Official Name
Republic of France
ISO2 Code
FR
ISO3 Code
FRA
Longitude
46 00 N
Latitude
2 00 E
Geolocation
POINT (2 46)
Attended Meeting
Delegate
Financial Contribution

No Financial Contribution

RT Participation

No Participation

Attended Prep Meetings
Attended Summit
Delegate
Financial Contribution

No Financial Contribution

RT Participation
  • Team Member in RT 1.2. "Empowering Migrants and Diaspora to Contribute to Development" 
  • Team Member in RT 2.2. "Managing Migration and Minimizing the Negative Impacts of Irregular Migration" 
  • Team Member in RT 3.2. "Policy and Institutional Coherence on Migration and Development within Government" 
  • Co-Chair in RT 3.2. "Regional Consultative Processes, Inter-regional Consulatitve Fora and Regional Organizations and Economic Integration Processes at the Interface of Migration and Development" 
Attended Prep Meetings
Attended Summit
Delegate
Financial Contribution

No Financial Contribution

RT Participation
  • Team Member in RT 1.1 "Mainstreaming migration into development planning - keay actors, key strategies, key actions"
  • Team Member in RT 1.2. "Engaging diasporas and migrants in development policies and programs - their roles? their constraints?" 
  • Team Member in RT 2.2. "Reintegration and circular migration - effective for development?" 
  • Team Member in RT 3.1. "Policy and Institutional Coherence - Latest Data and Research Findings" 
  • Team Member in RT 3.2 "Regional and Inter-regional Processes and Fora" 
Attended Summit
Delegate
Financial Contribution
  • France has supported the 2010 GFMD budget with financial contributions 
RT Participation
  • Co-Chair in RT 1.1. "Partnerships for more regular and protected migration" 
  • Team Member in RT 3.1. "Assessing the impact of migration on the economic and social development and addressing its cause-effect relationship" 
  • Team Member in RT 3.2. "Assessing the relevance and impact of climate change on migration and development" 
Attended Prep Meetings
Attended Summit
Delegate
Financial Contribution

No Financial Contribution

RT Participation
  • Team Member in Cluster III "Tools for Evidence-based Migration and Development Policies" 
  • Rapporteur in RT 3.2. "Impact Assessments of Mirgation and Development Policies" 
Attended Summit
Thematic Meetings
- Co-Chair in Thematic Meeting on "The Contribution of Migrant Associations to Development" on 19-22 September 2011 in Taroudant, Morocco.
Delegate
Financial Contribution
  • France lent financial support to the Mauritian GFMD Chair for the organization of the GFMD 2012 Summit. 
RT Participation
  • Team Member in RT 1.1. "Beyond-the-Border Skills and Jobs for Human Development" 
  • Co-Chair in RT 1.2. "Supporting Migrants and Diaspora as Agents of Socioeconomic Change" 
Attended Summit
Delegate
Financial Contribution
  • USD 3,464 Left Over funds from previous GFMD 
RT Participation
  • Team Member in RT 1.2. "Framing migration for the MDGs and the Post-2015 UN Development Agenda" 
  • Rapporteur in RT 2.2. "Facilitating positive development impacts of diaspora engagement in skills transfer, investments and trade between countries of residence and origin" 
Attended Prep Meetings
Attended Summit
Thematic Meetings
- Attended Thematic Meeting on "Operationalizing Mainstreaming of Migration in Development Policy and Integrating Migration in the Post-2015 UN Development Agenda" on 22 May 2013 in Geneva, Switzerland
Delegate
Financial Contribution
  • € 15,000 in May 2015 (USD 16,593) non-earnmarked 
RT Participation
  • Team Member in RT 1.2. "Reducing the human and financial costs of international migration, particularly labor migration: Cooperative approaches to fair recruitment practices and lower remittance fees" 
  • Co-Chair in RT 3.2 "Private sector-government partnerships to support migrant/diaspora entrepreneurship and job creaton, with a focus on small and medium enterprises" 
Attended Summit
Thematic Meetings
- Attended Thematic Meeting on "Recognizing the contributions of women migrants to economic and social development in countries of origin and destination and addressing their specific needs, particularly concerning respect for their human rights" on 8 September 2015 in Geneva, Switzerland.
Delegate
Financial Contribution
  • France offered financial contributions to the oGFMD 2016 Budget 
RT Participation
  • Team Member in RT 1.1."Reducing migration costs" 
  • Co-Chair in RT 1.2. "Connectivity and migration" 
  • Team Member in RT 2.2. "Protection of migrants in all situations" 
  • Team Member in RT 3.1. "Migrants in situations of crises: conflict, climate change and natural disasters" 
  • Team Member in RT 3.2. "Principles, institutions and processes for safe, orderly and regular migration" 
Attended Summit
Thematic Meetings
- Attended the Thematic Workshop on "Migration, Connectivity and Business" on 29 March 2016 in Bangkok, Thailand.
- Attended the GFMD Thematic Workshop on "Migration for Harmonious Societies" on 18 May 2016 in Geneva, Switzerland.
- Attended the GFMD Thematic Workshop on "Migration for Peace, Stability and Growth" on 19 July 2016 in New York, United States.
Delegate
Financial Contribution
  • France offered fresh contribution to the 2017 GFMD Budget 
RT Participation
  • Team Member in RT 1.1. "Tools and Safeguards for Policy Coherence - Finding the right policy mix to balance different interests and objectives" 
Attended Summit
Delegate
Financial Contribution

