French Chairmanship
Events
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GFMD Workshop on Culture, Narratives and Human Mobility
The first GFMD Paris workshop held on 27 June at the National Museum of Immigration History, focused on 'Culture, Narratives and Human Mobility'. Various civil society organizations, trade unions, and other non-state actors participated and shared valuable insights on key advocacy points, illustrated with regional and national examples, to be addressed during the workshop. Listen […]
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GFMD Workshop on Climate and Human Mobility
The second GFMD Paris workshop held on 28 June at the Agence française de développement, centred around 'Climate and Human Mobility'. Various civil society organizations, trade unions, and other non-state actors participated and shared valuable insights on key advocacy points, illustrated with regional and national examples, to be addressed during the workshop. Listen to the […]
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GFMD Workshop on Engaging Diasporas in Climate Action
On 23 October the UNDP and OECD in Geneva co-organised a thematic workshop on the Practices, Challenges & Opportunities of Engaging Diasporas in Climate Action. Civil society experts working on diaspora-related issues were present at the workshop and shared key insights with government and international intermediaries on current obstacles and ways forward to leverage diasporas […]
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GFMD 3rd Preparatory Meeting
The 3rd Preparatory Meeting of the 2023-2024 GFMD took place on 25 October in Geneva. Guided by inputs from a prior global civil society consultation, civil society thematic experts made interventions in each multistakeholder roundtable on the 6 thematic priorities of the 2022-2024 French Chairmanship. The final background papers from each thematic roundtable will be presented […]
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Internal Displacement, Disasters and Climate Change
On December 5th 2023, French civil society organisation, Secours Islamique France (SIF), co-organised an event in partnership with the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD), the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), the French Ministre de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères, and the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), at COP28 hosted by the United […]