Global Forum on Migration and Development

Global Forum on Migration & Development
Forum Mondial sur la Migration et le Developpement
Foro Mundial sobre Migración y Desarrollo

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Formation 2006
Type Government Meeting
Headquarters Geneva, Switzerland
Membership
Member States and Observers of the United Nations
Official language
English, French and Spanish
Host Country
Turkey (2014-2015)
Chair-in-Office
H.E. Mr. Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu
Website http://www.gfmd.org

The Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) is a recent initiative of the United Nations Member States to address the migration and development interconnections in practical and action-oriented ways. It is an informal, non-binding, voluntary and government-led process that marks the culmination of more than a decade of international dialogue on the growing importance of the linkages between migration and development. It reflects the progressive acknowledgement of the limits of a strictly national approach to migration questions and implications at a global level in an intergovernmental framework. In view of the societal implications of these issues, civil society representatives have also been involved from the outset in this process.[1]

Background

Among the formative initiatives pre-dating the GFMD are:

Objectives

The objectives of the GFMD are:

Structure

Under the Operating Modalities of the GFMD adopted in 2007, the Forum meets every year for an inter-active and practice-oriented dialogue. It is attended by high-level and senior government policy-makers, and its deliberations are held under Chatham House Rules. A Report of Proceedings is prepared at the end of each Forum.

The supporting framework of the GFMD includes the following:

Steering Group Members:[5]

GFMD Governments:[6]

  1.  Afghanistan
  2.  Albania
  3.  Algeria
  4.  Andorra
  5.  Angola
  6.  Antigua and Barbuda
  7.  Argentina
  8.  Armenia
  9.  Australia
  10.  Austria
  11.  Azerbaijan
  12.  Bahamas
  13.  Bahrain
  14.  Bangladesh
  15.  Barbados
  16.  Belarus
  17.  Belgium
  18.  Belize
  19.  Benin
  20.  Bhutan
  21.  Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
  22.  Bosnia and Herzegovina
  23.  Botswana
  24.  Brazil
  25.  Brunei Darussalam
  26.  Bulgaria
  27.  Burkina Faso
  28.  Burundi
  29.  Cabo Verde
  30.  Cambodia
  31.  Cameroon
  32.  Canada
  33.  Central African Republic
  34.  Chad
  35.  Chile
  36.  China
  37.  Colombia
  38.  Comoros
  39.  Congo
  40.  Democratic Republic of the Congo
  41.  Costa Rica
  42.  Côte d'Ivoire
  43.  Croatia
  44.  Cuba
  45.  Cyprus
  46.  Czech Republic
  47.  Denmark
  48.  Djibouti
  49.  Dominica
  50.  Dominican Republic
  51.  Ecuador
  52.  Egypt
  53.  El Salvador
  54.  Equatorial Guinea
  55.  Eritrea
  56.  Estonia
  57.  Ethiopia
  58.  Fiji
  59.  Finland
  60.  France
  61.  Gabon
  62.  Gambia
  63.  Georgia
  64.  Germany
  65.  Ghana
  66.  Greece
  67.  Grenada
  68.  Guatemala
  69.  Guinea
  70.  Guinea-Bissau
  71.  Guyana
  72.  Haiti
  73.  Holy See
  74.  Honduras
  75.  Hungary
  76.  Iceland
  77.  India
  78.  Indonesia
  79.  Iran (Islamic Republic of)
  80.  Iraq
  81.  Ireland
  82.  Israel
  83.  Italy
  84.  Jamaica
  85.  Japan
  86.  Jordan
  87.  Kazakhstan
  88.  Kenya
  89.  Kiribati
  90.  Democratic People's Republic of Korea
  91.  Republic of Korea
  92.  Kuwait
  93.  Kyrgyzstan
  94.  Lao People's Democratic Republic
  95.  Latvia
  96.  Lebanon
  97.  Lesotho
  98.  Liberia
  99.  Libya
  100.  Liechtenstein
  101.  Lithuania
  102.  Luxembourg
  103.  Macedonia
  104.  Madagascar
  105.  Malawi
  106.  Malaysia
  107.  Maldives
  108.  Mali
  109.  Malta
  110.  Marshall Islands
  111.  Mauritania
  112.  Mauritius
  113.  Mexico
  114.  Micronesia (Federated States of)
  115.  Republic of Moldova
  116.  Monaco
  117.  Mongolia
  118.  Montenegro
  119.  Morocco
  120.  Mozambique
  121.  Myanmar
  122.  Namibia
  123.  Nauru
  124.    Nepal
  125.  Netherlands
  126.  New Zealand
  127.  Nicaragua
  128.  Niger
  129.  Nigeria
  130.  Norway
  131.  Oman
  132.  Pakistan
  133.  Palau
  134.  Palestine
  135.  Panama
  136.  Papua New Guinea
  137.  Paraguay
  138.  Peru
  139.  Philippines
  140.  Poland
  141.  Portugal
  142.  Qatar
  143.  Romania
  144.  Russia
  145.  Rwanda
  146.  Saint Kitts and Nevis
  147.  Saint Lucia
  148.  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  149.  Samoa
  150.  San Marino
  151.  Sao Tome and Principe
  152.  Saudi Arabia
  153.  Senegal
  154.  Serbia
  155.  Seychelles
  156.  Sierra Leone
  157.  Singapore
  158.  Slovakia
  159.  Slovenia
  160.  Solomon Islands
  161.  Somalia
  162.  South Africa
  163.  South Sudan
  164.  Spain
  165.  Sri Lanka
  166.  Sudan
  167.  Suriname
  168.  Swaziland
  169.  Sweden
  170.   Switzerland
  171.  Syrian Arab Republic
  172.  Tajikistan
  173.  United Republic of Tanzania
  174.  Thailand
  175.  Timor-Leste
  176.  Togo
  177.  Tonga
  178.  Trinidad and Tobago
  179.  Tunisia
  180.  Turkey
  181.  Turkmenistan
  182.  Tuvalu
  183.  Uganda
  184.  Ukraine
  185.  United Arab Emirates
  186.  United Kingdom
  187.  United States
  188.  Uruguay
  189.  Uzbekistan
  190.  Vanuatu
  191.  Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
  192.  Viet Nam
  193.  Yemen
  194.  Zambia
  195.  Zimbabwe

