Sweden GFMD 2013-2014

• Programme of the 7th Forum Meeting (14 to 16 May 2014)
• Provisional Participants List, 7th GFMD Forum Meeting

• Report of the Proceedings [ ES | FR ]
• Operational Recommendations to the GFMD Steering Group

Report of the Rapporteurs:

• Roundtable 1
  Integrating migration in global, regional and national development agendas
• Roundtable 2
  Migration as an enabler for inclusive economic development
  • Roundtable 2.1
    Enhancing the development impacts of labour migration and circular mobility through more systematic labour market and skills matching
  • Roundtable 2.2
    Facilitating positive development impacts of diaspora engagement in skills transfers, investments and trade between countries of residence and origin
• Roundtable 3
  Migration as an enabler for inclusive social development

• GFMD 2013-2014 Concept Paper [ ES | FR ]
  "Unlocking the potential of migration for inclusive development"
• Programme Document
  - The Swedish Chairmanship of the GFMD 2013–2014
  - Swedish participation in the 2013 UN High Level Dialogue (HLD)

• Programme of the 7th Forum Meeting (14 to 16 May 2014)
• Provisional Participants List, 7th GFMD Forum Meeting
• Letter to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon re Recommendations on Including Migration in the Post-2015 Development Agenda

Agenda of Roundtable and Special Sessions:

• Roundtable 1.1
  Operationalizing mainstreaming and coherence in migration and development policies
• Roundtable 1.2
  Framing migration for the Millennium Development Goals and the Post-2015 UN Development Agenda
• Roundtable 2.1
  Enhancing the development impacts of labour migration and circular mobility through more systematic labour market and skills matching
• Roundtable 2.2
  Facilitating positive development impacts of diaspora engagement in skills transfers, investments and trade between countries of residence and origin
• Roundtable 3.1
  Empowering migrants, their households and communities for improved protection of rights and social development outcomes
• Roundtable 3.2
  Migrants’ social and financial remittances (asset transfers) and their effects on health and education
• Special Session on the Future of the Forum
  • Enhancing the working methods of the Steering Group
    • TORs: Steering Group | Friends of the Forum | Troika | GFMD Government Teams and the Expert Network
  • Long Term-Financing Framework
  • Multi-annual Work Plan
  • Recommendations and Next Steps for the GFMD-Private Sector Engagement
• Session on the Platform for Partnerships
  • Background Note
• Common Space:
  • Overview
  • Break-out Sessions:
    • Session 1
      Situating migration and migrants in national and post-2015 international development agendas – partnering with the international development community, national policy makers and development, migrant and other civil society organisations
    • Session 2
      Realising decent labour migration and decent employment - partnering with states, businesses, labour organisations, diaspora entrepreneurs and other civil society organisations
    • Session 3
      Empowering migrants and communities for social inclusion and human development - partnering with states, local authorities and civil society
• Special session on Enhancing Coordination between the GFMD and the United Nations System: SRSG Sutherland, GMG and the GFMD - Agenda | Discussion Note

Speeches:

• Opening Speech of H.R.H Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden
• Welcome Address of H.E. Tobias Billström, Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy
• Opening Speech of H.E. Hillevi Engström, Minister for International Development Cooperation
• Remarks by H.E. Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Turkey
• Remarks by H.E. Ban Ki-Moon, United Nations Secretary-General
• Remarks by Ms. Cecilia Malmström, Commissioner of the European Commission in charge of Home Affairs
• Remarks by Mr. Guy Ryder, Director-General, International Labour Organization (ILO) as 2014 Chair of the Global Migration Group
• Closing Remarks of H.E. Tobias Billström, Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy
• Closing Speech of H.E. Hillevi Engström, Minister for International Development Cooperation

Presentations:

• Situating Migration and Migrants in National and post-2015 International Development Agendas
  Amb. William Swing, Director General, International Organization for Migration
• Recognising the Voice of Migrants Through Empowerment
  François Crépeau, Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants
• South-South Expert Exchange Mechanism (Mali and ICMPD)
  Rosangela Alfama, Ministry of Communities, Cape Verde and Seydou Keita, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mali and Monica Zanette, MTM Coordinator, ICMPD
• The International Recruitment Integrity System (IOM)
  Federico Soda, Head, Labour Migration and Human Development Division, International Organization for Migration
• KNOMAD and the GFMD
  Dilip Ratha, The World Bank
• Assessing the Economic Contribution of Labour Migration in Developing Countries as Countries of Destination
  OECD, EU and ILO
• Presentation by Allison J. Petrozziello Gender & Migration Specialist, UN Women

