International symposium on international migration and development

International migration and development

• H.E. Dato' Seri M. Radzi Bin Sheikh Ahmad, Minister of Home Affairs, Malaysia. International migration and development - A Malaysian Perspective

• H.E. Charlotte Svensson, Deputy Minister for Migration, Sweden. International migration and development

• H.E. Régine de Clercq, Ambassador for Immigration and Asylum Policy, Belgium. Belgium and policy coherence on migration

• Louka Katseli, Director, Development Center, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Paris. Policy coherence for migration and development

• Douglas Nelson, Professor, Department of Economics, Tulane University, United States. On the sustainability of a liberal immigration regime

Migrants and cities

• Jordi Hereu, Deputy Mayor, City of Barcelona, Spain. Migrants et villes

EU policies on migration and development

• Martin Hallet, Head of Sector Development Policy, Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs, European Commission, Brussels. Remittances from the European Union to third countries

• Emma Haddad, Policy Advisor, Directorate-General for Justice, Freedom and Security, European Commission, Brussels. Brain drain' in the health sector of developing countries

• Andrew Bradley, Assistant Secretary-General, Secretariat of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP), Brussels. Working in partnership on migration-related issues: ACP perspectives

Decentralized development cooperation and migration

• Lynn Villacorta, Manager, Social Protection Programme, International Labour Organization (ILO) Training Center, Turin. Decentralized technical cooperation: The ILO Turin Training Centre perspective

Temporary worker migration

• Manolo Abella, Switzerland. Temporary worker migration: survey of policy and practice

• Philip Martin, Professor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California at Davis, United States. Guest workers, migration and development

Latin America and the Caribbean

• Dirk Jaspers, Director, Population Division, United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Santiago. International migration, human rights and development in Latin America and the Caribbean

• Elena Zúñiga, Mexico. International migration in Latin America and the Caribbean - contributions from a Mexican meeting

Capacity building for migration and development

• Ndioro Ndiaye, Deputy Director-General, International Organization for Migration (IOM), Geneva. Une stratégie globale de migrations pour le développement

• Thomas McCarthy, President, GhanaCoop, Italy. Ghanacoop: Best practice for Ghanaian diasporas engagement

• Andrea Stocchiero, Deputy Director, Research Center on International Policy (CeSPI), Italy. Capacity building on migration and development: A partnership process

Knowledge and migration

• Katepalli R. Sreenivasan, Director, International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste. Scientists from developing countries at the ICTP

• Wendy Hansen, Senior Research Associate, United Nations University (UNU), Maastricht. Flows of knowledge workers: Indicators and issues on brain circulation

• João Peixoto, Professor, Department of Social Sciences, Lisbon Technical University, Portugal. Highly-skilled migration and the role of organizations: Mobility and transnational corporations in Southern Europe

Policy responses to skilled migration

• John McHale, Associate Professor, Queen's School of Business, Queen's University, Canada. Skilled migration and institutional development

• Lindsay Lowell, Director of Policy Studies, Institute for the Study of International Migration (ISIM), Georgetown University, United States. High skilled mobility: Changes and challenges

International migration in Asia: Issues, challenges and responses

• Maruja Asis, Scalabrini Migration Center, Philippines. Moving forward: International migration and development prospects in Asia

• Dilip Ratha, Senior Economist, The World Bank, Washington D.C. Leveraging remittances for international capital market access in poor countries

• Irene Vojácková-SOLLORANO, Regional Representative, International Organization for Migration (IOM), Bangkok. Addressing migration challenges in Asia: Policy approaches and regional consultative processes

Remittances, development and the MDGs: UNDP's evolving perspective

• Arun Kashyap, Advisor, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), New York. Remittances, Development & MDGs: UNDP's Evolving Perspective

• Eno Ngjela, Team Leader, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Tirana. Engaging the diaspora development: The case of Albania

• Rogel Nuguid, Chief of Staff, Special Unit for South-South Cooperation, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), New York. The Special Unit for South-South Cooperation on Remittances, Development and MDGs

Euro-Mediterranean migration issues

• Joaquín Arango, Professor, Complutense University, Spain. The Mediterranean region: Can migration flows realize the potential for complementarities?

