*Simultaneous translation will be available in-person. Subtitles will be available online in English and French. 

Day two will reflect on migrating populations’ access to services (Round Table 1) as well as policy discussions on transit migration, its implications for the development of communities, and potential for an integrated policy framework to frame and govern local, regional and international policy responses (Round Table 2). Governments in the region, along with regional organizations and civil society, face the difficult task of balancing security concerns with humanitarian imperatives. Regional cooperation and addressing the

root causes of migration remain crucial in the pursuit of more effective, equitable, and

humane responses to transit migration in the Americas.

Agenda

10:00 - 10:30: Registration

10:30 -12:00: Round table 1: Vulnerabilities and access to services

Jailson Silva, Instituto Maria e João Aleixo, Brazil

Katia Bonté, GARR, Haiti

G. ‘Hari’ Harindranath, Royal Holloway, University of London, United Kingdom

Guillermo Acuña, Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica

Chair: Antoine Guy Serge Pompilus, INURED

12:00 - 13:15: Lunch

13:15  -14:45: Round table 2: Regional policy responses

Eugenia Víctor Sánchez, Head of the Office for Institutional Planning, Dirección General de Migración y Extranjería, Costa Rica

Randall Brenes, Human Development and Democratic Governance Officer and Human Mobility Focal Point, UNDP, Costa Rica

Shirley Montealegre, National Coordinator of the Emergency Unit, IOM-Costa Rica

Pablo Ceriani, University of Buenos Aires and MIDEQ

Chair: Juan Carlos Méndez Barquero, Escuela de Relaciones Internacionales, Universidad Nacional,  Costa Rica

14:45 -15:30: Closing Remarks

Marco Méndez Coto, Director, School of International Relations, UNA

Heaven Crawley, UNU-CPR and MIDEQ

Louis Herns Marcelin, Chancellor, INURED-MIDEQ

Marianela Rojas Garbanzo, Deputy Rector, UNA

15:30 -16:00: Coffee break

16:00-16:55: Cultural Performance

17:00 - 19:15: Cocktail Reception

The conference will be broadcast live on YouTube. Those who register to participate remotely will receive an email with the link to the YouTube channel.

Catedral Heredia Costa Rica. Photo via Efrain Gonzalez Buitrago/Flickr. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEED