Step into the enriching experience of the 14th GFMD Summit, which took place in January 2024.

Browse through our gallery on Flickr to catch a glimpse of the key moments from the event. 

Created in 2007, the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) is a state-led, informal and non-binding process, which helps shape the global debate on migration and development. It provides a flexible, multi-stakeholder space where governments can discuss the multi-dimensional aspects, opportunities and challenges related to migration, development, and the link between these two areas. The GFMD process allows governments - in partnership with civil society, the private sector, local and regional governments, youth, the UN system and other relevant stakeholders – to analyze and discuss sensitive issues, create consensus, pose innovative solutions, and share policy and practices.

📅  23-25 January 2024 |📍CICG - Geneva

The dialogue focused on the following six thematic priorities with a cross-cutting approach:

• The impact of climate change on human mobility
• Rights and migration
• Diasporas
• Labour migration
• Culture, narratives and migration
• Multi-level governance of migration
 

What do individuals across the world think about immigration, why do they think what they do, and what communication is likely to affect what they think? 

The Global Outlook on Public Attitudes to Immigration provides data on public attitudes to immigration in different regions of the world and an overview of the rapidly developing scientific literature on attitudes to immigration. It also provides examples of communication that works and guidance on what types of communication are likely to be effective.

During an informal ceremony held at the Permanent Mission of France on 27 March, H.E. Mr. Jérôme Bonnafont, Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations in Geneva officially handed over the GFMD Chair to H.E. Mr Gustavo Adolfo Gallón Giraldo, Permanent Representative of Colombia.

The GFMD 2030 Agenda Rapporteur Team has produced a synthesis report aiming to inform the GFMD Working Group on International Migration and Sustainable Development’s contribution to the HLPF and to globally rescuing the SDGs. For that, the synthesis report focuses on the priorities identified for the 2024 HLPF, particularly the progress towards SDGs 1 (No Poverty), 2 (Zero Hunger), 13 (Climate Action), 16 (Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions) and 17 (Partnerships for the Goals) and the underlying SDG principles.