Updatezzz (Feel like I'm approaching the end)

After a nice weekend of surveying, my mom and Robert arrived on Sunday from Paris to check me out in Montpellier! Among other things, we made smoothies, visited the nude beach, ate out at a fairly nice restaurant, met a man from Brooklyn, and wandered about downtown in Montpellier. I was happy sleeping in the tent while they were here, but I now am struggling returning to whatever work pattern I may or may not have had.

Yesterday, I decided to go buy some things I needed from the mall, and got some Montpellier football team memorabilia. I also recorded a new mix that had been in the pipeline for a while. 

Last night and today I formulated and translated some questions for M. Bard, the head of the développement solidaire branch of the Ministry of Immigration. I might as well attach them so you can see what exactly I'm trying to figure out. I decided to exclude this question: "How do you respond to the critique that the site serves only to manage another aspect of migration, and perhaps profit from remittances and does little to encourage development?" Depending on how he reacts, I may ask it again.

Questions to M. Bard:

1. How does développement solidaire fit in with the other missions/goals of the Ministry of Immigration? Some might deem it incompatible with the ministry's other components; is this true? If not incompatible, then does it serve to further the other stated goals of the ministry? That is, is development intended to reduce immigration? Is it intended to encourage immigration of highly qualified workers? Is it intended to encourage circular migration? 

2. How are countries selected for development through this ministry?

3. How are projects determined? Is it solely by assisting existing ideas or projects from migrant associations or other organizations?

4. What are the conditions for entering into développement solidaire? Must a country agree to increase its policing of the border or its efforts to prevent illegal migration into France in order to receive the benefits of this partnership known as développement solidaire? 

5. Is the end result of développement solidaire a more independent country of origin that produces less migrants aiming toward France? Doesn't development and, further, remittance flows encourage a dependence on France as a source of wealth and a dependence on the process of migration to France?

6. How have you and will you measure the impact of your efforts in the area of développement solidaire? 

Questions re: envoidargent.fr

-- How do you plan to publicize the site?

-- How successful do you rate the site currently and in terms of its potential?

-- What are the plans for the future of the site?

-- Will you provide a way to send the money directly?

-- Will you provide links to development projects? (As I have seen in 

the past on the site?)

-- How do you respond to the critique that the site will have little impact given that a  portion of funds are sent to destinations without mobile phones or internet, let alone banks or a post office?