Events concerning Migration and Development, organised and/or participated
by the team of the Migration and Development Desk at the OECD Development Centre

2018

24 -25 Jan

Paris, France

The OECD Development Centre and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) organised a joint conference and launch of new report on immigrants’ contribution to developing countries’ economies.

2017

17 Feb

New York City, USA

The OECD Development Centre is organising a Side event "Making the most of migration in developing countries: What role for public policies?", jointly organised by the OECD Development Centre and the European Commission, in the framework of the Fifteenth Coordination Meeting on International Migration

2016

5 - 6 Dec

Manila, The Philippines

The OECD Development Centre and the European Commission organised the Dialogue on the Interrelations between public policies, migration and development Report in the Philippines.

13- 14 Oct

Paris, France

The OECD Development Centre and the European Commission organised the Dialogue on the Interrelations between Public Policies, Migration and Development Report.

Please find the agenda in English / en français

25-26 Jan

Paris, France

The OECD Development Centre held the second Expert Meeting on international migration and development, in view of the Centre’s forthcoming publication Perspectives on Global Development 2016: International Migration in a Shifting World. Please find the agenda for this event.

2015

1 Dec Kathmandu, Nepal		The OECD Development Centre and the International Labour Organization held a national consultation seminar in Nepal as part of the project "Assessing the Economic Contribution of Labour Migration in Developing Countries As Countries of Destination”.
17 Nov Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan		The OECD Development Centre and the International Labour Organization held a national consultation seminar in Kyrgyzstan as part of the project "Assessing the Economic Contribution of Labour Migration in Developing Countries As Countries of Destination”.
25 Sept Kigali, Rwanda		The OECD Development Centre and the International Labour Organization held a national consultation seminar in Rwanda as part of the project "Assessing the Economic Contribution of Labour Migration in Developing Countries As Countries of Destination”.
15 Sept Bangkok, Thailand		The OECD Development Centre and the International Labour Organization held a national consultation seminar in Thailand as part of the project "Assessing the Economic Contribution of Labour Migration in Developing Countries As Countries of Destination”.
9 Sept Geneva, Switzerland		The OECD Development Centre and UNDP, in the framework of the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development (KNOMAD), hosted a consultation meeting on its initiative "Operationalising a dashboard of indicators for measuring policy and institutional coherence for migration and development".
8 Sept Yerevan, Armenia		The OECD Development and the European Commission held a consultation meeting on the interrelations between public policies, migration and development in Armenia.
23 July Port-au-Prince, Haiti		The OECD Development and the European Commission held a consultation meeting on the interrelations between public policies, migration and development in Haiti.
21 July Praia, Cabo Verde		The OECD Development Centre, UNDP and Cape Verde's Ministry of the Communities, in the framework of the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development (KNOMAD), hosted a national workshop on "Operationalising a dashboard of indicators for measuring policy and institutional coherence for migration and development: Cabo Verde's experience".
9 July Manila, the Philippines		The OECD Development and the European Commission held a consultation meeting on the interrelations between public policies, migration and development in the Philippines.
30 June Buenos Aires, Argentina		The OECD Development Centre and the International Labour Organization held a national consultation seminar in Argentina as part of the project "Assessing the Economic Contribution of Labour Migration in Developing Countries As Countries of Destination”.'
30 June Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso		The OECD Development and the European Commission held a consultation meeting on the interrelations between public policies, migration and development in Burkina Faso.
