Roundtable on migration and development

This event is co-organized by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), in collaboration with the Permanent Missions of Canada and the United Arab Emirates.

FOURTH ROUNDTABLE ON MIGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT: 
International and regional labour mobility and its impact on development

Date: Friday 7 June
Time: 10:00am - 1:00 pm
Venue: Conference Room 3 (CB), United Nations, New York

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The theme of this roundtable is on "International and regional labour mobility and its impact on development”, and runs in parallel with the fourth of the four roundtables themes of the General Assembly's High-Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development that will take place on 3 and 4 October 2013.  This roundtable is being organized in collaboration with the Governments of the United Arab Emirates and Canada. 


Provisional agenda


SESSION I:
Moderated by:
- Ms. Catrina Tapley
Associate Assistant Deputy Minister for Strategic and Program Policy, Citizenship and Immigration, Canada

Participants:
- Ms. Michelle Leighton
Chief International Migration Branch, International Labour Organization (ILO) on “International standards and trends in international and regional labour mobility”
- Prof. Philip Martin
Professor Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California Davis on “Recruitment trends, issues and evidence”
- TBD

SESSION II:
Moderated by:
- Mr. Alex Zalami
Advisor to the H.E. Minister of Labour, United Arab Emirates

Participants:
- Ms. Marcia Bebianno
Migration Specialist of the Department of Social Development and Employment (DSDE), Organization of American States on "Current labour market situation of emigrants from the Americas"
- Mr. Göran Hultin
CEO, Caden Corporation on "The private sector and labour migration in developing economies"
- Mr. Federico Soda
Head Labour Migration and Human Development Division, Department of Migration Management, International Organization for Migration (IOM) on "Managing the labour migration process"
 
In 2008, the General Assembly decided to hold a second High-Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development during its sixty-eighth session in 2013 (A/RES/63/225). In 2010, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly, at its sixty-seventh session, on the organizational details of the High-Level Dialogue, including possible themes (A/RES/65/170). In his most recent report on international migration and development (A/67/254), the Secretary-General has presented proposals for detailed modalities for the 2013 High-Level Dialogue. Last fall, the Second Committee of the General Assembly has decided that the 2013 High-Level Dialogue will be held on 3 and 4 October 2013.