The fourth technical meeting of the AENEAS 2004 Dialogue Programme, managed by IOM and financed by the European Commission (EC), will take place on Thursday and Friday in Marseille at the Palais du Pharo.
Representatives from over 20 African and European countries, as well as delegates from international and local NGOs will take part in the meeting, which will focus on how migration management can contribute to development. Speakers will include the Mayor of Hamburg. A representative of the City of Marseille will also be present.
The meeting will examine the nexus between migration and development for
countries of origin and countries of destination. The role of civil society
and local authorities will also be addressed.
This event follows previous technical meetings in Niamey, Niger, in May
2007, in Accra, Ghana in February 2008, and in Nouakchott, Mauritania in May
2008. Training sessions also took place in Dakar, Senegal in December 2007
and in Tripoli, Libya in June 2008.
The programme, which is funded by the EC, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands, has also supported information campaigns on the dangers of irregular migration in six West African countries between 2007 and 2008.
For more information please contact Jo-Lind Roberts at IOM Rome, jlroberts@iom.int, tel. +39 06 85 23 72 61.
