DDD8 LIVE STREAMING: Watch the Dialogue Day live
‘Expanding and Enhancing the role of Diaspora Parliamentarians‘
Facebook Live, today, from 11.15 AM CET
Watch the different sessions of the Dialogue Day at DDD8 on live streaming today from 11.15 AM CET.
ADEPT Platform is live streaming the sessions on its Facebook Page. Don’t miss the opportunity to watch the discussions happening between Diaspora Parliamentarians and other officials, diaspora organisations, civil society and more development actors at the eighth Diaspora Development Dialogue (DDD8) happening in Dakar.
Programme for the day:
| 08.30 – 09.15 | Welcome & Registration |
| 09.15 – 11.00
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Scene Setting & Keynote Speeches: Understanding Diaspora Parliamentary Representation: What is the history, rationale, current status and future prospects of Diaspora parliamentarians in national governance? |
| Welcome & Opening:
Amb. Sory KABA, Director General of Senegalese Abroad, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Amadou Bocar SAM, Coordination des Associations Sénégalaises en Catalogne Moderator: Prof. Gibril FAAL, Director of GK Partners & Special Adviser of ADEPT
Opening Panel: Khady SAKHO NIANG, President, ADEPT Amb. Michel LASTCHENKO, Senior Project Coordinator, ICMPD Cécile KYENGE, Member of the European Parliament Alieu MOMARR NJAI, Chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission of Gambia Moustapha NIASSE, President of the National Assembly of Senegal AL Khalil Seck, SGA, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Senegalese Abroad |
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| 11.00 – 11.30 | GROUP PHOTO&COFFEE BREAK |
| 11.30 – 13.00
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Government Dialogue: Actions by Governments and Public Sector
What policies, practices and initiatives should be implemented to expand and enhance the role of diaspora parliamentarians?
Makria DJELLOULE, TechnicalAdvisor on Migration and Development issues, GIZ Nata SAMB MBACKE Administrator FAISE Marie-Jeanne OMARI, Belgian Communal Councilor Odile NDOUMBE FAYE, Center for Development and Gender ECOWAS Moderator: Odile ROBERT, Deputy Head of Global program ‘Migration and development’, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) |
| 13.00 – 14.00 | LUNCH BREAK |
| 14.00 – 15.15
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Diaspora Dialogue: Actions by Migrants and the Diaspora
How should the diaspora improve their engagement, skills and networking in order to expand and enhance their impact on African parliaments and municipalities?
Aby SARR Coordinator REMIDEV Yera DEMBELE, Euro-African Solidarity Federation Bombo NDIR, Vice president of CASC Emmanuel KAMDEM, President CHIALLA Moderator: Debbie ARYYO, AFRUCA Executive Director |
| 15.15 – 15.45 | COFFEE BREAK |
| 15.45 – 17.00
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Stakeholder Dialogue: Actions by Civil Society and Private Sector
What practical actions and initiatives should civil society, business, the media and other stakeholders implement to enhance diaspora participation in African parliaments and municipalities? Onyekachi WAMBU, Director, AFFORD / ADEPT Nafi DIAGNE DIOUF, Founder AwaleBiz, Pan-African E-Commerce Platform Karim SAAFI, Co-Chair, African Diaspora Youth Forum in Europe (ADYFE) Eyachew TEFERA, Director, Institute of African Studies/ Board of Trustees Moderator: Charlotte GRIFFITHS, Focal Point of the “Dialogue on Migration and Mobility” Project, ICMPD |
| 17.00 – 17.30 | Declaration on: ‘Expanding and Enhancing the Role of Diaspora Parliamentarians’ |
| 17.30 – 17.45 | Closing remarks |
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