19 – 21 February, Geneva — The Government of Ecuador kicked off its 2019 Chairmanship of the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) with the first GFMD Preparatory Meetings and Roundtable Team Consultations at the Palais des Nations. The three-day GFMD meetings took place two months after...
5 to 7 December, Marrakesh —On the eve of the historic Intergovernmental Conference to Adopt the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM), the German and Moroccan GFMD Co-Chairs convened the Eleventh GFMD Summit, marking the culmination of the two-year Chairmanship from the...
In September 2018, the Government of Ecuador’s voluntary offer to chair the GFMD in 2019 was strongly endorsed by participating Member States. Ecuador, a long-term and active member of the GFMD, brings to the GFMD process its expertise as a major migrant receiving country with world-recognized...
Palais des Nations, Geneva—The German and Moroccan Co-Chairs of the 2017-2018 Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) convened the seventh GFMD preparatory meetings and the final GFMD 2018 Roundtable team consultations on September 3 and 5 respectively. The three consecutive meetings of the...
As part of GFMD’s efforts to accompany the evolving GCM process and encourage Member States to develop their perspectives on international cooperation on migration in the future, the 2017-2018 Co-Chairs, Germany and Morocco, convened a GFMD Dialogue on GCM implementation. With the successful...