International Conference: Migration and Development

MIGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT

A EURO MEDITERRANEAN PERSPECTIVE
26 and 27 April 2007
Rhodes

Background Material

• Discussion Note
• Agenda
• In the Press

Session 1: Gaining From Migration Report: Main Conclusions
Louka T. Katseli (OECD Development Centre)

Session 2: Migration Trends and Development Interlinkages
Robert E.B. Lucas (Boston University)
Georges Lemaître (OECD Employment, Labour & Social Affairs)

PARALLEL WORKSHOPS: Strategic Issues for Sending and Receiving Countries

Middle East and Africa - EU
Mona Makram-Ebeid (American University, Cairo)
Ahmet Icduygu (Koc University, Turkey)
Bachir Hamdouch (INSEA/LARDI)

South-Eastern Europe - EU
Eugenia Markova (Hellenic Observatory, LSE)
Nicholas Glytsos 1 & 2 (Greece)
Theodora Xenogiani (OECD Development Centre)
Jennifer Cavounidis (IMEPO)
Daniela Borodak (CERDI)

Latin America - EU
Iliana Olivié (Real Instituto Elcano)

Session 3: Migration and Development: Policy Challenges for Receiving and Sending Countries
Jeff Dayton-Johnson (OECD Development Centre)
Kosta Barjaba (Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities)
Juan Frutos Goldaratz (Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation)

Session 4: Migration, Irregularity and Regional Co-operation: What Prospects? What Policy Options?
Baber H. Tandina (Libre Circulation des Personnes Dommission de la CEDEAO)
Costas Kanellopoulos (KEPE)

Session 5: Governance and Partnerships in Migration Management and Development

João Cravinho (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Portugal)
Guillaume Cruse (AFD)

Concluding Remarks
Louka T. Katseli (OECD Development Centre)