ATLANTA – State Representative Virgil Fludd (D-Tyrone) has been selected to attend the IME Informative Conference. The Conference will be held in Mexico City, Mexico from August 26 – 29, 2009. The participants are elected and appointed officials in the United States at federal, state and local levels.
The IME Informative Conference is sponsored by the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The purpose of the Institute of Mexicans Abroad (IME) is to promote strategies, integrate programs, gather proposals and recommendations of the communities, their members, their organizations and advisory bodies, aimed at raising the living standards of Mexican communities in the abroad, as well as implement the guidelines issued by the National Council for Mexican Communities Abroad.
The Institute of Mexicans Abroad has the following focus:
– To promote the appreciation of the migration phenomenon and the dignified treatment for Mexicans living abroad;
– Encourage the creation of reunion and promote communication with and among the Mexican communities living abroad;
– Serve as liaison in coordination with representatives of Mexico, with Mexican communities living abroad;
– Establish appropriate coordination with governments, institutions and organizations in states and municipalities in terms of prevention, care and support for Mexican communities abroad and other related topics and complementary;
– Design and promote mechanisms for the implementation of programs and projects specific to the work of the Institute of Mexicans Abroad;
– Organize and participate in seminars, conferences, symposia, conferences and public, private and academic in the field of migration and attention to Mexicans abroad;
– Collect and systematize the proposals and recommendations aimed at improving the social development of Mexican communities abroad, develop a consultative body consisting of representatives of these communities.
“I am honored to have been selected to participate in this important discussion on state and national policies regarding the relationship between Mexican immigrants and our state,” said Rep. Fludd. “I look forward to working with officials from across the country to address these issues.”
Representative Fludd, a state lawmaker since 2003, serves on the House Banks and Banking, Regulated Industries and Ways and Means Committees.
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