Upcoming migration & development events
- SUSTAINING MUTUAL GAINS: Best Practices in Migration and Recruitment: A Symposium held in celebration of 60 years of Philippine-Canada diplomatic ties. Feb. 18, 2009. 8:30am-3:00pm at Environmental Studies Institute Conference Room, Miriam College Campus, Katipunan Avenue, Quezon City. For more details contact 435-9229 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .
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By Krista Mahr / Mabini | Time.com | Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008  It's almost time for dinner in little Italy. A man walks along the street in shorts, dangling a cigarette from one hand, pushing a stroller with the other. Kids mill around a basketball hoop missing its net. Men chat on a porch nearby. Twenty years ago, people from Mabini, a small city in the central Philippines, started to leave for Italy to find better-paying jobs. Today, some 70% of the neighborhood is supported by monthly checks from Rome or Milan. Now, Italian-inspired villas crowd the town's hilly streets. There are flat-screen TVs, luxury cars and pricey Toblerone chocolates. But, as Florian De Jesus, a social worker in the area, observes, "In Italy, there are more women." To read entire article, click here. |
Best Practice in Temporary Labour Migration for Development: A Perspective from Asia & the PacificLinks
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Related events
- Forum on Migration, Development and Connectivity (a joint effort by CMA, MFA, AER and UP Solair) on Oct. 23, 2008, 1:30 p.m. at the U.P. School of Labor and Industrial Relations, Diliman, QC. For more info, click to download this file.
From IDEALS and the Women And Gender Institute (WAGÎ):
- Forum on Migration and Health - Oct. 25, 8:30am – 5:30pm at the Asian Institute of Management.
Welcome to MigrationDev.org
Migration and development are traditionally treated as two separate programs. Today however, there has been a growing global movement that explores the relationship between development and migration. Countries of origin, transit and destination are coming together (both in civil society and government levels) to discuss and create coherent and sustainable policies that allow for migration to contribute positively to development and economic growth.This website was created as a resource bank for those involved in consultations for the Philippine Agenda on Migration and Development. Here you will find more information on the ‘migration and development’ concept, the outcomes of National and Island Consultations and other initiatives undertaken in this field, as well as research and policy papers produced by key advocates of the agenda.
