Time for Action: Doing rights-based governance of migration and development; in our communities and across borders

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1 Draft programme 1 December Global Forum on Migration and Development Civil Society Days 8-9 December Dhaka, Bangladesh Bangabandhu International Convention Center (BICC) Time for Action: Doing rights-based governance of migration and development; in our communities and across borders Civil Society Chair 2016: Mr. Colin Rajah - People's Global Action on Migration, Development & Human Rights (PGA) Civil Society Co-Chair 2016: Ms. Sicel'mpilo Shange-Buthane Amnesty International, South Africa Office Rapporteur Women: Roshan Dadoo Consortium for Refugees and Migrants in South Africa (CoRMSA) Rapporteur Children: Lara Arabian INSAN :30 Registration & welcome coffee Opening Ceremony Thursday 8 December 8:30 9:15 Colin Rajah, Civil Society Chair GFMD 2016 Sicel'mpilo Shange-Buthane, Civil Society Co-Chair GFMD 2016 HE Shahidul Haque, Foreign Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh, representing 2016 GFMD Chair-in-Office Poem by Vanessa Kisuule Connecting civil society action 9:15 10:00 Presentation of the theme, moment and methodology: Wies Maas, International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC) Bridging from the last year s GFMD: Ignacio Packer: Chair of the 2015 GFMD Civil Society Days Brief back and bridging from the 2016 Peoples Global Action on Migration, Development and Human Rights: William Gois, PGA representative Bridging with the GFMD Business Sector Mechanism: Lynn Shotwell, Executive Director, Council for Global Immigration 10:00 12:00 Poem by Vanessa Kisuule Discussion panel: From momentum to real governance: next steps after the New York Declaration and the role of the GFMD Panellists: Pia Oberoi, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Michele Klein Solomon, International Organisation for Migration (IOM) Sarnata Reynolds, OXFAM Kevin Appleby, Scalabrini International Migration Network John K. Bingham, ICMC Gopal Krishna Siwakoti, Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network (APRRN) 12:00-13:30 Lunch, side events and open space 1

2 12:15 13:15 Side Event: Diaspora investment in rural development Building the road to opportunity. The cases of Bangladesh and Somalia Event organisers: BASUG - Diaspora and Development, SHURAAKO, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Side Event: National CSO Platforms on Migration and Development. Event organisers: Swiss Civil Society Platform on Migration and Development Side Event: Open Women Caucus on Migration Event organisers: Women in Migration Network (WIMN) 13:30 15:30 Parallel working sessions [Theme 1: Doing protection of migrant workers] Session 1.1: Promoting rights in recruitment processes throughout the labour supply chain TBC Sumitha Shaanthinni Krishna - Migration Working Group, Malaysia (tbc) Liliana Keith - PICUM (Platform for International Cooperation on Misun Kim - Joint Committee with Migrants in Korea William Gois - Migrant Forum in Asia Second discussion starter - (tbc) [Theme 2: Doing protection of migrants on the move] Session 2.1: Protecting migrants in all crises, in transit and at borders Ben Lewis - International Detention Coalition Sarnata Reynolds Oxfam International Kevin Appleby - Scalabrini International Migration Network Ezekiel Simperingham - International Federation of the Red Cross Asia Pacific Region (tbc) Rodolfo Cordoba - La Fundación para la Justicia y el Estado Democrático de Derecho Robtel Pailey - University of Oxford / International Migration Institute [Theme 3: Doing inclusive development] Session 3.1: Creating welcoming societies and ensuring the social inclusion of diaspora and migrants Bikash Chowdhury Barua - BASUG Efrain Jimenez - Federación Zacatecana A.C. Gabrielle Parenteau Fundación Scalabrini Chile Joanne Irvine - Joint Migration and Development Initiative Haytham Alhamwi - Rethink Rebuild Society Eva Richter - NGO Committee on Migration Kuda Vanyoro - African Centre for Migration & Society Mamadou Bugre - Foundation for Shelter and Support to Migrants(tbc) [Theme 4: Doing global governance better] Session 4.1: Multilateral cooperation and governance of migration and development: institutions and legal frameworks Monami Maulik - Global Coalition on Migration Amy Shannon - Alianza Americas Chowdhury Abrar - Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit (RMMRU) at the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh Jille Belisario - Transnational Migrant Platform (TMP) Michele LeVoy - PICUM (Platform for International Cooperation on 2

