Turkey will host GFMD in 2015 – News on Mauritius
You read it here first It was just announced at the concluding debate of the government meeting that Turkey will follow Sweden as host of the Global Forum on Migration and Development. Sweden will...
View ArticleInternational Migrants’ Day – a date with its own radio station
As most of you are aware, today is International Migrants’ Day. The date was chosen because the UN General Assembly adopted the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant...
View ArticleLooking forward, looking back: Videos from the GFMD
In less than three weeks the 6th GFMD will take place in Mauritius. As a background and preparation, check out these 5 videos in which Noticias (more info upcoming) document last years’ GFMD: Video 1:...
View ArticleGFMD in Mauritius: Nice conference – if you can afford it…
I am on my way to the GFMD in Mauritius now, which certainly looks like a great place for a conference – if you can afford getting there, that is. There are only limited funds available for Civil...
View ArticleThis conference will be televised – GFMD Live Stream
There will be around 130 delegates at this years’ GFMD Civil Society Days. If you are not one of them, you can still follow at least the plenary sessions (the Roundtable sessions, on the other hand,...
View ArticleThe GFMD on the web: Wikipedia after all…
Oops, I did it again: When trying to sign up for the new GFMD Civil Society Facebook page, I ended up joining the Global Forum for Media Development. Now, I keep receiving info from this network of...
View ArticleRadio reports from the 2012 GFMD
As in previous years, Radio 1812 is reporting from the Global Forum on Migration and Development.Their first Audio Report has just been published. Here is how they announce it: “Reporter Jenni Roth...
View ArticleCivil Society in the GFMD – a case of pragmatism or patronizing?
Civil Society has to be “pragmatic”, should be lauded for its “signs of maturity to focus on action and not on rhetorics” and work “with governments and not against them”: Statements like These have...
View ArticleSome more impressions from the Tribunal on the GFMD
Here are some more impressions from the International Migrants’ Tribunal on the GFMD, organized by Migrante, International Migrants Alliance (IMA), GABRIELA and others. They sure know how to compose...
View ArticleSwedish GFMD scheduled for May 2014
After the HLD is before the GFMD… In other words: If you thought that the upcoming UN High Level Dialogue on Migration and Development (UN-HLD) in New York may bring the issue of migration closer to...
View ArticleRadio December 18 is closing down
Bad News on Good Friday: After 14 years in operation, the Brussels-based NGO December 18 announced today that the board members have decided to close down the organization. The reason for this...
View ArticleGlobal Forum on remittances has started in Bangkok
The World-Bank-organized “Global Forum on Remittances” has started in Bangkok and will continue until May 23. Participants will talk about topics like “Remittances and Development”, “Remittance Markets...
View Article7 video reports on the 6th Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD)...
The Dutch NGO Noticias has released 7 video reports on different aspects of the GFMD and the current Migration & Development debate in the framework of the media project ‘Picturing Migration’. The...
View ArticleHLD parallel event 1: Registration open for People’s Global Action (PGA) on...
(At least) two parallel events organized by civil socety will take place during the UN High-Level Dialogue (HLD) this coming October. One of them is the People’s Global Action (PGA) on Migration,...
View ArticlePost- #HLD2013: What`s Next? (WTO and more…)
It is not the beginning of the end – just the end of the beginning…The old saying seems particularly fitting in the case of the 2013 UN High-Level Dialogue on Migration and Development. It has been an...
View ArticleOut now: My book chapter “A Tale of Two Tactics: Civil Society and Competing...
Today, the edited volume by Martin Geiger and Antoine Pecoud “Disciplining the Transnational Mobility of People” has been published. The contributions critically examine how “a core feature of...
View ArticleThe #GFMD is back: Application starts for Civil Society Days and Online...
The application process for the 2014 civil society meeting of the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) in Sweden has started. After a one-year break – due to the United Nation meetings on...
View ArticleInterview on the #GFMD in Sweden: “Limited civil society participation a huge...
It is less than a month until the 7th Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) will take place in Stockholm, Sweden. As reported on this blog, Amnesty International (AI) and the Global Alliance...
View ArticleGlobal migration week in Stockholm: #PGA and #GFMD civil society programs online
This Friday marks the start of 8 days of intensive discussions, networking – and maybe results? – on global migration and development in Stockholm. The 8th People’s Global Action on Migration,...
View ArticleClose, but no #IAMR – counter- #GFMD2014 event will take place in Stockholm
I just found out yesterday, but there actually will be a counter-event to the GFMD after all: It is called “Discussion/Speak Out for Development Justice and Protest Manifestation vs. Migration for...
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