The Center for Migration Studies (CMS) in cooperation with
the International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Mainstreaming Migration into Development Planning:
Assessing the Evidence, Continuing the Dialogue
Monday, May 7 – Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Millennium UN Plaza Hotel
New York City, NY
Statements and presentations
Welcoming Remarks – Laura Thompson, Deputy Director General, International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Keynote – Donald Kerwin, Executive Director, Center for Migration Studies (CMS)
Panel I. Data, Migration Profiles and How to Evaluate Migration’s Impact on Development
Moderator, Ellen Percy Kraly, Editor, International Migration Review
Bela Hovy, Chief, Migration Section, Population Division, UN-DESA
Amy Muedin, Programme Specialist, Permanent Observer Office, IOM
Laurent De Boeck, Director, African, Caribbean and Pacific Observatory on Migration
Prosper PD Asima, Head, Policy, Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Unit, Ghana Immigration Service
Panel II. First experiences in using the Global Migration Group Handbook on Mainstreaming Migration into Development Planning
Moderator: Shantanu Mukherjee, UNDP and Md. Shahidul Haque, IOM, co-chairs of the GMG working group on mainstreaming migration in development planning
Beata Godenzi, Head of the Global Programme Migration and Development, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
Toni-Shae Freckleton, Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ)
Daria Goncearova, First Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Moldova
Panel III. Diaspora engagement, Economic and Social Remittances
Moderator: Kathleen Newland, Director, Migration Policy Institute
Juan Jose Garcia, Vice Minister for Salvadorans Abroad, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, El Salvador
Barbara Span, Vice President of Global Public Policy, Western Union
Abdirahman Ahmed Mohamed, Migration for Development in Africa (MIDA)
Anjali Banthia, Senior Associate, Women’s World Banking
Panel IV. Getting the Fundamentals Right for Adaptive National Migration Governance
Moderator: Ann Pawliczko, Adviser, Emerging Population Issue, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
Mafruha Sultana, Joint Secretary, Additional Director General, Bureau of Manpower Employment & Training, Government of Bangladesh
Dr. Howard Duncan, Executive Head, Metropolis Project, Carleton University
Sonia Plaza, World Bank, Senior Economist, Migration and Remittances Team, Development Prospects Group
M. Shahidul Haque, Director of International Cooperation and Partnerships, IOM
Panel V. Integration of Migrants for Development
Moderator: Natasha Iskander, New York University
Fatima Shama, New York City Commissioner for Immigrant Affairs
Dr. Federico Villegas Beltran, Director of Human Rights, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Argentina
Marc Scheuer, Director, United Nations Alliance of Civilizations
Syed Saiful Haque, Chairman, Welfare Association for the Rights of Bangladeshi Emigrants (WARBE) Development Foundation, Bangladesh
Panel VI. Integrating Migration into Initiatives for Development: The Way Forward
Moderator: Michele Klein Solomon, Permanent Observer of the International Organization for Migration to the United Nations
Salomon Samen, representing Ali Mansoor, Chair of the Global Forum on Migration and Development, Government of Mauritius
Ambassador Luis Alfonso De Alba, Permanent Representative of Mexico to the United Nations
Michael Clemens, Center for Global Development
Thomas Stelzer, Assistant Secretary General, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA)
The Center for Migration Studies (CMS) in cooperation with
the The Levin Institute, SUNY
Conference On U.S. Immigration Reform, With Special Reference To New York City
Thursday, March 3, 2011
116 East 55th Street, New York City, NY
Statements and presentations
Conference Agenda
Speaker Biographies
Mr. Joseph Chamie – America and Immigration
Mr. Joseph Salvo – Immigration and Population Change
Bishiop Nicolas DiMarzio – Thoughts on US Immigration Reform, With Special Reference to NY City
Ms. Ellen Kraly – ‘Starting with Spoons’: Refugee Migration and Settlement
Mr. Rey Koslowski – US Immigration Reform: Plenty of Ideas; Little Action
Mr. Donald Kerwin – Reflections on US Immigration Reform
Mr. Austin Fragomen, Jr. – Prospects for Immigration Reform and the New York Perspective
Mr. Patrick Weil – What the United States Can Learn from Europe as it Contemplates Circular Migration
Mr. Michael Teitelbaum – The Two Yawning Gaps of U.S. Immigration Policy
Mr. James Williams – Student Impact on Skilled Migration
NYC Mayor, Mr. Michael Bloomberg – Statement
The Center for Migration Studies (CMS) in cooperation with
the International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Conference on Irregular Migration:
Legal and Policy Perspectives
Thursday, January 21 – Friday, January 22, 2010
Millennium UN Plaza Hotel, 2nd Floor Ballroom, New York City, NY
Statements and presentations
Opening Remarks of the Director-General of IOM
Opening Remarks of the Executive Director of the Center for Migration Studies
Mrs. Neli Esipova, Regional Research Director of Former Soviet Union, Gallup Poll
Mr. Bela Hovy, Chief, Migration Section, Population Division, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Mr. Adel Abdellatif, Chief of the Regional Programme Division, Regional Bureau for Arab States, UNDP
Ms. Jillyanne Redpath-Cross, Senior Legal Officer, IOM
Ms. Gabriele-Goettsche-Wanli, Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, UN
Mr. Olaf Jacob, Director of Social Policy in Latin America, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung
Mr. Peter Schatzer, Regional Representative, IOM-Rome
Rev. Florenzo M. Rigoni, Addressing The Human Costs of Irregular Migration
Ms. Janet Hatcher Roberts, Executive Director, Canadian Society for International Health
Mrs. Alfonsina DeFelice,The migratory phenomenon from social trauma to a global resource
H.E. Mr. José Bamóquina Zau, Vice-Minister of the Interior of Angola
H.E. Mr. Francisco Carrión-Mena, Permanent Representative of Ecuador to the United Nations
Mr. Antonio Golini, Professor, Demography, La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
Ms. Marcela Perticara, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung
Mr. Joseph J. Salvo, Director of the New York City Department of City Planning, Population Division
Ms. Josephine Dimilta, Pfizer
Ms. Paromita Shah, National Immigration Project, National Lawyers Guild
