The document provides information about the Migration Research Group (MRG) in Islamabad, Pakistan. It discusses that MRG was founded in 2003 and registered as an independent trust in 2011. It comprises professionals interested in the link between population, migration, and sustainable development. MRG's objectives are to study migration policies and programs, create awareness on issues like human trafficking, and disseminate information through conferences. It conducts research on internal and international migration issues like urbanization, poverty, gender, youth, and conflict. MRG has collaborated with organizations like UNFPA and IOM, and universities. It has published reports from 2012-2015 on internal migration in Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sind
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In the autumn of 2017, we were contacted by the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) of the Philippines with the request to develop a dimensional model on Philippine culture as part of the Philippine Development Plan 2017-2022, with the goal of contributing to building:
• a strong foundation for inclusive growth
• a high-trust and resilient society
• a globally competitive knowledge economy
A main challenge for the government agency was the absence of a methodology for measuring cultural traits. After a thorough review of global models on culture, NEDA selected Hofstede Insights as the only organization being able to fine-tune a cultural model to Filipino specificities based on Hofstede’s research.
After the successful completion of the project in July 2018, our client NEDA is conducting a nationwide survey with 10.000 respondents from all provinces of the Philippines, applying the methodology developed with Hofstede Insights. This will be a baseline study, conducted in early 2019, that can be repeated over the years to keep track of indicators towards the targets of AmBisyon Natin 2040.
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In an effort to cultivate a more diverse, inclusive, global city, Council Member Raquel Castañeda-López and Council Member André Spivey created the first City of Detroit Immigration Task Force.
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2. Who are we?
• Migration Research Group (MRG) Islamabad was founded in 2003 as an
affiliate of Sustainable Development Poverty Alleviation Watch
(SDPAW)
• It was registered as an independent body under the Trust Act in 2011.
• It comprises of an independent team of professionals with the shared
interest of contributing towards better understanding of the linkages and
implications between Population, Migration and Sustainable
development.
3. What are our objectives?
• To work primarily as an independent research group on migration issues including
internal and international migration through literature review and research studies for
basic information.
• To study the development and implementation of migration policies and
programmes by sharing strategies and information for public knowledge.
• To create awareness at local levels especially at the grass root level on human
trafficking and illegal migration, gender and migration issues.
• To have a close liaison with national and international migration institutions, NGOs,
media and other stakeholders working in this area.
• To develop and disseminate information material on issues related to the study of
migration.
• To organize policy dialogue/meeting, seminars, workshops and conferences to
promote the study of migration in Pakistan.
• Dissemination for Advocacy to improve the Policy process and programmes in
Population and Development.
4. What do we work on?
Internal Migration
• Migration and Urbanization
• Poverty Employment and Migration
• Gender and Migration
• Youth and Migration
• Migration, Conflict and Security
Issues
International Migration
• Brain Drain
• Foreign Remittances and National
Development
• Illegal International Migration and
Human Trafficking
• Diaspora and Development
• Refugees, Migration and Citizenship
Issues
5. Who have we worked with?
· United Nation Population Fund
UNFPA, Pakistan
· International Organization on
Migration (IOM)
· The Urban Unit, Population and
Development department,
Government of Punjab.
· The Urban Unit, Government
Khyber Pakhtun Khwa
· Urban Planning and strategic
Planning, Population and
development Department,
Government of Sindh.
· Karachi Institute of Technology
and Entrepreneurship KITE.
· CPPG, Forman Christian
College, Lahore.
· Fatima Jinnah University,
Islamabad
· National University of Modern
Languages NUML, Islamabad
· COMSATS, Abbotabad.
· Pakistan Academy for Rural
Development, PARD, Peshawar
6. What have we done?
2012 June 2012 2013 June 2013 2014 June 2014 2015 June 2015 2016
27/08/2011MRG Registered
1/6/2012 - 31/12/2012
1st Study on IM & U in Punjab
1/6/2013- 31/12/2013
2nd Study on IM & U in Khyber
Pakhtun Khwa
1/2/2014 - 31/12/20143rd Study on IM & U in Sindh
1/2/2014 - 31/12/2014
4th Study on IM & U in
Baluchistan
22/6/2015 – 15/12/2015
5th Study on Dissemination of
comparison study Findings in
Islamabad, Lahore and would be
undertaken similar activities in Sindh
and KPK
MIGRATION RESEARCH GROUP (TRUST) 5 YEAR SUMMARY 2011- 2016
• The State of Internal Migration
in Pakistan: The Case of Punjab-
Impact and Challenges for
Population and Development
• The State of Internal Migration
in Pakistan: The Case of Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa; Impact and
challenges for Population and
Development
• The State Of Internal Migration
And Urbanization In Sindh:
Challenges And Prospects For
Population and Development
• The State of Internal Migration
and Urbanization: a case study of
Quetta city in Baluchistan
• Developing Provincial Policy
Briefs, Printing and
Dissemination of findings of
studies on State of Internal
Migration and Urbanization in
Pakistan
