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Date Shared:
Monday, 6 November 2017
The Regional Conference on Migration (RCM or Puebla Process) is a multilateral regional forum on international migration which involves countries that, from different perspectives, share a common problem, based on experiences relating situations of...
Countries and areas:
Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, United States
GCM Thematic Cluster Areas:
Objective 23: Strengthen international cooperation and global partnerships for safe, orderly and regular migration
Date Shared:
Monday, 6 November 2017
The establishment of OFW Help Desks is mandated by the Migrant Workers’ Act (RA 8042 as amended by RA 10022), and is institutionalized with a Memorandum of Agreement on Convergence Program for OFWs forged by DOLE, TESDA, POEA and OWWA with the local...
Countries and areas:
Philippines
2030 Agenda migration-relevant and related target Labels:
Targets that could benefit from the potential of migration and migrants
GCM Thematic Cluster Areas:
Objective 3: Provide accurate and timely information at all stages of migration
Date Shared:
Monday, 6 November 2017
The labour migration/foreign employment sector is one of 9 sectors included in the “National Framework on Prevention of Sexual and Gender based Violence” developed through support of the United National Development Programme under the leadership of...
Countries and areas:
Sri Lanka
2030 Agenda migration-relevant and related target Labels:
Targets on vulnerability and protection
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
Date Shared:
Monday, 6 November 2017
The Migration Strategy 2016-2020 is the third strategic document for Georgia defining migration policy. It aims to provide a strategy to reach Georgia's migration policy goal by 2020 which is to create a legislative and institutional environment...
Countries and areas:
Georgia
2030 Agenda migration-relevant and related target Labels:
Goal 10: Reduced inequalities
GCM Thematic Cluster Areas:
Objective 5: Enhance availability and flexibility of pathways for regular migration
Objective 16: Empower migrants and societies to realize full inclusion and social cohesion
Objective 21: Cooperate in facilitating safe and dignified return and readmission, as well as sustainable reintegration
Date Shared:
Monday, 6 November 2017
This handbook responds to the gap between talk and action, acting as a step-by-step guide for policymakers, giving practical meaning to the concept of Migration and Development. The handbook is primarily concerned with international migration, and...
Countries and areas:
Global
2030 Agenda migration-relevant and related target Labels:
Targets that could benefit from the potential of migration and migrants
GCM Thematic Cluster Areas:
Objective 19: Create conditions for migrants and diasporas to fully contribute to sustainable development in all countries
Date Shared:
Monday, 6 November 2017
The State Commission on Migration Issues was set up on 13 October 2010 on the basis of the Government's Decree No. 314. The Commission is the Government's consultative body to discuss and take decisions on various important issues related to...
Countries and areas:
Georgia
GCM Thematic Cluster Areas:
Objective 19: Create conditions for migrants and diasporas to fully contribute to sustainable development in all countries
Date Shared:
Friday, 3 November 2017
The Global Forum on Remittances, Investment and Development (GFRID) brings together key decision makers, stakeholders and practitioners who are engaged in the field of remittances and migration for development. Since its first forum in 2007, IFAD...
Countries and areas:
Global
2030 Agenda migration-relevant and related target Labels:
Goal 10: Reduced inequalities - 10.c on remittances costs reduction
GCM Thematic Cluster Areas:
Objective 20: Promote faster, safer and cheaper transfer of remittances and foster financial inclusion of migrants
Date Shared:
Friday, 3 November 2017
IOM, through the ACP EU Migration Action, an initiative launched by the ACP Secretariat and funded by the European Union (EU), issued a publication on the main challenges that ACP countries face today in relation to remittances. Remittances that...
Countries and areas:
Global
2030 Agenda migration-relevant and related target Labels:
Goal 10: Reduced inequalities - 10.c on remittances costs reduction
GCM Thematic Cluster Areas:
Objective 20: Promote faster, safer and cheaper transfer of remittances and foster financial inclusion of migrants
Date Shared:
Wednesday, 1 November 2017
The recommendation contains provisions with regard to the maintenance of rights in social security. It supplements the Equality of Treatment Convention No.118 (1962) and the Maintenance of Social Security Rights Convention No.157 (1982). In addition...
Countries and areas:
Global
GCM Thematic Cluster Areas:
Objective 22: Establish mechanisms for the portability of social security entitlements and earned benefits
Date Shared:
Wednesday, 1 November 2017
This Recommendation supplements the Migration for Employment Convention (Revised 1949), No.97 by including provisions for migrants who are refugees and displaced persons. The Recommendation contains guidance on, among other matters, the organization...
Countries and areas:
Global
2030 Agenda migration-relevant and related target Labels:
Goal 10: Reduced inequalities
Targets that contribute to employment or employment creation
GCM Thematic Cluster Areas:
Objective 5: Enhance availability and flexibility of pathways for regular migration
Objective 6: Facilitate fair and ethical recruitment and safeguard conditions that ensure decent work
Objective 18: Invest in skills development and facilitate mutual recognition of skills, qualifications and competences