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On Line Dialogue

  • 1st Theme for discussion - Summary

    The first topic discussed concerned the economic crisis and the way it influences the immigrant labour force. More so, if and to what extent this crisis influences the immigrants in a different way when compared to natives workers, as well as which groups may be more affected. Moreover, if certain policies should be shaped to blunt the effects of the crisis. The comment of Anna Triandafyllidou includes three issues which concern: crisis’ impact on Greek households, labour market policies and proposals for a more effective research of this phenomenon.

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  • 1st Theme for discussion: Migration and the current financial crisis

    The current economic and financial crisis is probably yet to reach its highest peak, however a stagnation of economic activity and rising unemployment have been felt by several countries in EUrope and North America. The overall negative climate clearly affects both migrants and natives. The media have been reporting dire competition for jobs between native and migrant workers (the title of a news story in the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera published in the Sunday, 22nd March edition was eloquent: Italian want the migrants' jobs back) as well as between legal and irregular workers

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About On Line Dialogue

 

The CSD Athens 2009 organizers have launched the On-Line Dialogue platform in order to facilitate the widest possible exchange of views between Civil Society partners all over the world and to enable interested participants to get informed about this year’s Civil Society Days.

 

The online dialogue is open in 4 languages: English, French, Spanish and Greek. It takes the form of a blog section where topics/questions are raised and both individuals and organizations are welcome to reply and comment on. (Please note that there will be a short time lapse from when a comment is submitted to the online dialogue website to when it will be published). To contribute your thoughts and comments and participate in the online dialogue, you must register with the CSD/GFMD Athens 2009 website. To register, click here.

 

The issues of debate are proposed by the Organizing Committee of CSD Athens 2009. Each topic/question will be “open” for comments and responses for a 15-day period. At the end of this period, the blog moderators will draft a summary of what has been discussed. Summaries will be posted in the language of the blog and in English. The online dialogue input will be used as background material for consideration during the two-day CSD conference.

 

Sharing Experiences: In parallel to the debate focused on specific questions, contributors are invited to post information about their experiences and best practices on migration and development. For more information click here.

 

Disclaimer:

The views expressed in this forum by contributors/participants are theirs alone and do not represent the official view of the Civil Society Days GFMD Organising Committee, nor of the Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation. The Organising Committee takes all precautions possible to avoid that racist, offensive and inappropriate language/terms are used in this discussion forum/blog. However, given the volume of the communication, if any offensive statement has escaped the attention of our editors, readers who note such statement are encouraged to contact us. Also, contributors to this blog are invited to follow an ethical code of non discrimination and of non offence to others.