AMADPOC ADVISORY BOARD

Prof. Monica Magadi University of Hull, United Kingdom. Monica.Magadi.1@hull.ac.uk Prof. Aderanti Adepoju Human Research Centre, Lagos, Nigeria. aaderantiadepoju@aol.com Prof. Sally Peberdy Gauteng City-Region Observatory (GRCO) Johannesburg, South Africa. sally.peberdy@grco.ac.za Prof. Graeme Hugo University of Adelaide, Australia Graeme.hugo@adelaide.edu.au Prof Olusanya Ajakaiye African Centre for Shared Development Capacity Building, Ibadan, Nigeria. olusanya.ajakaiye@aercafrica.org Dr. Awil A. Mohamoud African Diaspora Policy Centre, The Netherlands. a.mohamoud@diaspora-centre.org Dr. Sharon Stanton Russell Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S.A srussell@mit.edu. Prof. Elias H. O. Ayiemba University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya. olayiemba@yahoo.com Dr. David W. Owen University of Warwick, United Kingdom D.W.Owen@warwick.ac.uk Prof. James A. Ogude University of Witwatersrand, South Africa James.Ogude@wits.ac.uk

AMADPOC TEAM

Founder and Chair

Prof. John O.Oucho, PhD (Nairobi), FKNAS, FWAAS Deputy Director

Prof. Eugene K Campell, PhD (Ghana) Director, Programmes

Amos O. Opiyo, BSc, PG Diploma in Demography (Nairobi) Director, Resource Centre Coordinator, Internships and

Outreach Dr. Linda A. Oucho, MA (London Met),

PhD (Warwick, UK) Director, Research and Data Hub

Antony O. Ong’ayo (MA, PhD Fellow) Research Associates

Alfred A. Otieno, PhD, IIPS (Bombay)

African Migration and Development Policy Centre

SIKOKA PLACE, Loresho P.O BOX 14405-00800

Nairobi, Kenya

Tel: +254-20-2640625 Mobile Cell: +254- 727573509 Email: contact@amadpoc.org Web: www.amadpoc.org

AMADPOC PROGRAMME activities Vision: Recognition of the role and interplay of migration policy and

development policy, inter-ethnic relations and other spheres of

national as well as international development, intra-regional

harmony and inter-regional interdependence within a globalizing

world in which diversity calls for viable South-North and South-

South partnerships.

Mission: AMADPOC aims to deepen viable international partnerships,

embed research in society and build capacity of African Countries in

the corridors of research institutions, national governments and

inter-governmental cooperation with development partners on

migration and development issues affecting them individually and in

South-North and South-South relations.

About Us The African Migration and Development Policy Centre (AMADPOC)

is a not-for profit organization that aims to undertake and streamline

policy-oriented research, training and dialogue on internal as well

as international forms of voluntary, forced and irregular migration as

they affect and are in turn affected by development within the sub-

Saharan African (SSA) countries and in the region’s interrelations

with the North and the rest of the South.

Immediate Objectives

• To provide the bridge between AU and EU member states and

other regional organizations in migration research, policy,

programmes and dialogue in the context of development policy.

• To undertake and coordinate research and utilize research

findings on all forms of migration to influence development policy

in SSA countries as well as Regional Economic Communities

(RECs) between SSA countries and the North and within the

south

• To develop a viable migration centre including a data hub and a

library on various forms of migration, relying on African

datasets – notably censuses and surveys and other data-

collection systems –to avoid reliance on data procured

exclusively in the North. • To keep track of out –migration vis-à-vis in-migration within SSA

and both flows and stocks of emigration and immigration into

SSA countries, ascertaining migrant characteristics as well as

determinants and consequences of different types of migration.

• To provide diverse forms of training to individuals, institutions,

countries, RECs and their development partners to further and

share new knowledge and information on, and to build capacity

in, analyzing migration –development interrelations. • To convene a variety of dialogue activities, including workshops,

seminars and conferences for SSA countries, the REC member

states and their development partners in the North as well as the

South.

• To evolve migration and development policy coherence at

national, regional and inter-regional levels, fostering cooperation

in SSA countries, the AU, RECs and SSA-North, intra- SSA and

SSA-South cooperation. Programme Activities Research and Data Hub (RDH): Conduct empirical research as well as provision of direct and/or

advisory technical assistance to regional and national programmes

for situation analysis of internal and international migration in the

Greater Horn of Africa (GHA); internal displacement of population

(IDP); brain drain and brain gain as well as brain circulation and

contribution of diasporas in homeland development and human

security and its effects on development.

Training and Capacity Building (TCB): • Short-term courses on migration-development nexus, including

Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and any such

frameworks for policy makers and programme implementers. • Conduct workshops and seminars on migration-development

policy nexus, migration management in-country, along common

borders and involving third countries, and within a defined

development region, such as Regional Economic Communities

(RECs): EAC, IGAD, COMESA, ECOWAS, SADC. • Liaise with SSA and GHA universities for post-graduate training

in Migration, Human Security and Development Studies

(MIHUSEDES) and other programmes. The quest for incorporating

migration in various facets and levels of development requires

post-graduate training in which AMADPOC collaborates with

universities and other stakeholders on certified courses.

Policy Dialogue and Networking (PDN): AMADPOC will offer a variety of dialogue opportunities, including:

• Workshops on particular topics requiring development for future

research and training;

• Seminars based on ongoing/accomplished research, policy

development and programmes; and

• Conferences which will draw participants from the GHA region

and the wider SSA as well as participants from the North and

other parts of the South.

Outputs of these policy and dialogue initiatives will include

publications aimed at particular audiences: a quarterly newsletter,

working papers, Discussion papers and Policy Briefs, books

/monographs and a quarterly journal, African Migration Review

containing peer-reviewed scholarly and policy oriented articles.

Resource Centre (RC): The ultimate objective of the Resource Centre will be to develop a

state-of-the-art facility for collection, storage, retrieval and

dissemination of print and electronic material on migration in SSA

and other areas which the region sustains links with.

Specifically the Resource Centre will:

• Collect from a variety of sources of print and electronic material

the necessary migration information generated by the research

community, training institutions and policy making bodies.

• Organize the available material in easily accessible and

retrievable form for users;

• Establish sustainable links with similar institutions within and

outside of the GHA region;

• Publish from time to time an online newsletter and a magazine

covering relevant material for distribution within research,

training and dialogue networks and other partners in working

relationship with the Research Centre; and

• Assist the Publication/Communication Director with the

publication (on-line and print) and dissemination of AMADPOC’s

• Product as well as its acquisition of products from other

institutions to which it is linked.