DEVELOPMENT AND DIASPORA, Brussels 31 May 2010
Session title: MIGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT: CAN DIASPORA CONTRIBUTE TO EFFECTIVE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN ?
Session Description: Starting from the experience gained in Fondazioni4Africa Senegal project, directly presented by Senegalese associations representatives, participants (European Commission, European Foundations and African Diaspora and NGOs representatives) will debate on the innovative and controversial issue of migration and development , analyzing cases where migrants associations are proactively involved in development mechanisms of the country of origin and identifying main added values and limits.
SPEECHES:
Aichatou Sarr, President, Senegalese Migrants Association Stretta di Mano, Italy, partner of F4A Senegal
Sebastiano Ceschi, CESPI, Centro Studi di Politica Internazionale, Italy
MULTI SECTORIAL PARTNERSHIP APPROACHES IN A POST-CONFLICT ENVIRONMENT, Brussels 1 june 2010
Session title : MULTI SECTORIAL PARTNERSHIP APPROACHES IN A POST-CONFLICT ENVIRONMENT: CAN THEY MAKE A DIFFERENCE?
Session Description: The ongoing F4A Northern Uganda project represents a case study where water supply interventions, food security, income generation, health and education activities constantly contribute to peace and reconciliation objectives. During this session, participants will debate on this and other internationally relevant case studies of multi-sectorial partnerhsip to share methodologies, approaches and practices and identify future cooperation perspectives.
SPEECHES:
Andreas De Guttry
DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION, Brussels 2 June 2010
Session title: MAXIMIZING IMPACT IN AFRICA THROUGH EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Session description: Can sustainable development education complement and maximize the impact of development interventions? Can development education activities be implemented both in Africa and Europe? Can diaspora’s representatives play a relevant role in development education? Based on the experience gained in F4A Senegalese and Northern Ugandan projects, the workshop aims at raising debate on these issues between representatives of Fondazioni4Africa, European Commission, European Foundations and European NGOs.
SPEECHES:
Francesco Petrelli, President of UCODEP AND Italian Representative in the CONCORD Development Education Forum Steering Committee
Development education and impact of development projects- Experiences in Senegal and Northern Uganda
European Development Education Monitoring Report “DE Watch”
Developing Europeans’ Engagement for the Eradication of Global Poverty