Side Events:

• The Nansen Initiative on Cross-Border Displacement in the Context of Disasters
  14 May 2014 from 11h30 to 12h30, Venue: Riddarsalen
  • Concept Note
• KNOMAD - Migration and Remittance Flows: Recent Developments and Outlook 2014-2016
  15 May 2014 from 12h30 to 13h15, Venue: Riddarsalen
  • Agenda
• The Migrants in Countries in Crisis Initiative Launch: A panel discussion
  15 May 2014 from 12h30 to 13h15, Venue: Nobelterrassen
  • Invitation
  • Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
  • Concept Note
  • Guidelines Discussion
  • Notional Consultation Schedule
• Global Migration Group (GMG) - Migration and Youth: Challenges and Opportunities
  15 May 2014 from 13h30 to 14h15, Venue: Nobelterrassen
  • Agenda

Media:

• Photos
• Videos

• Roundtable 1.1 [ EN | ES | FR ]
  Operationalizing mainstreaming and coherence in migration and development policies
• Roundtable 1.2 [ EN | ES | FR ]
  Framing migration for the Millennium Development Goals and the Post-2015 UN Development Agenda
• Roundtable 2.1 [ EN | ES | FR ]
  Enhancing the development impacts of labour migration and circular mobility through more systematic labour market and skills matching
• Roundtable 2.2 [ EN | ES | FR ]
  Facilitating positive development impacts of diaspora engagement in skills transfers, investments and trade between countries of residence and origin
• Roundtable 3.1 [ EN | ES | FR ]
  Empowering migrants, their households and communities for improved protection of rights and social development outcomes
• Roundtable 3.2 [ EN | ES | FR ]
  Migrants’ social and financial remittances (asset transfers) and their effects on health and education

• GFMD Civil Society Chair’s Report 2014
  Michele LeVoy, Chair of the Civil Society Days of the 2014 GFMD, and director Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
• Recommendations and Benchmarks
  also available in: Español | Français
• Participants
• Program
  also available in: Español | Français
• Background document
• Speeches:
  • Opening Remarks by H.E. Mr. Tobias Billström, Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy
  • Closing Speech of Eva Åkerman-Börje
    Connecting with the GFMD Government Days and Beyond

Thematic Meeting 4 (12 March 2014, Geneva)
The Role of Business in International Migration Engaging the private sector as partners for positive development outcomes

• Final Report
• Preliminary Outcomes for Discussion
• Engagement with the Private Sector on International Migration - Mapping Study Report
• Agenda

Presentations / Speeches:

• Private-Sector Mapping Research
  Preliminary Outcomes for Discussion
• Opening Remarks by Ola Henriksson, Director General, Swedish Department of Migration and Asylum
• The Role of International Migration in Business

Thematic Meeting 3 (20 November 2013, Geneva)
Migration as an Enabler for Inclusive Social Development – Enhancing migrant empowerment and voluntary social and economic assets transfers

• Summary Report
• Executive Summary

Rapporteurs Report:

• Emerging Needs Roundtable
• Ensuring Ethical Recruitment Practice in the Supply Chain Roundtable
• Extractives Roundtable
• Financial Services
   
• Agenda
• Draft Background Paper RT 3.1 (as of 13 November 2013)
  • IOM Input - "Empowerment of migrants by ensuring their health and wellbeing"
• Draft Background Paper RT 3.2 (as of 13 November 2013)
• Flyer - The Health of Migrants: The Way Forward
• GMG Issues Brief No. 3: Migration as an enabler for inclusive social development
• GMG Issues Brief No. 3: Full UNICEF Input to Section III

Presentations / Speeches:

• AFFORD - Mr. Gibril Faal
  Chairman of AFFORD / Founder of RemitAid
• El Salvador - Ms. Ada Ábrego
  Director General for M & D, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Greece - Mr. Evangelos Syrigos [ Presentation | Statement ]
  Secretary General of Population and Social Cohesion, Directorate General for Migration Policy and Social Integration, Ministry of Interior
• IOM - Mr. Davide Mosca
  Director, Director, Migration Health Department
• Kenya - Ms. Mary Kezzah
  Assistant Commissioner for Labour, Ministry of Labour
• MPI - Ms. Kathleen Newland
  Director, Migration Policy Institute
• Pakistan - Mr. Muhammad Ayub Chaudhry [ Presentation | Statement ]
  Joint Secretary (Emigration & Overseas Pakistanis), Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis & Human Resource Development
• UNICEF - Ms. Alexandra Yuster
  Associate Director, Division of Strategy and Planning
• World Bank - Ms. Sonia Plaza
  Senior Economist, Migration and Remittances Unit

