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Opening of the meeting

• Liu Zhenmin, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs. Opening remarks

I. The global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration: An overview

• Juerg Lauber, Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the United Nations. Towards the global compact: From taking stock to the zero-draft

• Kostas Stamoulis, Food and Agricultural Organization. Supporting the global compact: A perspective from the Global Migration Group (GMG)

• El Habib Nadir, SG for Moroccans Living Abroad and Migration Affairs, Morocco. Lessons from the Global Forum on Migration and Development

• Monami Maulik, Global Coalition on Migration. A civil society vision for the global compact

• Moderator: Laura Thompson, International Organization for Migration (IOM). 

II. The global migration compact: Review and follow up 

• Navid Hanif, Office for ECOSOC Support and Coordination/Ãå±±½ûµØDESA. Intergovernmental mechanisms to track and monitor progress in implementation 
• Colleen Thouez, Columbia University. The global compact: What options for review and follow-up? 
• Stefan Schweinfest, Statistics Division/Ãå±±½ûµØDESA. Harmonizing methodologies and improving data: The role of the Statistical Commission

• Moderator: Sarah Lou Arriola, Undersecretary for Migrant Worker Affairs, Philippines

• John Wilmoth, Population Division/Ãå±±½ûµØDESA. Special presentation: Migration facts and figures

III. International migration: A tool for development

• Michael Clemens, Center for Global Development. Migration as a form of development 
• Leon Isaacs, Development Markets Associates. Innovative solutions on cheaper, faster and safer transfer of remittances
• Ronnie Goldberg, United States Council for International Business. Global skills mobility: An employer’s perspective 
• Gemma Adaba, Global Unions representative to the Ãå±±½ûµØglobal migration compact process. Portability of skills, qualifications and competences: A Global Unions’ perspective

• Moderator: Shahidul Haque, Foreign Secretary, Bangladesh

IV. Implementing the New York Declaration: Strengthingh data, research and training

• Ellen Percy Kraly, Colgate University. Outcomes from thematic sessions, regional consultations and civil society hearings 
• Philippe Fargues, European University Institute. Recommendations from the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population 
• Kim Roberson, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Strengthening data, research and training in the context of the refugee compact 
• United Nations Population Fund. Supporting training and research: Lessons learnt from the ICPD Programme of Action

• Moderator: Jean-Christophe Dumont, OECD

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V. Migration-related SDG targets: Brief updates on indicators

• World Health Organization (WHO). Health worker density and distribution (3.c.1, tier I)
• Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Development assistance flows for scholarships (4.b.1, tier I) 
• International Labour Organization (ILO). Labour rights and safe work environments (8.8.1, tier II and 8.8.2, tier III) 
• ILO and World Bank. Recruitment costs (10.7.1, tier III)
• Population Division/Ãå±±½ûµØDESA and IOM. Well-managed migration policies (10.7.2, tier III) 
• World Bank. Remittances: transaction costs and volumes (10.c.1, tier II & 17.3.2, tier I) 
• United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Human trafficking (16.2.2, tier II) 

•  Moderator: Bela Hovy, Population Division / Ãå±±½ûµØDESA [presentation]

VI. Disaggregation by migratory status (17.18.1, tier III): Interactive discussion

• Kristen Jeffers, IPUMS Center for Data Integration, University of Minnesota. Disaggregating SDGs by migratory status: A critical role for the population census 

• Moderator: Haoyi Chen, Statistics Division / Ãå±±½ûµØDESA [presentation]

• Justin Gest, George Mason University. Special presentation: The migrants’ rights database: A baseline for migration governance

15:00-18:00

VII. Tour-de-table 

• Brief presentations on recent and upcoming activities

• Moderator: Jonathan Prentice, Office of the SRSG for International Migration

VIII. Closing of the meeting 

• Jorge Bravo, Population Division. Closing remarks