* Updated 25 November 2011 *
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GENERAL PROGRAMME OF ACTIVITIES
28 November (Monday)
(all day) -- International Delegates Arrivals
29 November (Tuesday)
(morning) -- International Delegates Arrivals
13:00 -- Registration Opens
14:00 -- Welcome
-- Opening Plenary: "Reports of Conditions Around the World"
17:00 -- break
19:00 -- Joint Civil Society Cultural Evening (Salle de Communal de Plainpalais)
22:00 -- End
30 November (Wednesday)
09:00 -- Registration
10:00 -- Concurrent Workshops
13:00 -- lunch break
15:30 -- Joint Civil Society Session: "Future of the Forum" (Palexpo)
19:30 -- Debrief (TBA)
1 December (Thursday)
10:00 -- Concurrent Workshops
13:00 -- lunch break
15:00 -- Plenary:
"Rights of Undocumented Migrants: Regularisation and Other Campaigns"
~ Abdelhamid El-Jamri, Chair of Migrant Workers Committee
~ Alessandro de Filippo, Collectif de Soutien aux Sans Papier de Geneve
~ San Mon, Migrant Workers Federation, Thailand
~ Michele Levoy, PICUM
~ William Gois, MFA
17:00 -- dinner break
18:30 -- Keynote:
~ Francois Crepeau, Special Rapporteur on Migrants Rights
19:00 -- Concurrent Workshops
2 December (Friday)
10:00 -- Concurrent Workshops
12:00 -- Public Action (Place des Nations / "Broken Chair")
15:30 -- Concurrent Workshops
17:30 -- dinner break
19:00 -- Closing Plenary:
Report from GFMD government forum
~ Raul Delgado-Wise, International Network on Migration and Development (INMD)
~ John Bingham, International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC) / GFMD Civil Society Coordinating Office
Opening of 2012 Road to Mauritius
~ Ambassador of Mauritius (tbc)
~ African Civil Society representatives
Closing Statements
~ Ambet Yuson, General Secretary, Building & Wood Workers International (BWI)
~ William Gois, Migrant Forum in Asia (MFA) / Migrants Rights International (MRI)
Call for Workshop Proposals!
-- The deadline for workshop submissions has passed, and proposals will no longer be accepted. Thank you. --
Note: Please check back weekly for updates to the Draft Agenda and Programme of Activities. The final 2011 PGA Programme will be available after 27 November.
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