supervised Driving Practice Program http://eccv.org.au/doc/ExperienceCountsSupervisedDrivingPracticeProgram.pdf

Gnatannwarr Multicultural Festival
http://eccv.org.au/doc/MulticulturalFestivalInfoBooklet.pdf

Multicultural Ambassador Program http://eccv.org.au/doc/MulticulturalAmbassadorProgram.pdf

Newcomers Network and Bendigo Newcomers http://eccv.org.au/doc/NewcomersNetworkandBendigoNewcomers.pdf

NEMA Cultural Activities
http://eccv.org.au/doc/NEMACulturalActivities.pdf

ABC Radio Interview - Rural migrants and refugees may not meet targets

On May 15 Professor Desmond Cahill was interviewed on the ABC radio program ‘Bush Telegraph’ in relation to his keynote address and paper given at the regional conference.  To listen to the interview please click on the link below:
http://www.abc.net.au/rural/telegraph/index/monthly.htm