International dialogues on migration and development

1. International dialogues on migrationanddevelopment The UN High Level Dialogue on Migration and Development, the Global Forum on Migration and Development Abdou Rahime Diallo FoundationPartnershipwith Africa ofthe German Federal MinistryofEconomic Development andCooperation & Diaspora Policy Institute, DIC, Berlin, Germany

2. Changing thoughts on Migration and Development

3. Background and Objectives Operating modalities GLOBAL FORUM FOR MIGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT - GFMD

4. GFMD – BACKGROUND • recent UN initiative to address the M&D-nexus in practical and action orientated ways as a culmination of more than a decade of international debate on the growing importance of the M&D nexus

5. Objectives of the GFMD

6. GFMD’s Operating Modalities • With the exception of some guidelines (for example on the state-led character) the operating modalities for the GFMD process were not formalized by the UN General Assembly • Endorsement of GFMD operating Modalities at the 1st meeting, Brussels 2007 • Ensuring continuity and practical support for the incoming Chairs of the Forum • Providing an initial structuring framework to 'organize' GFMD chairing arrangements and funding and support to the Chair • Provision for the creation of a supporting framework: • Troika: the past, current and future GFMD Chairs • Steering group: manageable number of governments that lend strategic and political support to the Chair • Consultative body: Friends of the Forum (States Members and Observers of the United Nations) • Light support unit: assist the Chair-in-Office with its administrative, financial and logistical needs

7. Objectives Strategic thematic fields Recommendations The High Level Dialogue on Migration and Development

8. Objectivesofthe HDL

14. Strategic thematicfieldsof HDL

15. Recommendation for the effectiveness of the future progress