The story of Charita ‘Tita Chari’ Bataan: Another of our series on Filipino lives in Greece

The Third Global Forum for Migration and Development (GFMD), hosted by Greece this year, was held in Athens on 2-5 November 2009 with the theme “Integrating Migration Policies into Development Strategies for the Benefit of All”. The Forum, an informal inter-governmental conference to discuss trends and issues in global migration was attended by government delegations, international organizations, civil society, migrant groups and observer delegations.

The second round of negotiations for the RP-Greek Social Security Agreement (18-21 May 2009) was successfully concluded on 20 May 2009, with only minor details still to be worked out in a final round of negotiations early next year.

Philippine Embassy representatives conducted a two-day OAV field registration and consular outreach service at Nicosia, Cyprus on 11-12 July 2009.
Hundreds of Filipinos gathered at the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) at Nicosia to register as overseas absentee voters. A total of 102 Filipinos at Nicosia registered as new overseas absentee voters.

Consular services were also rendered [...]