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Showing posts with label brain waste. Show all posts
Showing posts with label brain waste. Show all posts

Wednesday, 12 June 2013

AMADPOC Launches New Migration Information Platform

Africa Migration and Policy Development Centre (AMADPOC) has launched a blog dedicated to issues related to the migration-development nexus. The blog titled The Africa Migration Insider will be a platform for debates, in-depth analyses and information regarding the migration-development nexus within Sub-Saharan Africa.

The Africa Migration Insider will be an efficient communication channel that connects various stakeholders, such as, Regional Economic Communities (RECs), research and educational institutions, national governments, the general public and experts in migration and development.

As part of its initiative, AMADPOC encourages those who may wish to author guest articles for this blog based on migration-related matters, such as, migrant rights, child trafficking, Internal Displaced Persons (IDPs), refugees, the diaspora and brain drain and gain. other themes that guest authors can tackle include  brain waste, irregular migration relating to human trafficking and in-country as well as international migrant smuggling among others.

The launch of the Africa Migration Insider is part of AMADPOC's mission to influence research in the society, create linkages among African states, share experiences and build  capacity  in the corridors of national governments, inter-governmental cooperation and research institutions. This would be beneficial when dealing with development partners regarding migration and development issues, which affect them.

AMADPOC is a private think tank and research organization that undertakes and streamlines policy-oriented research on various types of migration and their interrelations with development within the Sub-Saharan region and in its relations with the North and the rest of the south.