International Dialogue on Migration

The past decades have witnessed an expansion of inter-governmental and other initiatives to develop joint approaches to migration. IOM's International Dialogue on Migration (IDM) has held a pioneering role in bringing together all migration stakeholders, at a global level, for open discussions on the opportunities and challenges which migration presents. 

The IDM is IOM’s main forum for migration policy dialogue. Founded in 2001 and rooted in IOM’s Constitution and Strategy, the IDM is open to IOM Member and Observer States, as well as international and non-governmental organizations, migrants, and partners from media, academia and the private sector. The IDM provides a space to analyse current and emerging issues in migration governance and to exchange experiences, policy approaches and effective practices. 

2024

• Finding Balance in Regular Migration Pathways Solutions: Driving Sustainable Development and Green Transitions
• Facilitating Regular Pathways to a Better Future: Harnessing the Power of Migration

2023

• Think about Tomorrow, Act Today: The Future of Human Mobility and Climate Change
• Leveraging Human Mobility in Support of the Sustainable Development Goals

2022

• Overlapping global crises: the impacts of food insecurity and climate change on migration and
  displacement
• GCM Implementation in Practice: Successes, Challenges and Innovative Approaches

2021

• Accelerating integrated action on sustainable development: migration, the environment and climate change
• Leveraging Migration for a Resilient and Sustainable Post-Pandemic Recovery: Opportunities and Challenges

2020

• COVID-19 crisis: Reimagining the role of migrants and human mobility for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals

2019

• Youth and migration: Engaging youth as key partners in migration governance
• Unlocking the potential of youth to respond to the new challenges and opportunities of migration

2018

• Inclusive and innovative partnerships for effective global governance of migration
• Towards Effective Migration Governance: Partnerships for Capacity Development

2017

• Strengthening international cooperation on and governance of migration towards the adoption of a global compact on migration in 2018
• Understanding migrant vulnerabilities: A solution-based approach towards a global compact that reduces vulnerabilities and empowers migrants

2016

• Follow-up and review of migration in the SDGs
• Assessing progress in the implementation process of migration related SDGs

2015

• Conference on Migrants and Cities

2014

Human Mobility and Development: Emerging Trends and New Opportunities for Partnerships

• Migration and Families
• South-South Migration: Partnering Strategically for Development

2013

• Diaspora Ministerial Conference

2012

Managing Migration in Crisis Situations

• Migrants in Times of Crisis: An Emerging Protection Challenge
• Protecting Migrants During Times of Crisis: Immediate Responses and Sustainable Strategies
• Moving to Safety: Migration Consequences of Complex Crises

2011

The Future of Migration: Building Capacities for Change

• Economic Cycles, Demographic Change and Migration
• Climate Change, Environmental Degradation and Migration

2010

Migration and Social Change

• Societies and Identities: The Multifaceted Impact of Migration
• Migration and Transnationalism: Opportunities and Challenges
• IDM at the IOM Council: Migration and Social Change

2009

Human Rights and Migration: Working Together for Safe, Dignified and Secure Migration

• Trafficking in Persons and Exploitation of Migrants: Ensuring Protection of Human Rights
• Effective Respect for the Human Rights of Migrants: A Shared Responsibility
• IDM at the IOM Council: Human Rights and Migration: Working Together for Safe, Dignified and Secure Migration

2008

Return Migration: Challenges and Opportunities

• Enhancing the Role of Return Migration in Fostering Development
• Managing Return Migration
• IDM at the IOM Council: Return Migration: Challenges and Opportunities

2007

Migration Management in the Evolving Global Economy

• Making Global Labour Mobility a Catalyst for Development
• Free Movement of Persons in Regional Integration Processes
• Expert Seminar: Migration and the Environment
• IDM at the IOM Council: Migration Management in the Evolving Global Economy

2006

Partnerships in Migration

• Migrants and the Host Society
• Migration and Human Resources for Health
• IDM at the IOM Council: Partnerships in Migration: Engaging Business and Civil Society

2005

Towards Policy Coherence on Migration

• Developing Capacity to Manage Migration
• Migration and Development
• IDM at the IOM Council: Towards Policy Coherence

2004

Valuing Migration

• Trade and Migration [Final Report] 
• Health and Migration [Final Report]
• IDM at the IOM Council: Valuing Migration

2003

Migration in a Globalized World

• Trade and Migration
• Approaches to Data Collection and Data Management
• IDM at the IOM Council:Migration in a Globalized World

2002

• Report: International Legal Norms and Migration: An Analysis
• Report: Compendium of Intergovernmental Organizations Active in the Field of Migration
• IDM at the IOM Council: Selected Policy Challenges

2001

• Report: International Dialogue on Migration on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of IOM
• IDM at the IOM Council: Migration Challenges for the 21st Century