2017 GFMD Thematic Meetings and Workshops

Thematic Workshop on the GFMD contribution to the GCM (6 September 2017)

Vienna, Austria

Summary Reports

• Cluster 1: Human rights of all migrants
• Cluster 2: Addressing drivers of migration
• Cluster 3: International cooperation and governance of migration
• Cluster 4: Contributions of migrants and diasporas
• Cluster 5: Smuggling of migrants, trafficking in persons and contemporary forms of slavery 
• Cluster 6: Irregular migration and regular pathway

Conference Documents

• ​Agenda of Thematic Workshop on GFMD's contribution to the GCM
• Logistics Note
• Cluster 1 Excerpt: Human rights of all migrants
• Cluster 2 Excerpt: Addressing drivers of migration
• Cluster 3 Excerpt: International cooperation and governance of migration
• Cluster 4 Excerpt: Contributions of migrants and diasporas
• Cluster 5 Excerpt: Smuggling of migrants, trafficking in persons and contemporary forms of slavery 
• Cluster 6 Excerpt: Irregular migration and regular pathways 
• Cluster 1 Speakers' Bios
• Cluster 2 Speakers' Bios
• Cluster 3 Speakers' Bios
• Cluster 4 Speakers' Bios
• Cluster 5 Speakers' Bios
• Cluster 6 Speakers' Bios
• Closing Plenary Speaker's Bio

Opening Plenary

• Statement by Dr. Götz Schmidt-Bremme, German GFMD Ambassador
• Statement by Ms. Sarah Lou Arriola, DFA Philippines Undersecretary
• Statement by Mr. Ola Henrikson, Director General for Migration and Asylum, Ministry of Justice, Sweden

Working Sessions

• Statement by Zambia on Cluster 1
• Statement by Amb. Evan Garcia, Philippines on Cluster 2
• Statement by UAE on Cluster 3
• Statement by Zambia on Cluster 5

Closing Plenary

• Statement by Mr. El Habib Nadir, Moroccan GFMD Co-Chair

Thematic Workshop on Climate Change and Human Mobility (24 May 2017)

Rabat, Morocco

• Analytical Report of the Workshop [FR]

Conference Documents

• Concept Note [FR]
• Draft Programme [FR]
• Logistics Note for participants

Statements and Presentations

Opening Plenary

• Synthesis Report by Ms. Aurélie Sgro, Project Manager, ICMPD
• Opening remarks by Mr. Md. Toufiq-ur Rahman, First Secretary, Permanent Mission of Bangladesh in New York, GFMD Chairmanship for 2016
• Introductory Presentation by Amb. Omar Hilale, Permanent Representative of Morocco to the United Nations in New York (FR)

Session 1: Understanding and Taking Action

• Presentation by Fabienne Randrianarisoa, Ministry of Environment of Madagascar
• Presentation by Ms. Dalila Gharbaoui, Research Fellow at the HUGO Observatory, University of Liège (Belgium)

Session 2: Towards Responsibility Sharing: Collaborating to Strengthen Action

• Presentation by Mr. Alte Solberg, Head of the Coordination Unit, Platform on Disaster Displacement (PDD)
• Presentation by Ms. Barbara Bendandi, Policy Officer (Migration), United Nations Convention to Combat Deserti cation (UNCCD)