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European Filipino Migrants Conference |
The European Filipino Migrants’ Conference, "Converging Filipino Diaspora Global Initiatives for Sustainable Development," will be held on November 2, 2007 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. This conference is organized and sponsored by two Filipino organizations in Netherlands, the Stichting Habagat and Damayang Pilipino sa Nederland together with Oxfam-Novib of Netherlands.
The general objective of the conference is to develop a common agenda towards harnessing the development potentials of migration. The Conference wants to underline the importance of the contribution of the migrant and overseas Filipinos to the development of the Philippines, emphasizing the better use of their remittances, skills and acquired knowledge.
Invited as keynote speakers to the conference are two legislators of the Philippines, Majority Leader of the Philippine Senate, Senator Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan, and from the Lower House, AMIN (Anak Mindanao) Party List Representative Mujiv S. Hataman. Also invited from the Philippines to speak on different topics before the conference are, Djahlia Sitti Turabin, a young Moro leader of the Moro Human Rights Center, Mai Añonuevo, executive director ATIKHA, Mila D. Aguilar, Writer, poet and artist and Prof. Rolando G. Talampas of the University of the Philippines.
The Filipino resource persons will shed light on the current situation of the Philippines on a number of relevant themes related to migration and development. A Panel of Reactors composed of migrant and overseas Filipinos will share their specific responses and current initiatives.
The organizers anticipate Filipinos and various Filipino organizations coming from all over Europe to attend the conference.
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