Agenda of the Government Meeting

Wednesday, 29 October 2008

07.30 - 08.45    Registration at Meeting Site
Venue: Registration Counter, Delegation Building
Philippine International Convention Center (PICC)
CCP Complex, Roxas Boulevard, Metro Manila

Plenary Session
Plenary Hall, Philippine International Convention Center (PICC)
CCP Complex, Roxas Boulevard, Metro Manila
 
09.00 – 10.00    Opening Session

Call to Order

The Hon. Esteban B. Conejos, Jr.
Chair, Second Meeting of the GFMD

Speeches to Launch the General Debate

H.E. Saqr Ghobash, Minister of Labor, United Arab Emirates
H.E. Ambassador Rudi Veestraeten, Special Envoy for Immigration and Asylum, Belgium
The Hon. Marianito Roque, Secretary of the Department of Labor and Employment, Philippines
H.E. Sir John Kaputin, Secretary-General, ACP Group of States Secretariat
Mr. William Lacy Swing, Director-General, International Organization for Migration, on behalf of the Global Migration Group (GMG)

General Debate

The Hon. Esteban B. Conejos Jr.
Chair, Second Meeting of the GFMD

H.E. Ambassador Rudi Veestraeten
Co-Chair
Special Envoy for Immigration and Asylum, Belgium

The Hon. Athanassios Nakos
Co-Chair
Vice-Minister of Interior
The Hellenic Republic

10.00 - 11.00          Opening Ceremony

Welcome Address
The Hon. Dr. Alberto G. Romulo
Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Republic of the Philippines

Opening Address
H.E. Ban Ki-moon
Secretary-General of the United Nations

Keynote Speech
H.E. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
President of the Republic of the Philippines

11.00 – 11.20          Coffee Break

11.20 - 12.30    General Debate (Continuation)
    
12.30 - 13.00    Report of the Civil Society Meeting

Ms. Sharan Burrow
Chair, Civil Society Meeting
      
13.00 - 15.00    Lunch hosted by the Government of the Philippines
Venue: Reception Hall, Philippine International Convention Center (PICC)

15.00 - 18.00    Roundtable Sessions

Roundtable 1:    Migration, Development, and Human Rights

Session 1.1:    Protecting the Rights of Migrants – a Shared Responsibility
Venue: Summit Hall C, Delegation Building, PICC
Listening Room: Meeting Room 10, Delegation Building, PICC

Coordinator: Ms. Estrella Lajom Roman

Co-Chairs:
The Hon. Esteban B. Conejos, Jr.
Chair, Second Meeting of the GFMD

Mr. Yousuf Abdelghani
Asst. Undersecretary for Strategy
Ministry of Labor
United Arab Emirates

Panelists:

Speakers:
Ms. Rosalinda Baldoz
Undersecretary
Department of Labor and Employment
Republic of the Philippines

Mr. Alex Zalami
Advisor to the Minister of Labour
United Arab Emirates

Mr. Richard Perruchoud
Legal advisor and Director, International Migration Law Department
Organization for Migration (IOM)
Geneva, Switzerland

Discussants:
H.E. Minister Lorena Escudero
Presidencia de la Republica
Secretaria Nacional del Migrante
Quito, Ecuador

Ms. Astrid Helle Ajamay
Coordinator for Migration and Development
Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Oslo, Norway

Rapporteurs:
H.E. Ambassador Ali Saleh Mourad
Deputy Assistant Foreign Minister for Consular Affairs
and Migration, Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Cairo, Egypt

Mr. Ibrahim Awad
Director, MIGRANT
International Labour Organization (ILO)
Geneva, Switzerland


Roundtable 2:    Secure, Regular Migration can Achieve Stronger Development Impact

Session 2.1:    Fostering More Opportunities for Regular Migration
Venue: Summit Hall D, Delegation Building, PICC
Listening Room: Meeting Room 11, Delegation Building, PICC

Coordinator: Dr. Irena Omelaniuk

Co-Chairs:
Dr. Hamid Rashid
Director General
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Dhaka, Bangladesh

Mr. Brian Grant
Director General
Citizenship and Immigration Canada
Ottawa, Canada

Panelists:    
H.E. Ambassador Youssef Amrani
Director General
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Rabat, Morocco

Ms. Marta Rodriguez Tarduchy
Director General for Immigration
Ministry of Labour
Madrid, Spain