USD 24,155 for the Organization of the 11th Summit

RT Participation

Government Team Member in RT 1.2 "Migrants' engagement with public services: from basic access to co-production", RT 2.1 "South-South mobility: trends, patterns and transferable learning", RT 2.2 "Regional mobility and policy coherence to support development", RT 3.1 "Aligning governance with contemporary drivers of migration", and RT 3.2 "Beyond Remittances: leveraging the development impact and promoting the transnational engagement of diaspora and migrants"

Attended Summit
Thematic Meetings
Participated in the Thematic Workshops on "Migration for Development: a roadmap to achieving the SDGs" and "Labour Migration and Skills"

E-Graine

Submitted by Mr. Camille Saadé on

At community-driven action, E-Graine implement a national cooperative migration education program, which strengthens the sense of belonging to our common humanity.

By combining the expertise of their active pedagogy with a resolutely cooperative dynamic, the 'Un Univers Citoyen' program aims to break down this imaginary boundary between “US” and “THEM”, to envision a world citizenship made up of Humans, quite simply.

Techfugees

Submitted by Mr. Camille Saadé on

Techfugees is an impact driven global organisation nurturing a sustainable ecosystem of tech solutions supporting the inclusion of displaced people.

Techfugees exists to empower displaced persons whilst supporting tech innovations designed by, with and for them.

High Opportunity for Mediterranean Executive Recruitment (HOMERe)

Submitted by Mr. Camille Saadé on

The project seeks to boost youth employability and overcome skill mismatches by mobilising cooperation between local authorities, private sector, universities and other stakeholders in France, Morocco, Tunisia and Egypt to offer mobility placements for 6-month internships in French companies of various sectors.

MigrantVoicesHeard - Enhancing the participation of migrants through the creation of migrant councils

Submitted by Costanza Bindi on

The aim of the MigrantVoicesHeard project is to promote refugee and migrant participation in the design and implementation of integration and related policies at the local, regional, and national levels in seven EU countries: Austria, Bulgaria, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, and Romania.

More specifically, the project aims to:

Dialogues Migrations

Submitted by Mr. Camille Saadé on

Between 2021  and 2023, France has funded a project called “Migration dialogues” which aims to promote a responsive discourse on migration. This project targets mainstream medias (journalists, bloggers and influencers) as well as journalism schools through training activities to support content development and information-sharing on migration issues.

Jeunes des 2 Rives (J2R)

Submitted by Costanza Bindi on

"Jeunes des 2 Rives" (J2R) is a project, created by Solidarité Laïque, on education for citizenship and international solidarity, whose overall objective is to contribute to empowering and encouraging civic engagement among young people in France, Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria, particularly those most exposed to social and territorial inequalities.

Rapport d'Expertise "Les Diasporas, Actrices du Changement. La place des nouvelles générations et des femmes"

Submitted by Costanza Bindi on

France has adopted a Migration and Development Action Plan for the period 2018-2022, which recognises the role of diasporas in France and undertakes to support initiatives aimed at developing cooperation and solidarity between territories of origin and destination.
While the numerous studies on the financial transfers of migrants to Southern countries and the dynamism of diasporas in Northern countries confirm the importance of these issues, they still need to be better documented with regard to young people and women.

DIASDEV

Submitted by Costanza Bindi on

DIASDEV is a joint project initiated by the French Development Agency and the Caisse des Dépôts from France, Italy, Morocco, Senegal and Tunisia and carried out in partnership with public-sector financial institutions in 2021. 

DIASDEV aims to increase diasporas’ capacity to mobilize their savings for investing in their countries of origin. To achieve this goal, the project is structured around two pillars: 

i) Facilitation fund for diasporas’ investments, offering funding for technical and financial assistance to financial operators, banks, post offices 

European Citizen Initiative in Rennes: “Ensuring Dignified Reception for Refugees and Migrants in Europe"

Submitted by Costanza Bindi on

Rennes commits to initiate a consultative process to contribute to a pan-European citizen proposal to the European Commission, with the aim to ensure dignified reception for refugees and migrants in Europe.
Rennes is a European city, and its citizens mobilize every day to bring the European project to life and to make it accessible for all its residents, especially those that are at risk of being left behind.

ANVITA’s Annual “Guide for A Welcoming France”: Providing Advocacy Tools and Policy Guidance for Local Governments

Submitted by Mr. Camille Saadé on

ANVITA commits to publish an annual guide entitled "For a Welcoming France: Inspiring Territorial Practices" to highlight inspirational practices of local and regional governments that unconditionally welcome migrants and refugees. 

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