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Seventh Coordination Meeting on International Migration
New York, 20-21 November 2008

The Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations is organizing the Seventh Coordination Meeting on International Migration. The Meeting is being held in response to General Assembly Resolution 58/208 of 13 February 2004, which requests the Secretary-General to continue convening meetings to coordinate international migration activities.

The Seventh Coordination Meeting on International Migration has the following three objectives: (a) to discuss the follow-up to the 2006 High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development, (b) to exchange information on current and planned activities in the area of international migration and development, and (c) to identify emerging issues on international migration and development.

Presentations

  • Global Migration Governance Project - Alexander Betts
  • Protecting and Empowering Migrants for Development - Esteban B. Conejos Jr.
  • Report of the Secretary-General on International Migration and Development - Philip Guest
  • Remittances: Outlook for 2008-2010 - Dilip Ratha (with Sanket Mohapatra and Zhimei Xu)
  • The Global Migration Barometer - Barbara Span
  • Responding to policy challenges: Estimating migration flows - Georges Lemaitre
  • Keeping migration in the spotlight: training and knowledge sharing at the United Nations -
    Colleen Thouez
  • Five actions on migration data to make urgent research possible - Douglas S. Massey and
    Michael Clemens

Objectives of the meeting

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The Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations is organizing the Seventh Coordination Meeting on International Migration. The Meeting is being held in response to General Assembly Resolution 58/208 of 13 February 2004, which requests the Secretary-General to continue convening meetings to coordinate international migration activities.

The Seventh Coordination Meeting on International Migration has the following three objectives: (a) to discuss the follow-up to the 2006 High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development, (b) to exchange information on current and planned activities in the area of international migration and development, and (c) to identify emerging issues on international migration and development.

Background documents

General Assembly Documents

  • Report of the first meeting of GFMD, distributed by the President of the General Assembly (A/C.2/62/2)
    [Arabic]  [Chinese]  [English]  [French]  [Russian]  [Spanish]
  • Summary of the High-level Dialogue by the President of the General Assembly (A/61/515)
    [Arabic]  [Chinese]  [English]  [French]  [Russian]  [Spanish]

General Assembly Resolutions

  • Report of the Secretary-General on International Migration and Development ( A/63/265)
    [Arabic]  [Chinese]  [English]  [French]  [Russian]  [Spanish]
  • General Assembly Resolution: Global Forum on Migration and Development (A/RES/62/270)
    [Arabic]  [Chinese]  [English]  [French]  [Russian]  [Spanish]
  • General Assembly Resolution: International Migration and Development (A/RES/61/208)
    [Arabic]  [Chinese]  [English]  [French]  [Russian]  [Spanish]

Other Documents

  • Final Declaration of the Eighth Council of Europe Conference of Ministers Responsible for Migration Affairs
    [English]  [French]
  • Asia-Pacific High-level Meeting on International Migration and Development - Chairman's Summary, 22-23 September 2008, Bangkok, Thailand
  • Global Migration Barometer: Methodology, results and findings - Economist Intelligence Unit
  • The Comparability of International Migration Statistics: Problems and Prospects - Georges Lemaitre
  • Standardised statistics on immigrant inflows results, sources and methods - OECD
  • Towards a ‘soft law’ framework for the protection of vulnerable migrants - Alexander Betts

Relevant websites

  • Sixth Coordination Meeting on International Migration, New York, 26-27 November 2007
  • International Migration and Development
  • Second meeting of GFMD, Manila, the Philippines, 29 - 30 October 2008

Agenda

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Thursday, 9 February 2012
I. Opening of the meeting
II. The Global Forum on Migration and Development
III. The 2013 High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development
IV. International migration and development: regional dimensions and interagency coordination
V. Migration and development: Recent contributions to the evidence base
Friday, 10 February 2012
VI. Migration and development: Recent contributions to the evidence base (continued)
VII. New initiatives on international migration and development
VIII. Closing of the meeting

