The application process for Greek based Civil Society Groups is now open and will be running until 26 August 2009. The Application Form is available on the Greek CSD/ GFMD website

The Migration and Remittances team of the Development Economics Prospects Group and the Migration Working Group of the World Bank are organizing an International Conference on Diaspora and Development on July 13-14, 2009.

The diaspora of developing countries can be a potent force for development for their countries of origin, through remittances, but more importantly, through the promotion of trade, investments, knowledge and technology transfers.

Roundtable 1: How to make the migration-development nexus work for the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals

The Employment and Skills Development Programme of the International Training Centre of the ILO has launched a new training course on “Fostering the Social and Professional Reintegration of Return Labour Migrants” which will take place in Turin (Italy), from 16th to 20th November 2009.

The course is organised in the framework of the Centre’s Labour Migration Programme and is addressed to the ILO’s constituents (i.e., government representatives, employers’ organizations, and trade unions) as well as to civil society organizations and international development agencies.

WARBE Development Foundation organized a Seminar on “Ratification of the Migrants Rights UN Convention 1990 and Implementation of Bangladesh Overseas Employment Policy” supported by DanChurchAid on 1st July, 2009 from 9.30 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. at The National Press Club, VIP Lounge (Report of the Seminar).

On July 1, 2003, the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families is entering into force. WARBE DF along with partner organizations observing this day as migrants rights solidarity day.

The Migration and Remittances team of the Development Economics and Prospects Group (DEPG) of the World Bank is organizing an International Conference on Diaspora and Development on July 13-14, 2009 in Washington D.C.

The diaspora of developing countries can be a potent force for development for their countries of origin, through remittances, but more importantly, through the promotion of trade, investments, knowledge and technology transfers. The conference aims to consolidate research and evidence on these issues with a view to formulating policies in both sending and receiving countries.

The 1st Millennium Development Goal (MDG) aims at eradicating extreme poverty and hunger. ] A key target in relation to this MDG focuses on jobs, including jobs for women and young people. However, more young people are unemployed or underemployed than ever before, working in the informal economy or trapped in temporary, involuntary part-time or casual work with little benefits and limited prospects for advancement. 

The global economic downturn has compounded this jobs crisis. The search for jobs and a better life is one major driver of migration - from rural to urban areas, and across borders.