Global Forum on Migration and Development
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GFMD Summit Meeting

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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
    GFMD Meeting: 
    Turkey GFMD 2014-2015
    Rank: 
    1

    Source (retrieved on 06/02/2025 - 17:31): https://www.gfmd.org/gfmd-summit-meeting-5