"Towards a Global Social Contract on Migration and Development”

Report of proceedings

Overall GFMD Summit Programme

Opening Plenary Session

Statements

GFMD 2017 Roundtable Discussions

Statements

Presentations

Special Session on the Future of the Forum, 29 June

Statements during the Open Discussion

Session on the Platform for Partnerships, 29 June

Presentations

Business Mechanism Meeting, 29 June

Statements

Common Space, 30 June

Statements

Global Mayoral Forum on Human Mobility, Migration & Development, 26-27 June

General Contributions

GFMD Summit Side Events Side Events, 29 June

Background Paper

  • GFMD 2017 Roundtable 1.1 Background Paper - Tools and Safeguards for Policy Coherence – Finding the right policy mix to balance different interests and objectives  EN | FR | ES
  • GFMD 2017 Rountdable 1.2 Background Paper - From Global Agreement to Implementation – National action plans for migration-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) EN | FR | ES
  • GFMD 2017 Roundtable 2.1 Background Paper - Moving beyond emergencies – Creating development solutions to the mutual benefit of host and origin communities and displaced persons EN | FR | ES
  • GFMD 2017 Roundtable 2.2 Background Paper - Fostering the development impact of returning migrants EN | FR | ES
  • GFMD 2017 Roundtable 3.1 Background Paper - Raising the Global Talent Pool – Harnessing the Potential of the Private Sector for Global Skills Partnerships EN | FR | ES
  • GFMD 2017 Roundtable 3.2 Background Paper - Strengthening cooperation – Enabling Civil Society Contributions in Migrant Integration EN | FR | ES

Statements

RT Session 1.1 RT Session 1.2 RT Session 2.1 RT Session 2.2 RT Session 3.1 RT Session 3.2 RT Combined Sessions

References for GFMD 2017 Rountdables

Fourth GFMD Preparatory Meetings - 22 November 2017

4th Meeting of the GFMD Steering Group
Salle XXI, 1st Floor, Building E, Palais des Nations

4th Meeting of the GFMD Friends of the Forum
Salle XXI, 1st Floor, Building E, Palais des Nations


Third GFMD Preparatory Meetings - 9 October 2017

3rd Meeting of the GFMD Steering Group
Salle XXIV, 1st Floor, Building E, Palais des Nations

3rd Meeting of the GFMD Friends of the Forum
Salle XVII, 1st Floor, Building E, Palais des Nations


Second GFMD Preparatory Meetings - 5 April 2017

2nd Meeting of the GFMD Steering Group
Room XXIV, 1st Floor, Building E, Palais des Nations

Summary Report

Conference Documents

2nd Meeting of the GFMD Friends of the Forum
Room XVIII, 1st Floor, Building E, Palais des Nations

Summary Report

Conference Documents

Statements and Presentations

Second Government Roundtable Team Preparatory Meetings on Tenth GFMD Summit Roundtables - 7 April 2017
Palais des Nations, Geneva


First GFMD Preparatory Meetings - 1 February 2017

1st Meeting of the GFMD Steering Group
Room XXIII, 1st Floor, Building E Palais des Nations, Geneva

1st Meeting of the GFMD Friends of the Forum
Room XVII, 1st Floor, Building E Palais des Nations, Geneva

Conference Documents

Statements and presentations

First Government Roundtable Team Preparatory Meetings on Tenth GFMD Summit Roundtables - 2 February 2017
Palais des Nations, Geneva

Thematic Workshop on the GFMD contribution to the GCM (6 September 2017)

Vienna, Austria

Summary Reports

  • Cluster 1Human rights of all migrants
  • Cluster 2Addressing drivers of migration
  • Cluster 3International cooperation and governance of migration
  • Cluster 4Contributions of migrants and diasporas
  • Cluster 5Smuggling of migrants, trafficking in persons and contemporary forms of slavery 
  • Cluster 6: Irregular migration and regular pathway

Conference Documents

Opening Plenary

Working Sessions

Closing Plenary


Thematic Workshop on Climate Change and Human Mobility (24 May 2017)

