International Symposium on International Migration and Development Turin, Italy, 28-30 June 2006

The Symposium is organized by the Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations in collaboration with Fondazione Rosselli, with the support of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Regione Piemonte, Provincia di Torino, Comune di Torino, and Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Torino.

PRESS RELEASES

PROGRAMME OF THE SYMPOSIUM

DOCUMENTS

STATEMENTS

Opening statement

The High-level Dialogue and beyond

Other statements: detailed list

CONTRIBUTED PAPERS

• Belgium and Policy Coherence on Migration
• Gender and international migration:  evidence from the NIDI-Eurostat Study
  (UN/POP/MIG/SYMP/2006/01) - Richard E. Bilsborrow and Jeannette Schoorl
• Globalization and internationalization of tertiary education
  (UN/POP/MIG/SYMP/2006/02) - Mary M. Kritz
• Policies and best practices for management of temporary migration
  (UN/POP/MIG/SYMP/2006/03) - Manolo Abella
• International migration and the achievement of MDGs in Africa
  (UN/POP/MIG/SYMP/2006/04) - Economic Commission for Africa
• Entrepreneurship among migrants and returnees: creating new opportunities
  Jan Rath
• Immigration, integration and return migration: the Swedish experience
  Martin Klinthäll
• Managing labour migration: temporary worker programmes for the 21st century (UN/POP/MIG/SYMP/2006/07) - Philip Martin
• Gender aspects of International Migration to Canada and the United States
  (UN/POP/MIG/SYMP/2006/08) - Monica Boyd
• International migration and economic development
  (UN/POP/MIG/SYMP/2006/09) - J. Edward Taylor
• Migration in the CIS region: common problems and mutual benefits
  (UN/POP/MIG/SYMP/2006/10) - Irina Ivakhnyuk
• Effects of migration on sending countries: what do we know?
  (UN/POP/MIG/SYMP/2006/11) - Louka T. Katseli
• International migration and the achievement of MDGs in Africa
  (UN/POP/MIG/SYMP/2006/12) - ECA
  

OTHER PAPERS

• Migration, remittances and development: the critical nexus in the Middle East and North Africa (UN/POP/EGM/2006/01) - Richard H. Adams, Jr.
• Restrictive labour immigration policies in the oil-rich gulf: effectiveness and implications for sending Asian countries
  (UN/POP/EGM/2006/03) - Nasra M. Shah
• The impact of international migration on the economic development of countries in the Mediterranean Basin
  (UN/POP/EGM/2006/04) - Andrea Gallina
• International migration in the Arab region: trends and policies
  (UN/POP/EGM/2006/09) - Philippe Fargues
• Brain drain in Middle East and North Africa - the patterns under the surface
  (UN/POP/EGM/2006/10) - Çaglar Özden
• Immigrants from Arab countries to the OECD: from the past to the future
  (UN/POP/EGM/2006/11) - Jean-Christophe Dumont
• The remittance sending practices of Haitians and Jamaicans in Canada
  (UN/POP/EGM-MIG/2005/01) - Alan Simmons, Dwaine Plaza and Victor Piche
• El aporte de las remesas para la economia Ecuatoriana
  (UN/POP/EGM-MIG/2005/02) - Alberto Acosta
• Social capital and international migration from Latin America
  (UN/POP/EGM-MIG/2005/04) - Douglas S. Massey and Maria Aysa
• Women, gender, and international migration across and beyond the Americas: inequalities and limited empowerment  (UN/POP/EGM-MIG/2005/08) - Patricia R. Pessar
• Brain drain in Latin America
  (UN/POP/EGM-MIG/2005/10) - Caglar Ozden
• Managing labour migration: professionals, guest workers and recruiters
  (UN/POP/MIG/2005/01) - Philip Martin
• International migration and development: dynamics and challenges in South and Southern Africa
  (UN/POP/MIG/2005/05) - Jonathan Crush and Vincent Williams
• Counting immigrants and expatriates in OECD countries: A new perspective
  (UN/POP/MIG/2005/09) - Jean-Christophe Dumont and G. Lemaître
• International migration in Central and Eastern Europe - current and future trends
  (UN/POP/MIG/2005/12) - Pawel Kaczmarczyk and Marek Okolski
  

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

The Symposium will be held on the main campus of the Politecnico di Torino on Corso Duca degli Abruzzi.

• Hotel reservations and other practical information
• Note for country delegations

 

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