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The JMDI Projects Launch Ceremony in Georgia
On 23 February 2010 a joint ceremony took place in Kutaisi, West Georgia to present the projects funded through the EC-UN Joint Migration and Development Initiative (JMDI) in Georgia.
The event brought together representatives of the EU Delegation to Georgia, the UN agencies, the respective government structures and local authorities, the Georgian Diaspora Foundation from the Netherlands, civil society groups and media to highlight the four JMDI projects in Georgia.
The projects in Georgia aim at utilizing the migrant potential for enhancing the economic development of the country. This includes strengthening links with Georgian diaspora to facilitate business development in Georgia, promoting cooperation between migrant communities and local authorities of Georgia to contribute to socio-economic development at the community level, improving skills and qualifications of returned migrants and integrating them into the Georgian labour market and other activities. The initiatives have countrywide as well as regional focus, which will help to find new ways of making migration work for development with particular emphasis on maximizing its impact on regional development.
The projects are implemented by the selected Georgian civil society organizations in partnership with their respective EU based counterparts from the Netherlands, Germany and Latvia.
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1st Migration for Development Virtual Fair, 2-3 Nov 2009
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| The EC-UN Joint Migration and Development Initiative (JMDI) cordially invites you to take part in the Migration and Development Virtual Fair 2009. The M&D Virtual Fair will be held in parallel with the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) Civil Society Days on Monday 2nd and Tuesday 3rd November 2009 and will be the first M&D event of its kind, bringing together thousands of ‘virtual’ visitors from around the world.
The 2009 Virtual Fair builds on the first M&D Knowledge Fair in Brussels in December 2008, where hundreds of members of diaspora groups and representatives of NGOs, local authorities from developing and European countries, the EU institutions and UN agencies gathered to share information and ideas based on their experiences in the field of migration and development. The Virtual Fair on 2nd and 3rd November 2009 will feature an Exhibition of M&D projects from around the world, video interviews with key actors from international organizations and civil society, and a daily blog from the GFMD. Participants will be able to post questions and comments online to key participants at the GFMD
Who can take part in the M&D Virtual Fair?
Anyone with an interest in Migration and Development can register to take part in the Virtual Fair at www.migration4development.org.
Background:
The JMDI is a three-year programme funded by the European Union and implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in partnership with the International Labour Organization (ILO), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The overall objective of the EC-UN Joint Migration and Development Initiative is to support civil society organizations and local authorities seeking to contribute to linking migration and development.
The Joint Initiative aims to 1) set up and reinforce networks of actors working on migration and development and 2) identify good practices and share information on what actually works at the local and international level among those who are active in this field with a view to 3) feeding into policy-making on migration and development.
The JMDI sets out to do this through a Call for Proposals providing approximately 10 million Euro in funding to support 55 concrete projects in four priority areas: 1) Migrant remittances; 2) Migrant communities; 3) Migrant capacities; 4) Migrant rights. The projects are implemented through partnerships linking civil society groups and local authorities from the European Union member states and their counterparts in sixteen target countries (Jamaica, Ecuador; Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia; Georgia, Moldova; the Philippines, Sri Lanka; Mali, Cape Verde, Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria).
The JMDI has also launched an online global Community of Practice, M4D-Net (www.migration4development.org), which brings individuals and groups from around the world together to exchange information and ideas on migration and development, develop skills and provide each other with mutual support. Over 1,000 practitioners are already members of this Community of Practice and we warmly encourage you to join!
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The JMDI Team
EC-UN Joint Migration and Development Initiative
United Nations Development Programme
UN House, 14 Rue Montoyer, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
Tel: + 32 2 235 0550
Fax: + 32 2 503 47 29
Email: jmdi.pmu@undp.be
www.undp.org/eu
www.migration4development.org
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"Think Twice!" |
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The main slogan applied in this project reads: “Do you think streets abroad are paved with gold? Think twice before you go!”
Television and radio clips have been produced for broadcasting at national and local mass-media outlets.
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View IOM TV clip 1 (2008)
View IOM TV clip 2 (2006)
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