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Mayors Mechanism - Call to Local Action for Migrants and Refugees

Date Shared:

Friday, March 17, 2023 - 16:39

Countries and areas:

Global

2030 Agenda migration-relevant and related target Labels:

Goal 1: End poverty

Goal 2: Zero hunger

Goal 3: Good health and well being

Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities

Goal 13: Climate action

Goal 16: Peace, justice and strong institutions

Goal 17: Partnerships for the goals

GCM Thematic Cluster Areas:

Objective 2: Minimize the adverse drivers and structural factors that compel people to leave their country of origin

Objective 7: Address and reduce vulnerabilities in migration

Objective 15: Provide access to basic services for migrants

Objective 16: Empower migrants and societies to realize full inclusion and social cohesion

Objective 17: Eliminate all forms of discrimination and promote evidence-based public discourse to shape perceptions of migration

Objective 23: Strengthen international cooperation and global partnerships for safe, orderly and regular migration

Contributors:

International Organizations

Mayors, Local and Regional Governments

Chairmanship:

France 2022-2023

Geographical Relevance:

Subnational

Tags:

Capacity Building, Cities and Municipalities, Climate Change and Disaster Displacement, Discrimination and Xenophobia, Diversity, Inclusiveness and Social Cohesion, Local Development, Migrant Protection and Assistance, Migrants in Vulnerable Situations, Migration Governance, Policy Coherence, Sustainable Development

Summary:

In 2018, with the adoption of the Marrakech Mayors Declaration, local and regional governments (LRGs) pledged to implement the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) as well as the Global Compact on Refugees (GCR) in unison, as concrete pathways to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.

To elevate this continued political commitment, Mayors Mechanism Steering Committee members — United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), the Mayors Migration Council (MMC), and the UN Migration Agency (IOM) — in partnership with the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), launched a Call to Local Action for Migrants and Refugees in May 2022.

Acknowledged by the UN Secretary-General in his 2022 Report on the GCM, the Call to Local Action offers a concrete avenue for LRGs to localise the GCM and GCR and for LRGs to be recognised for meeting global goals. Concretely, it aims to:
1. Expand the number of LRGs publicly endorsing the GCM and GCR through the Marrakech Mayors Declaration
2. Collect and showcase bold, people-centered local actions that achieve or exceed the GCM and GCR to facilitate cross fertilisation, peer learning, and replication.
3. Create a cohort of publicly recognised LRG leaders engaged in robust GCM and GCR implementation to motivate scaling, investment, and new local-national-global partnerships.

Piloted in 2019 and launched in 2022, the Call to Local Action mobilised 70 actions ahead of the International Migration Review Forum (IMRF) in May 2022, making local governments the second largest stakeholder group – after national governments – to pledge to the implementation of the Migration Compact. This effort will be scaled and brought to the 2023 Global Refugee Forum as well as to the GFMD Summit in 2024.

Link:

Call to Local Action website: http://localaction.mayorsmechanism.org/
Call to Local Action - Report on Localising the Migration and Refugee Compacts - 2022: http://localaction.mayorsmechanism.org/sites/default/files/2022-12/Mayor...

GFMD Source:

The Call to Local Action is a collaborative effort between the GFMD Mayors Mechanism steering committee members (United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), the Mayors Migration Council (MMC) and the UN Migration Agency (IOM)), in partnership with the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR).