SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23

AFTERNOON ARRIVAL OF PARTICIPANTS IN RABAT

18:45 – 19:45 OPENING RECEPTION LA MAISON ARABE, LA TOUR HASSAN WELCOME: Dr. Ingrid Hamm, Chief Executive Officer, Robert Bosch Stiftung; Mr. Ivan Vejvoda, Vice President Programs, German Marshall Fund; Mr. Tobias Billström, Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy in Sweden, and Chair Migration Strategy GroupOFFICIAL REMARKS: Dr. Assia Bensalah Alaoui, Ambassador at Large, Kingdom of Morocco

19:45 – 21:00 WELCOME DINNERRESTAURANT LA MAISON ARABE, LA TOUR HASSAN

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24

RABATDRESS CODE: business casual

07:00 – 08:45 BREAKFAST BUFFETLA TOUR HASSAN

09:00 – 10:00 OVERVIEW: MIGRATION STRATEGY GROUP STUDY TOUR PROGRAMROOM PANORAMIQUE, LA TOUR HASSANSPEAKERS: Ms. Ottilie Bälz, Head of Section Society and Culture, Robert Bosch Stiftung; Ms. Astrid Ziebarth, Director, Immigration and Integration, German Marshall Fund; Dr. Steffen Angenendt, Senior Associate, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik and Senior Advisor, Migration Strategy Group; Ms. Tamar Jacoby, President and CEO, ImmigrationWorks USA and Senior Advisor, Migration Strategy Group

10:00 – 11:00 ECONOMIC & SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT ISSUES IN CURRENT MOROCCOSPEAKERS: Mr. Nizar Baraka, President, Economic, Social, and Environmental Council; Mr. Karim El Aynaoui, Advisor to CEO and Chairman, OCP Foundation

11:00 – 11:15 COFFEE BREAK

11:15 – 12:30 MOROCCAN MIGRATION POLICY & INVOLVEMENT OF PRIVATE SECTORSPEAKERS: Ms. Anke Strauss, Head of Mission, International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Rabat; Dr. Abdel Ben-Khaled, Managing Director and COO, Region Morocco, LEONI Wiring Systems

12:50 MEET IN HOTEL LOBBY FOR TRANSFER TO LUNCH; PLEASE BRING YOUR PASSPORT

13:30 – 14:30 LUNCH AT VILLA MANDARINE

14:30 – 15:30 RETURNING TO MOROCCO: DIASPORA ENGAGEMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIPSPEAKERS: Ms. Fatim-Zahra Biaz, New Work Lab Casablanca; Mr. Rachid El Boury, nFORMAtec

15:45 – 16:15 TRANSFER TO EU DELEGATION TO MOROCCO

16:30 – 18:00 EU MOBILITY PARTNERSHIPS: A TRIPLE WIN MODEL?WELCOME: Mr. Rupert Joy, EU Ambassador to MoroccoSPEAKERS: Ms. Veronique Janssen, Political Advisor; Ms. Corinne Andre, Head of Governance SectionOn June 7, 2013, the Kingdom of Morocco and the European Union signed the EU-Morocco mobility partnership agreement that establishes a set of political objectives and provides for a series of initiatives related to the movement of persons. Next to matters related to irregular migration and asylum, measures include negotiations between the EU and Morocco on facilitation of visas for students, researchers, and business professionals. It is also meant to improve the information available to qualified Moroccan citizens on employment, education, and training opportunities available in the EU and to make mutual recognition of professional and university qualifications easier.

18:00 – 18:30 TRANSFER TO HOTEL

19:15 – 19:30 MEET IN LOBBY FOR TRANSFER TO RESTAURANT LE ZYRIAB

19:30 – 21:00 DINNER AT LE ZYRIAB

MOROCCO STUDY TOURFebruary 23-27, 2014Rabat & Casablanca

MIGRATION STRATEGY GROUP

ON GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25

RABAT & CASABLANCADRESS CODE: business attire

07:00 – 07:45 BREAKFAST BUFFET

07:45 – 08:15 DROP OFF LUGGAGE AND HOTEL CHECK OUT

08:30 – 09:00 TRANSFER TO MINISTRY OF MOROCCANS LIVING ABROAD AND MIGRATION AFFAIRS

09:00 – 10:30 MEETING AT MINISTRY OF MOROCCANS LIVING ABROAD AND MIGRATION AFFAIRSSPEAKERS: Mr. Anis Birou, Minister of Moroccans Living Abroad and Migration Affairs; Cabinet Members (TBC)The Ministry of Moroccans Living Abroad and Migration Affairs’ mission is to preserve the relationship between Moroccans residing abroad and their country of origin. It aims at protecting the interests of the Moroccan community abroad, at promoting investments of the diaspora in their origin country but also in cooperating with skilled migrants for the further development of the Kingdom. The mandate of the Ministry was recently broadened to develop and implement a new migration policy that for the first time also explicitly addresses immigration to Morocco, including strategies for the integration of permanent immigrants and regularization of irregulars.