GFMD Observers:[7]

  1. African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States
  2. ACP Observatory on Migration
  3. African Union
  4. Association of Southeast Asian Nations
  5. Asian Development Bank
  6. Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
  7. Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families
  8. European Union
  9. Inter-American Development Bank
  10. Intergovernmental Consultations on Migration, Asylum and Refugees
  11. International Catholic Migration Commission
  12. International Center for Migration Policy Development
  13. International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
  14. International Fund for Agricultural Development
  15. International Labour Office
  16. International Organization for Migration
  17. International Organization of the Francophonie
  18. Joint Migration and Development Initiative
  19. League of Arab States
  20. John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
  21. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
  22. Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary General
  23. Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
  24. Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
  25. Organization of Islamic Conference
  26. Regional Conference on Migration (Puebla Process)
  27. Secretaría General Iberoamericana
  28. South American Conference on Migration
  29. Sovereign Military Order of Malta
  30. United Nations Children's Fund
  31. United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
  32. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
  33. United Nations Development Fund for Women
  34. United Nations Development Programme
  35. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
  36. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
  37. United Nations Institute for Training and Research
  38. United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
  39. United Nations Population Fund
  40. United Nations Regional Commissions
  41. United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants
  42. World Bank
  43. World Health Organization

Following invitation of the Swiss Chair, in 2001 the International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC) took the role of Coordinating Office for Civil Society. It currently maintains this role.

Chair-in-Office and past GFMD

The host country (Chair-in-Office) assumes responsibility for the preparatory process and the implementation of each Forum. The host government chairs all sessions related to Forum preparations and chairs the Forum. The Chair-in-Office is assisted by the country that organized the previous Forum and the country that will host the following meeting of the Forum.

The Platform for Partnerships (PfP)

Since the creation of the GFMD in 2007, there have been continued calls during the annual GFMD meetings for online sharing of good practices using the GFMD website. At the initiative of the Mexican Chair and with the support of the current Swiss Chair the PfP has been created towards the end of 2010 to address this need and to foster new partnerships.

The GFMD Platform for Partnerships[9] (PfP - www.gfmd.org/pfp) is a tool to facilitate exchange and showcase projects, programs and policies that are undertaken by governments in the field of Migration and Development (M&D), and which are related to GFMD themes, debates and outcomes. The PfP is a four-pronged tool:

See also

External links

References and notes

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