EUSS Workshops and Training Sessions

The AIRE Centre and Centrepoint have teamed up to provide a series of FREE training sessions.

If you have attended a webinar or training session with us, or if you use any of the slides below, we would really appreciate your feedback on how useful they were to you.

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Past Events and Resources

Mental Capacity and the EUSS

On 26 May 2021, the AIRE Centre, in collaboration with ADASS, delivered a webinar on supporting applications to the EU Settlement Scheme for people who lack mental capacity.

The webinar provided an overview of particular challenges faced by people who lack mental capacity to make an EU Settlement Scheme Application, basic principles under the Mental Capacity Act 2005, the test for whether someone lacks mental capacity, making best interests decisions, when it’s permissible to make an EUSS application on behalf of someone who lacks mental capacity, who is responsible for making applications on behalf of people who lack mental capacity, and practical aspects of making an application on behalf of someone who lacks mental capacity to do so.

The slides can be accessed here:

The EUSS and Children in the Criminal Justice System

On Tuesday 16 March 2021 the AIRE Centre will hosted a free webinar on how to support applications to the EUSS for children who have criminal records or who have may have issues with the 'suitability' requirement to apply to the EUSS.

The slides from the event can be accessed here:

Local authority duties towards children in the context of the EUSS

On Tuesday 2nd March the AIRE Centre hosted a free training session, in collaboration with Anna Dannreuther from Field Court Chambers, focusing on the responsibilities of local authorities in securing the immigration status of vulnerable children.

The slides can be accessed here:

Mental capacity and the EUSS

On Tuesday 16th February the AIRE Centre hosted a webinar on the issue of mental capacity for applicants to the EUSS.

The slides can be accessed here:

An Overview of the EU Settlement Scheme for Local Authority Legal Teams

On Thursday, 28th January 2021, and Tuesday 23rd February, Eleanor Sibley and Hannah Smith delivered a training session to local authority lawyers on the EU Settlement Scheme. The session provided an overview of:

What the EUSS is
Why the EUSS is important
Who is eligible to apply for the scheme
Local authorities' obligations to support applicants
Practical tips on how local authorities can provide support.

The slides can be accessed here:

EUSS - Preparing Evidence in Tricky Cases

On Tuesday 26th January 2021 at 3pm, AIRE Centre Director Matthew Evans delivered a webinar on how to prepare evidence in tricky EUSS cases. It was aimed at OISC1 advisors, OISC 2 & 3 organisations which are unfamiliar with EUSS and other support organisations.

If you missed the webinar, you can access the slides here:

An Introduction to the EUSS

On Thursday 17th December and on Tuesday 2 February 2021 we delivered training sessions aimed at front line staff who work with vulnerable people & need help understanding the EU Settlement Scheme & where they can find support.

If you missed the training, you can access the slides here:

Latest

AIRE Centre joins call for lifting EUSS deadline
Fourth Annual Conference of the Judicial Forum for Bosnia and Herzegovina devoted to Publicity and Transparency of the Judicial System

On 25 May, the AIRE Centre and the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in cooperation with the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council and with the support of the British Embassy in Sarajevo, organised the Fourth Annual Conference of the Judicial Forum for Bosnia and Herzegovina devoted to Publicity and Transparency of the Judicial System – European Standards and Practice in BiH.
Presentation of the latest Analysis of the 2020 judgments of the European Court of Human Rights in Respect of Montenegro

On 27 May 2021 in Podgorica the Supreme Court of Montenegro, the Office of the Montenegrin State Agent before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and the AIRE Centre will present their latest report on the ECtHR and Montenegro entitled “Analysis of the Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights in Respect of Montenegro Delivered in 2020”.
Judicial Forum for Bosnia and Herzegovina Devoted to Judicial Transparency

In cooperation with the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council and with the support of the British Embassy in Sarajevo, the AIRE Centre and the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina are organising on 25 May 2021 the Fourth Annual Conference of the Judicial Forum for Bosnia and Herzegovina devoted to Publicity and Transparency of the Judicial System – European Standards and Practice in BiH

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