Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD)

• Cluster II [ FR | ES ]
  Addressing Irregular Migration Through Coherent Migration and Development Strategies
• Report of Cluster Rapporteur II
  Addressing Irregular Migration Through Coherent Migration and Development Strategies

Abuja Meeting on Facilitating South-South Labour Migration:

• Introductory Remarks by H.E. Amb. Eduard Gnesa, Special Ambassador for International Cooperation in Migration, Switzerland / Chair-in-Office for GFMD 2011
• Using Migration Profiles and other Existing tools to ensure evidence‐ based coherent policy development
  Elizabeth Adjei
• Mainstreaming Migration into Private Sector Development Policies
  Chukwu-Emeka Chikezie, Up! Africa Limited
• Migrations de travail Sud Sud, pour une approche globale
  Hakam El Asri, Chargé de projets, Pôle Emploi, France
• Facilitating Legal Labour Migration: The Role of Destination Countries
  Andy Hall, Migrant Forum in Asia (MFA), Mahidol Migration Center (MMC)
• South-South versus South-North labour migration: comparing opportunities and challenges
  David Khoudour-Castéras, OECD Development Centre
• Institutionalizing a Regional Consultative Dialogue on Migration for West Africa
  Pietro Mona, Migration and Development Expert, Seconded by the Government of Switzerland
• Seminaire thematique role des organisations internationales
  Badara Ndiaye
• National Labour Migration Policy of Nigeria
  Anthony Ozodinobi, Federal Ministry of Labour and Productivity, Abuja, Nigeria
• Leveraging Migration for Development
  Dilip Ratha, World Bank
• National Labour Migration Policy for Sri Lanka
  Padmini Ratnayake, Ministry of Labour & Labour Relations, Sri Lanka
• Comparing South‐South Mobility Frameworks
  Jo Rispoli, IOM Regional Office, Pretoria
• ECOWAS/Spain Fund on Migration and Development
  Begonia Rubio, Embassy of Spain / AECID, Coordinator ECOWAS Program
• La protection sociale des travailleurs migrants dans un contexte de mobilite de travail sud-sud
  Birane Thiam, Conseiller Technique / DGTSS, Point focal Migration Ministère du Travail, Sénégal

Batumi Migration Profiles: Lessons Learned Workshop

• Summary Report
• Presentation - Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
• Presentation - Czech Republic
• Presentation - Georgia
• Presentation - International Center for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD)
• Presentation - International Center for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD)-Prague
• Presentation - International Organization for Migration (IOM)
• Presentation - Republic of Moldova
• Presentation - Islamic Republic of Pakistan

Berne Labour Mobility Meeting:

• Programme
• Operationalising the ECOWAS Protocol on Free Movement of Persons: Prospects for Sub-Regional Trade and Development
  Aderanti Adepoju, Coordinator, Network of Migration Research on Africa (NOMRA)
• Where’s the Movement? Comparative Assessment of EU and US Migration and Trade Policies towards Latin America
  Cesla Amarelle, Centre de droit des migrations, Elisa Fornalé (Université de Neuchâtel)
• Natural Persons Supplying Services in Trade Agreements: Mismatch with Immigration Law?
  Jürgen Bast, Senior Research Fellow
• Labour Migration in Asia and the Role of Bilateral Migration Agreements: Market Access Facilitation by Informal Means
  Graziano Battistella, Scalabrini Migration Center and BinodKhadria Jawaharlal, Nehru University
• Can Services be Exported Through Bilateral Labor Agreements? An Assessment of Spain-Colombia and Spain-Ecuador Agreements
  Antonio Bonet, President of ACE International Consultants S.L. and Sebastian Saez, Senior Trade Economist, International Trade Department, World Bank Group
• Services, Labor Mobility and Bilateral Labor Agreements: The Case of Spain, Colombia & Ecuador
  Antonio Bonet, President, ACE and Sebastian Saez, Sr. Trade Economist, World Bank
• Trade Policy, Investment and Migration: The Liberalisation Paradigm
  Thomas Cottier & Charlotte Sieber-Gasser, World Trade Institute, University of Bern
• Migration Control through Public-Private Parterships
  Tesseltje de Lange, Assistant Professor, Migration Law, Law Faculty of the University of Amsterdam
• Managing Labor Migration: The Philippine Experience -Government Perspective on the Privatization of Migration
  Jaime P. Gimenez, Deputy Administrator, Licensing and Adjudication Office, Philippine Overseas Employment Administration
• Bilateral Agreements to Manage Low-skilled Labor Migration: Complementarity or Overlap to Trade Agreements?
  Philip Martin, Professor, Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California at Davis
• Low-skilled Labor Migration: Guest Worker Programs and Free Trade Agreements?
  Philip Martin, Professor, Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California at Davis
• Migration of Health Workers Under the Japan-Philippines and Japan-Indonesia Economic Partnership Agreements: Challenges and Implications of the Japanese Training Framework
  Yoshiko Naiki, Osaka University, Japan
• Migration of Health Workers Under the Japan-Philippines and Japan-Indonesia EPAs: Challenges and Implications of the Japanese Training Framework
  Yoshiko Naiki, Osaka University, Japan
• ASEAN Free Movement Agenda
  Sophie Nonnenmacher, Senior Migration Policy Officer, IOM Regional Office, Bangkok
• Temporary Labor Migration from Egypt to the EU – Economic Benefits, Legal Background and Possible Outlines
  Çaglar Özden, The World Bank
• State-diaspora Partnerships and Bilateral Agreements: How Can they Help to Manage Migration?
  Miryam Hazán, Marion Panizzon, Sandra, Lavenex, and Sonia Plaza
• Diaspora for Development in Africa
  Sonia Plazza and Dilip Ratha, Editors, The World Bank
• Mobilising Development-friendly Investments and Entrepreneurship by Migrants
  Leila Rispens-Noel, Senior Advisor, INAFI International
• Trade Policy in Mode 4 Movement of Natural Persons
  Jan P.R. Schmitz, European Commission, Directorate General for TRADE, B1 (Services and Investment)
• Should There Be Delegated Responsibility for Direct Migrant Recruitment
  Mark Carlo Tamayo, President of Perpetual Help Placement Services International and Chief Operating Officer of University of Perpetual Help System - Isabela Campus

