Slovensko: 
“Migration has the potential to serve as an engine of growth and development for all parties involved - host and source countries and the migrants themselves” (8th Council of Europe Conference of Ministers responsible for migration, 2008). Only recently in Mid-April 2010 the Commission points out in its new communication “Getting the MDGs back on track” as one of its twelve points EU action plan the importance to use other EU policies like migration to act in coherence with development. Consistency in the context of migration is one of the main demands for development co-operation policies today. Because traditionally migration and development are treated as separate policy portfolios; but today migration and development are increasingly viewed through the prism of the many links that exist between these two fields. While development-oriented actions can help tackling the root causes of migratory flows, migration can contribute positively to development, including economic growth, social empowerment and technological progress and assure a rights-based approach to development cooperation programs. The project aim to contribute to consistency of development policy by making migration and development policy work together not against each other (e.g. European immigration policy takes up development issues); to contribute to the MDGs, especially poverty eradication through linking migration and development policy and thereby leading to more effective projects and policies and to contribute to media attention for development through media work (especially migration, development and other interested media).
The EU agreed to apply the Policy Coherence for Development approach in 2005 in 12 policy areas that should accelerate progress towards the UN’s Millennium development goals. Among them is migration policy. Based on these papers, the EU seeks to build synergies between migration and development policies that have a strong impact on developing countries, for the benefit of overseas development (“policy coherence for development”). An isolated development policy will not bring sufficient results. This approach is to be taken by both the European Commission and EU national governments. Building on the global momentum regarding migration and development, in September 2006 the United Nations dedicated a General Assembly plenary session to migration issues in the form of a High Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development (UN HLD):
“Migration has the potential to serve as an engine of growth and development for all parties involved - host and source countries and the migrants themselves” (8th Council of Europe Conference of Ministers responsible for migration, 2008). Only recently in Mid-April 2010 the Commission points out in its new communication “Getting the MDGs back on track” as one of its twelve points EU action plan the importance to use other EU policies like migration to act in coherence with development. Consistency in the context of migration is one of the main demands for development co-operation policies today. Because traditionally migration and development are treated as separate policy portfolios; but today migration and development are increasingly viewed through the prism of the many links that exist between these two fields. While development-oriented actions can help tackling the root causes of migratory flows, migration can contribute positively to development, including economic growth, social empowerment and technological progress and assure a rights-based approach to development cooperation programs. The project aim to contribute to consistency of development policy by making migration and development policy work together not against each other (e.g. European immigration policy takes up development issues); to contribute to the MDGs, especially poverty eradication through linking migration and development policy and thereby leading to more effective projects and policies and to contribute to media attention for development through media work (especially migration, development and other interested media).The EU agreed to apply the Policy Coherence for Development approach in 2005 in 12 policy areas that should accelerate progress towards the UN’s Millennium development goals. Among them is migration policy. Based on these papers, the EU seeks to build synergies between migration and development policies that have a strong impact on developing countries, for the benefit of overseas development (“policy coherence for development”). An isolated development policy will not bring sufficient results. This approach is to be taken by both the European Commission and EU national governments. Building on the global momentum regarding migration and development, in September 2006 the United Nations dedicated a General Assembly plenary session to migration issues in the form of a High Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development (UN HLD):
“The purpose of the high-level dialogue is to discuss the multidimensional aspects of international migration and development in order to identify appropriate ways and means to maximize its development benefits and minimize its negative impacts. Additionally, the high-level dialogue should have a strong focus on policy issues, including the challenge of achieving the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)” (http://www.un.org/esa/population/migration/hld/index.html, 1 November 2007). On December 20, 2006, a UN resolution was passed to continue to deal with the topic while paying special attention to gender perspectives and to cultural diversity in respect to the Millennium Development Goals and to human rights. On February 12, 2010 the first High-Level Parliamentary Conference on Policy Coherence for Development and Migration, organized jointly by the European Parliament, the European Commission and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) gathered participants from Europe, Africa, the Caribbean and the Asia-Pacific region. It stressed that the financial and economic crisis reinforces the urgent need for comprehensive migration policies with a global approach to development.
This project is following these policies to provide for the first time ever a unique opportunity to the project countries and to countries of origin, transit and destination to move towards a concerted approach to migration and development.
Contact:
Peace Institute – Institute for Contemporary Social and Political Studies, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Lana Zdravković
Metelkova 6
1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Tel.: +386 1 234 77 20
lana.zdravkovic@mail.mirovni-institut.si / www.mirovni-institut.si
This project is following these policies to provide for the first time ever a unique opportunity to the project countries and to countries of origin, transit and destination to move towards a concerted approach to migration and development.
Contact:
Peace Institute – Institute for Contemporary Social and Political Studies, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Lana Zdravković
Metelkova 6
1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Tel.: +386 1 234 77 20
lana.zdravkovic@mail.mirovni-institut.si / www.mirovni-institut.si
