The programme for the 2026 Annual Meeting in Frankfurt
We will cover the topics “What does it mean for culture-sensitive care if the majority of nurses are not born in Germany?”, “Migration, poverty and care”, “A critical view on the term intercultural”, “Challenges for a Jewish nursing home in Germany”, “What causes good intentions to fail?”. “Factors contributing to failure if organisations want to be more culture-sensitive” in keynotes and in workshops.
List of Organising Group
Thuzar Khin Myat
+49 152 2266 2334
Frédéric Lauscher
+49 152 2266 2335
Olaf Höwer
+49 152 2266 2230
contact via WhatsApp group also possible (ENIEC AM Frankfurt 2026)
contact via Email eniec.meeting@frankfurter-verband.de
Care in a superdiverse city
Wednesday April 15
Hotel: Niu The Coin – Mayfarthstraße 29, Frankfurt am Main, 60314 Germany
14:30 – 16:15 – Registration in the hotel lobby
16:20 – Tram to the Opening venue, Café Frankfurter Salon, Braubachstr. 32, 60311 Frankfurt am Main
17:00 – Official opening of the ENIEC Annual Meeting
17:00 – Welcome by Olivia Vanmechelen, chair of the board
17:15 – Welcome by Elke Voitl, alderman for social affairs, City of Frankfurt
17:30 – Introduction of the theme of the annual meeting: Care in a superdiverse City, Frédéric Lauscher
18:15 – End of the official opening
We have reserved tables in restaurant Ong Tao Vegan, Mayfarthstraße 29, 60314 Frankfurt am Main
Please let us know in advance if you want to join! (on your own expense)
Thursday April 16
08:00 – Tram to Heinrich Schleich Haus
08:45 – Get together and Coffee
09:00 – Opening of the Meeting by the organising committee
09:05 – Culture sensitive care for Germans by migrant careworkers – Devootty Shyju, Aljo Johnson
09:35 – Transcultural Care – Prof. Dr. Julia Hahmann
10:20 – Coffee break
10:30 – Care for jewish migrants from eastern Europe in Frankfurt – Sandro Hubermann
11:15 – Challenges in dealing with psychiatric diagnoses of elderly migrants – Dr. Valentina Tesky
12:00 – Lunch
13:00 – Workshops (each Workshop lasts 1 hour, so you have to choose 2 workshops)
Workshop 1 (Jennifer van den Broeke): Elderly migrants and poverty: The ‘Debt free neighbourhood program’ of the city of Amsterdam
One important aspect of superdiversity is economic inequality. Elderly migrants are overrepresented in the group of citizens that are considered as low income or poor. This has, besides other aspects, a big influence on the access to the care and healthcare services. In the workshop we discuss based on the example how the city of Amsterdam addresses this topic, how we can learn from this example.
Workshop 2 (Ute Bychowsky & Thuzar Khin Myat) – Care for Muslim Residents: “Why do good intentions often fail?”
A lot of projects begin with enthusiasm and a lot of effort that is taken by organisations and people. But very often these projects are not successful. We work together on finding out what factors help to make projects successful.
Workshop 3 (Ricarda Lehr-Rettig & Thorsten Kern) – Chances, challenges and solutions in education international nursing students
In Germany about xx% of the nursing students migrate from other countries to become nurses. This means a fundamental change in the educational system and it comes with chances as well as with challenges. What can we learn from this for our daily work in intercultural care.
Workshop 4 (Lucas Marx) – Building bridges into the system
Already before someone needs help, it is necessary to have information about the support and help that is available. But elderly migrants are not easy to reach. Based on the example of a project with elderly Ukrainian women we discuss how we can improve on that topic.
15:00 – 17:00 – Formal ENIEC Annual General Meeting
17:00 – Back to the hotel
19:00 – Dinner and dancing – Bürgermeister Gräf Haus
Hühnerweg 22, 60599 Frankfurt am Main
Friday April 17
You can choose 1 of the 4 field visits
We leave the hotel at 8:00
Field visits – You can choose 1 of the 4 field visits – We leave the hotel at 08:00
Visit 1 – Jewish nursing home Frankfurt
Altenzentrum Jüdische Gemeinde Frankfurt
Bornheimer Landwehr 79b, 60385 Frankfurt am Main
Visit 2 – Meeting place for Ukrainian women
Begegnungs- und Servicezentrum Sachsenhausen-West/Riedhof
Mörfelder Landstr. 210-212, 60598 Frankfurt am Main
Visit 3 – Victor Gollancz Haus (intercultural nursing home)
Kurmainzer Str. 91, 65936 Frankfurt am Main
Visit 4 – Julie Roger Haus (care for LGBTQIA+)
Gummersbergstr. 24, 60435 Frankfurt am Main
11:00 – Back to Bürgermeister Gräf Haus
11:30 – Summary of the field visits
12:00 – Introduction of project by interested member who are looking for cooperation
12:30 – Introduction of the next host city
Closing of the Annual Meeting by the board
12:45 Lunch
