Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD)

• 2011 Concept Paper
• Report of Cluster Rapporteur II
  Addressing Irregular Migration Through Coherent Migration and Development Strategies
• Cluster II [ FR | ES ]
  Addressing Irregular Migration Through Coherent Migration and Development Strategies
• Common Space Format
• Common Space Guiding Questions for Panellists
• Common Space Proposal
• First Friends of the Forum Meeting: Report of the Proceedings
  15 March 2011, Palais des Nations, Geneva
• First Steering Group Meeting: Report of the Proceedings
  08 February 2011, Palais des Nations, Geneva
• Second Steering Group Meeting: Report of the Proceedings
  18 April 2011, Palais des Nations, Geneva
• Statement of the 2011 Civil Society Days
  William Gois, Regional Coordinator of the Migrant Forum in Asia
• Key Note Speech
  Simonetta Sommaruga, Head of the Federal Department of Justice and Police, Switzerland

Abuja Meeting on Facilitating South-South Labour Migration:

• Institutionalizing a Regional Consultative Dialogue on Migration for West Africa
  Pietro Mona, Migration and Development Expert, Seconded by the Government of Switzerland
• ECOWAS/Spain Fund on Migration and Development
  Begonia Rubio, Embassy of Spain / AECID, Coordinator ECOWAS Program

Batumi Migration Profiles: Lessons Learned Workshop:

• Islamic Republic of Pakistan

Berne Labour Mobility Meeting:

• Labour Migration in Asia and the Role of Bilateral Migration Agreements: Market Access Facilitation by Informal Means
  • Powerpoint Presentation
  Graziano Battistella, Scalabrini Migration Center and BinodKhadria Jawaharlal, Nehru University

El Salvador Meeting on Irregular Migration:

• Concept Note
• Summary Report [ FR | ES ]

Ghana Care Worker Workshop:

• Background Paper

Istanbul Meeting on Irregular Migration:

• DRAFT Summary Report
• Concept Note
• Impacts of Irregular Migration on Countries of Origin, Transit and Destination
  Jiri Celikovsky, Head of Unit on Coordination of the Schengen Cooperation, Czech Republic
• Public Policies to Address Irregular Migration and to Protect Human Rights of Irregular Migrants: A Sharing Process
  Juan José Garcia, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of El Salvador
• Les Partenariats de Migration Avec les Pays Tiers: L’expérience Française
  Kacim Kellal, Assistant Deputy Minister, International Affairs and Development Partnership, Ministry of Interior, France
• Addressing Irregular Migration through Coherent Migration and Development Strategies
  Bernhard Perchinig, Senior Research Officer, International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD)
• Factors Impacting Irregular Migration: Globalization, Transnationalism, Global Disparities, Demand for Cheap Labour, Social Networks
  Maureen Achieng, Head – International Partnerships Division, International Organization for Migration (IOM)
• Irregular Migration: The Case of Kenya
  Hellen Apiyo, Assistant Labour Commissioner, Kenya
• Irregular Migration as a Generic Form of Migration
  Ahmet Içduygu, Migration Research Program, Koç University Istanbul
• Statement of the Global Migration Group on Addressing Irregular Migration through Coherent Migration and Development Strategies
  Wan-Hea Lee, Chief, Groups in Focus Section, Human Rights Treaties Division, OHCHR / Global Migration Group (GMG)
• Approche Tunisienne pour Affronter la Migration Irreguliere
  Ahmed Messaoudi, Director General of Migration and Foreign Labour, Ministry of Vocational Training and Employment, Tunisia

Background Papers:

• RT Session 1.2 [ FR | ES ]
  Joint Strategies to address irregular migration

Contributions to Roundtable Preparations:

• Ministerial Meeting on Transnational Organized Crime and Migrant Security: Mexico City October 8th, 2010 [ FR | ES ]

Background Papers:

• RT Session 2.2 [ FR | ES ]
  Managing Migration and Minimizing the Negative Impacts of Irregular Migration