ACIM and ANIMA bring together for the first time the representatives of Mediterranean Diasporas, entrepreneurs, international donors, associations and investment agencies, to discuss about their projects, to share their views in order to provide recommendations which will be the basis for new public policies.

The Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region is an immigration territory where Diasporas are present and active for many years. This seminar reflects the willingness to initiate a regional policy approach and to make Marseille and the PACA region become a platform for action, a reference for the actors involved in Diasporas issues.

Around 10 million migrants from southern and eastern shores of the Mediterranean are now settled abroad. Diasporas are more and more diversified and skilled and their contributions are multiform: transfers of skills, of technology, organisation of transnational networks, contribution to local development. Diasporas are also important sources of remittances, especially in the MENA region (Middle East, North Africa) where they represent more than twice the official development assistance.

This seminar is organised by ACIM and ANIMA Investment Network on June 24th and 25th 2014 in Marseille in the framework of the European project MedGeneration (launched on June 23th), with the support of PôleMED*, the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region and EU.

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