23 June Pretoria, South Africa		The OECD Development Centre and the International Labour Organization held a national consultation seminar in South Africa as part of the project "Assessing the Economic Contribution of Labour Migration in Developing Countries As Countries of Destination”.'
16-19 June Milan, Italy		David Khoudour participated in the Global Forum on Remittances and Development 2015, speaking on the panel entitled "Global Agenda on Migration and Development".
12 June The Hague, the Netherlands		The OECD Development Centre, UNDP and the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in the framework of the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development (KNOMAD), hosted the national workshop "Operationalising a dashboard of indicators for measuring policy and institutional coherence for migration and development: the Netherlands' experience".
11 June Phnom Penh, Cambodia		The OECD Development Centre and the European Commission organised a consultation meeting on the interrelations between public policies, migration and development in Cambodia.
10-11 June The Hague, the Netherlands		The OECD Development Centre and UNDP, in the framework of the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development (KNOMAD), organised an expert meeting on "Operationalising a dashboard of indicators for measuring policy and institutional coherence for migration and development".
3-4 June Brussels, Belgium		As part of this year's edition of European Development Days, David Khoudour gave a presentation during the session entitled "Shifting wealth, shifting migration flows". He was also invited in Radio France International's radio programme "7 milliards de voisins" on the subject "Immigration : quels rôles pour les diasporas et les communautés d’origine ?"
28 May Tbilisi, Georgia		The OECD Development and the European Commission held a consultation meeting on the interrelations between public policies, migration and development in Georgia.
26 May Accra, Ghana		The OECD Development Centre and the International Labour Organization held a national consultation seminar in Ghana as part of the project "Assessing the Economic Contribution of Labour Migration in Developing Countries As Countries of Destination”.'
19 May Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic		The OECD Development Centre and the International Labour Organization held a national consultation seminar in the Dominican Republic as part of the project "Assessing the Economic Contribution of Labour Migration in Developing Countries As Countries of Destination”.'
7 May Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire		The OECD Development Centre and the International Labour Organization held a national consultation seminar in Côte d'Ivoire as part of the project "Assessing the Economic Contribution of Labour Migration in Developing Countries As Countries of Destination”.
21 Apr San José, Costa Rica		The OECD Development Centre and the International Labour Organization held a national consultation seminar in Costa Rica, the first-in country event for the project "Assessing the Economic Contribution of Labour Migration in Developing Countries As Countries of Destination”.
31 Mar Paris, France		David Khoudour, Head of the Migration and Skills Unit, chaired a session on the role of remittances in financing for sustainable development at a preparatory meeting of the 2015 Global Forum on Development.
27 Feb Brussels, Belgium		Amy Hong attended the final conference of the project INTERACT: "Researching Third Country Nationals’ Integration as a Three-way Process Immigrants, Countries of Emigration and Countries of Immigration as Actors of Integration".
24-25 Feb Paris, France		The OECD Development Centre held an expert meeting on international migration and development, in view of the Centre’s forthcoming publication Perspectives on Global Development 2016: New Challenges and Opportunities for International Migration in a Shifting World.
23-24 Feb Paris, France		The OECD Development Centre held an expert meeting aimed at consolidating the methodology of the project “Assessing the Economic Contribution of Labour Migration in Developing Countries As Countries of Destination”.
4-6 Feb Geneva, Switzerland		David Khoudour participated in preparatory meetings held by the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD), including Thematic Meeting 1 on “Migration in the Post-2015 UN Development Agenda” and the 1st Preparatory Meetings of Government Roundtable Teams.
26 Jan Stockholm, Sweden		Lisa Andersson presented the report “Causes and consequences of international migration in Ethiopia” at the Migration Studies Delegation.

