International Dialogue on Migration - Expert Seminar: Migration and the Environment
- Document number
- 1802
- Date
- 2008
- Title
- International Dialogue on Migration - Expert Seminar: Migration and the Environment
- Author/publisher
- International Organization for Migration (IOM)
- Availability
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- Document type(s)
- Meeting Documentation/Conference Reports,
- Keywords
- Summary
- The purpose of the International Dialogue on Migration, consistent with the mandate in IOM’s constitution, is to provide a forum for Member States and Observers to identify and discuss major issues and challenges in the field of international migration, to contribute to a better understanding of migration and to strengthen cooperative mechanisms between governments and with other key stakeholders to comprehensively and effectively address migration issues. This initiative is designed ultimately to enhance the capacity of governments to ensure the orderly management of migration, promote the positive aspects of migration, and reduce irregular migration. Other policy domains such as labour, development, environment, trade and health, are increasingly relevant to migration management and therefore are bringing migration onto the international agendas of other sectoral fora. The International Dialogue on Migration encourages exploration of the links between international migration and these other sectors. This publication was prepared under the supervision of Philippe Boncour, Head, International Dialogue on Migration Division, MPRC. It comprises three main elements. Part I contains the summary report of the expert seminar based on speeches and debates, as well as the possible policy responses and ways forward discussed during the event. Special thanks for the preparation of the report are owed to Jennifer Zimmermann – the principal author – and to Jobst Koehler, Christine Aghazarm and Erika Pinheiro. Part II includes the expert seminar agenda and Part III contains the abstracts of speeches and presentations made during the seminar.
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