GFMD 2014 Forum Meeting

• Programme of the 7th Forum Meeting (14 to 16 May 2014)
• Provisional Participants List, 7th GFMD Forum Meeting
• Letter to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon re Recommendations on Including Migration in the Post-2015 Development Agenda

Agenda of Roundtable and Special Sessions:

• Roundtable 1.1
  Operationalizing mainstreaming and coherence in migration and development policies
• Roundtable 1.2
  Framing migration for the Millennium Development Goals and the Post-2015 UN Development Agenda
• Roundtable 2.1
  Enhancing the development impacts of labour migration and circular mobility through more systematic labour market and skills matching
• Roundtable 2.2
  Facilitating positive development impacts of diaspora engagement in skills transfers, investments and trade between countries of residence and origin
• Roundtable 3.1
  Empowering migrants, their households and communities for improved protection of rights and social development outcomes
• Roundtable 3.2
  Migrants’ social and financial remittances (asset transfers) and their effects on health and education
• Special Session on the Future of the Forum
  • Enhancing the working methods of the Steering Group
    • TORs: Steering Group | Friends of the Forum | Troika | GFMD Government Teams and the Expert Network
  • Long Term-Financing Framework
  • Multi-annual Work Plan
  • Recommendations and Next Steps for the GFMD-Private Sector Engagement
• Session on the Platform for Partnerships
  • Background Note
• Common Space:
  • Overview
  • Break-out Sessions:
    • Session 1
      Situating migration and migrants in national and post-2015 international development agendas – partnering with the international development community, national policy makers and development, migrant and other civil society organisations
    • Session 2
      Realising decent labour migration and decent employment - partnering with states, businesses, labour organisations, diaspora entrepreneurs and other civil society organisations
    • Session 3
      Empowering migrants and communities for social inclusion and human development - partnering with states, local authorities and civil society
• Special session on Enhancing Coordination between the GFMD and the United Nations System: SRSG Sutherland, GMG and the GFMD - Agenda | Discussion Note

Speeches:

• Opening Speech of H.R.H Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden
• Welcome Address of H.E. Tobias Billström, Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy
• Opening Speech of H.E. Hillevi Engström, Minister for International Development Cooperation
• Remarks by H.E. Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Turkey
• Remarks by H.E. Ban Ki-Moon, United Nations Secretary-General
• Remarks by Ms. Cecilia Malmström, Commissioner of the European Commission in charge of Home Affairs
• Remarks by Mr. Guy Ryder, Director-General, International Labour Organization (ILO) as 2014 Chair of the Global Migration Group
• Closing Remarks of H.E. Tobias Billström, Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy
• Closing Speech of H.E. Hillevi Engström, Minister for International Development Cooperation

Presentations:

• Situating Migration and Migrants in National and post-2015 International Development Agendas
  Amb. William Swing, Director General, International Organization for Migration
• Recognising the Voice of Migrants Through Empowerment
  François Crépeau, Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants
• South-South Expert Exchange Mechanism (Mali and ICMPD)
  Rosangela Alfama, Ministry of Communities, Cape Verde and Seydou Keita, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mali and Monica Zanette, MTM Coordinator, ICMPD
• The International Recruitment Integrity System (IOM)
  Federico Soda, Head, Labour Migration and Human Development Division, International Organization for Migration
• KNOMAD and the GFMD
  Dilip Ratha, The World Bank
• Assessing the Economic Contribution of Labour Migration in Developing Countries as Countries of Destination
  OECD, EU and ILO
• Presentation by Allison J. Petrozziello Gender & Migration Specialist, UN Women

Side Events:

• The Nansen Initiative on Cross-Border Displacement in the Context of Disasters
  14 May 2014 from 11h30 to 12h30, Venue: Riddarsalen
  • Concept Note
• KNOMAD - Migration and Remittance Flows: Recent Developments and Outlook 2014-2016
  15 May 2014 from 12h30 to 13h15, Venue: Riddarsalen
  • Agenda
• The Migrants in Countries in Crisis Initiative Launch: A panel discussion
  15 May 2014 from 12h30 to 13h15, Venue: Nobelterrassen
  • Invitation
  • Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
  • Concept Note
  • Guidelines Discussion
  • Notional Consultation Schedule
• Global Migration Group (GMG) - Migration and Youth: Challenges and Opportunities
  15 May 2014 from 13h30 to 14h15, Venue: Nobelterrassen
  • Agenda

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