Ms. K. Fong Weng-Poorun
Permanent Secretary
Prime Minister’s Office
Home Affairs
Port Louis, Mauritius

Ms. Eva Akerman-Börje
Director
Department for Migration and Asylum Policy
Ministry of Justice
Stockholm, Sweden

Mr. Kristof Tamas
Policy Officer
Directorate General for Justice, Freedom and Security
European Commission
Brussels, Belgium

Prof. Philip Martin
Chair
UC Comparative Immigration and Integration Program
Davis, California, USA

Roundtable 3:     Policy and Institutional Coherence and Partnerships

Session 3.1:    Strengthening Data and Research Tools on Migration and Development
Venue: Summit Hall E, Delegation Building, PICC
Listening Room:  Meeting Room 12, Delegation Building, PICC   

Coordinator: Dr. Rolph K. Jenny

Co-Chairs:
Ms. Marjatta Rasi
Under-Secretary of State
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Helsinki, Finland

H.E. Ambassador Felix Cordova Moyano
Director General of Consular Affairs
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Panelists:

Mr. Abdellatif Lfarakh
Directeur du Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Démographiques
Haut Commissariat au Plan
Rabat, Maroc

Prof. Lelio Marmora
Director of Master Studies on International Migration Policies
University of Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Rapporteur:
Dr. Danny Sriskandarajah
Director
Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR)
London, United Kingdom

18.30    Dinner Reception hosted by the Chair-in-Office
Venue: Reception Hall, PICC

Thursday, 30 October 2008

08.00 - 09.00     Side Meetings (to be arranged upon request)
Deadline for scheduling is on 29 October, 12:00 noon, Information Desk
Venue: Delegation Building, PICC
 
09.00 - 12.00    Roundtable Sessions

Roundtable 1:    Migration, Development, and Human Rights

Session 1.2:    Empowering Migrants and Diaspora to Contribute to Development
Venue: Summit Hall C, Delegation Building, PICC
Listening Room: Meeting Room 10, Delegation Building, PICC   

Coordinator: Ms. Estrella Lajom Roman

Co-Chairs:
H.E. Ambassador Rudi Veestraeten
Special Envoy for Immigration and Asylum
Kingdom of Belgium

Mr. Ernesto Nosthas
Director General of Foreign Affairs for Salvadorans Living Abroad
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
San Salvador, El Salvador

Panelists:

Speakers:
Dr. Elizabeth Adjei
Director, Ghana Immigration Service
Accra, Ghana

Mr. Roméo Matsas
Global Governance program
Egmont Royal Institute for International Relations
Brussels,Belgium

Discussants:
Dr. Volker Ducklau
Deputy Director General
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
Germany

Mr. Dilip Ratha
The World Bank
Washington D.C, USA

Mr. Akhenaton Al-Madi Oddvar De Leon
Founder and Director
The Organization Against Official Discrimination
Oslo, Norway

Rapporteur:
Mr Nourredine Gaouaou
Deputy Director for Migration
Directorate General of Legal and Consular Affairs
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Algiers, Algeria
 

Roundtable 2:    Secure, Regular Migration can Achieve Stronger Development Impact

Session 2.2:    Managing Migration and Minimizing the Negative Impacts of Irregular Migration
Venue: Summit Hall D, Delegation Building, PICC
Listening Room: Meeting Room 11, Delegation Building, PICC   

Coordinator: Dr. Irena Omelaniuk

Co-Chairs:
Mr. Peter Hughes
Deputy Secretary
Department of Immigration and Citizenship
Canberra, Australia

H.E. Mr. Sihasak Phuangketkeow
Ambassador
Permanent Mission of Thailand to the UN
Geneva, Switzerland

Panelists:

Speakers:
H.E. Mrs Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula
Minister for Home Affairs
Pretoria, Republic of South Africa

Ms. Eugenia Tsoumani
Secretary General for Gender Equality
Ministry of Interior
Athens, Greece

Discussants:
Mr. Robert Visser
Director-General for Legislation, International Affairs and Migration
Ministry of Justice
The Hague, the Netherlands

Dr Khalid Koser
Fellow in Humanitarian Affairs
Deputy Director, Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement
The Brookings Institution
Washington D.C, USA

Rapporteur:
H.E. Ambassador Alfonso López Araujo
Ambassador and Under-Secretary for Consular Affairs
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Quito, Ecuador

