{"id":2683,"date":"2021-01-07T19:53:05","date_gmt":"2021-01-07T18:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gfmdcivilsociety.org\/staging\/9981\/?p=2683"},"modified":"2021-01-16T00:56:47","modified_gmt":"2021-01-15T23:56:47","slug":"civil-society-ready-for-global-forum-migration-development-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gfmdcivilsociety.org\/staging\/9981\/civil-society-ready-for-global-forum-migration-development-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"Civil Society Representatives Get Ready for the GFMD Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The urgency of exposing the root causes of protection gaps affecting migrants, and the need for reliable data for proper policymaking were some of the points lifted up during the first day of the civil society preparatory meeting ahead of the GFMD Summit.   <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2020 GFMD Civil Society Preparatory Meeting opened on 7 January 2021. As in previous years, the purpose of the meeting is to brief and prepare civil society delegates to engage in the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) Summit<\/a>, which this year takes place online. Across four days from 7-15 January, some 240 civil society representatives will develop a set of inputs and recommendations to guide their interventions in the Summit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The meeting was opened by St\u00e9phane Jaquemet, Director of Policy at the International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC)<\/a> and head of the GFMD Civil Society Coordinating Office. Jaquemet reflected on the wide-ranging and ongoing consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, including the disproportionate price paid by migrants and global mobility. He called on civil society to be \u201ca strong and principled voice, and also a partner\u201d in ensuring that recovery measures are \u201cinclusive, gender-sensitive and generate a climate of togetherness.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jaquemet noted the positive progress of civil society participation in the GFMD, resulting in the \u201cfull multi-stakeholder approach\u201d of the 2021 Summit. \u201cWe no longer need Civil Society Days separate but unequal from the GFMD Summit,\u201d he said. However, Jaquemet added: \u201cWe still need to meet first among ourselves to be better prepared collectively. This is the very raison d\u2019\u00eatre<\/em> of our Civil Society Preparatory Meeting, starting today.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Day 1 of the preparatory meeting focused on introducing the four thematic areas selected as particularly relevant for civil society input:<\/p>\n\n\n\n