“Migration that works for sustainable development of all: a transformative migration agenda”

Ninth GFMD Summit Meeting

10-12 December 2016
Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC), Dhaka

The Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, in its capacity as Chair of the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) 2016), has the honor to invite you – States that are Members and Observers of the United Nations, and other GFMD Observers – to the Ninth GFMD Summit Meeting to be held on 10-12 December 2016 in Dhaka.

Under the overarching theme, “Migration that works for sustainable development of all: a transformative migration agenda,” the Ninth GFMD Summit Meeting will be structured around three Roundtables:

• Roundtable 1: Economics of migration and development;
• Roundtable 2: Sociology of migration and development; and
• Roundtable 3: Governance of migration and development.

Each roundtable will have two sessions, currently being organized by government-led teams with substantive support from international organizations, civil society and other non-state partners. The opening session will feature the 2016 Common Space that will gather governments and non-state partners to discuss issues of common concern. On the last day will be the special sessions on the GFMD Platform for Partnerships and the Future of the Forum.

As in the previous GFMD Summits, the Government meeting on 10-12 December will be preceded by the GFMD Civil Society Days on 8-9 December.

The Bangladesh Chair would like to promote the participation of high level policymakers and government officials in senior positions, who can bring to the GFMD discussions their rich experiences and knowledge of the complex and inter-linked issues of migration and development, and contribute to generating policy-oriented outcomes. States are strongly urged to send delegations with balanced representation from both migration and development practitioners.

I very much look forward to your participation at the Ninth GFMD Summit in Dhaka!

Yours truly,

Ambassador Md. Shahidul Haque

Foreign Secretary
Government of Bangladesh
& GFMD 2016 Chair-in-Office