Other Preparatory Activities of GFMD 2012

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

• 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 ]

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
• 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)