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Save the Dates, 25-27 February 2013, for the 2nd Global Summit of Filipinos in the Diaspora

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With its successful launch in 2011, the Global Summit of Filipinos in the Diaspora will have its biennial conference on February 25-27, 2013 in Manila, Philippines.

Activities in the 3-day summit will: highlight the progress of the Diaspora to Development (D2D) institutional projects, strengthen the synergy among Presidential Awardees, promote the networking of overseas Filipinos especially in their respective regions, and accelerate the participation of the 2nd and 3rd generation overseas Filipinos in the country’s development.

The event will be attended by members and regional partners of the Global Filipino Diaspora Council (GFDC); recipients of the Presidential Awardees for Filipino Individuals and Organizations Overseas under the Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO); officers and members of US Pinoys for Good Governance (USP4GG) and other Filipino associations overseas; and local or Philippine-based participants, resource persons, speakers from the government, multi-lateral agencies, academe, and civil society.

FOR UPDATES:
You may call the Global Summit Secretariat at (632) 552-4761 to 62
or write to info@d2dglobalsummit.cfo.gov.ph

FOR INTERESTED EVENT PARTNERS:
Call (632) 552-4705

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Diaspora-to-Dialogue (D2D): 1st Conference of Filipinos in Europe | September 27-29, 2012

(Emailed for posting by Marie Luarca-Reyes | Wed 7th March 2012)
Source: http://www.mnnetherlands.com/dir/_page/101753/index.php

Statement:

The Diaspora-to-Dialogue (D2D):  1st Conference of Filipinos in Europe-2012 was convened by the Filipino-Italian Members of the Global Filipino Diaspora Council (GFDC), the International Organization of Migration (IOM) the Scalibrini Institute of Migration Onlus (SIMIONLUS), the Philippine Embassy in Rome and the Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO).