The annual IOM-CSO Consultations aim to strengthen the mutual understanding and partnership between IOM and civil society. They serve as a platform to identify joint priorities, facilitate the exchange of best practices, and generate innovative solutions.  

 

Agenda

12 September 2013

IOM-CSO Annual Consultation: Migrants and Development

IOM Headquarters, Geneva

Final Agenda

  • Time

  • Program

09:00 – 09:30

Registrations

09:30 – 09:45

Introductory Remarks

  • William Lacy Swing, Director General, IOM

09:45 – 11:20

SESSION 1

HLD and the Integration of Migration into the post-2015 Development Agenda

09:45 - 10:00

IOM perspective

  • Jill Helke, IOM

10:00 - 10:20

CSO perspective

  • William Gois, Migrant Forum in Asia

10:20 - 11:20

Discussion Moderator

  • John Bingham, International Catholic Migration Commission

11:20 –11:45

Coffee Break

11:45 – 13:00

SESSION 2

Migrants’ Rights

11:45 - 12:05

IOM perspective

  • Kristina Touzenis, IOM

12:05 - 12:15

CSO perspective

  • Massimo Frigo, International Commission of Jurists

12:15 - 13:00

Discussion Moderator

  • Melanie Teff, Refugees International

13:00 – 14:00

Lunch (1st floor Conference Room in main building)

14:00 – 16:00

SESSION 3

Migrants and Crises

14:00 - 14:10

IOM perspective

  • Peter Van der Auweraert, IOM

14:10 - 15:00

CSO perspective

  • Michael Gallagher, Jesuit Refugee Service

  • Najla Chahda, Caritas Lebanon Migrants Centre

  • Ingrid MacDonald, Norwegian Refugee Council

  • Emmanuel Tronc, Médecins Sans Frontières

15:00 - 16:00

Discussion Moderator

  • Melissa Pitotti, International Council of Voluntary Agencies

16:00 – 16:30

Coffee Break

16:30 – 16:45

Summary of Discussions and Way Forward Rapporteur

  • Jerome Elie,Executive Director, Programme for the Study of Global Migration, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

16:45 - 17:00

Concluding Remarks: William Lacy Swing,Director General,IOM

17:00 – 18:00

Reception (1st floor Conference Room in main building)

Final Report on the 2013 IOM-CSO Consultations