Global Forum on Migration and Development latest developments

The Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) Chair for 2024-2025 just announced its programme for the next cycle.

The overarching theme for this next GFMD cycle as determined by the Chair is "Regular Migration, Labour Mobility, and Human Rights: Pillars of Development and Well-Being of Societies".  Six roundtables are scheduled to take place assessing different aspects of the primary theme.

• Roundtable 1 - Strength in Movement: The Impact of Women on Global Migration and Development
• Roundtable 2 – Children and Youth on the Move: Innovators for Tomorrow’s Development
• Roundtable 3 - The Interplay of Media and Culture to Construct and Deconstruct the Reality of Migration
• Roundtable 4 - Climate Change: Safe Labour Routes as a Bridge to Prosperity
• Roundtable 5 - Regional Cooperation and Integration to Promote Safe and Regular Migration for Development
• Roundtable 6 - New Technologies and Digitalization: Improving Migration Management and Regular Migration Pathways

How to engage in the GFMD Process?

• Join the preparatory meeting in Geneva on 6-7 November 2024, 12-13 February 2025 and 4-5 June 2025, as well as the GFMD Summit in Colombia late 2025.

• Contribute to IOE policy papers, as well to the business positions on the six priority themes outline above through the Policy Working Group on Migration.

For more information on the substance and logistics, contact Stephanie Winet (winet(at)ioe-emp.com).