The Global Economy in Crisis: Bringing Migrants Rights to Development and Crisis Situations

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1 PGA PROGRAM 9-11 May 2014 Stockholm, Sweden The Global Economy in Crisis: Bringing Migrants Rights to Development and Crisis Situations Thanks to Svenska Postkodlotteriet, without whose support this program would not have been possible. FRIDAY, 9 MAY Location: Stockholm City Hall Hantverkargatan 1, Stockholm, Sweden Closest Metro Station: Stockholm Central Station 18:30 21:00 Reception at City Hall, hosted by the City of Stockholm Stockholm City Hall 18:30 Gather at Stockholm City Hall 19:00 Stockholm City Official Welcome First Vice President of the Stockholm City Council, Mrs. Eva-Louise Erlandsson Slorach PGA Organizers Remarks International Committee: Colin Rajah (MRI), European Host Committee: Jille Belisario (TMP) Local Organizing Committee: Bojan Bristina (SIOS), Clara Déry (City Mission School), Lisa Pelling (ARENA) 19:30 Buffet Reception Hosted by Stockholm City Hall 21:00 Close

2 SATURDAY, 10 MAY Location: City Mission School, Liljeholmen Lövholmsvägen 18, Stockholm Closest Metro Station: Liljeholmen Metro Station 8:00 Registration Opens Expedition Desk 8:45 9:30 9:30 11:00 PGA Opening Plenary Welcome & Overview of the PGA Monami Maulik (DRUM) Jille Belisario (TMP) Linking the PGA and the World Social Forum on Migration Sicel mpilo Shange-Buthane (CoRMSA) Remembrance Ceremony Rafael Samanez (VAMOS Unidos) Current State of Affairs: A Global Overview Patrick Taran (GMPA) World Café Plenary: Migration in the Post-2015 Development Agenda Moderator: William Gois (MFA) In this interactive plenary, PGA participants will break into smaller groups to discuss three key questions related to Migration in the Post-2015 Development Agenda. Inputs from these small group discussions will contribute to a formal PGA position paper on this issue that can be used as the basis for advocacy at the GFMD and other strategic spaces. Table 1 (EN/FR) Table 2 (EN/SP) Table 3 (EN/FR) Table 4 (EN/SP) Table 5 (EN/FR) Table 6 (EN/SP) 11:15 12:45 PGA THEMATIC STREAM 1 MIGRATION IN THE POST-2015 DEVELOPMENT AGENDA PGA Thematic Session #1 Post-2015 Development Agenda: Management or Governance of Migration? The role of Unions and other Civil Society Organizations Co-organized by: UNESCO-MOST Ankara University REMESO Trade Collective ARENA PANiDMR INMD

3 14:00 15:30 PGA Thematic Session #2 Study Session: Framing Documents & Other Inputs on Migration in the Post-2015 Development Agenda Inputs by: John Bingham (ICMC) Ignacio Packer (Terre des Hommes) Raul Delgado-Wise (INMD) Genevieve Gencianos (PSI) 16:00 17:30 19:00 20:30 PGA Thematic Session #3 Strategy Session: Migration in the Post-2015 Development Agenda: Opportunities & Challenges to Raising Migrant Voices for Human Rights PGA Thematic Session #4 Study Session: Beyond 2015: Understanding & Shifting the Dominant Development Paradigm, Exploring Alternatives Full Day 11:15 12:45 Wkshp 1 Wkshp 2 Wkshp 3 12:45 14:00 Art Exhibit: Whose Community? The Museum of Forgetting Remeso Linköping University PGA WORKSHOPS Östsam the regional board of Östergötland Workshop Block 1 Women and Migration: Incorporating gender into social change and sustainable development Transcode Programme & Foundation Department of Geography, Radbound University Nijmegen Avanna Consultancy on Global Migration and Urban Development Center for Migrant Advocacy Commission for Filipino Migrant Workers Transnational Migrant Platform Respect Network Europe On the Lives & Strategies of Undocumented Women in Sweden Stadmissioner PICUM Swedish Legislation on Labour Migration & its Implications ARENA Lunch Break Space is open for independent meetings and caucuses (see sign-up sheet at reception) Café Room 120 Room 119 Room 106 Café

