Since the start of the Colombia Chairship and the official launch of the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) programme in September, the GFMD “Sociedad Civil en Rumbo a Colombia: from capacity development and thematic dialogues to the GFMD 1st Preparatory Meeting “
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Colombia Launches the 2024-2025 Program for the Global Forum on Migration and Development
The 2024-25 Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) process was launched by the Colombian Chairship during an event held on 3 September 2024 in “Colombia Launches the 2024-2025 Program for the Global Forum on Migration and Development”
Civil Society 2024 GFMD Report OUT NOW!
The GFMD Civil Society Mechanism (CSM) is excited to announce the publication of our Final Report on the 14th GFMD Summit chaired by France! The report “Civil Society 2024 GFMD Report OUT NOW!”
‘There is no GFMD Without Civil Society.’ Civil Society Co-Facilitators Reflect on the 14th Summit of the 2022-24 Global Forum on Migration and Development
At the close of the 14th GFMD Summit, held in Geneva on 23-25 January 2024, we document the thoughts and reflections on the 2022-24 GFMD “‘There is no GFMD Without Civil Society.’ Civil Society Co-Facilitators Reflect on the 14th Summit of the 2022-24 Global Forum on Migration and Development”
Coordinating Civil Society Efforts
“The overall message is the priority to ensure that the human rights of people that are on the move, internally or externally, are respected. As “Coordinating Civil Society Efforts”
‘Narratives are at the heart of everything’: Multi-stakeholder Action to Change Migration Narratives Highlighted at the 14th Summit of the Global Forum on Migration and Development
On the final day of the GFMD Summit in Geneva, the GFMD Civil Society Mechanism co-hosted a side event highlighting multistakeholder partnerships and ethical storytelling “‘Narratives are at the heart of everything’: Multi-stakeholder Action to Change Migration Narratives Highlighted at the 14th Summit of the Global Forum on Migration and Development”
Defending the Right to Remain
“We are beginning to better understand as a society, and particularly in the international arena, the close connection between the climate crisis and migration,” says “Defending the Right to Remain”
Fostering Coordination for More Coherent Migration Policies
“Migration governance has been restricted to the national environment, it does not include subregional, regional and global levels,” regrets Victor Genina, policy advisor for Red “Fostering Coordination for More Coherent Migration Policies”
“If There Was a Time for Greater Dialogue, It is Now”
“If you think of all of the accepted parameters and indicators of development, that is, supporting education, supporting health, supporting investment, all of the Sustainable ““If There Was a Time for Greater Dialogue, It is Now””
Migration Governance Should Not Expose Migrant Workers to Exploitation
“Unfortunately we see the way currently at the global, regional and national levels, migration is being governed, exposing migrant workers to exploitation and human rights “Migration Governance Should Not Expose Migrant Workers to Exploitation”