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Migration and Development:
2 June 2015, The Hague, the Netherlands 8.45 - 9.15
Registration
9.30 - 9.45
Opening and word of welcome by Martin Wyss, Chief of Mission IOM The Hague
9.45 - 10.00
Opening Speech by Mrs. Reina Buijs, Deputy Director General International Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
10.00 - 10.15 Presenting TRQN 10.15 - 11:00 Panel Discussion: The Migration Development Nexus and TRQN Mr Mowlid Mohamoud Ibrahim, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs & International Cooperation of the Republic of Somaliland. TBC Mr Tauhid Pasha, IOM Geneva, Migration and Development Specialist Mrs Nathalie Lintvelt, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Head of the Migration and Development Group Dr Melissa Siegel, Head Migration Studies, Senior Researcher, Maastricht Graduate School of Governance and UNU-MERIT Mr Awil Mohamoud, Director of the African Diaspora Policy Centre in The Hague (ADPC) 11.00 - 11.15 Q & A 11.15 - 11.40 Coffee Break 11.40 - 12.00 Presentation by Dr. Jennifer Leith, and Dr. Althea Rivas, TRQN evaluators ‘Evaluating the impact of TRQN Assignments – Opportunities and Challenges’ 12.00 - 12.10 Q & A 12.10 - 12.50 Q & A panel: Temporary Return of Qualified Nationals in Practice Host institutions representatives Mr Omar Ali, Chief of Staff of the president of Somalia Mr Levan Menabde, Ministry of Economy, State Property Agency, Georgia Mr Rachid El Boury, Ministry of Higher Education in Morocco
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TRQN participants Mr Clement Adu Twum, ICT specialist on Bridging the ICT Gap of the Tamale Hospital, Ghana. Mrs Niloufar Rahim, Educating and training future Afghan Doctors Afghanistan) 12.50 - 13.00 Q&A 13.00 - 14.00 Lunch Four Workshops (simultaneous) 14.00 - 14.45 First round workshops 14.45 - 15.15 Coffee break 15.15 - 16.00 Second round workshops 16.10 - 17.00 Plenary conclusions from the workshops, Q & A and general wrap up. Moderation Martin Wyss 17.00 - 18.00 Closing Reception
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ANNEX Participants are invited to participate in two workshops. Each workshop will last 45 minutes. 1. Context, maximizing impact and strategic knowledge transfer through TRQN assignments. The workshop will be moderated by Dr Jennifer Leith and Dr Althea Rivas, evaluators of the TRQN lll project. They will situate the discussion on impact from the perspective of context, and maximizing impact and choices of measurement methods with context in mind. How do you know when and how TRQN has achieved results and are they lasting? The workshop will also address the issues of sustainability of impact in knowledge transfer for development, from a strategic viewpoint and lead discussion on the challenges of continuity of knowledge transfer for development, through the TRQN project. 2. Innovative approaches to knowledge transfer; towards a greater involvement of the private sector. This workshop will be provided by Professor Gerd Junne of The Network University (TNU). TNU facilitates innovative learning and capacity building, specializing in creating etools for education and networking in the field of development. TNU is closely involved in different diaspora initiatives that aim at a greater involvement of the private sector: the international DiasporaLink network on Transnational Diaspora Entrepreneurship; the African Diaspora Policy Centre’s work on Migration and Development, including policies to attract diaspora investment; and (together with MD Consultancy) an online entrepreneurship programme, in which successful migrants in the Netherlands engage in knowledge transfer to starting entrepreneurs in the country of origin. Opportunities and challenges of such initiatives will be discussed with the participants of the workshop.
3. Setting the right conditions for transfer of knowledge in conflict and post conflict states This workshop will be moderated by Frantz Celestin, IOM programme Manager MIDA Somalia. MIDA stands for Migration for Development in Africa. In Somalia the programme involves various diaspora engagement initiatives that target Puntland, Somaliland and South Central Somalia. Mr Celestin will discuss with the audience the specific opportunities and challenges, working with diaspora on reconstruction and development in a volatile environment.
4. Diaspora policies in countries of origin; creating the right conditions for brain circulation
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This workshop will be moderated by Awil Mohamoud, Director of The African Development Centre in The Hague (ADPC). The ADPC is a leading Diaspora think tank dedicated to mobilizing African Diaspora in Europe for the development of Africa. The ADPC advises and trains amongst others diaspora-oriented policymakers in Africa in terms of designing effective policy instruments to integrate diaspora-driven development into the overall national development agenda in their respective countries. During this workshop best practices will be shared and further cooperation between policy makers and diaspora experts will be explored.
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