Aligning migration and development goals
Date: 23-24 March 2009
Venue: United Nations Headquarters
Objective:
This two-day seminar offered a platform for discussing some of the factors and actors shaping migration and development policies. It examined potential conflicts and synergies that arise between policy objectives in both areas; presented strategies aimed at reconciling migration and development priorities within and among Governments; and discussed the institutional mechanisms and partnership arrangements with various stakeholders underpinning efforts for greater coherence between migration and development policies.
Related Documents:
Policy coherence for migration and development and the third Global Forum in Athens, speech by H.E. Mr. John Mourikis, Permanent Representative of Greece to the United Nations in New York
Who and what shapes development and migration policies?
Speech by Ms. Eveline Herfkens, former Development Minister of the Netherlands
Presentation by Prof. Binod Khadria, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
Presentation by Mr. Robert Paiva, International Organization for Migration
Pursuing Policy Coherence for Migration and Development: Models and Practices
Presentation by Ms. Nadia Isler, Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the UN
Presentation by Prof. Binod Khadria, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
Improving the Evidence Base
Presentation by Ms. Laura Chappell, Institute for Public Policy Research
Diaspora and Integration: Migrants between integration and developmental commitment
Presentation by Ms. Elisa Díaz Gras, Institute for Mexicans Abroad
Presentation by Ms. Regina Bauerochse Barbosa, German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ)
Private sector and civil society contributions to migration and development
Presentation by Mr. Jeffrey A. Hoffman, Founder and CEO of Danya International, co-founder of Zebrajobs.com
Presentation by Mr. Richard Mandelbaum, CATA, Farmworker Support Committee; UN-NGO Committee on Migration
Implications of the financial and economic crisis for coherent policy making on migration and development, speech by Ambassador Sergio Marchi, former Canadian Minister for Citizenship and Immigration; former Commissioner of the Global Commission on International Migration
Additional Information
Contact: Sarah Rosengaertner
Related links and documents:
OECD High Level Parliamentary Conference on Policy Coherence for Development and Migration, Brussels, 12 February 2009
Background Paper, Roundtable Session 3.2: Policy and Institutional Coherence within Government, Global Forum on Migration and Development, Manila, 30 October 2008, prepared by the Institute for the Study of International Migration at Georgetown University, Washington
Background Paper, Roundtable Session 3.2: Policy and Institutional Coherence within Government, Global Forum on Migration and Development, Manila, 30 October 2008, prepared by the Government of Sweden
Paper on "The Mexican Government and Organized Mexican Immigrants in the United States" by Gustavo Cano, University of California, San Diego and Alexandra Delano, Oxford University
All participants and interested parties are encouraged to take part in the Online Dialogue in preparation of the Civil Society Days for the Third Global Forum on Migration and Development to take place in Athens on 2-3 November 2009: http://www.gfmd2009.org/dialog.aspx
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