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

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