On 23 May 2013, the IOM Mission in Ukraine will organize a conference ?Ukraine and Ukrainians Worldwide: Building Effective Partnerships for Development?. The event will bring together representatives of Ukrainian diaspora networks, national Government and Parliament, and migration experts to discuss perspectives as well as challenges and obstacles in engaging the Ukrainian diaspora in development agendas of Ukraine and host countries. The conference will be organized within the EU-funded project ?Effective Governance of Labour Migration and Its Skills Dimensions?, implemented by the International Labour Organization and the International Organization for Migration. 

The Conference will take place on 23 May 2013 in Kyiv?s Rus Hotel (4, Hospitalna Str.) 09:00?18:00.

If you would like to attend or have any related questions, please contact IOM?s conference coordinator, Labour Migration Specialist Ms. Anastasia Vynnychenko (568 50 15, 067 233 46 32, avynnychenko@iom.int) or Communications Officer Ms. Varvara Zhluktenko (568 50 15, 067 447 97 92, vzhluktenko@iom.int).