PROGRAMME
Diaspora and Development Diasporas Devices for Policy International executive meeting Buenos Aires - March 21- 22, 2013
Time and place 1,5 day, Hotel H&N *****, downtown Buenos Aires Participants: 80 40 decision makers and advisers, from 20 LAC countries (Latin America & Caribbean) Caribbean 10 delegates from multilateral agencies and international civil society organizations 20 scholars and researchers 10 journalists, media & communication specialists s Purpose of the meeting Creation of incubators ncubators of knowledge diasporas (America Latina) - the CIDESAL project has produced new data about skilled mobility using original sources of information; it has also built new instruments for reconnecting skilled expats; finally it has designed policy measures for diasporas using lessons drawn from experiences in the region and beyond. The meeting aims at sharing these results, nurturing policy design and shaping new concrete actions using the innovative tools ools presented. Languages Spanish and English (French and Portuguese, may occasionally be used)
Contact Maria Isabel Zarama Vasquez : fotomabel@gmail.com;; cell : + 33 (0)6 33 52 49 61
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Thursday March 21
12 - 14:
Lunch - reception of participants
14 - 16:
Introductory session: Skills on the move in a changing world : the Cidesal project – Jean-B. Meyer Cosmopolitics in the risk society (provisional)- Ulrich Beck (tbc) Break
16.30 - 18:
State tate of mobility, new indicators and data from the MICAL observatory – Adela Pellegrino
20 – 22:
Dinner in San Telmo
Friday March 22nd
9 - 10.30:
Incubators ncubators of diaspora links : platforms of communication and interaction for distant socialization - Alejandro Blanco, Bill Turner & Jorge Garcia Flores Flore Break
11 – 12.30:
Mobility policy,, transnational issues and actors: actors: lessons of past experiences, orientations and recommendations - Fernando Lema & Lucas Luchilo Lunch
14 – 16:
Roundtable Discussions (4 x 20 participants) Break
16.30 – 18:
Conclusions and perspectives - CIDESAL coordination Definition of regional and international cooperation agenda
20 – 23:
Cultural event – tango session
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