Events

EVENTS

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20​​16

  • 10-12 December 2016 - Ninth GFMD Summit Meeting
  • 08-09 December 2016 – Ninth Civil Society Days
  • Between 14 September and 31 October 2016  - Global Media Competition on Breaking Stereotypes on Labour Migration
  • 10-12 October 2016 - GIZ SDC training on migration for sustainable development
  • 07 October 2016 - GFMD 2016 Government-led Roundtable Teams
  • 06 October 2016 - Third Preparatory meetings of Bangladesh GFMD Chairmanship
  • 29-30 September 2016 - Third Global Mayoral Forum on Mobility, Migration and Development 
  • 19 September 2016 - Summit for Refugees and Migrants
  • 4-6 July 2016: Regional M&D Workshop Moldova
  • 30 June 2016: Extraordinary Meeting of IOM Council on IOM – UN relations 
  • 25-27 May 2016: Global Meeting on Migration and Development 
  • 23-24 May 2016: World Humanitarian Summit: Istanbul
  • 18-19 May 2016: 2nd GFMD 2016 Preparatory Meetings in Geneva
  • 17 May 2016: Second Preparatory meetings of Bangladesh GFMD Chairmanship, Geneva
  • 11-12 May 2016: Abu Dhabi Dialogue Senior Officials' Meeting, Dubai
  • 3-4 May 2016: Regional Consultation on Migration of the SAARC Member States, Kathmandu
  • 27-29 April 2016: Diplomacy Training Program, Workshop on Human Rights, Migrant Workers and the Private Sector in the Middle East, Dubai
  • 19-20 April 2016: The UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights, 2016 Asia Regional Forum on Business and Human Rights Doha
  • 19 April 2016: Awareness Meeting of the GFMD Business Mechanism in Geneva
  • 15-17 April 2016: World Bank Spring Meetings (focus on Forced Displacement)
  • 11-15 April 2016: 49th Commission on Population and Development
  • 12-13 April 2016: ILO/ Better Work Jordan, Annual Business (Buyer) Forum, Amman
  • 7-8 April: Habitat III Thematic Meeting on Informal Settlements in Pretoria
  • 5 April 2016: 1st Meeting of the GFMD ad hoc working group on 2030 Agenda
  • 30 March 2016: UNHCR Conference – Pathways for admission of Syrian Refugees
  • 29 March 2016: First GFMD 2016 Thematic Workshop on "Migration for Connectivity", Bangkok
  • 22-23 March 2016: Bali Process on People Smuggling, Trafficking in Persons and Related Transnational Crime; Senior Officials and Ministerial Meetings, Bali
  • 23 March 2016: Caritas Lebanon Migrant Center, Conference with the recruitment agencies in Lebanon , Beirut
  • 20-23 March 2016: GIZ/SDC Training on Migration and Development, Freiburg [read the impressions of Rahel Pema, regional head of cooperation on the training]
  • 20 March 2016: Caritas Lebanon Migrant Center, Africa United Community  - Community meeting, Beirut
  • 16-18 March: Habitat III Europe Regional Meeting in Prague (incl. a side event on urban migration by UNITAR, JMDI, KNOMAD and IOM)
  • 11-15 March: 49th Session of the Commission on Population and Development (CPD), New York
  • 20-23 March 2016: SDC/GIZ Training on Migration and Development, Freiburg, Germany     
  • 10 March 2016: General Assembly of the Swiss Civil Society Platform on Migration and Development (mdplatform.ch)
  • 8-9 March 2016: Meeting of the Alliance of Asian Association of Overseas Employment Service Providers, Bangkok
  • 18 December 2015: International Migrants’ Day
  • 14. January 2016: Presentation of the annual programs of the Global Cooperation/SDC in Berne, Switzerland


201​5

  • 14-18 December 2015: National Migration Dialogue, Abuja, Nigeria; Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; Cotonou, Benin
  • 1-5 December 2015: Research Workshop Migration and Development (MIGDEVRI), Lagos, Nigeria
  • 15.06.2015 - Regional Workshop on Migration and Development, Ouidah/Benin, 1 – 4 June 2015
  • ​13 – 16 July 2015 Third International Conference on Financing for Development, DESA ECOSOC, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
  • 16 – 19 June 2015 Global Forum on Remittances and Development, IFAD. Milano, Italy
  • ​​1 - 4 June 2015 Regional Workshop by the Migration Network in Cotonou, Benin: 'Development in West Africa – The role of human mobility'
  • 26 – 27 May 2015 International Conference on Migration and Development, Globa​l Migration Group Meeting, New York, USA​
  • 18-29 May 2015 Academy on Labour Migration, two-week training course in Torino, information and leaflets available in English, French and Arabic http://www.itcilo.org/calendar/25664?set_language=en
  • ​15 - 16 May 2015 GFMD Business Meeting in Istanbul – 'Filling the empty chair at the table', organized by the Turkish chair and Switzerland, Istanbul, Turkey, (see also News from the Network)
  • 10.09.2014 ​Presentation & discussion, Migration and Development: The moldovan imperative and innovative path
  • 14.03. - 22.06.2014 Exhibition: Journey to Tunisia, Klee, Macke, Moilliet​

  • ​18.12.2013 Vernissage & discussion: Yemen, La Sfida Raccolta