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1 List of National Level Consultations on the Global Compact on Migration Reference Number Name of UN entity/contact for further information Country where national consultations are taking place Date and title/theme of national level consultations (include past events in ) Organised by (indicate which entities are organising: Government, a civil society organisation, a UN entity, others) IOM *IOM is assisting and providing technical support (and policy support where requested) to these governments in their organizing of national consultations. 1 IOM Bangladesh Asia and the Pacific *Bangladesh 26 October Lead by Ministry of Foreign Affairs and supported by Ministry of Expatriates Welfare and Overseas Employment 2 IOM Cambodia *Cambodia 10 October General Department of Identification and potentially Ministry of Labour 3 IOM China *China 26 October Ministry of Foreign Affairs 4 IOM Myanmar *Myanmar Myanmar Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population 5 IOM Nepal *Nepal 6 September Ministry of Labour and Employment 6 IOM Philippines *Philippines October Department of Labor and Employment including

2 Philippine Overseas Employment Administration and Overseas Workers Welfare Administration 7 IOM Republic of Korea *Republic of Korea Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Justice potentially in collaboration with IOM Migration and Research Training Center in Korea 8 IOM Sri Lanka *Sri Lanka 25 August Ministry of Foreign Affairs (in close coordination with IOM, ILO and all implementing partners) 9 IOM Thailand *Thailand 11 August 17 October Ministry of Foreign Affairs 10 IOM Vanuatu *Vanuatu Ministry of Foreign Affairs 11 IOM Papua *Papua New Mid-October Ministry of Foreign Affairs New Guinea Guinea 12 IOM Japan *Japan 13 IOM Indonesia *Indonesia 14 IOM Maldives *Maldives 2 October Ministry of Economic Development 15 IOM Mongolia *Mongolia 29 September Ministry of Foreign Affairs European Economic Area 16 IOM Belgium Belgium Will take place after the zero draft Belgian authorities 17 IOM Finland *Finland Ministry of Foreign Affairs 18 IOM Norway *Norway Ministry of Foreign Affairs 2

3 19 IOM Poland *Poland Will not hold a national consultation but an online questionnaire will be circulated to stakeholders Ministry of Interior 20 IOM Finland (sub-regional coordination office) *Sweden In the Fall Division for Migration and Asylum Policy, Ministry of Justice 21 IOM Switzerland (Bern) Switzerland 19 May State Secretariat, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, Human Security Division of the Federal Department for Foreign Affairs in collaboration with the civil society platform 22 IOM UK *UK Tentative October Department for International Development (in coordination with IOM and potentially UNHCR) 23 IOM Rome Italy October - 24 IOM Belgium and Luxembourg Luxembourg Eastern and South Eastern Europe and Central Asia 25 IOM Vienna *Albania 30 May Co-organized by IOM and UNHCR 26 IOM Vienna *Armenia Armenian Foreign Ministry 3

4 27 IOM Vienna *Azerbaijan 4, 16, 19 June and 24, 26, 28 July State Migration Service of Azerbaijan 28 IOM Vienna *Belarus 16 May Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Interior 29 IOM Vienna *Bosnia and Herzegovina 11 May Co-organized by IOM and UNHCR 30 IOM Vienna *FYR of 23 June Co-organized by IOM and UNHCR Macedonia 31 IOM Vienna *Kosovo* 18 May Co-organized by IOM and UNHCR 32 IOM Vienna *Montenegro 15 May Co-organized by IOM and UNHCR 33 IOM Vienna *Serbia 19 June Co-organized by IOM and UNHCR 34 IOM Turkey *Turkey 21 April Ministry of Foreign Affairs October/ November South America 35 IOM Uruguay *Uruguay June Ministry of Foreign Affairs and National Migration Board 36 IOM Brazil *Brazil 4 August IOM and National Council of Immigration Brazil 37 IOM Bolivia *Bolivia June IOM and Bolivian Government (Pre-consultations) 4

5 38 IOM Costa Rica *Costa Rica 31 July (Pre-consultation) 39 IOM Ecuador *Ecuador Ongoing: 3 out of 8 planned consultations have taken place as of 31 August IOM and Costa Rican Government IOM and Ecuadorian Government 40 IOM Peru Peru 5 September - 41 IOM El Salvador El Salvador 7-8 September 42 IOM Honduras Honduras July 43 IOM Panama Panama 44 IOM Jamaica Jamaica 45 IOM Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago Middle East and North Africa 46 IOM Cairo Egypt Egyptian governmental institutions 47 IOM Jordan *Jordan 17 July Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates 48 IOM Lebanon *Lebanon 15/ 16 November GCM Policy Task will be chaired by the Prime Minister s office and consist of different ministries (Foreign Affairs, Interior, Displacement, State for 5

6 Refugees, Social affairs, Defence, Finance, etc.) 49 IOM Rabat *Morocco September Government of the Kingdom of Morocco 50 IOM Tunisia *Tunisia Government 51 IOM Qatar Qatar 52 IOM Sudan Sudan 53 IOM Algeria Algeria East and the Horn of Africa 54 IOM Addis *Ethiopia 31 January IOM Addis Ababa Ababa 55 IOM Uganda *Uganda 17 October The Uganda National Coordination Mechanism on Migration 56 IOM Djibouti Djibouti 24 September Djibouti authorities 57 IOM Somalia Somalia October Somalia authorities 58 IOM Kigali Rwanda 59 IOM Kenya Kenya 17 October - West Africa 60 IOM Mali Mali June - 6

7 61 IOM Accra Ghana 15 September - 62 IOM Niamey Niger September 63 IOM Abuja Nigeria 12 September (Preparatory discussion) IOM Nouakchott October Mauritania Early November - 65 IOM Banjul Gambia - 66 RO Dakar Guinea Bissau October - 67 IOM Dakar Senegal - 68 IOM Cabo Verde 69 IOM Sierra Leone Cabo Verde - Sierra Leone - 70 IOM Monrovia Liberia - 71 RO Dakar Gabon - 7

8 72 RO Dakar Sao Tome - 73 RO Dakar Togo - 74 RO Dakar Benin - 75 IOM Mozambique *Mozambique Southern Africa September or October Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Interior (in coordination with the UN Country Team and Save the Children) 76 IOM Zimbabwe *Zimbabwe Ministry of Foreign Affairs as the Chair of the Inter- Ministerial Committee on Migration 77 IOM Mauritius *Mauritius Mauritian government 78 IOM Madagascar 28 September - Madagascar 79 IOM Lusaka Zambia - UNIDO 1 UNIDO Austria November 2016 UNIDO 2 UNIDO Austria November 2016 UNIDO 3 UNIDO Austria May UNIDO 4 UNIDO USA February Permanent Missions of Malta and Senegal to the UN, UNIDO and FAO This document will be updated regularly as the consultation process for the global compact on safe, orderly and regular migration evolves. Please send updates to supportteam@globalmigrationgroup.org 8

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