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The 7th Meeting of the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) will take place in Stockholm on 14-16 May 2014. The GFMD Civil Society Days are held prior to the meeting, on 12-13 May 2014.
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Main theme: External Dimension
Keywords: Global Forum for Migration and Development
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Prof. Luis E. Guarnizo (University of California, Davis) will explore the epistemic and ontological origins and evolution of transnationalism as an analytical perspective in migration studies since its origins in the early 1990s.
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Main theme: External Dimension
Keywords: transnationalism
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Tunisia and the EU today formally established a Mobility Partnership. Belgium is one of the ten EU Member States involved in the Partnership.
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Main theme: External Dimension
Keywords: mobility partnership, Tunisia
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Tunisia and the EU today formally established a Mobility Partnership. Together with nine other EU Member States, Belgium is involved in the Partnership and signed the joint Declaration.
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Main theme: External Dimension
Keywords: mobility partnership
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In a report adopted today the Commission looks at important achievements in strengthening dialogue and cooperation in EU's external migration and asylum policy, but recognizes that more should be done to make further progress.
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Main theme: External Dimension
Keywords: Global Approach on Migration and Mobility
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Following the UN High-Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development on 3-4 October 2013, the Members of the General Assembly unanimously adopted a Declaration, recognizing the major relevance of international migration for the development of origin, transit and destination countries.
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Main theme: External Dimension
Keywords: high-level dialogue en migration and development, United Nations
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Today the Belgian Contact Point of the EMN meets with representatives from KNOMAD, a World Bank Initiative, that aims to be a global hub of knowledge and policy expertise on migration and development issues. Discover the initiative with us!
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Main theme: External Dimension, Migration
Keywords: diaspora, migration-development nexus, remittance, Urbanization
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The Permanent Representation of Lithuania to the EU and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) organize the Brussels launch of the IOM World Migration Report 2013, followed by a panel commentary and a Q&A session.
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Main theme: External Dimension
Keywords: development, well-being, World Migration Report
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On 18-19 June 2013, governments and experts shared experiences in order to identify better ways to engage, enable and enpower diaspora communities and promote them as development actors.
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Main theme: External Dimension
Keywords: development, diaspora, high-level dialogue en migration and development
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The European Commission has released a new Communication entitled “Maximising the Development Impact of Migration” recommending ways in which migration and mobility can contribute to inclusive and economic social development and how to strengthen global cooperation in this area.
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On 20 March, the fifth lecture of the IES Series will focus on EU anti-discrimination policies. The question is" Did it reduce ethnic discrimination in the Member States?"
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Main theme: External Dimension
Keywords: anti-discrimination
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This Eurostat news release shows that workers remittances amounted to 39.1 billion euro in 2011, up by 2% compared with 2010.
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Main theme: External Dimension
Keywords: remittances
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This conference takes place within the framework of the project "Awareness raising of the risks associated with irregular migration and support to vocational reintegration of migrants in the Republic of Congo" (2011-2012).
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Main theme: Irregular Migration, External Dimension
Keywords: Democratic Republic of Congo, flow, management
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ISC Intelligence in Science, together with Emer Costello MEP, organise a seminar to explore the impact of Diaspora on EU policy priorities and examine options for Diaspora as a theme of EU policy.
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Main theme: External Dimension
Keywords: diaspora
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GFMD 2012 will focus on "Enhancing the Human Development of Migrants and their Contribution to the Development of Communities and States". A provisional agenda (as of 3 September 2012) was presented at the High Level Working Group on Asylum and Migration on 13 September.
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Main theme: External Dimension
Keywords: Global Forum on Migration and Development
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The first issue on "Global Perspectives on Migration and Development" explores fresh strategies proposed by the GFMD in its fourth year of operation in Mexico and beyond.
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Main theme: External Dimension
Keywords: Global Forum on Migration and Development, migration costs, development, circular migration
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The handbook was presented and commented on by panelists from IOM, MPI, Swedish Ambassador for the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) as well as representatives from the European Commission, Board of the Diaspora Forum for Development and other stakeholders.
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Main theme: External Dimension
Keywords: Global Approach on Migration and Mobility
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The workshop aims at sharing ideas on the relevance of mobility partnerships and projects supporting their implementation as well as enhancement of collaboration and funding opportunities.
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Main theme: External Dimension
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The conference aims to foster the exchange of practices and experience among present and potential partners and to raise awareness of Mobility Partnerships in their full multidimensionality and reflect on their future.
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Main theme: External Dimension
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Philippe Fargues, director of the Migration Policy Centre (MPC), presents the different tasks, projects and activities of the new MPC, founded in January 2012, with the support of the European Union.
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Main theme: Integration, External Dimension
Keywords: European research for Integration
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The workshop, held in Geneva, has been jointly organized by three United Nations Regional Commissions as part of the UN project with the same titel, that has been conducted since 2009.
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Main theme: Migration, Integration, External Dimension
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The Frontex Risk Analysis Network (FRAN) released its newest quarterly report, covering January - March 2011
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Main theme: Borders & Visa, Irregular Migration, Smuggling & Trafficking, External Dimension
Keywords: border control, Frontex, Lampedusa
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This ACP-EU Council of ministers addressed questions of migration and discussed progress in the ongoing ACP-EU dialogue on migration. Ministers agreed to reach concrete results to strengthen the operational cooperation in the areas of visa, remittances and readmission over the coming year.