2013-2014 GFMD Thematic Meetings

Thematic Meeting 4 (12 March 2014, Geneva)
The Role of Business in International Migration Engaging the private sector as partners for positive development outcomes

• Final Report
• Preliminary Outcomes for Discussion
• Engagement with the Private Sector on International Migration - Mapping Study Report
• Agenda

Presentations / Speeches:

• Private-Sector Mapping Research
  Preliminary Outcomes for Discussion
• Opening Remarks by Ola Henriksson, Director General, Swedish Department of Migration and Asylum
• The Role of International Migration in Business

Thematic Meeting 3 (20 November 2013, Geneva)
Migration as an Enabler for Inclusive Social Development – Enhancing migrant empowerment and voluntary social and economic assets transfers

• Summary Report
• Executive Summary

Rapporteurs Report:

• Emerging Needs Roundtable
• Ensuring Ethical Recruitment Practice in the Supply Chain Roundtable
• Extractives Roundtable
• Financial Services
   
• Agenda
• Draft Background Paper RT 3.1 (as of 13 November 2013)
  • IOM Input - "Empowerment of migrants by ensuring their health and wellbeing"
• Draft Background Paper RT 3.2 (as of 13 November 2013)
• Flyer - The Health of Migrants: The Way Forward
• GMG Issues Brief No. 3: Migration as an enabler for inclusive social development
• GMG Issues Brief No. 3: Full UNICEF Input to Section III

Presentations / Speeches:

• AFFORD - Mr. Gibril Faal
  Chairman of AFFORD / Founder of RemitAid
• El Salvador - Ms. Ada Ábrego
  Director General for M & D, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Greece - Mr. Evangelos Syrigos [ Presentation | Statement ]
  Secretary General of Population and Social Cohesion, Directorate General for Migration Policy and Social Integration, Ministry of Interior
• IOM - Mr. Davide Mosca
  Director, Director, Migration Health Department
• Kenya - Ms. Mary Kezzah
  Assistant Commissioner for Labour, Ministry of Labour
• MPI - Ms. Kathleen Newland
  Director, Migration Policy Institute
• Pakistan - Mr. Muhammad Ayub Chaudhry [ Presentation | Statement ]
  Joint Secretary (Emigration & Overseas Pakistanis), Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis & Human Resource Development
• UNICEF - Ms. Alexandra Yuster
  Associate Director, Division of Strategy and Planning
• World Bank - Ms. Sonia Plaza
  Senior Economist, Migration and Remittances Unit

Thematic Meeting 2 (11 September 2013, Geneva)
Labour Migration and Diaspora: Improving Labour Market Complementarities and Economic Development Outcomes

• Summary Report
• Agenda
• Background Paper

Presentations / Speeches:

• Albania - Ms. Etleva Dyrmyshi
  First Expert, Migration Sector, Ministry of Equal Chances
• Canada - Ms. Jennifer Irish
  Minister-Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Canada to the UN in Geneva
• Statement by the Eritrean Delegation
  Ethiopia - Mr. Legesse Diro
  Expert on Diaspora Issues, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Guatemala -Ms. Angela Honeyda Morales Meléndrez
  Jefa de Migraciones Laborales, Ministerio de Trabajo y Previsión Social
• Mali - Mr. Seydou Keïta
  Technical counsellor, Ministère Maliens de l’Extérieur et de l’Intégration Africaine
• Morocco - H.E. Abdelouahed Souhail
  Ministère de l’Emploi et de la Formation Professionnelle
• Netherlands - H.E. Amb. Roderick van Schreven
  Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of the Netherlands to the UN in Geneva
• Nigeria’s Experience: Labour Migration and Diaspora
• Sweden - H.E. Amb. Jan Knutsson
  Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Sweden to the UN in Geneva
• United Arab Emirates - Mr. Alex Zalami
  Advisor to the Minister, Ministry of Labour
• ILO - Ms. Manuela Tomei
  Officer-in-Charge, Directorate for Social Protection / International Migration Programme
• OECD - Mr. Stefano Scarpetta
  Director, Employment Labour and Social Affairs

Thematic Meeting 1 (22 May 2013, Geneva)
Operationalizing Mainstreaming of Migration in Development Policy and Integrating Migration in the Post-2015 UN Development Agenda

• Summary Report
• Agenda

Presentations / Speeches:

• GFMD Chair’s Opening Speech - Amb. Eva Åkerman Börje
• Bangladesh -Amb. Md. Abdul Hannan
  Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the UN in Geneva
• Ghana - Ms. Mary Mpereh
  Deputy Director, Development Policy, National Development Planning Commission
• Philippines - Mr. Jesus Yabes
  Undersecretary for Migrant Workers' Affairs, Department of Foriegn Affairs
• Thailand - Dr. Chanvit Tharathep
  Deputy Permanent Secretary, MoPH
• Draft Discussion Paper prepared by UNDP and IOM
• ICMPD - Ms. Malin Frankenhaeuser
  Programme Manager, International Centre for Migration Policy Development
• ILO - Background Note - Contribution of Labour Migration to the Development Agenda
• IOM - Ms. Jill Helke
  Director, International Cooperation and Partnerships Department
• OHCHR - Background Note on Migrants, migration, human rights and the post-2015 UN development agenda
• UNICEF - Input - Migration, Mainstreaming, Education and Health