GFMD Chair Colombia launches 2024 - 2025 Programme
On September 3, 2024, Ambassador Gallón – Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations in Geneva and Chair of the GFMD - formally launched Colombia’s GFMD Programme (English, French, Spanish), entitled ‘Regular Migration, Labour Mobility and Human Rights: Pillars of Development and Well-Being of Societies’.
The Summit will address 6 thematic areas:
Strength in Movement: The Impact of Women on Global Migration and Development
Children and Youth on the Move: Innovators for Tomorrow’s Development
The Interplay of Media and Culture to Construct and Deconstruct the Reality of Migration
Climate Change: Safe Labour Routes as a Bridge to Prosperity
Regional Cooperation and Integration to Promote Safe and Regular Migration for Development
New Technologies and Digitalization: Improving Migration Management and Regular Migration Pathways
Key dates and next steps:
The Summit will take place in Colombia in the last semester of 2025 (exact date to be confirmed).
The GFMD Community will meet in Geneva in 6-7 November 2024, 12 – 13 February 2025 and 4-5 June 2025 for thematic preparatory consultations.
The GFMD Mayors Mechanism is working with the Colombian Chair, the GFMD Secretariat and the other GFMD Mechanisms to discuss modalities of local and regional government engagement and participation in the Summit. Stay tuned for more updates in the coming months.
We need your input!
This GFMD Programme will zoom in on regular migration pathways. If your local government works to facilitate the safe and regular movement of people across borders, we seek your input!
While all legal pathways are the mandate of national governments (including the issuing of visas and provision of residence permits), our aim is to better understand the role you play in the day-to-day management of migration that enables pathways to be safe and regular.
Please fill out this short survey and help us shape our key messages so we can bring critical examples of local leadership to the forefront of this international dialogue!
Access the survey in three languages:
Watch this video highlighting the event launch.