GMG Events

• GMG Symposium "Migration and Youth: Harnessing Opportunities for Development" 17-18 May 2011, New York.
• The Labour Migration Academy: Enhancing Protection, Promoting Development and Facilitating Governance 4-15 July 2011 - Turin (Italy)

Overview of past activities of GMG members

• OHCHR-NYO Panel Discussion, Addressing Vulnerability of Migrants to Racism, Xenophobia and Discrimination. Event Agenda, Statement of Mr. Ivan Simonovic, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, and Statement of Mr. Richard Morgan, Director, Policy and Practice (UNICEF) and the current Chair in Office of the Global Migration Group (GMG).
• Aligning Migration and Development Goals, UNITAR Migration & Development Series Seminar, organized jointly with IOM, UNFPA, and the MacArthur Foundation on 23-24 March 2009
• Migration and the Economic Crisis, UNITAR Migration & Development Series Seminar, organized jointly with IOM, UNFPA, and the MacArthur Foundation on 21 May 2009
• Global Consultation on Migration, Remittances and Development: Responding to the global economic crisis from a gender perspective, organized jointly by UNDP, INSTRAW, and IOM on 29 June-1 July 2009
• Conference on Diaspora and Development, organized by the World Bank on 13-14 July 2009
• Ad Hoc Expert Meeting on the Contribution of Migrants to Development: Trade, Investment and Developmental Links, UNCTAD, 29 July 2009
• The Second Conference on International Migration and Development, organized by the World Bank with the support of the Agence Française de Développement on 10-11 September 2009
• An expert seminar on Linking Human Rights and Migrant Empowerment for Development, organized by OHCHR on 8 October 2009
• GMG Practitioners Symposium on 'Overcoming barriers: Building partnerships for migration and human development', Geneva, 27-28 May 2010