GFMD Summit Meeting

Report of Proceedings

• Report of the GFMD 2014-2015 Turkish Chairmanship [ES] [FR] 
• Report on Outcomes of Roundtable 1 by Undersecretary Gabriel Bentoglio Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People, Holy See
• Report on Outcomes of Roundtable 2 by Ambassador Eva Åkerman Börje, Ministry of Justice, Sweden
• Report on Outcomes of Roundtable 3 by Undersecretary Ciriaco A. Lagunzad III, Department of Labour and Employment, Philippines
• Report on Special Session of the Future of the Forum
• Report on Special Session of the Platform for Partnerships

Programme

• Programme
• Information Note for Participants
• Note d'information aux participants (French)
• Agenda - Future of the Forum
• Common Space Agenda
• Agenda - Platform for Partnerships (PfP)
• Final List of Participants

Roundtables Background Papers in English, French, and Spanish

• Roundtable 1.1 [ EN | ES | FR ]
  Partnerships to promote inclusion and protect the human rights of all migrants in order to achieve the full benefits of migration
• Roundtable 1.2 [ EN | ES| FR ]
  Reducing the human and financial costs of international migration, particularly labour migration: Cooperative approaches to fair recruitment practices and lower remittance fees
• Roundtable 2.1 [ EN | ES | FR ]
  Mainstreaming migration into planning at the sectoral level
• Roundtable 2.2 [ EN | ES | FR ]
  Migration in the context of the 2030 Development Agenda – Implementing a diverse and cross-cutting issue through follow-up and review
• Roundtable 3.1 [ EN | ES | FR ]
  International cooperation and responsibility sharing to enhance human development and human security for people forcibly displaced across international borders
• Roundtable 3.2 [ EN | ES | FR ]
  Private sector-Government Partnerships to support migrant/diaspora entrepreneurship and job creation, with a focus on small and medium-sized enterprises​ 

Speeches - Day 1 - Opening Ceremony 

• Welcome Address - H.E. Feridun Sinirlioğlu, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey, Chair of the GFMD 
• Opening speech - H.E. Ahmet Davutoğlu, Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey
• Keynote Speech - H.E. Jan Eliasson UN Deputy Secretary General
• Speech by H.E. António Guterres, UN High Commissioner for Refugees
• Speech by H.E. Dimitris Avramopoulos, EU Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship
• Speech by H.E. Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser UN Alliance Of Civilizations High Representative
• Report from the Civil Society Days by Mr. Ignacio Packer, Terre des Hommes
• Official Dinner Address  by H.E. Feridun Sinirlioğlu,Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs

Speeches - Day 2 - October 15

• GMG Statement
• Statement by Khandker Mohammad Iftekhar Haider, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment, Bangladesh
• Statement by India
• Statement by the Holy See
• Reception Speech by Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister Naci Koru

Speeches - Day 3 - October 16

• Remarks by Julien Pellaux, Strategic Planning Adviser, UN Women
• Remarks by Sandra Polaski, Deputy Director General for Policy, ILO

Speeches - Closing Session

• Conclusions of the Turkish Chairmanship
• Closing Remarks by Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister Naci Koru
• Statement by Mr. Shahidul Haque, Foreign Secretary, Bangladesh

Common Space

• Common Space Agenda
• Keynote speech by Mari Kiviniemi, Deputy Secretary General of the OECD
• Report of Parallel Session 1: Partnerships and action for the protection of migrants in crises and in transit
• Report of Parallel Session 2: Partnerships and action for decent migrant labour recruitment and employment
• Report of Parallel Session 3: Beyond xenophobia and exclusion: local partnerships and action for the social inclusion of migrants and diaspora
• High Level Statements
  • Statement by China
  • Statement by Romania
• Concluding remarks by Peter Sutherland (video)

Platform for Partnerships (PfP) Special Session

• Presentation: OECD Development Center, UNDP, KNOMAD
  Operationalising a dashboard of indicators for migration policy and institutional coherence for migration and development
• Presentation: IOM, UNDESA (GMG Data and Research Working Group)
  GMG Migration and Development Data Handbook
• Presentation: International Labour Organization, KNOMAD
  Reducing Labour Migration Costs and Development
• Presentation: The World Bank, KNOMAD
  Low-skilled labor migration: Measuring Migration Costs
• Presentation: Thailand
  Improving health insurance coverage and access to essential health care for migrants: Experiences from Thailand
• Presentation: UN Women
  Gender Mainstreaming Migration and Development

Side Events

• Civil Society Days
  • Programme of Civil Society Days [ EN | FR | SP ]
  • Report of GFMD 2014-2015 Civil Society Days Chair [ EN | FR | SP ]
  • Closing Remarks by Ms Esen Altug, Turkish MFA Deputy Director General for Migration, Asylum and Visa
• Schedule of GFMD Side Events
• Information about GFMD Side Events
• Agenda - Business Lunch
• Proposal on Future Public-Private Sector Interaction
• IOE-WEF GACM Proposal
• Africa-Europe GFMD Side Event [ EN | FR ]
  • Report of Africa-Europe GFMD Side Event
• ICMPD-RMD Study
• NANSEN Side Event
• OECD-AfD Side Event
• GFMD GMG GMC Side Event Note
• JMDI Side Event
• IOM - Gallup Side Event
• MICIC Overview