GvW Graf von Westphalen is a partner at the 1st Future Congress on the Future of Migration & Integration
The 1st Future Congress on the Future of Migration & Integration is taking place today at the national press office. More than 500 participants will discuss in Berlin practical issues for local communities, states and the nation resulting from the refugee situation.
Various workshops addressing the future will address a solution-oriented exchange of experience among practitioners in the fields of project management, integration as well as the labor market and education. In addition to Peter Altmaier, refugee coordination for the Federal Government and Frank-J .Weise, Head of the Federal Office of Migration and Refugees, many mayors, county supervisors and integration directors have said they will attend.
GvW Graf von Westphalen, as a partner in the congress, will deal with the topic "From Lodging to Living". Dr Sigrid Wienhues, specialist for administrative law in the Hamburg office will give her presentation on the "Challenge of affordable Living" and will deal with the new tasks and rules for the practice of issuing building permits and urban planning in light of the refugee situation.
The organizer of the 1st Future Congress for Migration & Integration is the Wegweiser corporate group which, among other matters, has organized the Future Congress for State & Administration under the auspices of the Federal Interior Ministry.
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