Environmental Migration Portal

9 December 2018 | 15.30-17.15h | Orangeraie Conference Room, Palmeraie Gulf Palace Hotel | Marrakech, Morocco

This side event will shine the spotlight on the tools and practices that governments and other partners can employ to better manage migration and thereby aim to meet the GCM's objectives. IOM and its partners have developed a range of such tools, programmes and practices that can help states take steps to improve both their own migration management as well as cooperation with other states and stakeholders on migration, thereby supporting implementation of the GCM. Some of these tools and initiatives are cross-cutting, including those to support the development of evidence-based comprehensive migration policies and to promote policy coherence, while others are relevant to specific aspects of migration and GCM objectives. Making use of existing tools would allow states and partners to build on the work that has been done already and to achieve tangible results within a short time-frame.

During the side-event, governments and other stakeholders, speaking from the floor, will have an opportunity to highlight initiatives already in place, as well as actions, partnerships and innovative ideas they would like to see in the coming years as means of implementing the GCM.

Guiding questions: 

• What are your government’s or organization’s priorities in the short, medium and long-term and how can these be translated into plans, including through multi-stakeholder consultations and actions? 
• What tools does your government or organization have in place now, or wish to put in place, to facilitate implementation of GCM objectives?
• What steps will your government or organization take towards implementing possible national plans, including tools and partnerships?