An international workshop on ‘Integrating Migration into Development: Diaspora as a Development Enabler' will focus on the interrelationships between migration and the three pillars of sustainable development (economic, social and environmental), and will include the contributions of migrants to development. The event is being co-organized by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The workshop will focus on the positive impacts of migrants and migration on development. It will feature some environmental panels that will discuss migration as an adaptation strategy.  

dates: 2-3 October 2014  
venue: Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Premises  
location: Rome, Lazio, Italy  
contact: IOM  
phone: + 39 06 44 186 210  
fax: +39 06 440 25 33  
e-mail: M&D-RomeEvent@iom.int  
www: http://www.iom.int/cms/home