Organization of Work

  • Bios of the panellists


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Thursday, 20 February 2014
Morning session   (10.00 – 13.00)  
I. Opening and introductory remarks
Francesca Perucci, Population Division
II. Migration and the post-2015 United Nations development agenda
Migration and post-2015: Making the case  
Peter Sutherland, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Migration
Why migration was not included in the MDGs, and why it should be part of the SDGs  
Professor Michael Doyle, Columbia University
Preparing the Sustainable Development Goals   
Ambassador Csaba Kőrösi, Permanent Representative of Hungary to the United Nations and co-chair of the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals
Moderator: Nikhil Seth, Division for Sustainable Development
III. The Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD): The way forward
The 2013-2014 GFMD: Objectives, preparations and expected outcomes
Ambassador Eva Åkerman Börje, Chair-in-Office, GFMD, Sweden
The GFMD under the incoming Turkish Chair: Some preliminary reflections
Esen Altuğ, Minister Plenipotentiary, Deputy Director General, MFA, representing the incoming GFMD Chair, Turkey
The 2014 GFMD civil society days: Objectives, preparations, expected outcomes   
John Bingham, International Catholic Migration Commission
Advancing cooperation on migration and development: GMG and GFMD moving forward   
Guy Ryder, Director-General, International Labour Office, GMG Chair-in-Office (video message)
Moderator: Michele Klein Solomon, International Organization for Migration
Afternoon session   (15.00 – 18.00)  
IV. Follow-up to the 2013 High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development
Key note: The 2013 HLD Declaration: Expectations and way forward  
Ambassador Yanerit Morgan, Deputy Permanent Representative of Mexico to the United Nations
Panel discussion on HLD follow-up  
- Ambassador Eva Åkerman Börje, Chair-in-Office, GFMD, Sweden
- Ambassador Vladimir Lupan, Permanent Representative of Moldova to the United Nations
- Michelle Leighton, Chief of the Labour Migration Branch, ILO, representing the Chair of the Global Migration Group
- Eva Sandis, Chair, NGO Committee on Migration
Moderator: Francesca Perucci, Population Division
Interactive tour-de-table
Key note: Implementing a common human rights framework in migration policies  
François Crépeau, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants
Friday, 21 February 2014
Morning session   (10.00 – 13.00)  
V. Towards better data and indicators on migration
Toward a post-2015 development agenda: The role of the statistical community
Keiko Osaki-Tomita, Statistics Division
Which migration indicators for post-2015? Results from a recent GMG retreat
Frank Laczko, International Organization for Migration
Common set of indicators for Migration Profiles
Bela Hovy, Population Division
Moderator: David Khoudour, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
VI. Reducing costs of migration and leveraging its benefits
Key note:The contribution of international migration to global prosperity
Professor Lant Pritchett, Harvard University
The “five-by-five” initiative and its relevance for post-2015
Massimo Cirasino, World Bank
Recruitment costs: Initiatives on data collection
Dilip Ratha, Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development, World Bank
Moderator: Diana Alarcón, Development Policy and Analysis Division
Afternoon session   (15.00 – 18.00)  
VII. Selected presentations on data and indicators on migration
Trafficking in persons and the post 2015 development agenda: Research and data
Warda Henning, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Indicators on the human rights of migrants
David Marshall, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (tbc)
Making migration research work for migrants: The role of the United Nations University
Tendayi Bloom, United Nations University
Some proposals on migration indicators from ICPD beyond 2014
Ann Pawliczko, United Nations Population Fund
Moderator: Clare Menozzi, Population Division
VIII. Closing remarks
John Wilmoth, Population Division

Side events

Thursday, 20 February 2014
Detailed programme    
Strengthening Cooperation and Partnerships between the Global Migration Group (GMG) and the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD)

I. Opening remarks
II. Cooperation between the Swedish GFMD 2013-2014 and the GMG
III. Areas for further cooperation and partnerships post-2013 HLD
IV. Reflections on future cooperation between the Turkish GFMD 2015 and the GMG
V. Closing remarks

Friday, 21 February 2014
Detailed programme    
Strengthening Cooperation and Partnerships between Civil Society, Social Partners and the Global Migration Group (GMG)

I. Opening remarks
II. Interactive dialogue on GMG work programme
V. Closing remarks

Contributed papers

  • Activities of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa on International Migration: Follow-up to the 2006 High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development
    United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
  • Activities carried out by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean in the area of international migration, human rights and development
    United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
  • Follow-up activities relating to the 2006 High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development
    United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
  • Follow-up activities of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia related to the 2006 High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development
    United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia
  • Policy and programme work on international migration and development by the United Nations Children’s Fund
    United Nations Children's Fund
  • Policy and program work on international migration by the United Nations Development Fund for Women
    United Nations Development Fund for Women
  • Overview of work conducted by the United Nations Institute for Training and Research in the area of migration and development
    United Nations Institute for Training and Research
  • Development and migration from a gender perspective
    United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women
  • Policy and programme work on international migration of the United Nations Population Fund
    United Nations Population Fund
  • Report on activities and programmes on migration, development and remittances
    The Inter-American Development Bank
  • Contribution of the International Organization for Migration to the Seventh Coordination Meeting
    International Organization for Migration
  • International migration in the Arab region
    League of Arab States
  • International migration and development: A perspective from the World Trade Organization
    World Trade Organization
  • Projects on migration and development and governance of international migration
    Institute for the Study of International Migration
  • Work on international migration and development
    International Union for the Scientific Study of Population
  • Initiative on global migration and human mobility
    The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
  • Activities on international migration and development
    Migration Policy Institute
  • A call for a human rights-based approach to migration and development
    NGO Committee on Migration
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