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ELITE Vol.1, Issue 32, June 2021
FEPS Agreement with the IOM to create
Migration Research Unit
Yasmin Tarek, Economics, 4thlevel
On the first of June 2021, The International
Organization for Migration (IOM) in Egypt,
in cooperation with the Egyptian Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, signed a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) with Cairo
University's Faculty of Economics and
Political Science (FEPS) within the Centre
for Economic and Financial Research and
Studies (CEFRS), to establish a unit for
migration studies with the goal of improving
communication among migration experts and
expanding knowledge, analysis, and data on
all aspects of migration.
The MRU's (Migration Research Unit)
creation is a great opportunity to improve
migration research, which coincides with
Egypt's efforts to improve implementation of
the Global Compact for Migration and the
Sustainable Development Goals, specifically
Goal 10 "Reduced Inequalities" and target
10.7 on fostering safe, orderly, and
responsible migration and human mobility,
as well as SDG 17, on developing
partnerships to achieve SDGs 10 and 17.
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FEPS is an outstanding opportunity to create an
educational and practical environment that
enhances and increases the coordinated
production of migration research in Egypt, as it
is a highly regarded and distinguished center in
the fields of education and scientific research.
Especially since the expansion of knowledge and
theories connected to immigration. and work is a
unique expertise in the economic sphere,
encompassing political, statistical, and
administrative research.
CEFRS will host a series of educational seminars
and workshops to learn about migration concerns
and their economic and social consequences in
Egyptian society. To benefit from remittances
from foreign workers as one of the aspects of the
balance of payments and components of foreign
revenue, and their impact on the national
product, work, and investment, as well as to keep
track of the benefits and drawbacks of this topic
and the reasons for it. Moreover, the MSU will
be aided by the construction of an electronic
library of IOM online resources, which will
comprise a large number of migration-related
scholarly publications
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