Regional Consultative Processes (RCPs)
RCPs by Region:
Europe and the Former Soviet Union
- Cross Border Cooperation Process (Söderköping Process or CBCP)
- Budapest Process
The Americas and the Caribbean
- Regional Conference on Migration (RCM or Puebla Process)
- South American Conference on Migration (SACM)
Western Mediterranean
- Regional Ministerial Conference on Migration in the Western Mediterranean (5 + 5 Dialogue)
- Mediterranean Transit Migration Dialogue (MTM)
Africa
- Migration Dialogue for West Africa (MIDWA)
- Migration Dialogue for Southern Africa (MIDSA)
- Inter-governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Regional Consultative Process on migration (IGAD-RCP)
Asia and Oceania
- Inter-Governmental Asia-Pacific Consultations on Refugees, Displaced Persons and Migrants (APC)
- Ministerial Consultation on Overseas Employment and Contractual Labour for Countries of Origin in Asia (Colombo Process)
- Ministerial Consultations on Overseas Employment and Contractual Labour for Countries of Origin and Destination in Asia (Abu Dhabi Dialogue)
Thematically-organized RCPs:
- Inter-Governmental Consultations on Migration, Asylum and Refugees (IGC)
- Bali Ministerial Conference on People Smuggling, Trafficking in Persons and Related Transnational Crime (Bali Process)
* Although not included in this list, other regional groups on migration exist, of various types. Examples include the Cluster Process, the MARRI (Migration, Asylum, Refugees Regional Initiative) Regional Forum, the Central American Commission of Migration Directors - Comisión Centroamericana de Directores de Migración (OCAM), the Pacific Immigration Directors Conference (PIDC) and the Joint Consultations on Migration (JCMs). This list is based on a matrix prepared by IOM and the Global Commission for International Migration (GCIM) in connection with a joint IOM-GCIM workshop on Regional Consultative Processes on Migration, held in Geneva from 14-15 April 2005. It has been updated for the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) in Brussels on July 9-11, 2007, and again for the GFMD in Manila on October 27-30, 2008. Two of the RCPs covered in this list are organized thematically rather than geographically and appear at the end of this list.
