Event description:
On the occasion of the International Day of Family Remittances, Switzerland and the United Kingdom in partnership with World Bank/KNOMAD, UNCDF, IOM, UNDP, the International Association of Money Transfer Networks, and the International Chamber of Commerce would like to invite you to a webinar to build on the recently launched Call to Action ‘Remittances in Crisis: How to Keep them Flowing.’
The webinar will serve as a platform to discuss how countries that have joined the Call to Action are affected by the disruption of remittances and how the implementation of the Call to Action’s recommendations can keep remittances flowing during the crisis and beyond.
For more information, please visit: https://www.knomad.org/covid-19-remittances-call-to-action/.
Speakers
- Ambassador for Development
- Forced Displacement and Migration, Switzerland
- Lead Economist and Head of KNOMAD
- World Bank
- Special Envoy on Financing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
- Deputy Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs for Refugees
- Migration and Combating Human Trafficking
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Egypt
- Director General for Human Rights and Democracy
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mexico
- Chairman / CEO of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission
- Nigeria
- Jordan
- International Association of Money Transfer Networks
- Permanent Observer for the International Chamber of Commerce to the United Nations
- UN Assistant Secretary General and Director of the Crisis Bureau, UNDP
- Department of International Cooperation and Partnerships
- IOM
