Udenrigsudvalget 2011-12
URU Alm.del Bilag 272
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TheDanish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ofDenmarkhave the pleasure of inviting you to a seminar on:
Migration and Development: Buzz or Begone?Readdressing the migration-development nexus and policiesThursday, 11 October 2012, 9.00-12.45Danish Institute for International StudiesMain AuditoriumStrandgade 71, ground floor, 1401 Copenhagen KBackgroundThe migration and development nexus has been variously described as unsettled and, later, as‘‘hype’’ or a panacea for development. When the issue of migration and development surged theinternational development agenda ten years ago, optimism was high among policy-makers in thedevelopment community about this panacea. Today, some observers consider whether we could beheading for a neo-pessimistic backswing of the migration and development pendulum. This wouldbe unfortunate for several reasons – one of them being that it would shift the attention away fromthe real, everyday contributions that millions of migrants around the world make to improve thelives of their families and communities back home; as well as the things that governments insending and receiving countries can do to improve migrants’ capabilities to contribute todevelopment in origin countries, and their propensity to do so.This seminar takes as a point of departure that the understanding of the migration anddevelopment nexus is still essential for the implementation of development policy, and that thereare both thorough studies and insights and pertinent policies out there. Thus, we need to take afresh look at the migration development buzz so that it is neither discarded nor overrated, butaddressed. In order to do so we bring together centrally placed practitioners of development aidand several of the most knowledgeable academics in the field.SpeakersTine Anbæk Petersen,Ambassador, former Chairman of the EU High Level Working Group onMigrationOliver Bakewell,Co-Director, IMI, University of Oxford, UKHelene Bourgade,Head of Unit, European CommissionRonald Skeldon, Professorial Fellow, University of Sussex, UKNinna Nyberg Sørensen,Senior Researcher, DIISBirgitte Mossin Brønden,Guest Editor, Head of Section, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of DenmarkThomas Gammeltoft-Hansen,Senior Researcher, DIISProgrammeMore details about the speakers and the seminar are available on ourwebsite.Practical InformationThe seminar will be held inEnglish.
Participation isfree of charge,butregistration is required.Please use ouronline registration formno later thanWednesday, 10 October 2012 at 12.00 noon.Please await confirmation by e-mail from DIIS for participation.Sincerely,Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)The Conference SectionStrandgade 56DK-1401 Copenhagen KDenmarkPh. (+45) 32 69 87 51Fax (+45) 32 69 87 00E-mail:[email protected]Web:www.diis.dkFeel free to forward this invitation to others with a potential interest in the seminar.For other public DIIS meetings, please visit our website onwww.diis.dk.If you did not receive this invitation directly from DIIS and wish to receive invitations to futureevents at DIIS, please use the following link:www.diis.dk/sw7899.aspIf you no longer wish to receive invitations directly from DIIS, please send an e-mail about this to[email protected](and please remember to state your name and organisation).Please note that DIIS is not responsible for invitations forwarded to you by others.