3 S Session 15:30 15:45 Coffee break 15:45 17:00 Parallel working sessions to be continued Special sessions strategizing after the New York Declaration. For civil society participants only. Session A: Making migration governance work: key considerations for a Global Compact for safe, regular and orderly migration. Sarnata Reynolds - OXFAM Ignacio Packer - Terre des Hommes Session B: Guiding principles and voluntary guidelines on the treatment of migrants in vulnerable situations building on existing guidelines and recommendations on vulnerability. 17:00 18:30 Michele Levoy - PICUM (Platform for International Cooperation on Robtel Pailey - University of Oxford / International Migration Institute Special Session C: Creating welcoming societies how we can connect civil society campaigns in order to change policies as well as perceptions. Anna Crowley - Open Society Foundation Lariza Dugan - Central American Resource Center (CARECEN) D: Points of no Return - first conversation on return and readmission; what is happening and where are the lines. John K. Bingham - ICMC (International Catholic Migration Commission) Berenice Valdez - Instituto para las Mujeres en la Migración 18:30 Busses to welcome dinner hosted by the government of Bangladesh 3

4 Friday 9 th of December 8:30 10:00 Parallel working sessions [Theme 1: Doing protection of migrant workers] Session 1.2: Protecting and empowering migrant workers in all global supply chains TBC Sumitha Shaanthinni Krishna - Migration Working Group, Malaysia (tbc) Liliana Keith - PICUM (Platform for International Cooperation on Misun Kim - Joint Committee with Migrants in Korea Anup Srivastava - Building and Wood Workers International Sonia Mistry - Solidarity Center [Theme 2: Doing protection of migrants on the move] Session 2.2: Development Solutions for forced displacement, including by conflict, disaster and climate change Ben Lewis - International Detention Coalition Sarnata Reynolds - Oxfam Kevin Appleby - Scalabrini International Migration Network Ezekiel Simperingham - International Federation of the Red Cross Asia Pacific Region Second discussion starter - tbc Vincent Tournecuillert - Destination Unknown [Theme 3: Migrant and diaspora action for job creation, social entrepreneurship and public policy] Session 3.2: Migrant and diaspora action for job creation, social entrepreneurship and public policy Bikash Chowdhury Barua BASUG Efrain Jimenez Federación Zacatecana Gabrielle Parenteau Fundación Scalabrini Chile Joanne Irvine - Joint Migration and Development Initiative Stella Opoku-Owusu AFFORD (African Foundation for Development) Kellyn Wee Jiaying - Asia Research Institute Moazzem Hossain - Griffith University [Theme 4: Doing global governance better] Session 4.2: Implementing and monitoring migration-related aspects of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including the role of the GFMD Gibril Faal - AFFORD (African Foundation for Development) Khady Sakho Niang - FORIM (Forum des Organisations de Solidarité Internationale Issues des Migrations) William Gois - Migrant Forum in Asia (tbc) Cecile Riallant - Joint Migration and Development Initiative (JMDI) Pietro Mona - Swiss Development Cooperation 10:00 10:15 Coffee break 10:15 12:00 Parallel working sessions to be continued 4

5 12:00 13:30 12:15 13:15 Lunch, side events and open space Side Event: Access to Justice for Migrant Workers in South and Southeast Asia Event organisers: The Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women Side Event: GFMD-CSD African Delegates Caucus Event organisers: Priority Africa Network Side Event: Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances in the context of migrations Event organisers: Foundation For Justice, Mexico ; Migrant Families Comittee, El Progreso Yoro (COFAMIPRO), Honduras; Families from Guatemala 12:00 13:30 Lunch tables with governments and civil society by invitation only Plenary session: Reporting back and moving forward 13:30 15:15 panel: parallel working sessions Rapporteur on children Rapporteur on women Concluding debate Commitments: what between now and the GFMD in Germany, June 2017? 15:15 16:45 Panellists : Dr. Götz Schmidt-Bremme, Ambassador for the 2017/2018 GFMD Co-Chairmanship, Federal Foreign Office Germany Rex Verona, Migrant Forum in Asia (tbc) Berenice Valdez Rivera, Colectivo Migraciones para las Americas Samidha Garg, National Union of Teachers (tbc) Milka Isinta, Pan African Network in Defense of Migrants Rights Sophia Wirsching, VENRO 16:45 17:15 Closing Ceremony HE Shahidul Haque, Foreign Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh, representing 2016 GFMD Chair-in-Office Sicel'mpilo Shange-Buthane, Civil Society Co-Chair GFMD 2016 Colin Rajah, Civil Society Chair GFMD :15 18:30 Open space 17:15 18:30 Tea tables with governments and civil society by invitation only 18:30 20:30 Closing dinner Note that all registered civil society delegates will receive an invitation card for the opening ceremony of the Government Days and Common Space on Saturday 10 December. These invitation cards will be given to civil society delegates together with their badge upon registration on 8 December. No electronic devices and bags will be allowed during these sessions. 5