Conference
NEW DATES!
January 24, 2015 - Public Conference
January 25, 2015 - Roundtable discussion (by invitation only with limited number of participants).
Due to typhoon Hagupit, the organizers decided to postpone the conference on January 24-25, 2015.
"Migration is the missing link between globalization and development"
- Brunson McKinley
Post 2015
Sustainable
Development
Goals (SDGs)
The Post-2015 Development Agenda refers to a process led by the United Nations (UN) that aims to help define the future global development framework that will succeed the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), a set of eight global development targets which come to an end in 2015.
http://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/focussdgs.html
Jan
January 24, 2015
8:00 am - 6:00 pm
Ateneo de Davao University
Finster Auditorium (Jacinto Campus)
7th Floor Finster Building
Davao City
Topics
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Migration
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Migrants, Youth and Children
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Education
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Remittances
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Social Costs of Migration
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Savings and Investments
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Entrepreneurship
The Role of Migrants and their Remittances in
Sustainable Development
About
About the Conference
The aim of the conference is to bring together experts, practitioners, and those who are directly involved in migration and development to discuss the impact of migration and migrants' remittances to sustainable development.
Resource speakers who have long experience migrant-related work , migrants and their families are invited to share their experiences, challenges, and ideas on how to support migrants and families left behind to make migration work for sustainable development.
We bring together diverse stakeholders to seek ways and means for collaboration.
Who should attend?
The following are invited to attend:
OFWs
OFW families
Representatives from:
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Organizations involved in migrant work
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Microfinance institutions
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Cooperatives, credit unions
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Rural banks
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Local Authorities/local government unit
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Schools and universities
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Private Sector
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Government line agencies
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other NGOs
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Media