• Mohammed Charef, Director, Observatoire Régional des Migrations Espaces et Sociétés (ORMES), Morocco. Jeux et enjeux des migrations internationales dans le développement du Maroc

• Mohamed Saib Musette, Senior Researcher, Centre de recherche en économie appliquée pour le développement (CREAD), Algeria. Marché du travail et migration de main d’œuvre au Maghreb

Globalization of education and strategies to mobilize the highly skilled

• Mary M. Kritz, Senior Research Associate, Department of Development Sociology, Cornell University, United States. Migration and globalization of tertiary education: International student mobility

• Biao Xiang, Research Officer, Center on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS), University of Oxford, United Kingdom. The international mobility of the highly skilled and development: A comparison of China and India

Enhancing intra-regional cooperation with respect to migration in the Arab region

• Batool Shakoori, Team Leader, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), Beirut. Key issues characterizing international migration and development in the Arab region

• Baqer Al-Najjar, University of Bahrain, Bahrain. Labour migration to the labour migration to the GCC countries

Migration, remittances and development strategies

• Edmundo Murrugarra, Poverty Reduction Group, World Bank, Washington DC. Migration, remittances and economic development: The World Bank programme

• Dilip RATHA, Development Economics Research Group, World Bank, Washington DC. Pierella PACI, Poverty Reduction Group, World Bank, Washington DC

The benefits of return migration

• Martin Klinthäll, Senior Lecturer, Lund University, Sweden. Immigration, integration and return migration: the Swedish experience

• Richmond Tiemoko, Director, Africa Regional Sexuality Resource Center (ARSRC). Nigeria. Bringing capital for development? Return migration and socio-economic change in West Africa

International migration and the achievement of the MDGs in Africa

• Israel Sembajwe, Team Leader, Sustainable Development Division, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Addis Ababa. International migration and development in Africa: opportunities and challenges

• Amson Sibanda, Population Affairs Officer, Sustainable Development Division, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Addis Ababa. International migration and the achievement of the MDGs in Africa

Trafficking in persons and smuggling of migrants: From international norms to practical solutions

• Kristiina Kangaspunta, Chief, Anti-human Trafficking Unit, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Vienna. Trafficking in Persons: Global patterns

• Vittoria Luda di Cortemiglia, Associate Expert, United Nations International Crime Research Institute (UNICRI), Turin. Human trafficking and appropriate interventions: The UNICRI experience

• Cristina Bianconi, Public Prosecutor, Italy. Trafficking of minors for robbery: A successful case prosecuted by the Turin Public Prosecution Office

Mode 4 of trade in services and its development impact

• Elizabeth Tuerk, Economic Affairs Officer, Trade in Services Division, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Geneva. WTO Negotiations to liberalize the temporary movement of natural persons

• Michele Klein Solomon, Director, Migration Policy, Research and Communications, International Organization for Migration (IOM), Geneva. Regional and bilateral approaches to the movement of service suppliers

Entrepreneurship among migrants and returnees

• Johann C. Rath, Director, Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies (IMES), University of Amsterdam, Netherlands. Immigrant entrepreneurship: Creating new opportunities

• Hania Zlotnik, Director, Population Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), United Nations, New York. Migrant entrepreneurship: An overview

Migration to the United States, Australia and Canada

• Jeffrey Passel, Senior Research Associate, Pew Hispanic Center, United States. The changing dynamics and characteristics of migration to the United States

• Monica Boyd, Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Toronto, Canada. Gendering migration flows: Canada and the United States

Policy framework and health services: Issues of female migrants

• Elizabeth Adjei, Director, National Immigration Service, Ghana. From origin to destination: Policy perspective on female migration in Ghana

• Annapaola de Felici, International Centre for Migration and Health (ICMH), Geneva. Reproductive health and the HIV/AIDS service perspective: A case study on women migrants in Europe

Migration and development: Policy and data issues

• Hania Zlotnik, Director, Population Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations, New York. The complexity of international migration reviewed

• Barry Mirkin, Chief, Population Policy Section, Population Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations, New York. International migration policies: An overview

Migration in the CIS and Central and Eastern Europe

• Agata Gorny, Center of Migration Research (CMR), University of Warsaw, Poland. Continuity and change: Migration in Central and Eastern Europe before and after 2004 EU enlargement

• Irina Ivakhnyuk, Deputy-Director, Population Department, Moscow State Lomonosov University, Russian Federation. Migration in the CIS region: Common problems and mutual benefits

Labour migration, decent work and development: The ILO approach

• Frederick Muia, Regional Advisor, International Organization of Employers (IOE), Geneva. Employer perspectives on international labour migration and development

Children, youth and migration

• Andrea Rossi, Programme Division, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), New York. Migration and child protection

• Eva Jespersen, Innocenti Research Centre, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), Florence. Migration and children: A need to fill information gaps in order to guide policy responses

Closing session

• Discours de clôture. H.E. Ali Hachani, Vice-President of the United Nations General Assembly and Permanent Representative of Tunisia to the United Nations, New York