2014

1-2 Dec Kathmandu, Nepal		Amy Hong attended a technical workshop on the review of bilateral agreements and memoranda of understanding on labour migration. This meeting was organised by the KNOMAD Thematic Working Group on Low-Skilled Labour Migration.
28 Oct Yerevan, Armenia		The OECD Development Centre organised a workshop on the interrelations between public policies, migration and development in Yerevan, Armenia.
27 Oct Brussels, Belgium		Lisa Andersson attended a roundtable organised by the European Commission on the evaluation of projects funded by AENEAS and the Thematic Programme for Migration and Asylum.
7-8 Oct Geneva, Switzerland		Jason Gagnon participated as a panel member in the International Organization for Migration's annual International Dialogue on Migration. This year's meeting focused on the topic of migration and families.
2-3 Oct Rome, Italy		David Khoudour participated in the international workshop "Integrating Migration into Development: Diaspora as a Development Enabler", co-organised by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The meeting focused on the linkages between migration and the economic, social and environmental pillars of sustainable development.
2 July Brussels, Belgium		Sarah Kups participated in an expert roundtable on the integration of migration into development strategies and the post-2015 agenda. The event was organised by the European Commission and included representatives from civil society, academia, partner governments and EU Member States.
30 June-1 July Oxford, United Kingdom		David Khoudour participated in the 7th International Conference on Migration Development, which was joinly organised by the French Development Agency (AFD), the World Bank, the Center for Global Development (CGD) and the International Migration Institute (IMI).
3-4 June Brussels, Belgium		David Khoudour participated in the conference "South-South migration and development: Discussing new evidence from the ACP Observatory on Migration", which was organised by the ACP Observatory on Migration.
14-16 May Stockholm, Sweden		David Khoudour and Hyeshin Park attended the Seventh Meeting of the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD). During the meeting, Mr. Khoudour presented OECD Development Centre's projects aimed at furthering knowledge on the interrelations between public policies, migration and development, as well as on the economic contribution of labour immigration in developing countries. Furthermore, Mr. Khoudour spoke about the Centre's work on policy and institutional coherence for migration and development.
10 May Stockholm, Sweden		Lisa Andersson participated as a main speaker at the workshop entitled "Social and Economic Remittances: Diaspora development efforts and political shortcomings", organised by the Swedish think tank Global Challenge.
28-29 Apr Dhaka, Bangladesh		David Khoudour participated in the Global Experts Meeting on Migration in the Post-2015 Development Agenda, co-hosted by the governments of Bangladesh and Switzerland.
3-4 Apr Geneva, Switzerland		The OECD Development Centre, in collaboration with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), co-organised an expert meeting on harnessing knowledge on the migration of highly skilled women.
11-13 Mar Geneva, Switzerland		David Khoudour participated in preparatory meetings held by the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD), including the 5th Meeting of the GFMD Friends of the Forum, Thematic Meeting 4: Engagement with the Private Sector, and the Final Government Team Preparatory Meetings.
27 Feb Brussels, Belgium		David Khoudour presented the project "Interrelations between public policies, migration and development: case studies and policy recommendations" to the Working Party on Development Cooperation (CODEV) of the European Union Council.
20-21 Feb New York, NY		David Khoudour participated in the Twelfth Coordination Meeting on International Migration, during which he presented the migration-related activites of the OECD Development Centre. The meeting brought together UN entities and other inter-governmental organisations with the purpose of enhancing inter-agency co-operation around migration.
22-24 Jan Maastricht, Netherlands		Lisa Andersson presented research on migration and development at the conference "Migration and Development: A World in Motion", organised by the Maastricht Graduate School of Governance and the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

2013

5-6 Dec Paris, France		The OECD Development Centre organised the Global conference on the interrelations between public policies, migration and development. (This page is also available in French and Spanish.)
5 Dec Paris, France		The OECD Development Centre hosted a seminar with Professor Paul Collier from the University of Oxford. (This page is also available in French.)
4-5 Dec Paris, France		The OECD Development Centre hosted the workshop "Strengthening the Migration-Development Nexus through Improved Policy and Institutional Coherence". (This page is also available in French.)
26 Nov Phnom Penh, Cambodia		The OECD Development Centre organised a workshop on the interrelations between public policies, migration and development in Cambodia.
19 Nov Rabat, Morocco		The OECD Development Centre organised a workshop on the interrelations between public policies, migration and development in Morocco.
23-24 Oct Port-au-Prince, Haiti		David Khoudour and Lisa Andersson participated in Haiti's National Forum on Migration and Development.
3-4 Oct New York, NY, United States		David Khoudour represented the OECD at the High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development.
24 Sept Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso		The OECD Development Centre organised a workshop on the interrelations between public policies, migration and development in Burkina Faso.
19 Sept Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire		The OECD Development Centre organised a workshop on the interrelations between public policies, migration and development in Côte d'Ivoire.
25 July Tbilisi, Georgia		The OECD Development Centre organised a workshop on the interrelations between public policies, migration and development in Georgia.
18 July San José, Costa Rica		The OECD Development Centre organised a workshop on the interrelations between public policies, migration and development in Costa Rica.
1 July Manila, Philippines		The OECD Development Centre organised a workshop on the interrelations between public policies, migration and development in the Philippines.
30 Jan Brussels, Belgium		David Khoudour participated in a roundtable organised by the European Commission entitled "The Role of Migration in Development Strategies". The meeting was held in view of EU preparations for the 2013 United Nations High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development.

