ACP-EU Migration Programme Holds First “Peer-to-Peer Exchange” Meeting on Remittances
17-19 Oct 2016 -- IOM’s regional offices in Brussels and Nairobi, in partnership with the African Institute for Remittances (AIR) yesterday (17/10), kicked off a 3-day “Peer-to-Peer Exchange” meeting in Nairobi focusing on remittances.
Running through Wednesday (19/10), the meeting brings peers and stakeholders involved in IOM’s “ACP-EU Migration Action" programme to pursue in-depth discussions on remittances – a topic which is a core part of the joint African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States and European Union (EU) Dialogue recommendations on migration.
The Nairobi meeting offers a chance for the 70 participants – including migration experts and representatives from ACP governments, regional organizations, the European Union, UN agencies and NGOs working in the area of remittances and diaspora mobilization – to exchange knowledge and insights on the challenges, lessons learned, and good practices identified within the framework of the ACP-EU Migration Action programme, which is financed by the 10th European Development Fund (EDF) and supported by the ACP Secretariat and the EU.