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1 Red Cross Red Crescent Conference on Labour Migration Windsor Suites Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand 2021 June 2018 Day 1 Wednesday, 20 June 08:3009:00 Registration 09:0009:20 Welcoming Remarks: Xavier Castellanos, IFRC Regional Director, Asia Pacific Vicki Mau, Australian Red Cross, National Manager, Migration Support Programmes and CoChair of Asia Pacific Migration Network Dr Fawzi Oussedik, Qatar Red Crescent Society Head of International Relations and International Humanitarian Law :00 Introduction of participants and expectations for the Conference 10:0011:00 Session 1: Expert Panel Discussion Trends, Dynamics and Humanitarian Needs in the Context of Labour Migration in the Asia Pacific and Middle East North Africa regions Chair: Raja Dato Nazrin bin Raja Aznam, Member of National Executive Board & Chairman of International Relations, Malaysian Red Crescent Society International Labour Organization (ILO) Nilim Baruah, Senior Migration Specialist Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women (GAATW) Leah Sullivan, Communications & Advocacy Officer Maldivian Red Crescent Aishath Noora Mohamed, Secretary General and CoChair of Asia Pacific Migration Network (APMN) Questions and Answers

2 11:0011:30 Conference Group Photo/Morning Break 11:3013:00 Session 2 a) PreDeparture Initiatives for Migrant Workers (Room 1) Philippine Red Cross, Dr Zenaida PaezBeltejar, Manager, Welfare Services Department Nepal Red Cross Umesh Prasad Dhakal, Executive Director International Organization for Migration (IOM) Lara White, Regional Labour Migration Specialist b) Protection Activities for Migrants (Room 2) Australian Red Cross, Vicki Mau, Australian Red Cross, National Manager, Migration Support Programmes ICRC, Cornelius Brueser, Migration Advisor for Asia Pacific 13:0014:00 Lunch Break 14:0015:30 Session 3 a) Access to Services including Health Care for Migrant Workers (Room 1) Qatar Red Crescent Society, Noora Rashid AlDosari, Executive Director of Volunteering and Local Development RCRC ART Network: Va Sopheak, Cambodian Red Cross Head CD/NCD Subdepartment and Chairman of ART Network b) Supporting Social Inclusion and Cohesion (Room 2) New Zealand Red Cross, Rachel O Connor, National Migration Programmes Manager Republic of Korea National Red Cross Youngjo Lee, Senior Officer, Disaster Relief Team

3 15:3016:00 Afternoon break 16:0017:15 Session 4: Supporting migrant workers on return and reintegration (Main Room) Returning migrant workers in the Pacific Papua New Guinea Red Cross, Uvenama Rova, Secretary General & Fiji Red Cross, Sneh Kumar, Restoring Family Links Officer Returning migrant workers in border regions Myanmar Red Cross, Daw Su Su Lynn, Director of Restoring Family Links Department Health and psychosocial support for returning migrant workers Indonesian Red Cross (PMI), Andreane Tampubolon, Head of Restoring Family Links SubDivision Mixed migration returns Afghan Red Crescent Society, Dr Mohammad Nabi, Under Secretary General, Policy & Planning Supporting undocumented and stateless migrant workers upon return Philippine Red Cross, Dr Zenaida PaezBeltejar, Manager, Welfare Services Department 17:1517:45 Close of Day One Reflections Martin Faller, IFRC Deputy Regional Director, Asia Pacific Closing Remarks Sayed Hashem, IFRC Regional Director, Middle East North Africa 18:3020:00 Conference Welcome Dinner Je Ngor Restaurant, Sukhumvit Soi 20

4 Day 2 Thursday, 21 June (International Red Cross Red Crescent Movement participants only) 08:3009:00 Registration 09:0009:30 Reflections from Day 1 Md. Feroz Salah Uddin, Secretary General, Bangladesh Red Crescent Society 09:3011:00 Session 5: Global Initiatives to support migrant workers (breakout rooms) a) IFRC Global Strategy on Migration: (Room 1) New Zealand Red Cross & Tiziana Bonzon, Global Migration and Displacement Lead, IFRC b) Restoring Family Links (Room 2) Cambodian Red Cross & ICRC c) Protection within the Movement (Room 3) Australian Red Cross & ICRC 11:0011:30 Morning Break 11:3013:00 Session 6: RCRC Approaches to Supporting Migrant Workers (breakout rooms) a) Humanitarian Diplomacy & the Auxiliary Role (Room 1) Bahrain Red Crescent Society & Tiziana Bonzon, Global Migration and Displacement Lead, IFRC b) Community Engagement & Accountability (CEA) (Room 2) Maldivian Red Crescent & Richard Cewers, CEA Advisor, Swedish Red Cross c) Data Protection (Room 3) British Red Cross & Ms Golareh Yazdanpanah, Regional Database Protection Administrator, ICRC

5 13:0014:00 Lunch Break 14:0014:30 Screening of the 2018 Labour Migration Conference video Reading and endorsement of the Bangkok Call for Action on Labour Migration Dr Sabrina Meddour, Qatar Red Crescent Society 14:3015:30 Session 7: Future RCRC Nationallevel Initiatives to Support Migrant Workers (Main room) Facilitated crossregional discussions in 4 small groups 15:3016:00 Afternoon Break 16:0017:00 Session 8: Towards the Regional Conference, International Conference, and Strategy 2030 (Main Room) 17:0017:30 Regional Conference 2018 & Strategy 2030 Xavier Castellanos, IFRC Regional Director, Asia Pacific International Conference 2019 Tiziana Bonzon, IFRC Global Migration and Displacement Lead Close of Conference Closing remarks Thierry Schreyer, ICRC Protection within the Movement Manager Sayed Hashem, IFRC Regional Director, Middle East North Africa

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