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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 Geneva, Switzerland. The...
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...
‘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 process of two members of the civil...
Responding to Communities Affected by Climate Change: Civil Society Co-Hosts Innovative Side Event on Regular Pathways at the 14th Summit of the Global Forum on Migration and Development
On 24 January 2024, civil society and partners co-hosted a GFMD side event exploring how policy and development on regular pathways can respond to affected communities’ needs, as well as the role of art in providing alternative perspectives and solutions.
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 well, we focus on the need to...
‘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 to...
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 Helena...
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...
“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...