Migration and Displacement in Iraq Conference, 19-21 April 2017, Call for Abstracts
The International Organization for Migration (IOM), the University of Kurdistan Hawler (UKH), and Georgetown University's Center for Contemporary Arab Studies and the Institute for the Study of International Migration (ISIM), invite you to submit an abstract for the conference on “Migration and Displacement in Iraq”, in Erbil, Iraq.
The conference will focus on various aspects of forced migration, such as durable solutions and the end of displacement, early recovery and stabilization, livelihood, social cohesion and transitional justice, conflict resolution and violence reduction, house land and property.
This co-hosted event is mainly financed by the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration of the US State Department.
Objectives of the Conference:
• To share research findings on IDPs and returnees with relevant stakeholders
• To meet and network with relevant stakeholders in the field and inform local institutions of the research work done by humanitarian and development actors
• To offer government counterparts information that can be used it to produce an evidence-based road map for the alleviation and progressive resolution of internal displacement in the country.
Interested individuals and organizations should email a 250-word abstract which includes their name, title, place of employment or study, and place of residence by 17 February 2017. To submit your abstract online visit IOM:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1WOdwicbevB2Izsqws9QY3LMyyJJa9rfVJhsvA432nk4/edit
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