Day 1 - RETROSPECTION SESSION – LOOKING BACK ON PHASE I

11:00 - 13:00 

Introduction and moderation:

  • H.E. Mr. Juan José Gómez Camacho, Permanent Representative of Mexico to the United Nations in New York

Panel I – Global, regional, sub-regional and national perspectives:

  • Ms. Louise Arbour, Secretary-General of the Intergovernmental Conference to Adopt a Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration
  • Mr. Hugo Beteta, Director of the ECLAC Subregional Headquarters in Mexico, representing all UN Regional Economic Commissions
  • H.E. Mr. William Lacy Swing, Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM)
  • H.E. Mr. Götz Schmidt-Bremme, Ambassador for the 2017-2018 GFMD Co-Chairmanship, and H.E. Mr. El Habib Nadir, Secretary General, Ministry Delegate to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in charge of Moroccans Living Abroad and Migration Affairs, Co-chairs Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD)

Interactive discussion

  • All participants

Objectives:

  • Take stock of phase I through representatives of relevant global, regional and sub-regional platforms
  • Share highlights and recommendations of the different consultations and processes in a concise manner,

Format:

  • Panel moderated by one of the co-facilitators
  • The format is “Davos-style” with each speaker making a 5-minute introduction followed by discussion in the panel and with the participants
  • No power point presentations or formal speeches will be prepared
  • The idea is to foster an open debate and lively interaction.
  • Chairs of RCPs (always a Member State) should be given extra time for interventions from the floor on behalf of the respective regional process or mechanism, as well as preferential speaking order
15:00 - 16:30

Introduction and moderation:

  • H.E. Mr. Jürg Lauber, Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the United Nations in New York

Panel II – Stakeholder perspectives:

  • Civil society : Mr. Mamadou Goita, Chair of the Pan African Network in Defense of Migrants Rights (PANiDMR), and Mr. Ignacio Packer, International Council of Voluntary Agencies (ICVA)*
  • Private sector: Mr. Karl Cox, GFMD Business Mechanism
  • Trade Unions: Ms. Chidi King, Director of Development of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)
  • Parliaments: Ms. Gabriela Cuevas Barrón, President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
  • National Human Rights Institutions: Mr. Luis Raúl González Pérez, President of the National Human Rights Commission of Mexico on behalf of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI)

Interactive discussion

  • All participants

Objectives:

  • Take stock of phase I through representatives of different stakeholder groups
  • Share highlights and recommendations of the different consultations and processes

Format:

  • Panel moderated by one of the co-facilitators
  • The format is “Davos-style” with each speaker making a 5 minute introduction followed by discussion in the panel and with the participant
  • No power point presentations or formal speeches will be prepared
  • The idea is to foster an open debate and lively interaction

Statements from the floor

Member States

Chile (Panel 2) Indonesia (Panel 1) Indonesia (Panel 2)
Nepal Philippines (Panel 1) Philippines (Panel 2)
     

Other stakeholders