This action was submitted through the GFMD Mayors Mechanism Call to Local Action for Migrants and Refugees.
In the context of the GCR review process, the Swiss national government and interested Swiss cities have started to build a dialogue with a view to enabling a shared understanding on the GCR, the different but complementary roles of national and local government in implementation and the added-value of coordination and cooperation, including on ensuring whole-of-government engagement in the GCR review process at national and global level. Owing to the involvement of the Mayor of Zurich in the Mayors Migration Council (MMC), Zurich has already maintained informal relations with the national government on an ad hoc basis. The City of Zurich was part of the official Swiss delegation both to the GRF in 2019 and the HLOM 2021. However, there is no structured and inclusive (of all interested local governments) national coordination mechanism for the benefit of a comprehensive whole-of-government response to the global GCR implementation and review process. Building on its role in the MMC, the City of Zurich is committed to working with the national government of Switzerland and interested Swiss cities towards this aim in view of the upcoming second edition of the GRF in 2023.