Thematic Meeting 2 (11 September 2013, Geneva)
Labour Migration and Diaspora: Improving Labour Market Complementarities and Economic Development Outcomes

• Summary Report
• Agenda
• Background Paper

Presentations / Speeches:

• Albania - Ms. Etleva Dyrmyshi
  First Expert, Migration Sector, Ministry of Equal Chances
• Canada - Ms. Jennifer Irish
  Minister-Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Canada to the UN in Geneva
• Statement by the Eritrean Delegation
  Ethiopia - Mr. Legesse Diro
  Expert on Diaspora Issues, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Guatemala -Ms. Angela Honeyda Morales Meléndrez
  Jefa de Migraciones Laborales, Ministerio de Trabajo y Previsión Social
• Mali - Mr. Seydou Keïta
  Technical counsellor, Ministère Maliens de l’Extérieur et de l’Intégration Africaine
• Morocco - H.E. Abdelouahed Souhail
  Ministère de l’Emploi et de la Formation Professionnelle
• Netherlands - H.E. Amb. Roderick van Schreven
  Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of the Netherlands to the UN in Geneva
• Nigeria’s Experience: Labour Migration and Diaspora
• Sweden - H.E. Amb. Jan Knutsson
  Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Sweden to the UN in Geneva
• United Arab Emirates - Mr. Alex Zalami
  Advisor to the Minister, Ministry of Labour
• ILO - Ms. Manuela Tomei
  Officer-in-Charge, Directorate for Social Protection / International Migration Programme
• OECD - Mr. Stefano Scarpetta
  Director, Employment Labour and Social Affairs

Thematic Meeting 1 (22 May 2013, Geneva)
Operationalizing Mainstreaming of Migration in Development Policy and Integrating Migration in the Post-2015 UN Development Agenda

• Summary Report
• Agenda

Presentations / Speeches:

• GFMD Chair’s Opening Speech - Amb. Eva Åkerman Börje
• Bangladesh -Amb. Md. Abdul Hannan
  Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the UN in Geneva
• Ghana - Ms. Mary Mpereh
  Deputy Director, Development Policy, National Development Planning Commission
• Philippines - Mr. Jesus Yabes
  Undersecretary for Migrant Workers' Affairs, Department of Foriegn Affairs
• Thailand - Dr. Chanvit Tharathep
  Deputy Permanent Secretary, MoPH
• Draft Discussion Paper prepared by UNDP and IOM
• ICMPD - Ms. Malin Frankenhaeuser
  Programme Manager, International Centre for Migration Policy Development
• ILO - Background Note - Contribution of Labour Migration to the Development Agenda
• IOM - Ms. Jill Helke
  Director, International Cooperation and Partnerships Department
• OHCHR - Background Note on Migrants, migration, human rights and the post-2015 UN development agenda
• UNICEF - Input - Migration, Mainstreaming, Education and Health

11 March 2014

5th Meeting of the GFMD Steering Group

La Salle XI, ILO Building, Geneva

• Summary Report
• Provisional Agenda

5th Meeting of the GFMD Friends of the Forum

La Salle IX, ILO Building, Geneva

• Summary Report
• Provisional Agenda

Presentations:

• Long-term financing for the GFMD
• Draft Multiannual Work Plan (MWP) 2013-2015
  Overview of GFMD Priorities and their Implementation
• The GFMD Steering Group
  Manageable size and enhanced working methods

19 November 2013

4th Meeting of the GFMD Steering Group

La Salle XI, ILO Building, Geneva

• Summary Report
• Provisional Agenda

  Presentations / Speeches:

• The Role of International Migration in Business
• The UN High-level Dialogue and possible follow-up within the GFMD process
• GFMD 2013-2014 Roundtable Teams
• GFMD Thematic Survey Results
• The GFMD Forum Meeting Stockholm 14-16 May 2014