10:30 – 11:00 TRANSFER TO MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND COOPERATION

11:00 – 12:30 MEETING AT MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND COOPERATIONSPEAKERS: Ms. Mbarka Bouaida, Minister Delegate; Mr. Mustapha El Bouazzoui, Director of Consular and Social AffairsThe Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation is in charge of coordinating the relations of the Kingdom with the European Union and notably

of the negotiations and implementation of the EU mobility partnership.

12:30 – 13:00 TRANSFER TO RESTAURANT AL MARSA

13:00 – 14:00 LUNCH AT AL MARSA

14:00 – 14:30 TRANSFER TO MINISTRY OF NATIONAL EDUCATION AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING

14:30 – 15:30 MEETING WITH THE GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE MINISTRY OF NATIONAL EDUCATION AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING

15:30 – 16:00 TRANSFER TO THE OFFICE FOR THE PROMOTION OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND WORK (OFPPT)

16:00 – 17:30 TRAINING AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT IN MOROCCO - OFFICE FOR THE PROMOTION OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND WORK (OFPPT)SPEAKERS: Mr. Larbi Bencheikh, Director General; Mr. Said Kohen, Head of the Division for CooperationThe Office for the Promotion of Vocational Training and Work (Office de la Formation Professionelle et de la Promotion du Travail-OFPPT) is Morocco’s public institution in charge of professional training and skills development and was created in 1974. Its activities are implemented through a network of 329 training centers throughout the Kingdom, offering more than 105 types of qualifications to around 340 000 trainees in 2013. It cooperates with both public and private partners, including cooperation on international partnerships.

17:30 – 19:00 TRANSFER TO CASABLANCA AND CHECK IN AT SOFITEL LA TOUR BLANCHE

20:15 – 20:30 TRANSFER TO RICK’S CAFÉ

20:30 – 22:00 DINNER AT RICK’S CAFÉRick’s Café was established by Kathy Kriger, an American diplomat who originally came to Morocco in 1998. It mirrors the mythical saloon from the 1942 film “Casablanca” with architectural and decorative details reminiscent of the film and has since become one of Casablanca’s best known restaurants.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26

CASABLANCADRESS CODE: business casual

07:00 – 08:45 BREAKFAST

8:50 MEET IN HOTEL LOBBY; PLEASE BRING YOUR PASSPORT

09:00 – 09:30 TRANSFER TO NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND SKILLS PROMOTION AGENCY OF MOROCCO (ANAPEC)

09:30 – 11:00 INTERNATIONAL RECRUITMENT, SELECTION AND MATCHING - ANAPECSPEAKERS: Mr. Hafid Kamal, Director General; Mr. Oussama Lakhmiri, Head of Prospecting and Marketing; Ms. Selima Bensalem, Head of Division for Employers AbroadThe National Employment and Skills Promotion Agency of Morocco (ANAPEC), is a public institution created in 2000. It supports potential employers and job seekers in various steps of the employment process, including recruitment, selection and matching. It also supports employees’ skills and career development to better accommodate the needs of Morocco’s labor market and to combat unemployment. Through its international placement division, a department originally established through MEDA funds of the European Union, it is active in the recruitment and project based placement of Moroccans with different countries, including France, Spain, Qatar, Canada and Saudi Arabia.

11:00 – 11:30 TRANSFER TO RESTAURANT LE CABESTAN OCEAN VIEW

11:30 – 12:30 CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF INTERNATIONAL RECRUITMENT IN PRACTICESPEAKER: Ms. Dianna Lifanica, Employment Specialist/Trainer and licensed international recruiter for Canada

12:30 – 14:00 LUNCH AT RESTAURANT LE CABESTAN OCEAN VIEW

14:00 – 15:00 SITE VISIT: MOSQUE HASSAN IIBuilt partly on land and partly on a platform over the Atlantic Ocean, the Mosque Hassan II in Casablanca was completed in 1993. It is one of the largest Mosques in the world and with 201 meters its minaret is the world’s tallest and its 9 hectars of space can welcome 105,000 worshipers. Its architecture unites modernity and tradition, combining elements of new technology with the traditional craft of artisans, and materials from the entire Kingdom.

15:00 – 15:15 TRANSFER TO HOTEL

15:30 – 16:30 CLOSING DISCUSSION AND REVIEW OF STUDY TOUR

19:00 – 19:30 TRANSFER TO RESTAURANT LE 25 CASABLANCA

19:30 – 21:00 CLOSING DINNER

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27

MORNING DEPARTURES