Sixth coordination meeting on international migration

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Monday, 26 November 2007 - 10:00am to Tuesday, 27 November 2007 - 6:00pm

Overview

The Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations is organizing the Sixth Coordination Meeting on International Migration in response to General Assembly resolution 58/208 of 13 February 2004 on International Migration and Development, which requests the Secretary-General to continue convening meetings to coordinate activities regarding international migration. The meeting will also assist the Population Division in preparing the report of the Secretary-General on possible options for appropriate follow-up to High-level Dialogue to be considered by the General Assembly at its 63rd session in 2008 as requested in General Assembly resolution 61/208 of 6 March 2007.

The objectives of the Meeting are: (a) to discuss outcomes and follow-up of the first meeting of the Global Forum on Migration and Development, which was organized and hosted by the Government of Belgium in July 2007; (b) to consider preparations for the second meeting of the Global Forum, which will be organized and hosted by the Government of the Philippines in October 2008; (c) to exchange information on current and planned activities in the area of international migration, and (d) to exchange best practices and future plans on the use of surveys in collecting data relevant for the study of international migration.

Organizations which have carried out or are planning to carry surveys that provide information on international migrants or on issues related to international migration have been requested to provide the following information:

Title of survey programme or project.
General purpose of the survey(s) carried out.
Country or countries covered by the survey(s).
Time frame of the survey(s).
National agencies or institutions collaborating in carrying out field work.
Type of sample being used (probabilistic, purposeful, snowball…).
Primary sampling unit (household or individual?).
Was the survey specifically designed to study international migration or has a migration module been added to an existing survey?
Types of populations covered: migrants at destination; return migrants at origin; non-migrants at origin; non-migrants at destination; proxy respondents for migrants abroad.
Are specific types of migrants the focus of attention? (e.g., migrant workers, refugees, foreign students, female migrants, etc.).
How are migrants identified? Please provide definitions.
Is the survey gathering data on remittances and their use?
Indicate means of dissemination of survey results: reports, detailed tabulations, data in digital form, micro-data in digital form.
Indicate if researchers may have access to the data collected for further analysis.

Documents

Organization of work

Monday, 26 November 2007
09.30 – 13.00	Morning session I. Opening of the meeting Hania Zlotnik, Director, Population Division. Welcome and introduction Introduction of participants II. The Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) Outcomes and lessons learnt from the first meeting of GFMD (Brussels, July 2007) Ambassador Régine de Clercq, Executive Director of the first meeting of the Global Forum on Migration and Development The second meeting of GFMD (Manila, October 2008) H. E. Esteban B. Conejos Jr., Under-Secretary for Migrant Worker Affairs, Department of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines, in charge of organizing the second meeting of the Global Forum on Migration and Development General discussion
15.00 – 18.00	Afternoon session III. International migration and development: Emerging issues OECD publication: Policy Coherence for Development: Migration and Developing Countries Mr. Jeff Dayton-Johnson, Senior Economist, OECD Development Centre World Bank publication: International Migration of Women Mr. Andrew Morrison, Lead Economist, the World Bank The role of international surveys in collecting migration information: The Gallup World Poll Mr. Jim Clifton, Chairman and CEO, the Gallup Organization
Tuesday, 27 November 2007
09.30 – 13.00	Morning session IV. The use of surveys in collecting data relevant for the study of international migration Migration surveys: Tips and Tricks Professor Richard Bilsborrow, Research Professor, Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Review of surveys that collect data relevant for the study of international migration
15.00 – 18.00	Afternoon session V. Current and planned activities in the area of international migration and development VI. Closing of the meeting

Presentations

Richard E. Bilsborrow. Surveys of International Migration
Gallup Organization. Gallup World Poll and Migration
Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR). Development on the Move: Project Outline
OECD. Health Workforce and Migration: an OECD perspective
OECD. Migration and Developing Countries
UNICEF. The Impact of International Migration on the Left-Behind
The World Bank. The International Migration of Women

Contributed papers

United States Government Accountability Office (GAO). Estimating irregular migration in a survey: the “two-card follow-up” Method (UN/POP/MIG-6CM/2007/01).
Center for Global Development (CGD). CGD migration statistics working group: concept note, October 2007
(UN/POP/MIG-6CM/2007/02).
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA). ESCWA activities on international migration (UN/POP/MIG-6CM/2007/03).
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). UNFPA’s policy and programme work on international migration
(UN/POP/MIG-6CM/2007/04)
United Nations Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked. Regional consultation on migration, remittances and development in Africa (UN/POP/MIG-6CM/2007/05).
International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC). Activities on international migration and development
(UN/POP/MIG-6CM/2007/06).
The Hellenic Migration Policy Institute (IMEPO). The main activities of IMEPO on international migration (UN/POP/MIG-6CM/2007/07).
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). The activities of ESCAP in the area of international migration (UN/POP/MIG-6CM/2007/08).
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). Brief on activities and programmes on migration, development and statistical issues (UN/POP/MIG6CM/2007/09).
International Labour Office (ILO). Migration and development and statistical issues
(UN/POP/MIG-6CM/2007/10).
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Main activities on international migration in OECD (UN/POP/MIG-6CM/2007/11).
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Update on UNESCO’s activities in the field of migration (UN/POP/MIG-6CM/2007/12).
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). The impact of international migration on children left-behind (UN/POP/MIG-6CM/2007/13).
Division for Social Policy and Development (DESA). Contribution to the Sixth Coordination Meeting on International Migration (UN/POP/MIG-6CM/2007/14).
International Organization for Migration (IOM). IOM follow up activities to the first and preparatory activities for the second global forum on migration and development (UN/POP/MIG-6CM/2007/15).
United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR). Activities of UNITAR on international migration and development (UN/POP/MIG-6CM/2007/16).
The World Bank. The international migration agenda and the World Bank: Managing risks and enhancing benefits (UN/POP/MIG-6CM/2007/17).
Institute for Public Policy Research. Development on the move: project outline institute for public policy research (UN/POP/MIG-6CM/2007/18).
The John D. and Catherine T. Macarthur Foundation. Initiative on global migration and human mobility. (UN/POP/MIG-6CM/2007/19).
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean and Latin American and Caribbean Demographic Centre United Nations. Activities of ECLAC in the area of international migration, human rights and development. (UN/POP/MIG-6CM/2007/20).

Background documents

General Assembly documents

Report of the first meeting of GFMD, distributed by the President of the General Assembly (A/C.2/62/2)
Report of the Secretary-General on International Migration and Development (A/60/871)
Summary of the High-level Dialogue by the President of the General Assembly (A/61/515)

General Assembly Resolutions

General Assembly Resolution: Facilitation and reduction of the cost of transfer of migrant remittances (A/RES/60/206)
General Assembly Resolution: International Migration and Development (A/RES/60/227)
General Assembly Resolution: International Migration and Development (A/RES/61/208)

Commission on Population and Development, fortieth session (2007)

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Monday, 09 April 2007 - 10:00am to Friday, 13 April 2007 - 6:00pm

The changing age structures of populations and their implications for development

Members of the Commission

Bureau members

Mr. Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury/Mr. Muhammad Ali Sorcar (Bangladesh) - Asia-Pacific Group (Chair)
Mr. Alvaro Portillo (Uruguay) - Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC) (Vice-Chair)
Mr. Abdellah Benmellouk (Morocco) - African Group (Vice-Chair)
Mr. Andriy Nikitov (Ukraine) - Eastern-European Group (Vice-Chair)
Mr. Thomas Gass (Switzerland) - Western European and Others Group (WEOG) (Vice-Chair)

Population Division - 2007