Journal of Identity and Migration Studies Volume 1, number 1, 2007 69 REPORTS AND CONFERENCES International Seminar Migration and Identity in a Changing Europe: Building Partnerships and Fostering Communication        Cristina MATIUTA, Marius TATAR, Dan APATEANU, Irina POP The international seminar Migration and Identity in a Changing Europe: Building Partnerships And Fostering Communication was organized by University of Oradea - Research Centre for Identity and Migration Issues. The topics discussed at this seminar were the following: I. Labor migration and the protection of the migrant workers: legal instruments, methods and institutions involved in managing this process; II. Illegal migration and its consequences. Visa Policies of the CEE states; III. Social and economical impact of migration in origin and destination states; IV. Migration and the new European identities; V. How to network? Perspectives for a future cooperation. Topic I: Labor migration and the protection of migrant worker: legal instruments, methods and institutions involved in managing this process The discussions of the first roundtable focused on labor migration and the protection of migrant workers. This section offered a multidisciplinary approach of the topic as it brought together expertise on migration issues from diverse fields of activity in countries of Central and Eastern Europe. Participants dwelt on four case studies analyzing labor migration issues from Romania, the Czech Republic and the Republic of Moldova, which were presented by one public official, two academic researchers and one NGO representative. Ms. Daniela Nicoleta Andreescu, State Secretary and Head of the Department for Labor Abroad in the Romanian Ministry of Labor, Social Solidarity and Family, opened this roundtable on Friday, November the 24 th . Ms. Andreescu,