The Municipality of Dhankuta commits to facilitate the successful and sustainable reintegration of vulnerable returning migrants, refugees, and their families by providing economic, psychosocial, and capacity-building assistance.
Building on the leadership of the C40-MMC Global Mayors Task Force on Climate & Migration, C40 Cities (C40) and the Mayors Migration Council (MMC) pledge to accelerate global recognition and support for local action on the urban dimension of climate migration - a key under recognised dimension of Loss & Damage - through 2025.
The City of Buenos Aires commits to coordinate the initiative Nosotras Conectadas (We Connected): a collaboration between the Government of the City of Buenos Aires, UNHCR, and the L'Oreal Foundation. The initiative aims to promote employment of women migrants, refugees, asylum seekers, stateless individuals, and others with international protection needs, in the digital technology sector.
Montréal deepens its commitment to implement the Montréal Inclusive au Travail 2022-2024 (Montréal Inclusive at Work) initiative, first pledged to the Call to Local Action in 2022, by launching a podcast - “Biais d’Entrée” (Entry Bias). The podcast aims to support Montréal companies in developing effective welcoming strategies for migrants and refugees and making their companies more diverse and inclusive.
São Leopoldo commits to implement "Teaching Portuguese as a Host Language” (PLAc, in Portuguese), a course designed for migrants and refugees to facilitate their knowledge of the Portuguese language and foster an understanding of the Brazilian culture.
The State of Tlaxcala commits to ensure effective access to the right to identify for individuals born abroad through the elimination of the requirement to present an apostilled foreign birth certificate in order to obtain dual nationality.
Eurocities commits to deliver its "Integrating Cities Process"; securing commitments form European cities to integrate migrants and refugees and conducting an assessment of those commitments every two years.
The Integrating Cities Process is Eurocities’ framework for our work on migration and integration. Local authorities are part of the Process through their pledges on the Integrating Cities Charter.
Welcoming America commits to deliver its annual Welcoming Week campaign and to expand that campaign in 2024. Welcoming Week provides institutions and individuals the opportunity to showcase their values through initiatives that foster connections between migrants and non-migrants, as well as belonging for all.
Maipú Municipality commits to strengthen its local capacity to govern migration and forced displacement in a way that promotes social inclusion and peaceful coexistence between migrant and refugee families and other members of the community.
Legazpi City commits to provide services to Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) and their families through a Municipal Help Desk and to expand the Help Desk services in 2023 to support pre-migration orientation seminars and improved access to health care.
The Municipal OFW Help Desk:
Engages with civil society and the Filipino diaspora to monitor the needs of OFWs and to map stakeholders.
Compiles information on government services and informs prospective OFWs on the processes and risks of overseas employment.