ANNUAL POLICY REPORT 2012 followed by a public consultation and after receiving corrective suggestions, it will be submitted to Parliament for vote. Finally, in the same month a conference was organized by the International Herald Tribune and "Kathimerini", entitled "Moving Forward», on the topic of investments in Greece. The way in which the Greeks of the Diaspora can contribute to overcoming the current crisis was the subject of an interesting discussion at this conference, as all participants focused their suggestions to the usefulness of communication among the Greeks of the Diaspora and Greece. The question, as stated, was not on collecting money and other material assistance, but on how to open channels of communication between the two sides. 6.4 Efforts to mitigate ‘brain drain’. Please describe any (planned) measures to mitigate brain drain, for example awareness rising actions, development of data and indicators on this phenomena, prevention, list of countries and professions subject to brain drain. In terms of brain drain from third countries, there were no noteworthy developments. It is of interest though, that due to the economic crisis, Greece is at the moment facing “brain drain”. While there are no specific measures to limit this phenomenon at the moment, there is a long-term effort to address this issue through development initiatives. 42