Migration and development

Working with the diaspora: A new direction for international development cooperation?

Sunday, 2 May 2004
18:30	Informal meeting at the GTZ House Berlin
Monday, 3 May 2004
09:00 - 09:30	Welcome: Dr. Bernd Eisenblätter, Director General, Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) Dr. Bernd Balkenhol, Chief, Social Finance Programme, International Labour Organization (ILO) Dr. Jeffery Crisp, Director, Policy and Research, Global Commission on International Migration (GCIM)
09:30 - 09:50	Opening: Mr. Erich Stather, State Secretary, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
09:50 - 10:10	Introduction: Dr. Hans Werner Mundt, Project Manager, Migration and Development (GTZ)
10:10 - 10:40	Coffee break
10:40 - 12:00	Cooperation with diaspora communities and bilateral diaspora policies: what works, what does not? Examples from the Americas and Asia Chair: Ms. Christiane Kuptsch, Project Coordinator, Sustainable Migration Solutions, International Institute for Labour Studies, International Labour Organization (ILO) Presenters: Prof. Agustín Escobar Latapí, Centre for Research and Higher Studies in Social Anthropology, Guadalajara, Mexico Dr. Yongyuth Chalamwong, Research Director (Labour Development), Thailand Development Research Institute Foundation, Bangkok, Thailand Prof. Don DeVoretz, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada
12:00 - 13:00	Lunch break
13:00 - 15:00	Remittances: Volume; macro-, micro- and socio-economic impact; modes and costs of transfer Chair: Prof. Philip L. Martin, University of California-Davis, United States Presenters: Dr. Bernd Balkenhol, Chief, Social Finance Programme, ILO. Remittances and Social Finance Mr. Douglas Pearce, Senior Financial Advisor, Department for International Development (DFID) Mr. Radovan Jelasic, Governor, Central Bank of Serbia Mr. Noorullah Delawari, President and CEO of AISA, Afghan Investment Support Agency
15:00 - 15:30	Coffee break
15:30 - 17:00	Remittances: Discussion in working groups: short inputs by participants followed by discussions that focus on policy options
17:00 - 18:00	Remittances: Working groups report to plenum, discussion in plenum
18:00 - 19:30	Optional City Tour
19:30	Dinner at the Osteria Nr.1, Kreuzbergstr. 71
Tuesday, 4 May 2004
09:00 - 09:30	Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Rita Süssmuth , President, Independent German Council of Experts on Migration and Integration; Member of the Global Commission on International Migration; Former President, Deutscher Bundestag (German Parliament)
09:30 - 10:10	Business and non-profit activities Chair: Mr. Peter Conze, Director General, Country Department Africa, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) Presenters: Mr. Nasir Saberi, ABAD Consult Afghanistan, Manager Mr. Tamin Gardizi, Ilum Licht GmbH, Manager. What can Afghans in Germany do for their home country?
10:10 - 10:30	Coffee break
10:30 - 12:00	Mr. Zoran Jeremic, Director of Department for Economic Bilateral Relations, Serbian Government. Business activities of the Serbian diaspora and their economic impact on Serbia Mr. Zvonimir Rot, Deputy Chairman of the "deutsch-serbische Wirtschaftsforum e.V" (German-Serb economic forum). What can Serbs in Germany do for their home country? Mr. Abdel Hamid Moussa, President of Verband Ägyptischer Unternehmer in Deutschland e.V (Association of Egyptian businesspersons in Germany)
12:00 - 13:00	Lunch break
13:00 - 14:30	Business and non profit activities: Discussion in working groups: short inputs by participants followed by discussions that focus on policy options
14:30 - 15:00	Coffee break
15:00 - 16:00	Business and non profit activities: Working groups report to plenum
16:00 - 17:00	Summary of key points and close
17.00 - open end	Reception

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