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The Civil Society Day of the Global Forum on Migration and Development. End Report

Document number
1376
Date
2008
Title
The Civil Society Day of the Global Forum on Migration and Development. End Report
Author/publisher
Civil Society Day, King Baudouin Foundation
Availability
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Document type(s)
Research/Study/Analysis,
Keywords
Migrant rights; Migration management; Comprehensive approach to migration; Migration policy; Irregular Migration, Feminization of migration, Economic migration, Labour migration, Free movement, Undocumented migrants; Undocumented labour;
Summary
The present End Report, brings together the results of the discussions during the CivilSociety Day organised by the King Baudouin Foundation on July 9th 2007 as well as all other relevant elements assembled during the preparatory process.Following the High-Level Dialogue on Migration and Development that took place in NewYork in September 2006, most of the governments attending the Dialogue wanted to continuediscussions in an informal government-led framework. The Belgian government deemed itnecessary to also hear the voice of civil society actors on the link between migration anddevelopment. Therefore it was decided to divide the Global Forum in two parts, one dayfor civil society and two days for the intergovernmental meeting.The aim of the Civil Society Day was to bring non-governmental parties together to exchangeideas and experiences, and to prepare civil society’s contribution to the Forum in the formof a set of conclusions and recommendations.To ensure coherence between the two parts of the Global Forum and to make sure that theconclusions of the Civil Society Day could be fed into the subsequent governmental discussions, the agenda of the Civil Society Day mirrored the government agenda to a large extent.Three specific themes were identified:• Human capital development and labour mobility: maximising opportunities and minimisingrisks;• Remittances and other diaspora resources: increasing their net volume and developmentvalue;• Enhancing institutional and policy coherence and promoting partnerships.
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