regional seminar "Contribution of international migration to sustainable development in Latin America and the Caribbean"

Welcome
Moderator: Pamela Villalobos, CELADE – Population Division of ECLAC
– Simone Cecchini, Director, CELADE – Population Division of ECLAC
– Carolina Tohá, Minister of the Interior, Chile (to be confirmed)
– María José Torres Macho, Resident Coordinator, United Nations
– Marcelo Pisani, IOM Regional Director in South America
– Sergio Paixão Pardo, specialist in International Labor Standards, ILO Office for the Southern Cone of Latin America

Panel No. 1
Contributions of migrants to sustainable development
Moderator: Pamela Villalobos, CELADE – Population Division of ECLAC
– Zulma Sosa, CELADE – ECLAC Presentation video summary and results of the Project “Use of Contributions to Sustainable Development”.
– Jorge Martínez, CELADE – ECLAC Conceptual framework on the contributions of migration and its link to sustainable development
– María Verónica Cano, CELADE – ECLAC Comparative evidence on the contributions of migration to sustainable development Question session

Panel No. 2:
Good practices, challenges and proposals for the full contribution of migrants in destination countries
Moderator: Jorge Martínez, CELADE – Population Division of ECLAC
– Patricia Vargas, University of Guadalajara Mexico
– Ezequiel Texidó, IOM Regional Office for South America
– Waleska Ureta, Jesuit Migrant Service, Chile
– Abelardo Morales, University of Costa Rica
– Marcela Cerrutti, Researcher, Center for Population Studies (CENEP), Argentina

Panel No. 3
Public policies to take advantage of the economic, demographic and cultural contributions of migrants
Moderator: Camila Acevedo, OHCHR, Chile
– Eduardo Thayer, National Migration Service, Chile
– Diana García Arreola, UPMRIP/SEGOB, Mexico
– Armando García, Superintendency of Migration Policy, Peru
– Marlen Luna Alfaro, Vice Minister General Directorate of Migration and Immigration, Costa Rica

Panel No. 4
Migration in the Caribbean: contributions, good practices and challenges
Moderator: Diane Quarless, Director of the ECLAC Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean
– Francis Jones, ECLAC Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean, Context of the
international migration in the caribbean
– Jenese Edmondson, Demographer, Population and Health Unit, PIOJ, Jamaica
– Augustus Cadette, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs, International Trade, Civil Aviation, and Diaspora Affairs, Saint Lucia
– Rosalinda Rasul, Head of the Diaspora and Remigration Unit, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Guyana
– Schwarz Coulange Merone, Specialist in migration issues, El Colegio de México

Panel No. 5
Advances and challenges in the availability of data sources to analyze the contribution of migration: censuses, surveys, administrative records and new sources
– Daniela Moraga Farías, National Director(s), INE Chile
– Piedad Urdinola, General Director, DANE, Colombia
– Adriana Oropeza, Director of Technical Coordination, INEGI, Mexico
– Peter Abad, Technical Director of INEI, Peru
– Felipe Muñoz, Head of the Migration Unit, IDB

Panel No. 6
Instruments and initiatives for the social and labor inclusion of migrants
Moderator: Francesco Carella, ILO
– Patricia Roa, Programming Officer, ILO Chile
– Wilfredo Lozano, Executive Director of the National Institute of Migration, Dominican Republic
– Alejandro Díaz Letelier, Director General, CAJ, Ministry of Justice, Chile

Panel No. 7
Private sector and migrant workers: multiple contributions, mutual benefits
Moderator: José Estay, IOM Chile
– Natalia Lidijover, OTIC SOFOFA-Human Capital, Chile
– Luis Oviedo, Researcher, University of Costa Rica
– Business union representative Peru
– Catalina Martínez, Director of the ANDI Foundation, Colombia

Panel No. 8
The contributions of migrants in local contexts: good practices, challenges and recommendations
Moderator: Juan Pablo Ramaciotti, Director of the Center for Migration Policy, Chile
– Ana María de la Parra, SIA Development Consultant
– José Tomás Vicuña, Cabinet Advisor. Ministry of Social Development and Family, Chile
– Jeanette Alonso Contreras, Metropolitan Councilor, Metropolitan Municipality of Lima, Peru
– Oscar Peñuela, Head of the Office of Inclusion and Productive Development, Opportunity Center of Barranquilla, Colombia

Panel No. 9
Narratives on international migration that promote a rights and development perspective: experiences, challenges and recommendations
Moderator: María Verónica Cano, ECLAC
– Rebeca Cenalmor-Rejas, UNHCR Representative Chile
– Mariana Otero, Winner of the South American Journalism Award on Migrations OIM
– Laura Perozo, Civil Society Representative, Mechanism before the Regional Migration Network