4 14:00 15:30 Wkshp 4 Wkshp 5 Wkshp 6 Workshop Block 2 Social and Economic Remittances: Diaspora development efforts and political shortcomings Global Utmaning Forum Syd Blocking the Labour Exploitation Chain Yilan Fisherman Labour Union In Europe Without Papers Stadsmissioner Room 001 Room 114 Room :00 17:30 Wkshp 7 Wkshp 8 Wkshp 9 Workshop Block 3 Towards a Sustainable Cross-Transnational Network on Labour Migration & Labour Rights: Opportunities and Challenges of the Multi-Stakeholders Approach Model Transcode Programme & Foundation Department of Geography, Radboud University Nijmegen COGNAI - Federation of Ghanaian Migrant Unions in Italy Scalabrini International Migration Institute Center for Migrant Advocacy Transnational Migrant Platform Respect Network Europe Achieving Social Protection for All Migrant Workers Public Services International Global Migration Policy Associates Building and Wood Workers International Destination Unknown Campaign on Children on the Move: How can we make views and opinions of children on the move make a difference? Terre des Hommes Service Social International Co-Habiter FIMM Association pour la Promotion des Droits Humains (APDH) Clin D oeil Film Room 120 Room 119 Room :30 19:00 Dinner Break Space is open for independent meetings and caucuses (see sign-up sheet at reception) Note: Dinner will not be available at the PGA venue. Restaurant options are available around Liljeholmen metro station, within a 10-minute walk from City Mission School.

5 19:00 20:30 Wkshp 10 Wkshp 11 Wkshp 12 Workshop Block 4 Claiming our voices, claiming our right of suffrage Center for Migrant Advocacy and partners in Europe Commission for Filipino Migrant Workers (CFMW) Department of Geography Radbound University Nijmegen Transcode Programme & Foundation Platform of Filipino Migrant Organisations in Europe Ugnayang Pilipino in Sweden Cognai Ghanaian Migrant Unions in Italy Roundtable: Linguistic Diversity for Effective Participation of All Co-Habiter Le CLAE Asylstafetten Commission Episcopale pour la Pastorale des Migrants et des Réfugiés Action Aide aux Familles Démunies (AAFD) Fédération des Associations de Migrants de Mali (FAM) Stadmissioner Room 120 Room 119 Room 106

6 9:00 9:30 9:30 11:00 SUNDAY, 11 MAY Location: City Mission School, Liljeholmen Lövholmsvägen 18, Stockholm Closest Metro Station: Liljeholmen Metro Station PGA Plenary: Migrants in Crisis Overview Moderator: Colin Rajah (MRI) Plenary Speakers Catherine Tactaquin (NNIRR) Jin Sook Lee (BWI) Representative (TMP) Representative (Migreurop) World Café Plenary: Migrants in Crisis Moderator: Colin Rajah (MRI) In this interactive plenary, PGA participants will break into smaller groups to discuss three key questions related to the current discourse on Migrants in Crisis. Inputs from these small group discussions will contribute to a formal PGA position paper on this issue that can be used as the basis for advocacy at the GFMD and other strategic spaces. Table 1 (EN/FR) Table 2 (EN/SP) Table 3 (EN/FR) Table 4 (EN/SP) Table 5 (EN/FR) Table 6 (EN/SP) 11:15 12:45 PGA Thematic Session #5 PGA THEMATIC STREAM 2 MIGRANTS IN CRISIS Strategy Session: Migrants in Crisis: Advancing Rights and Protections at International Borders Co-organized by: MRI NNIRR 14:00 15:30 16:00 17:30 PGA Thematic Session #6 Study Session: Examiner les documents-cadres relatives aux "migrants dans les pays en situation de crise" pour GFMD 2014 et au-delà PGA Thematic Session #7 Criminalization, Detention, & Child Rights at the GFMD (and beyond): A global strategy for ending the immigration detention of children Co-organized by: IDC Terre des Hommes PICUM Global Campaign to End Child Detention

