Statement:

The Diaspora-to-Dialogue (D2D):  1st Conference of Filipinos in Europe-2012 was convened by the Filipino-Italian Members of the Global Filipino Diaspora Council (GFDC) and the Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO), hosted by the Philippine Embassy Rome and patronized by the International Organization of Migration (IOM), the Scalibrini Institute of Migration Onlus (SIMIONLUS), and the Comune di Roma.  

Overall Purpose: 

The D2D of Filipinos in Europe was designed to provide a forum of Europe-based Filipino organizations and associations for a consensual and collective thinking of issues regarding migrant socio-economic integration/re-integration in host and home country processes empowering migrants for development in both countries

Furthermore, the conference has an end-view to making the forum a permanent venue for continuing dialogue through: (1) active participation in the formation of the Global Filipino Disapora Council; and, (2) explicit focus on outcomes that can guide the thematic work programme of the 2013 Global Summit in the Philippines.