Roundtable 3:     Policy and Institutional Coherence and Partnerships

Session 3.2:    Policy and Institutional Coherence on Migration and Development within Government
Venue: Summit Hall E, Delegation Building, PICC
Listening Room: Meeting Room 12, Delegation Building, PICC   

Coordinator: Dr. Rolph K. Jenny
       
Co-Chairs:
H.E. Ambassador Thomas Greminger
Head of Political Affairs
Division IV Human Security
Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
Berne, Switzerland

H.E. Ambassador I Gusti Agung Wesaka Puja
Chargé d’Affaires, Deputy Permanent Representative of Indonesia
Permanent Mission of the Republic of Indonesia
Geneva, Switzerland

Panelists:

Ms Eva Åkerman-Börje
Director
Division for Migration and Asylum Policy
Ministry of Justice
Stockholm, Sweden

Mrs. Jaifa Mezher El Kareh
Director of the Program Colombia Nos Une (Colombia Unites Us)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Bogota, Colombia

Ms Kathleen Ferrier
Member of Parliament,
The Hague, the Netherlands

Mr. Gerhard Sabathil
Director, Directorate-General for External Relations
European Commission
Brussels, Belgium

Rapporteur:
Prof. Susan Martin
Director, Institute for the Study of International Migration
Georgetown University
Washington, D.C, USA

12.00 - 13.30    Lunch hosted by the Government of the Philippines
Venue: Banquet Hall, PICC

13.30 - 16.00    Roundtable Sessions

Roundtable 3.3:    Regional Consultative Processes, Inter-regional Consultative Fora and
Regional Organizations and Economic Integration Processes at the
Interface of Migration and Development
Venue: Summit Hall C, Delegation Building, PICC
Listening Room: Meeting Room 10, Delegation Building, PICC   

Coordinator: Dr. Rolph K. Jenny

Co-Chairs:
Ms Mitzi Gurgel Valente da Costa
Director of the Department of Immigration and Legal Affairs
Ministry of External Relations
Brasilia, Brazil

Mr. Kacim Kellal
Chef du service des affaires internationales et du développement solidaire, Ministère de l'immigration, de l'intégration, de l'identité nationale et du développement  solidaire
Paris, France

Panelists:

Mr. Moustapha Ly
Conseiller du Ministre de l’Intérieur Sénégalais
Dakar, Sénégal

Mr. Patrick Cohen
Ministère de l'Immigration, de l'intégration, de l'identité nationale et du
développement solidaire
Paris, France

Rapporteur:
Ms Michele Klein Solomon
Director, Migration Policy, Research and Communications
International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Geneva, Switzerland

Special Session:    The Future of the GFMD
Venue: Summit Hall D, Delegation Building, PICC
 
Coordinator: Mr. Francois Fouinat

Chair:

Mr. Peter Sutherland
Special Representative of the UNSG
for Migration and Development
                   
Co-Chairs:

The Hon. Esteban B. Conejos Jr.
Chair, Second Meeting of the GFMD

H.E. Ambassador Rudi Veestraeten
Special Envoy for Immigration and Asylum
Belgium

The Hon. Athanassios Nakos
Deputy Minister of Interior
The Hellenic Republic

16.00 – 16.15    Break

16.15 – 18.15    Plenary Session

16.15 – 17.15    Reports from Roundtables

General Rapporteur for Roundtable 1:
Ms. Patricia Sto. Tomas
Chairman, Development Bank of the Philippines
Makati, Philippines

General Rapporteur for Roundtable 2 :
Mr. Han-Maurits Schaapveld
Director, Movement of Persons, Migration and Aliens’ Affairs Department
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Hague, the Netherlands
   
General Rapporteur for Roundtable 3:
Ms. Judith Macgregor
Director, Migration Directorate
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
London, U.K.

17.15 – 17.30    Future of the GFMD
Mr. Peter Sutherland
Special Representative of the UNSG for International Migration and Development

17.30 – 17.40    Statement by the Incoming Chair
The Hon. Athanassios Nakos
Deputy Minister of Interior
The Hellenic Republic

17.40 – 18.00           Final Conclusions and Recommendations of the Chair
The Hon. Esteban B. Conejos Jr.
Chair, Second Meeting of the GFMD
   
18.00 – 18.15    Closing Address
H.E. Noli de Castro
Vice-President of the Republic of the Philippines

19.00 – 21.00      Farewell Dinner hosted by the Philippine Government
Venue: Hotel Sofitel, Poolside
Geneva, Switzerland