1. Good Practices in Mainstreaming Migration and Development Presenter: Dr. Michele N. Reis National Forum on Migration and Development, Hyatt Regency, 28-29 August, 2013

2. + Bhoe Tewarie: TnT Minister of Planning “It is our responsibility as a government to manage the migration process and I think what we should try to do is to have a constructive purposeful immigration policy that addresses the issue of growth, investment, competitiveness, innovation, entrepreneurship and skill which are the things that this country needs for the next period of development.”

3. + Migration and Sustainable Development (HLD Theme 1/GFMD Theme 1) The role of remittances Poverty reduction Empowerment of women Access to education and health care Climate change

4. + Sustainable Development and the Jamaican Diaspora Remittances represent 17% of GDP Diaspora tourism is 11-15%. More than 187 Diaspora organisations make significant contributions to Jamaica in healthcare, education, sports, business, investment and trade.

5. + Reversing the Brain Drain:South Africa An estimated 20 per cent of the country’s professionals left since 1995. The South African government targeted an estimated 100,000 professionals to fill positions in the teaching service, government and business since 2010.

6. + Partnerships, Mechanisms for Cooperation in Mainstreaming Migration into Development Planning (HLD Theme 3/GFMD Theme 2) Coherence Consultation Coordination Cooperation

7. + Partnerships, Mechanisms for Cooperation in Mainstreaming Migration into Development Planning (HLD Theme 3/GFMD Theme 2) Inter-ministerial coordination Consultation with the private sector and civil society Cooperation between states at the bilateral and regional levels International organisations

8. + Connecting Jamaicans in the Diaspora with the Homeland The Diaspora web portal jamaicadiasporaconnect.com This was made possible through funding from the EC-UN Joint Migration and Development Initiative (JMDI) for the Project: Knowledge Networks The major project partners were The Mona School of Business and Management and KAJANS Women Enterprise in the United Kingdom.

9. + Mobilising Skills to Build Local Capacity/Create Jobs in Africa ‘Retour Aux Sources’ Programme Supporting Entrepreneurs and Enterprise Development in Africa (SEEDA) The programme has so far supported over 400 grassroots and informal businesses in Sierra Leone and Ghana.

10. + Migration in a Human Rights Framework (HLD Theme 2) Particular reference to the most vulnerable: women and children To prevent and combat smuggling of migrants and trafficking in persons To ensure regular, orderly and safe migration.

11. + Human Trafficking Training of stakeholders in the region to identify and combat human trafficking-IOM In 2007, the U.S. Embassy in Belize gave a grant of US $80,000 to the Ministry of Human Development for an Anti-Trafficking in Persons Programme.

12. + Integration of Returned Migrants British funded programme to safely return, reintegrate and rehabilitate deportees returned from the UK back to Jamaica through the UK Reintegration and Rehabilitation Fund (RRF). The IOM’s Voluntary Assisted Return and Reintegration Programme (VARRP). UNHCR provision of shelter to displaced people from Colombia. UNHCR offers weekly briefings for the new arrivals in San Lorenzo, Ecuador, which is the first point of entry for many.

13. + Labour Mobility, Voluntary Asset Transfers and Development (GFMD3/ HLD Theme 4) Remittances Circular migration Seasonal migration CSME (regional)

14. + Regional Labour Migration Policy CSME-Caribbean Single Market and Economy (15 states) OECS Protocol –Free Movement of Persons Regime (9 member states)

15. + International Labour Policy Canadian Seasonal Agricultural Workers’ Programme (SAWP) allows employers to hire temporary foreign workers (TFW) when Canadian citizens and permanent residents are not available. No more than 8 months Applies to Mexico and 11 participating Caribbean countries