Dhaka Meeting on Lowering the Costs of Migration for Higher Development Gains:

• Session I: Understanding the Monetary Cost of Migration
• Session II: Lowering the Monetary Cost of Migration: Policy Routes and the Promise of Adopting a Collaborative Framework

Ghana Care Worker Workshop:

• Self Organization by Migrant Domestic Workers - Good Practice Policies and Legislation for migrant Domestic Workers
  Adwoa Sakyi, IUF Regional Women Coordinator, Ghana

Istanbul Meeting on Irregular Migration:

• Les Partenariats de Migration Avec les Pays Tiers: L’expérience Française
  Kacim Kellal, Assistant Deputy Minister, International Affairs and Development Partnership, Ministry of Interior, France
• Irregular Migration as a Generic Form of Migration
  Ahmet Içduygu, Migration Research Program, Koç University Istanbul

Marseille M & D Policy Assessment Workshop:

• Summary Report
• Briefing Note No. 3 International Labor Intermediation
• Managing Migration for Development and Employment
  Roberta Gatti, World Bank
• The Cutting Edge of Migration Policymaking: Examples of Innovative Practice
  Carmelita S. Dimzon, Administrator, Overseas Workers Welfare Admininstration, Republic of the Philippines
• Towards a National Policy on International Migration and Development for Jamaica
  Toni-Shae Freckleton, Planning Institute of Jamaica
• Circular Migration as a Development Tool –The Mauritian Approach
  Anil K. Kokil, Ministry of Finance and Economic Development, Mauritius
• Accord entre le gouvernement de la République Française et le gouvernement de la République de Maurice relatif au séjour et à la migration circulaire de professionnels.
  Murielle Dejaeghère, France
• Reflections on New Zealand's Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) Policy
  Sankar Ramasamy, New Zealand
• Regulating Private Recruitment: Policy Options and Key Challenges
  Dovelyn Rannveig Agunias, Regional Research Officer, International Organization for Migration Policy Analyst, Migration Policy Institute
• Migration, Employment and Protection of Migrants
  María Luisa Casado López, Directorate General for Immigration, Ministry of Labour and Immigration. Spain
• Experience de l’aneti en matiere de l’emploi a l’international
  Mohamed Mani, Directeur, Analyse des données du marché de l’emploi, Tunisia
• L'intermédiation privée à l‘étranger et la régulation des établissements prives de Placement à l’étranger (les EPPE): Cas de la Tunisie
  Walid Blel, Tunisia
• (How) does European migration policy making use evaluation findings?
  Niels Keijzer, European Centre for Development Policy Management

Moldova Meeting on Mainstreaming Migration into Strategic Policy Development:

• Addressing the challenges and opportunities of migration as parte of sectoral strategies - Employment: Experience of the Republic of Moldova
  Nina Punga, Head of Human Resources Development and Employment Policies, Ministry of Labor, Social Protection, and Family, Republic of Moldova
• Integrating migration in national development agenda: Towards a National Policy on International Migration and Development for Jamaica
  • Jamaica - Contribution Summary Report
  Toni-Shae Freckleton Planning Institute of Jamaica
• Les défis et les opportunités de la migration dans le cadre es stratégies sectorielles dans le secteur de 'environnement au Mali
  Aissata Keita Sylla, Mali
• Impact de l’éducation sur la migration en Tunisie
  Walid Blel, Direction de la migration et de la main d’oeuvre étrangère, Ministère de la Formation Professionnelle et de la Migration, Tunisie
• Vocational Skills, Non-Formal and Informal Learning, Migration: The case of the Republic of Moldova
  Siria Taurelli, European Training Foundation
• Addressing the Challenges and Opportunities of Migration as Part of Sectoral Strategies: Health
  Kwesi Asabir, Deputy Director, Human Resource for Health Development, Ministry of Health, Ghana
• Public Health Aspects of Migration
  Santino Severoni, Regional Coordinator, World Health Organization
• Addressing the Challenges and Opportunities of Migration as Part of Sectoral Strategies: Health
  • Migrants Health in Thailand
  Chanvit Tharathep, Senior Advisor Ministry of Public Health, Thailand
• Addressing the Challenges and Opportunities of Migration as Part of Sectoral Strategies: Health
  • Migrants Health in Thailand
  Chanvit Tharathep, Senior Advisor Ministry of Public Health, Thailand

Background Papers:

• RT Session 1.1 [ FR | ES ]
  Partnerships for more regular and protected migration

Background Papers:

• RT Session 2.1 [ FR | ES ]
  Fostering More Opportunities for Regular Migration
• RT Session 2.2 [ FR | ES ]
  Managing Migration and Minimizing the Negative Impacts of Irregular Migration