10th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organised Crime
From 12 to 16 October 2020, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) was hosting the 10th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime. This year’s conference was hosted online, which allow SIHMA’s to assist to a few of the side events on issues regarding migration. Programme of the virtual side events: https://www.unodc.org/documents/treaties/UNTOC/COP/SESSION_10/Website/Practical_info/UNTOC_COP10_-_Final_Programme_of_Side_Events_14_October_with_links_.pdf Prevention of Involuntary Migration through Quality Education and Empowerment...

Seafaring in the 21st Century. Is Maritime Education in the Philippines Up for the Challenge?
The Philippines is recognized as a major source country of seafarers on international merchant ships, providing more than 30 percent of the total global seafarer requirement. Many Filipinos aspire to become seafarers to achieve their dreams for a better life for their families. Around 90 maritime schools offer programs to interested aspirants and numerous training centers that provide continuing education and skills upgrading for seafarers. Concerns about the quality of maritime education have been a topic of...

SACBC Webinar
A WEBINAR ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF LAUDATO SI IN A LOCAL CHURCH: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES One of the priority areas in the SACBC pastoral plan is the care of creation.

IOM’s webinar on "Missing Migrant Project Stakeholder Engagement Workshop in the Southern Africa Region"
IOM GMDAC organized a webinar on "Missing Migrant Project Stakeholder Engagement Workshop in the Southern Africa Region", the study on child migration on the Southern route. Our Porject Manager, James Chapman took part on this very interesting webinar, here attached the agenda of the event. A post on our Blog on the Move regarding the participation on the content of the event will come soon! About...

Communication on the Move - Launch Event
SIHMA organized for the 25th of November, a zoom lacunh event entitled ‘Communication on the Move’, from 2:00PM to 2:45PM (SAST). During the virtual event we will take the opportunity to share with you SIHMA’s vision and mission and the way we implement these through our communications strategy and social media network. We will show participants around our NEW website, present our recently revamped AHMR Journal, and our active Blog on the move. We are also enthusiastic to...

CPLO seminar/webinar: Advocacy and Migration during the pandemic
CPLO organised a seminar/webinar for Friday 13th of November that will give the opportunity to share the reflections and what was learnt from and for advocacy in the Migration and People on the move sector in the context of COVID pandemic.
