Event
29 Jan 2022

Global Forum on Migration and Development: Platform for Partnerships

  • Date
    16 Oct 2015, 00:00am

Around 150 countries will gather from 14 to 16 October 2015 in Istanbul for the 8th Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) Summit Meeting taking place in Istanbul, Turkey. The Session "Platform for Partnerships" will also figure the presentation of the GMG’s Data and Research new "Migration and Development Data Handbook" which provides practical guidance and support to Member States in collecting and analyzing data on migration and development and in activities to monitor the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Handbook, which pools together the experience and expertise of the GMG agencies into one concise publication, seeks to provide a basis for data capacity development at the country level, as well as for the international community to identify priority areas for investment in capacity-building. It also figures a chapter on the environment. 

The Agenda for the "Platform for Partnerships" session can be found here.