Commissioned by the GFMD, the mapping study was carried out by the Hague Process on Refugee and Migration with assistance of International Organisation of Employers (IOE), the World Economic Forum (WEF), the Council for Global Immigration and other contributing partners in order to gather information on how to deepen and diversify GFMD engagement with targeted business sectors including construction; mining and extractives, recruitment, insurance, financial services, and others.

To that end, successful thematic business round table meetings with states and businesses were held in New York, Brussels and Geneva, as well as one-on-one consultations with executives from a number of multinational enterprises. Furthermore, a “mapping study” consisting of a Delphi Process* and a two-part survey was undertaken to ascertain not only current business practices, perspectives, and values with respect to global mobility, but also the private sector’s position on the concept of engagement with governments in migration policy making.

The ultimate goal of the various thematic meetings and the mapping research effort was to continuously discover potential areas of common ground for public-private cooperation in the realm of migration and development while simultaneously building trust and fostering greater engagement with participating industries.

This report is divided into four parts:

• Part I comprises of an introduction which provides background information on the development of the migration field vis-àvis the private sector; private sector engagement; and issues of mutual concern.
• Part II and Part III outline the methodologies, findings and recommendations of the Delphi Process and those of the two-part survey accordingly.
• Part IV of this report outlines the recommendations and feedback from the Geneva meeting held in March 2014.

*ADelphi Process is a focused group that meets in a virtual environment. It allows for discussions amongst experts without the pitfalls of group dynamics or logistics hinderances. It is organised by multiple progressive rounds of consultations moderated by someone skilled at collecting and collating information. Its goal is to achieve consensus, if this is not possible, then to highlight areas of divergence and understand why divergence exists.