7 Full Day 11:15 12:45 Wkshp 13 Wkshp 14 Wkshp 15 Wkshp 16 Art Exhibit: Whose Community? The Museum of Forgetting Remeso Linköping University PGA WORKSHOPS Östsam the regional board of Östergötland Detention Under Scrutiny Swedish Red Cross Workshop Block 5 Social Inclusion: Working for the Incorporation of the Gender Perspective in the Work of Coalitions and Non-profit Organizations Dealing with Migration Federacion de Clubes Michocanos en Illinois (FEDECMI) National Alliance of Latin American & Caribbean Communities (NALACC) Red Mexicana des Líderes y Organiciones de Migrantes en Estados Unidos Red Mx Migration Around the Mediterranean Area Réseau Marocain Transnational Migration et Développement Indigenous, Original People s Commons LongHouse Treaty Nations Human Affect Ad Hoc Unit Paleo Americans YEWMBA Mayael Nation of Aboriginal Paleo-American Mound Builders Café Room 109 Room 120 Room 114 Room :45 14:00 Lunch Break Space is open for independent meetings and caucuses (see sign-up sheet at reception) Fashion vs. Human Trafficking POSITIVE RUNWAY Ritz Society Miss African Crown International 14:00 15:30 Wkshp 17 Workshop Block 6 Sexual Violence Awareness & Prevention Among Women in Transnational Communities: Experiences in the US, Mexico, and Central America Salud Integral Para la Mujer (SIPAM) Red Mexicana de Líderes y Organizaciones de Migrantes en Estados Unidos Red Mx National Alliance of Latin American & Caribbean Communities (NALACC) Room 119

8 Wkshp 18 Wkshp 19 16:00 17:30 Wkshp 20 Wkshp 21 Wkshp 22 Wkshp 23 Children in the Context of International Migration: Coordinating before, during, and after GFMD, ensuring the inclusive implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child Terre des Hommes PICUM IDC To Be Included: A sociodrama workshop presenting experiences of integration Support to Migrant Peoples Ever Bright Foundation Bangladesh Support Group Young Power in Social Action Jogajog Development Organization Workshop Block 7 Building Knowledge, Building Power: Strategies to Eradicate Labour Recruitment Abuse International Labour Recruitment Working Group Migrant Forum in Asia Global Coalition on Migration Building Transnational Alliances for Advocacy: Experiences in Central America Colectivo PND-Migración Red Regional de Organizaciones Civiles para las Migraciones National Alliance of Latin American and Caribbean Communities Iniciativa Ciudadan Para la Promoción del Diálogo AC African Diaspora in Crisis: Breaking the Chains of Denigration & Criminalization of African Migrants International Forum for the Rights of Black People National Association for Caribbean Journalists The Hartford Guardian CBAC Room 106 Room 109 Room 115 Room 120 Room 119 Room :30 19:00 Dinner Break Space is open for independent meetings and caucuses (see sign-up sheet at reception) Note: Dinner will not be available at the PGA venue. Restaurant options are available around Liljeholmen metro station, within a 10-minute walk from City Mission School.

9 19:00 21:00 19:00 PGA Closing Ceremonies Welcome Remarks Emcees 21:00 Close Keynote Address Mikael Gustafsson Chair of the European Parliament s Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality PGA Summation PGA Drafting Committee Looking Forward: Reflections on PGA, GFMD, Campaigns, and Future Directions William Gois (MFA) The Road to Johannesburg: WSFM 2014 Sicel mpilo Shange-Buthane Passing the Torch to Istanbul Remembrance Ceremony: Closing Rafael Samanez (VAMOS Unidos) Special Thanks & Closing Remarks Local Host Committee: Bojan Bristina (SIOS), Clara Déry (City Mission School), Lisa Pelling (ARENA) European Host Committee: Jille Belisario (TMP) International Committee: Colin Rajah (MRI) Cultural Performances

10 The 2014 PGA is jointly organized by a broad coalition of local and international migrant communities, trade unions, human rights organizations, faith-based groups, academia, and other NGOs and networks. International Committee (IC): CHAIR: Migrants Rights International Building and Woodworkers International (BWI) Colectivo PND-Migración Espacio Sin Fronteras (ESF) Global Alliance Against Trafficking in Women (GAATW) Global Coalition on Migration (GCM) Global Migration Policy Associates (GMPA) International Network for Migration and Development (INMD) International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) La Via Campesina (LVC) Migrant Forum in Asia (MFA) National Alliance of Latin American & Caribbean Communities (NALACC) National Network for Immigrant & Refugee Rights (NNIRR) Pan-African Network in Defense of Migrant Rights (PANiDMR) Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) Public Services International (PSI) Transnational Migrant Platform (TMP) Women & Global Migration Working Group (WGMWG) European Host: Transnational Migrant Platform (TMP) Local Organizing Committee (Sweden) SIOS Stadmissionen/City Mission ARENA Liaison to Civil Society Steering Committee 2014 GFMD: International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC) Special Thanks to our Funders: ABF Stockholm Botkyrka Kommun John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Open Society Foundations Stadsmissionens Folkhögskola Stockholms Stad Thanks particularly to Svenska Postkodlotteriet, without whose support this program would not have been possible.

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