Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD)

• Report of the Proceedings^NEW!

Report of the General Rapporteurs:

• Roundtable 1
  Circulating Labour for Inclusive Development
• Roundtable 2
  Factoring Migration into Development Planning
• Roundtable 3
  Managing Migration and Perceptions of Migration for Development Outcomes
  • Roundtable 3.1
    Improving Public Perceptions of Migrants and Migration: Challenging preconceptions and shaping perceptions
  • Roundtable 3.3
    Protecting Migrant Domestic Workers – Enhancing their Development Potential

GFMD 2012 Concept and Work Plan

• Guidelines for the Gov't RT Sessions

Roundtable 1: Circulating Labour for Inclusive Development

Roundtable 1.1
Beyond-the-Border Skills and Jobs for Human Development

• Background Paper [ FR | ES]
  • Inputs from Costa Rica [ ES ]
• Concept Note

Roundtable 1.2
Supporting Migrants and Diaspora as Agents of Socioeconomic Change

• Background Paper [ FR | ES ]
• Concept Note

Roundtable 2: Factoring Migration into Development Planning

Roundtable 2.1
Supporting National Development through Migration Mainstreaming Processes, Extended Migration Profiles and Poverty Reduction Strategies

• Background Paper [ FR | ES ]
• Concept Note

Roundtable 2.2
Addressing South-South Migration and Development Policies

• Background Paper [ FR | ES ]
• Concept Note

Roundtable 3: Managing Migration and Perceptions of Migration for Development Outcomes

Roundtable 3.1
Improving Public Perceptions of Migrants and Migration: Challenging Preconceptions and Shaping Rerceptions

• Background Paper [ FR | ES ]
• Concept Note

Roundtable 3.2
Migrant Protection as Integral to Migration Management

• Background Paper [ FR | ES ]
• Concept Note

Roundtable 3.3
Protecting Migrant Domestic Workers-Enhancing Their Development Potential

• Background Paper [ FR | ES]
  • Checklist to Protect and Support Domestic Workers [ FR | ES ]
• Concept Note

Migration and Development: Common Ground and Partnerships in Action

• Concept and Format [ FR | ES ]

• Statement of the 2012 Civil Society Days
• Recommendations and Benchmarks
• Evaluation Survey Results
• Program
• Civil Society Reports to the
  Friends of the Forum Meetings:
  1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th

Final Briefing on GFMD 2012 Program and Logistics (29 October 2012, Geneva)

• Powerpoint Presentation
  • Provisional Program (as of 29 October 2012)
  • List of Gift Books available   |   Gift Book From
  • GFMD 2012 Hospitality Programme   |   Registration Form
• ICMC Pre-Forum Briefing on Civil Society Preparations

GFMD Steering Group

4th Meeting (10 September 2012, Geneva)

• Powerpoint Presentation
• Provisional Agenda

3rd Meeting Extended also to FOF (29 June 2012, Geneva)

• Report of the Proceedings
• Powerpoint Presentation
• Provisional Agenda

2nd Meeting (27 April 2012, Geneva)

• Report of the Proceedings
• Provisional Agenda

1st Meeting (6 February 2012, Geneva)

• Report of the Proceedings
• Provisional Agenda

GFMD Friends of the Forum:

4th Meeting (10 September 2012, Geneva)

• Powerpoint Presentation
• Civil Society Report to the Friends of the Forum
• Provisional Agenda

3rd Steering Group Meeting Extended also to FOF (29 June 2012, Geneva)

• Civil Society Report to the Friends of the Forum

2nd Meeting (27 April 2012, Geneva)

• Report of the Proceedings
• Powerpoint Presentation
• Civil Society Report to the Friends of the Forum
• Provisional Agenda

1st Meeting (7 February 2012, Geneva)

• Report of the Proceedings
• Draft Concept Paper Presentation
• Civil Society Report to the Friends of the Forum
• Provisional Agenda

15-16 October 2012 : International Migrant Domestic Care Workers at the Interface of Migration and Development Action to Expand Global Practice in the Asian Region
Manila, Philippines

