Wednesday, October 21, 2020

[apeid.higher_education.bgk] INVITATION to register by 25 Oct: Information on 1st stakeholder consultation on the Asia-Pacific Regional Review of the GCM (28 October)

Re: Invitation for stakeholders (e.g. civil society, academics, youth…) to join a key UN stakeholder session with ILO and UNESCO on migration (28 Oct). UNESCO Bangkok will host a breakout session on “Investing in skills development and facilitating mutual recognition of skills, qualifications and competences”.
Please share further and do let me know if you can join the discussion.
– Wesley Teter, UNESCO (wr.teter@unesco.org).

 

 

Dear Colleagues, 

We are pleased to invite you to our first stakeholder consultation on Wednesday, 28 October from 11:00-14:00 (ICT). The consultation, which we hope will be highly interactive, will address the Global Compact for Migration (GCM) Objectives 2, 5, 6, 12, 18 under the general clustering: “Ensuring that migration is voluntary, orderly and regular”. 

Please fill in the registration form and return it by Sunday, 25 October (midnight ICT).  

Please find attached a concept note, agenda and background PPT. 

If you have any questions, please contact Klaus Dik Nielsen, Stakeholder Liaison on klaus.nielsen@un.org 

We look forward to your active participation! 

With kind regards,  

ILO and UNESCO, on behalf of the UN Regional United Nations Network on Migration for Asia and the Pacific 

 

 


  

 

Stakeholders welcome from:

Academia

Civil Society

Faith-based organisations

Local authorities and communities

Migrant and diaspora organisations

Migrants

National Human Rights Institutions

Parliamentarians

The International Red Cross Crescent Movement

The media

The private sector

Trade unions

Other: …

 

Objectives for safe, orderly and regular migration

1.       Collect and utilize accurate and disaggregated data as a basis for evidence -based policies

2.       Minimize the adverse drivers and structural factors that compel people to leave their country of origin

3.       Provide accurate and timely information at all stages of migration

4.       Ensure that all migrants have proof of legal identity and adequate documentation

5.       Enhance availability and flexibility of pathways for regular migration

6.       Facilitate fair and ethical recruitment and safeguard conditions that ensure decent work

7.       Address and reduce vulnerabilities in migration

8.       Save lives and establish coordinated international efforts on missing migrants

9.       Strengthen the transnational response to smuggling of migrants

10.   Prevent, combat and eradicate trafficking in persons in the context of international migration

11.   Manage borders in an integrated, secure and coordinated manner Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration A/RES/73/195 18-22354 7/36

12.   Strengthen certainty and predictability in migration procedures for appropriate screening, assessment and referral

13.   Use migration detention only as a measure of last resort and work towards alternatives

14.   Enhance consular protection, assistance and cooperation throughout the migration cycle

15.   Provide access to basic services for migrants

16.   Empower migrants and societies to realize full inclusion and social cohesion

17.   Eliminate all forms of discrimination and promote evidence-based public discourse to shape perceptions of migration

18.   Invest in skills development and facilitate mutual recognition of skills, qualifications and competences

19.   Create conditions for migrants and diasporas to fully contribute to sustainable development in all countries

20.   Promote faster, safer and cheaper transfer of remittances and foster financial inclusion of migrants

21.   Cooperate in facilitating safe and dignified return and readmission, as well as sustainable reintegration

22.   Establish mechanisms for the portability of social security entitlements and earned benefits

23.   Strengthen international cooperation and global partnerships for safe, orderly and regular migration

https://www.iom.int/global-compact-migration

 

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