"The Road to Manila"

Civil Society Preparations for the
Global Forum on Migration and Development 2008

DOCUMENTS

Basic Documents

• Facts about the GFMD


• Facts about the civil society parallel event to GFMD

News and Updates

• MRI Update GFMD2008/10 - 09 September 2008 - French and Spanish drafts of the Joint CS Declaration; Clarification on the English version


• MRI Update GFMD2008/09 - 08 September 2008 - CS Day selections announced; possible support offered for PGA


• MRI Update GFMD2008/08 - 05 September 2008 - Peoples' Global Action: DRAFT Declaration on Migration, Development and Human Rights


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MRI Update GFMD2008/07 - 30 August 2008 - Update on applications for GFMD Civil Society Day


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MRI Update GFMD2008/06 - 29 August 2008 - Registration open for “Peoples’ Global Action on Migration, Development and Human Rights”  - Independent civil society event parallel to GFMD Manila, October 2008


• MRI Update GFMD2008/05 - 7 August 2008 - “Peoples’ Global Action on Migration, Development and Human Rights” Independent civil society event - 22 to 30 October 2008, Manila, Philippines


• MRI Update GFMD2008/04 - 24 July 2008 - ENGLISH
  
  Dear Friends,


  
  We would like to send you the announcement for a consultation which will take place in Buenos Aires, Argentina on August 12, 2008 in preparation for the Global Forum for Migration and Development (GFMD). 

The consultation, convened by two of MRI's Steering Committee member organizations - the Ecumenical Service for the Orientation and Support of Migrants and Refugees (CAREF) and the Center for Legal and Social Studies (CELS) -  will bring together various members of civil society, including NGOs, immigrant collectives, and academics, for a discussion on migration, development, and human rights. A report on the discussion will be shared by representatives of CAREF, CELS and MRI at the GFMD and the civil society parallel events in order to ensure that the voices and concerns of those in Argentina who cannot travel to Manila in October are heard.
  
  

Please see the attached flyer for details, and let us know if you would like to participate by sending an e-mail to both aref@caref.org.ar and mri.alc@gmail.com, or by calling (54 11) 4613-6162. See you there!
  
  Best wishes,
  
  
CAREF
CELS
  Latin American and Caribbean Group of Migrants Rights International...


• MRI Update GFMD2008/03 - 25 June 2008 - Deadline for GFMD Civil Society Day extended to July 15, 2008


• MRI Update GFMD2008/02 - 16 June 2008 [Updated 25 June 2008] - Information on Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) – 27 to October 2008, Manila, Philippine


• MRI Update GFMD2008/01 - 21 May 2008 - ENGLISH - Applications open for GFMD "Civil Society Days" and ICGMD; civil society parallel event for 22 - 30 October 2008; new on MRI website


• MFA Update No. 12 - GFMD Philippines Website


• MRI News 08/01 - “Migrant Rights Activists Strategize On 2008 Global Forum on Migration and Development"


• MFA Update No. 11 - International Conference on Gender, Migration and Development


• MFA Update No. 10 - Philippine National Consultation for GFMD 2008 (to be held May to June 2008)


• MFA Update No. 5, 6, 8 and 9 - Asian Consultation on the GFMD 2008 (held February 4, 2008)


• MFA Update No. 7 - Final dates and themes of the GFMD 2008


• MFA Update No. 4 - Initial consultation among Philippine-based CSOs


• Philippine Consultations on GFMD (Various locations in the Philippines, May to June 2008)


• International briefing and civil society strategy session on GFMD (Geneva, 19 March 2008)

Declarations and position statements on GFMD and related issues

• MRI's position statement on the GFMD
  

Background documents

• MRI's report on GFMD 2007 (coming soon)


• MRI's report on the High Level Dialogue for Migration and Development 2006 (coming soon)