***deadline for submission of registration forms is extended until 3 October 2012

• Summary Report
• Concept Note
• Provisional Program

5 October 2012 : Identify and Mobilize Migrants' Skills for Development
Paris, France

• Abstract - AFD [ FR ]
• Abstract - MAE [ FR ]
• Program [ FR ]
• Registration

11-15 June 2012 : Preparatory Workshops of GFMD 2012
Port Louis, Mauritius

• Consolidated Report by the Chair’s Task Force
• June Meetings Information Sheet (as of 11 May 2012)

11 June 2012 : Enhancing Intra-African Cooperation on Migration and Development Policies
(organized by Mauritius, UNECA, ADB and IOM)

• Draft Agenda
• Multi-annual Program on Labour Mobility and Skills Development - Concept Note
• Multi-annual Program on Labour Mobility and Skills Development - PowerPoint
• Overview of Proposed Labour Mobility and Skills Development - Program

12-13 June 2012 : Factoring Migration into Development Planning
(organized by Switzerland, Mauritius, Working Group on Policy Coherence and GMG)

• Summary Report
• Concept Note
• Workshop Agenda
• Guidance Note for Participants
• List of Participants
  
  Presentations:
  • Statement by Laurent de Boeck
    Director, African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Observatory on Migration
  • Migration Mainstreaming in Development Planning: The Philippine Case
    Sec. Imelda Nicolas, Chairperson, Commission on Filipinos Overseas, Philippines
  • Jamaica's Experience – Mainstreaming Migration into National Development Strategies
    Ms. Toni Shae Aqeela Freckleton, Planning Institute of Jamaica
  • Mainstreaming migration at the local level - The case of Naga City, Philippines
    Mr. Wilfredo Prilles, City Planning and Development Officer, Philippines
  • ANAPEC
    Mr. Abdelali Tazi, Directeur, Placement à l'international de Marrakech, ANAPEC, Morocco
  • Migration in Development Policy: Bangladesh Context
    Dr. Md. Nurul Islam, Director, Bureau of Manpower Employment and Training
  • Tackling the challenges and opportunities of migration in cities - policy and institutional aspects
    Ms. Agnes Nonceba Molwele, City of Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Migration and Global Environmental Change. Migration in Cities: Challenges and Opportunities
    Mr. Stephen Bennett, Foresight, United Kingdom
  • Factoring Migration into Development Planning
    UNCT Ghana

14-15 June 2012 : Harnessing Diaspora Resources for Development in Africa
(organized by World Bank and Mauritius)

• Draft Report (as of 01 July 2012)
• Agenda
• List of Participants
• Biographies - Speakers and Resource Persons

26 June 2012 : Promoting Policy Coherence for Development in International Migration Issues
Sofitel Hotel, Brussels

• Report
• Concept Note
• Agenda
• List of Participants

January Brainstorming Session

• Participants List: Government Meeting | Non-State Meeting
• Program (13 Jan 2012)
• Logistical Note for Participants

• Final Program

• Opening Statement
  H.E. Dr Mohamed Ibn Chambas, Secretary General, African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States
• Remarks of the United Nations Secretary General
  Delivered by Sir Peter Sutherland, Special Representative for Migration and Development
• Report of the Civil Society Days
  Ms. Clariste Soh-Moube and Mr. George Joseph, GFMD 2012 Civil Society Co-Chairs
• Report of the Global Migration Group (GMG)
  Mr Yury Fedotov, Global Migration Group Chair and Director General, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
• Introduction to the Common Space | Powerpoint Presentation
  Amb. William Lacy Swing, Director General, International Organization for Migration
• Statement by the African Union
  Dr. Mustapha Sidiki Kaloko, Commissioner for Social Affairs, African Union
• Closing Remarks
  Mr. S. Ragen, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment of the Republic of Mauritius
• Hand‐over / Statement by the Incoming Chair
  Amb Eva Åkerman Börje, Government Offices, Sweden