Rabat, Morocco


Summary Report

Conference Documents

Statements and Presentations

Opening Plenary

Session 1: Understanding and Taking Action

Session 2: Towards Responsibility Sharing: Collaborating to Strengthen Action

 

GFMD Contribution to the GCM 2017


GFMD Thematic Workshops

Thematic Workshop on the GFMD contribution to the GCM (6 September)
Vienna, Austria

Summary Reports
  • Cluster 1Human rights of all migrants
  • Cluster 2Addressing drivers of migration
  • Cluster 3International cooperation and governance of migration
  • Cluster 4Contributions of migrants and diasporas
  • Cluster 5Smuggling of migrants, trafficking in persons and contemporary forms of slavery 
  • Cluster 6: Irregular migration and regular pathway

Conference Documents

Opening Plenary

Working Sessions

Closing Plenary


Thematic Workshop on Climate Change and Human Mobility (24 May)

Rabat, Morocco

Summary Report

Conference Documents

Statements and Presentations

Opening Plenary

Session 1: Understanding and Taking Action

Session 2: Towards Responsibility Sharing: Collaborating to Strengthen Action


​GFMD Dialogues on the GCM

2nd Dialogue on the GCM (6 April)
Palais des Nations, Geneva

Summary Reports

Conference Documents

1st Dialogue on the GCM (2 February)

Room XXIII, Palais des Nations, Geneva

Summary Report

Conference Documents

Speeches and Presentations


Ad hoc Working Group on 2030 Agenda and Global Compact on Migration

Ad hoc Working Group on GFMD Communications


Report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Migration (Peter Sutherland)


4 April 2017 - Business Mechanism Thematic Meeting

JTI Headquarters, Geneva


16-17 February 2017 - 15th Coordination Meeting on International Migration

UNHQs, New York


24 January 2017 - The Fourth Ministerial Consultation of the Abu Dhabi Dialogue

Colombo

Report of Proceedings

Overall GFMD Summit Programme

Opening and Closing Speeches

GFMD 2018 Common Space

Statements

Roundtable Sessions


GFMD Business Mechanism


Special Session on the Future of the Forum

Statements

Special Session on the Platform for Partnerships


GFMD side events

08h30  - 09h45 Room
1 A European-African approach to Migration: how to deliver lasting solutions? - Programme
 
EuroMedA Foundation
Orangeraie
2 A Different Way of Working: The GFMD’s Migration Laboratory as an innovative way to implement global policy frameworks on migration and development - Programme | Banner
 
Germany, Morocco
Oliveraie
3 Global Governance of Migration: A Challenge Beyond the North-South Paradigm – Programme | Flyer | Banner
 
French Institute of International Relations (IFRI), OCP Policy Center
Palmeraie
4 Mutuality and Migrants in Africa – Programme
 
African Union of Mutuality
Roseraie
12h30 – 14h00  
Special Side Event The Road Ahead: Coordination Challenges of Implementing the GCM – Programme
 
German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the Migration Policy Institute (MPI)
Roseraie
17h15 – 19h15  
Workshop Les défis et les enjeux migratoires du Maroc, entre l’Afrique et l’Europe - Programme
 
Collectif d’Associations de Recherche et de Chercheurs Marocains
en Migration Internationale
Orangeraie
08h30  - 09h45 Room
5 What role for capacity building in turning the Global Compact on Migration (GCM) into action?” Programme | Banner | Article
 
Moldova, ICMPD
Orangeraie
6 This event has been cancelled! Oliveraie
7 Making migration a shared concern – Bridging perspectives of academia, CSOs networks, youth, and local authorities – Programme
 
UNESCO (Morocco)
Palmeraie
8 Les Politiques migratoires au Maroc et le Pacte Mondial pour des migrations sûres, ordonnées et régulière – Programme | Concept Note (FR) | Flyer (FR)
 
Morocco
Roseraie
14h00 – 15h15  
9 Education et Migration, enjeux et défis pour le Maroc  - Programme
 
Center for Studies and research in social sciences - Morocco
Orangeraie
10 Tapping into the development potential of migrants in developing countries Programme
 
