Ninth coordination meeting on international migration

New York

Date:

17 February 2011 to 18 February 2011

Overview

The Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations is organizing the Ninth Coordination Meeting on International Migration. The Meeting is being held in response to General Assembly Resolution 58/208 of 13 February 2004, which requests the Secretary-General to continue convening meetings to coordinate international migration activities.

The Ninth Coordination Meeting on International Migration has the following three objectives: (a) to examine the development of indicators that measure the contribution of international migration to countries of origin and destination; (b) to exchange information on recent initiatives to build capacities on international migration and development, and (c) to discuss the contribution of United Nations agencies, funds and programmes and other relevant organizations to the Global Forum on Migration and Development as well as to the informal thematic debate on international migration and development which will be organized by the President of the General Assembly on 19 May 2011.

By providing participants with the opportunity to present their activities, the Meeting will contribute to greater coherence of the United Nations and other international organizations in responding to the growing demand from Member States to support and develop activities on international migration and development.

The outcome of the meeting will contribute to the preparation of the report of the Secretary-General on international migration and development for the sixty-seventh session of the General Assembly.

Documents

Organization of work

Thursday, 17 February 2011
10.00 鈥� 13.00	Morning session I. Opening of the meeting Hania Zlotnik, Population Division, DESA II. Global Forum on Migration and Development H.E. Mr. Julian Ventura Valero, Under-Secretary for North America, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mexico H.E. Mr. Eduard Gnesa, Special Ambassador for International Cooperation on Migration, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Switzerland III. Sixty-fifth session of the General Assembly: Report of the Secretary-General and resolution on international migration and development Hania Zlotnik, Population Division, DESA IV. Information about the informal thematic debate on international migration and development, being organized by the President of the General Assembly H.E. Ms. Heidi Schroderus-Fox, Director of Policy, Office of the President of the General Assembly
15.00 鈥� 18.00	Afternoon session V. Coordination in the area of international migration and development: capacitybuilding and training Michele Klein-Solomon, Permanent Observer of IOM to the United Nations. Mainstreaming migration into development planning 鈥� GMG Handbook for policy makers and practitioners Laurent de Boeck, African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Observatory on Migration. Fostering research on South-South migration and human development Tour de table
Friday, 18 February 2011
10.00 鈥� 12.00	Morning session VI. Measuring the impact of international migration 1. Assessing the contribution of international migration to countries of origin and destination Ra煤l Delgado-Wise, Autonomous University of Zacatecas. Assessment of migration, development and human rights: Conceptual framework and new strategic indicators Laura Chappell, Institute for Public Policy Research, London. Measuring migration鈥檚 economic and social impacts: Core indicators and methodological considerations Discussion leaders: Jeronimo Cortina, University of Houston Jean-Christophe Dumont, OECD, Paris
12.00 鈥� 13.00	Morning session, continued 2. Migrant integration Patrick Simon, Institut National Etudes D茅mographiques (INED), Paris. Benchmarking integration: Who, what and how David Khoudour-Cast茅ras, OECD Development Centre, Paris. Migrant integration in the South: What does it mean and how can we measure it?
	Discussion
15.00 鈥� 18.00	Afternoon session VII. New initiatives on international migration and development Selected presentations VIII. Closing of the meeting Bela Hovy, Migration Section, Population Division, DESA

Contributed papers

Queens College, City University of New York. International migration in Eastern Europe: Recommendations for programme development (UN/POP/MIG-9CM/2011/01)

NGO Committee on Migration. Partnerships for capacity-building initiatives in the context of development and migration (UN/POP/MIG-9CM/2011/02)

League of Arab States (LAS). International migration in the Arab region (UN/POP/MIG-9CM/2011/03)

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). Strengthening migration statistics in the region of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UN/POP/MIG-9CM/2011/04)

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). UNESCO鈥橲 activities in the field of migration in 2010-2011 (UN/POP/MIG-9CM/2011/05)

The African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Observatory on Migration. Fostering research on South-South migration and human development (UN/POP/MIG-9CM/2011/06)

World Health Organization (WHO).
(UN/POP/MIG-9CM/2011/07)

Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).
(UN/POP/MIG-9CM/2011/08)

Laboratory of Populations, Rockefeller University and Columbia University, New York. International migration flows: Statistical models for use in population projections (UN/POP/MIG-9CM/2011/09)

United Nations University - Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS). Climate and environmental change, human migration and displacement: Recent policy developments and research gaps (UN/POP/MIG-9CM/2011/10)

Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). ESCAP Input to the Ninth Coordination Meeting on International Migration (UN/POP/MIG-9CM/2011/11)

International Labour Organization (ILO). Decent work for all (UN/POP/MIG-9CM/2011/12)

United Nations Entity for Gender and the Empowerment of Women (缅北禁地Women). Empowering women migrant workers to claim their rights and celebrate their contribution to development (UN/POP/MIG-9CM/2011/13)

International Organization for Migration (IOM).
(UN/POP/MIG-9CM/2011/14)

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
(UN/POP/MIG-9CM/2011/15)

Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP. Activities and initiatives of one private sector organization involved in global corporate migration (UN/POP/MIG-9CM/2011/16)

United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). (UN/POP/MIG-9CM/2011/17)

Presentations

Laurent de Boeck (ACP Observatory on Migration). The ACP Observatory on Migration - Opportunities for synergies

David Khoudour-(OECD Development Centre). Migrant integration in the South: What does it mean and how can we measure it?

Ruben Puentes, Alejandro Canales, H茅ctor Rodr铆guez, Ra煤l Delgado Wise, Stephen Castles and Stephen Castles (Autonomous University of Zacatecas). Towards an assessment of migration, development and human rights: New strategic indicators