PANiDMR’s strongest strength and strategy come through cooperation and collaboration, thus, in organizing this event PANiDMR leveraged its strong alliances with numerous civil society and African diaspora networks, such as AFFORD (The African Foundation for Development), GRFDT (Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism), African Regional Organisation of International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa). PANiDMR and the co-organizing partners were supported by the GFMD Civil Society Mechanism.

The three-day forum was aimed to:

1. Build capacity in fulfillment of the mandate to strengthen its institution and structure across Africa, to build the capacity of its members and to discuss extensively migration issues as it affects Africa in relation to GCM and GFMD. This will also include socialisation on the African agenda in relation to the protocol of free movement, AfCFTA and RECs.
2. Launch the civil society 2023 GFMD process as an opportunity to bring together all actors and kick off the process towards the GFMD Summit in early 2024. This ensured a platform for other actors to engage with African stakeholders.

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