OECD - Development Centre, European Commission
Oliveraie
11 From Brain Drain to Brain Gain – A Compact for Skills Development and Mobility - Programme | Flyer
 
Bertelsmann Foundation, German-Moroccan Network of Competencies (DMK e.V.)
Palmeraie
12 Safe and Dignified Return and the Economic, Social and Developmental Impact of Sustainable Reintegration - Programme | Banner
 
Egypt, League of Arab States, IOM
Roseraie

Workshop

Background Paper

From vulnerability to resilience: recognising migrants as
agents of development

  • RT Session 1.1. Harnessing the capital of migrants to
    realise their potential (10h00 - 12h30)
    •  GFMD 2018 Roundtable 1.1 Background
      Paper - Harnessing the capital of migrants to realise their
      potential English - French - Spanish
  • RT Session 1.2. Migrants’ engagement with public
    services: from basic access to co-production (14h30 - 17h00)
    •  GFMD 2018 Rountdable 1.2 Background
      Paper - Migrants’ engagement with public services: from basic
      access to co-production English - French - Spanish

Regional mobility to promote transferable learning and
policy coherence

  • RT Session 2.1. South-South mobility: trends, patterns and
    transferable learning (10h00 - 12h30)
    •  GFMD 2018 Roundtable 2.1 Background
      Paper - South-South mobility: trends, patterns and
      transferable learning English - French - Spanish
  • RT Session 2.2. Regional mobility and policy coherence to
    support development (14h30 - 17h00)
    •  GFMD 2018 Roundtable 2.2 Background
      Paper - Regional mobility and policy coherence to support
      development English - French - Spanish

Good migration governance for sustainable development

  • RT Session 3.1. Aligning governance with contemporary
    drivers of migration (10h00 - 12h30)
    •  GFMD 2018 Roundtable 3.1 Background
      Paper - Aligning governance with contemporary drivers of
      migration English - French - Spanish
  • RT Session 3.2. Beyond Remittances: leveraging the
    development impact and promoting the transnational engagement
    of diaspora and migrants. (14h30 - 17h00)
    •  GFMD 2018 Roundtable 3.2 Background
      Paper - Beyond Remittances: leveraging the development impact
      and promoting the transnational engagement of diaspora and
      migrants English - French - Spanish

3rd GFMD 2018 Roundtable Team Consultations - 5 September 2018
Palais des Nations


2nd GFMD 2018 Roundtable Team Consultations - 4 May 2018
Palais des Nations


1st GFMD 2018 Roundtable Team Consultations - 6 February 2018
Palais des Nations

Seventh GFMD Preparatory Meetings - 3 September 2018

7th Meeting of the GFMD Steering Group
Salle XXII, Building E, Palais des Nations

7th Meeting of the GFMD Friends of the Forum
Salle XII, Building A, Palais des Nations


Sixth GFMD Preparatory Meetings - 2 May 2018

6th Meeting of the GFMD Steering Group
Salle XXII, Building E, Palais des Nations

6th Meeting of the GFMD Friends of the Forum
Salle XXI, Building E, Palais des Nations


Fifth GFMD Preparatory Meetings - 5 February 2018

5th Meeting of the GFMD Steering Group
Salle XXIV, 1st Floor, Building E, Palais des Nations

5th Meeting of the GFMD Friends of the Forum
Salle XVIII, 1st Floor, Building E, Palais des Nations

GFMD Thematic Workshop on Children and Youth on the Move: Implementing Sustainable Solutions - 21-22 June 2018

Atlantic Palace Resort, Agadir, Morocco


GFMD Thematic Workshop on "Labour Migration and Skills - 3 May 2018

Room XXII, Palais des Nations, Geneva


GFMD Thematic Workshop on Migration for Development: a roadmap to achieving the SDGs - 18-19 April 2018

Mohammed VI Conference Center, Skhirat, Morocco

GFMD Side Event at 2018 HLPF - GFMD Perspective on Migration for Sustainable and Resilient Societies - 13 July 2018

German House, New York

GFMD Side Event - Migration and rural development: Fostering transnational partnership - 26 March 2018

Conference Room 7, UN Headquarters, New York