July 2022 marked the official start of the French Chairmanship, which ended with the GFMD 14th Summit in Geneva in January 2024. The impact of climate change on human mobility was the central theme of this Chairmanship. In addition, six thematic priorities were identified by the Chair:
- The impact of climate change on human mobility: preventive action, humanitarian action and development
- Rights and migration: working to ensure the health, safety and rights of migrants
- Diasporas: actors of economic, social and cultural development of regions
- Labour migration: promoting the economic inclusion of migrants
- Improving the perception of migration in public opinion through narratives, culture, emotion and rational discourse
- Multi-level governance: bringing together the various stakeholders for improved migration management
The Road to Abuja: The Civil Society Preparatory Process
For the 2023 GFMD process, the CSM built its own year-long civil society process to feed into the GFMD activities. This included a wide range of self-organised civil society preparatory events and activities beginning with the Abuja Forum (an African civil society and diaspora forum in Abuja, Nigeria in January 2023). The entire civil society process is referred to as the “Road from Abuja to Paris”.
As part of this process, civil society networks and groups self-organised their own activities or events towards the GFMD.
Learn more about our mechanism engagement in the GFMD 2022-2024 below: