4 May 2018, Geneva –The Moroccan and German GFMD Co-Chairs convened the sixth GFMD preparatory meetings and second Roundtable (RT) consultations on May 2 and 4, respectively, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The meetings of the Troika, Steering Group and the Friends of the Forum on May 2...

Date Posted:Friday, 20 July 2018

Geneva, Switzerland—On 3 May 2018, the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) 2017-2018 Co-Chairs, Germany and Morocco, in partnership with the International Labour Organization (ILO), convened a GFMD Thematic Workshop on Labour Migration and Skills. The day-long workshop aimed to inform...

Date Posted:Friday, 13 July 2018

Skhirat, Morocco—On April 18 and 19, the first thematic workshop under the second year of the GFMD 2017-2018 Co-Chairmanship of Morocco and Germany was organized in partnership with the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) at the Mohammed VI International Conference Center. Entitled ‘Migration for...

Date Posted:Thursday, 12 July 2018

On the margins of IOM’s International Dialogue on Migration (IDM) 2018, the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) 2017-2018 Co-Chairs, Germany and Morocco, and the Global Migration Group (GMG) Co-Chairs, IOM and FAO, co-organized a side event entitled “Migration and Rural Development...

Date Posted:Monday, 05 November 2018

(after First Day of 16 th UN Coordination Meeting, 15 Feb 2017, New York) 15 February, New York—On the margins of the 16th Coordination Meeting on International Migration, organized by UNDESA at the United Nations Headquarters, the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) 2017-2018 Co...

Date Posted:Monday, 16 July 2018