FILIPINO MIGRANTS’ CONFERENCE CONVERGING FILIPINO DIASPORA GLOBAL INITIATIVES FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Utrecht, 29-30 October 2007 - Experts’ Meeting Amsterdam, 2 November 2007 - Conference

REPORT ON THE EXPERTS’ MEETING ESTABLISHED OFW-DRIVEN STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS INFORMAL NETWORK BUILDING VARIETY OF COMPETENCES, EXPERIENCES AND INITIATIVES

ESTABLISHED OFW-DRIVEN STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS

INFORMAL NETWORK BUILDING

VARIETY OF COMPETENCES, EXPERIENCES AND INITIATIVES

REPORT ON THE EXPERTS’ MEETING OBJE CTIVE OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN: MAXIMIZING THE ROLE OF FILIPINO DIASPORA IN PROMOTING GOOD GOVERNANCE, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, CULTURAL IDENTITIES, SOCIAL RESPONSIVENESS AND SOLIDARITY TRANSLATED INTO THREE STRATEGIES - POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIO-CULTURAL ASPECTS

OBJE CTIVE OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN:

MAXIMIZING THE ROLE OF FILIPINO DIASPORA IN PROMOTING GOOD GOVERNANCE, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, CULTURAL IDENTITIES, SOCIAL RESPONSIVENESS AND SOLIDARITY

TRANSLATED INTO THREE STRATEGIES - POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIO-CULTURAL ASPECTS

REPORT ON THE EXPERTS’ MEETING STRATEGY : INVOLVEMENT IN KEY ISSUES IN THE PHILIPPINES AND HOST COUNTRIES KEY ACTIVITIES: Participation in the Global Filipino Nation Coalition Formation of OFW-based National Political Party Seafarers - Department of Maritime Affairs Peace - Regional Peace Alliance Formation/ Strengthening International Consultation of Filipina Migrant Caucus

STRATEGY : INVOLVEMENT IN KEY ISSUES IN THE PHILIPPINES AND HOST COUNTRIES

KEY ACTIVITIES:

Participation in the Global Filipino Nation Coalition

Formation of OFW-based National Political Party

Seafarers - Department of Maritime Affairs

Peace - Regional Peace Alliance Formation/ Strengthening

International Consultation of Filipina Migrant Caucus

REPORT ON THE EXPERTS’ MEETING STRATEGY ON SOCIO-CULTURAL DIMENSION KEY ACTIVITIES: Leadership and Entrepreneurship Training for the youth starting in Rome and replicated in other countries Identity finding and self-expression for second-generation Filipinos in Switzerland Peer counselors (both parents and youth) with a feminist perspective in major countries Policy advocacy for the modification on the Muslim Code of Personal Laws that have negative effects on migrants Promotion of Brain-Gain initiatives & Knowledge empowerment through e-technologies in key Diaspora communities

STRATEGY ON SOCIO-CULTURAL DIMENSION

KEY ACTIVITIES:

Leadership and Entrepreneurship Training for the youth starting in Rome and replicated in other countries

Identity finding and self-expression for second-generation Filipinos in Switzerland

Peer counselors (both parents and youth) with a feminist perspective in major countries

Policy advocacy for the modification on the Muslim Code of Personal Laws that have negative effects on migrants

Promotion of Brain-Gain initiatives & Knowledge empowerment through e-technologies in key Diaspora communities

REPORT ON THE EXPERTS’ MEETING STRATEGY ON THE ECONOMIC DIMENSION KEY ACTIVITIES: Financial Literacy and Psycho-social assistance including trainors training Linkage of savings and investments products and services to OFs and their families OFs Savings and Investments Mobilization Entrepreneurship training for OFs and families including Entrepreneurial High School Business Development Services - Technical and Financial Assistance Direct Diaspora Philanthropy towards sustainable development including pooling and matching of funds Europe-wide (Benelux, France and Germany) campaign for Debt-for-Development/Equity swap or bilateral development cooperation

STRATEGY ON THE ECONOMIC DIMENSION

KEY ACTIVITIES:

Financial Literacy and Psycho-social assistance including trainors training

Linkage of savings and investments products and services to OFs and their families

OFs Savings and Investments Mobilization

Entrepreneurship training for OFs and families including Entrepreneurial High School

Business Development Services - Technical and Financial Assistance

Direct Diaspora Philanthropy towards sustainable development including pooling and matching of funds

Europe-wide (Benelux, France and Germany) campaign for Debt-for-Development/Equity swap or bilateral development cooperation

REPORT ON THE EXPERTS’ MEETING Complete logical framework (activities, assumptions, objectively verifiable indicators and sources of verifications) of each strategy is refined as well as the operational plan. THANK YOU.

Complete logical framework (activities, assumptions, objectively verifiable indicators and sources of verifications) of each strategy is refined as well as the operational plan.

THANK YOU.