2012

19-22 Nov

Port Louis, Mauritius

David Khoudour represented the OECD at the Sixth Meeting of the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD).

8 Nov

Brussels, Belgium

Hyeshin Park participated in a roundtable, organised by the European Commission, entitled "EU Remittances for Developing Countries, Remaining Barriers, Challenges and Recommendations".

12 Mar

Geneva, Switzerland

David Khoudour participated in the Global Migration Seminar at the Graduate Institute in Geneva. He gave a presentation on the OECD Development Centre's book Tackling the Policy Challenges of Migration: Regulation, Integration, Development.

2011

29 Nov - 2 Dec Geneva, Switzerland		David Khoudour and Jason Gagnon participated in the Fifth Meeting of the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD). They presented the book Tackling the Policy Challenges of Migration: Regulation, Integration, Development.
17 Nov Washington, DC, United States		The OECD Development Centre and the Institute for the Study of International Migration (ISIM) organised the launch of the book Tackling the Policy Challenges of Migration: Regulation, Integration, Development at Georgetown University.
17-18 Oct Abuja, Nigeria		David Khoudour presented the OECD Development Centre's work on immigrant integration in the South at the GFMD thematic meeting "From Evidence to Action: Facilitating South-South Labor Migration for Development". The meeting was organised by the governments of Nigeria and Switzerland.
27 May Nantes, France		David Khoudour presented the OECD Development Centre's work on the governance of migration at a workshop entitled "The image and representation of migration policies in the media and public debate in Europe since 1992". The workshop was organised by the Centre de Recherche sur les Identités Nationales et l'Interculturalité (CRINI) and took place at the University of Nantes.
11 Apr Brussels, Belgium		David Khoudour participated in a consultation, organised by the European Comission, entitled "Migration and Mobility for Development: Towards a migrant-centered approach".
6-9 April London, United Kingdom		Jason Gagnon participated in the conference "Migration: Economic Change, Social Challenge", which was held at the University College London. During the meeting, he presented two papers: The Southward Shift in International Migration: Social Challenges and Policy Implications “Stay with us”? The Impact of Emigration on Wages in Honduras

Migration and development

Events

Events concerning Migration and Development, organised and/or participated by the team of the Migration and Development Desk at the OECD Development Centre

2018

24 -25 Jan

2017

17 Feb

2016

5 - 6 Dec

13- 14 Oct

25-26 Jan

2015

1 Dec

17 Nov

25 Sept

15 Sept

9 Sept

8 Sept

23 July

21 July

9 July

30 June

30 June

23 June

16-19 June

12 June

11 June

10-11 June

3-4 June

28 May

26 May

19 May

7 May

21 Apr

31 Mar

27 Feb

24-25 Feb

23-24 Feb

4-6 Feb

26 Jan

2014

1-2 Dec

28 Oct

27 Oct

7-8 Oct

2-3 Oct

2 July

30 June-1 July

3-4 June

14-16 May

10 May

28-29 Apr

3-4 Apr

11-13 Mar

27 Feb

20-21 Feb

22-24 Jan

2013

5-6 Dec

5 Dec

4-5 Dec

26 Nov

19 Nov

23-24 Oct

3-4 Oct

24 Sept

19 Sept

25 July

18 July

1 July

30 Jan