4th Meeting of the GFMD Friends of the Forum

La Salle IX, ILO Building, Geneva

• Summary Report
• Provisional Agenda

  Presentations / Speeches:

• Report of Civil Society Activities

  John K. Bingham, ICMC, GFMD Civil Society Coordinating Office

10 September 2013

3rd Meeting of the GFMD Steering Group

La Salle XI, ILO Building, Geneva

• Summary Report
• Provisional Agenda

3rd Meeting of the GFMD Friends of the Forum

La Salle IX, ILO Building, Geneva

• Summary Report
• Provisional Agenda

  Presentations / Speeches:

• GFMD 2013-2014 Roundtable Teams
• GFMD 2013-2014 Thematic Survey
• UNITAR - Ms. Colleen Thouez [ Presentation | Statement ]

  Senior Research and Training Advisor, Human Mobility Programme

• Report of Civil Society Activities

  John K. Bingham, ICMC, GFMD Civil Society Coordinating Office

21 May 2013

2nd Meeting of the GFMD Steering Group

La Salle XI, ILO Building, Geneva

• Summary Report
• Provisional Agenda
• Aide memoire

  Formation and discussion about the role, size and composition of the GFMD Steering Group

• Discussion Paper - More predictable funding for the GFMD
• Discussion Paper - The GFMD Steering Group-size and working methods

2nd Meeting of the GFMD Friends of the Forum

La Salle V, ILO Building, Geneva

• Summary Report
• Provisional Agenda (updated as of 17 May)
• GFMD 2013-2014 Concept Paper
• Provisional Calendar of Key GFMD 2013-2014 Activities
• Terms of Reference for the GFMD Government Teams and the Expert Network
• Identifying new modalities for engagement between GFMD and the private sector
• Schedule of 1st Government RT Preparatory Meetings

  23 May 2013, ILO Building, Geneva

• Chair’s Note on the GFMD 2013-2014 Budget
• Updated Provisional Budget for GFMD 2013-2014
• Discussion paper – More Predictable Funding for the GFMD
• Terms of Reference for the GFMD Platform for Partnerships and Policy and Practice Database

  Business Roundtable:

  • Invitation to a Preparatory Meeting on Government-Private Sector Engagement
    "Identifying new modalities for engagement between GFMD and the private sector"

    23 May 2013, Salle Elimane Kane, ILO Building, Geneva

13 February 2013

1st Meeting of the GFMD Steering Group

La Salle XI, ILO Building, Geneva

• Report of the Proceedings
• Provisional Agenda

1st Meeting of the GFMD Friends of the Forum

La Salle IX, ILO Building, Geneva

• Report of the Proceedings
• Provisional Agenda

  Presentations:

• Sweden GFMD Chair - Agenda and Concept Paper
• Perspectives of the Swedish Chairmanship in the Post-2015 Development Agenda
• Outline of Thematic Recollection from the GFMD to the HLD
• Report of Civil Society Activities

  John K. Bingham, ICMC, GFMD Civil Society Coordinating Office

• High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development
  3 October 2013, New York
  • GFMD Input to the 2nd HLD : Statement on the Thematic Recollection from the GFMD 2007-2012
  • GFMD Side Event
    Shared Experiences from the Global Forum on Migration and Development: 2007 - 2013
  • GFMD Chair’s Presentations:
    • Statement on the Thematic Recollection from the GFMD 2007-2012:
      Input to the High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development
    • National Statement by H.E. Mr. Tobias Billstrom
      Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy of Sweden
    • Statement on Roundtable 1
      Assessing the effects of international migration on sustainable development and identifying relevant priorities in view of the preparation of the post- 2015 development framework
    • Statement on Roundtable 2
      Migrants Rights: Measures to ensure respect for and protection of the human rights of all migrants, with particular reference to women and children, as well as to prevent and combat the smuggling of migrants and trafficking in persons and to ensure orderly, regular and safe migration
    • Statement on Roundtable 3
      Strengthening partnership and cooperation on international migration, mechanisms to effectively integrate migration into development policies and promoting coherence at all levels
    • Statement on Roundtable 4
      International and regional labour mobility and its impact on development
• Synthesis report from the High-level Panel Expert Policy Dialogue on Migration in the Post-2015 Development Agenda
• GFMD 2013-2014 Thematic Survey [ Report | Questionnaire ]
• GFMD 2013-2014 Online Discussions
• Thematic Recollection from the GFMD 2007-2012 - Input to the HLD