GFMD Resources and Documents
GFMD Chairmanship Colombia - 2024 / 2025
GFMD Preparatory Meetings
Mayors Mechanism Statement at the Friends of the Forum - November 2024 (here).
Mayors Mechanism Statement at the Friends of the Forum - February 2025 (here).
Regional Government of Catalunya Statement at the Friends of the Forum - February 2025 (forthcoming).
GFMD Mayors Mechanism Position Papers
Brokering Solutions: How Local and Regional Governments Shape Regular Migration Pathways - A White Paper (here).
GFMD Chairmanship France - 2023 / 2024
GFMD Summit
Read the Concept Note of Local-to-National Networking Meeting (EN, FR, ES).
Read the Background Paper of Thematic Priority 6: Multi-level governance: bringing together stakeholders for improved migration management (EN, FR, ES).
Read the Briefing document for local and regional government delegation (EN, FR, ES).
GFMD Preparatory Meetings
Paris Climate Workshop
Read the agenda here.
Read the Notes of the session here.
Friends of the Forum
Mayors Mechanism Statement at the Friends of the Forum - June 2022 (here).
Mayors Mechanism Statement at the Friends of the Forum - November 2022 (here).
Mayors Mechanism Statement at the Friends of the Forum - April 2023 (here).
Mayors Mechanism Statement at the Friends of the Forum – October 2023 (here).
GFMD Ad Hoc Working Group on Public Narratives on Migration
Agenda of the June 2023 in-person meeting of the Working Group here.
GFMD Chairmanship UAE - (online) 2021
GFMD local-national networking session: Enabling local solutions for inclusive COVID-19 response and recovery
A detailed report, video clips, and pictures are available via the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) website.
GFMD Side Event: It Takes a Community: Building a Global Movement to Balance the Narrative on Migration
Concept note and agenda (EN)
Opening Plenary
Statement by Ms. Carola Gunnarsson, Lord Mayor of Sala, Sweden (EN)
Closing Plenary:
Sixth Mayoral Forum, Quito 2020
Theme: From Large Movements to the Global Compacts: Cities as First Responders
6th Mayoral Forum Press release
Background papers Mayoral Forum:
Session 1: Strengthen partnerships to improve the local immigration response in Latin America and the Caribbean (EN / ES)
Session 2: Entrepreneurship for migrants and refugees: the role of local authorities (EN)
Session 3: The governance of migration in cities along migration routes: responses of local and regional authorities in Africa (EN / FR)
GFMD Government Roundtable Session 3.1: Supporting Arrival Cities through Policy Coherence and Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships
Fifth Mayoral Forum, Marrakech 2018
Theme: City Leadership in Implementing the UN Global Compacts
2018 Marrakech Mayors Declaration
(EN): Cities working together for migrants and refugees
(FR): Villes ensemble pour les migrants et les réfugiés
(ES): Ciudades trabajando juntas por los migrantes y refugiados
Background papers Mayoral Forum:
UNHCR: "The Global Compact on Refugees and the role of cities" (EN / FR / ES / AR)
IOM: "Promoting migration health through city leadership in implementing health-related commitments of the GCM and GCR" (EN / FR / ES / AR)
UNICEF: "Local government leadership to reduce and address vulnerabilities of migrant and displaced children" (EN / FR / ES / AR)
UN-Habitat: "Access to Adequate Housing: The Pathway to Migrants' Inclusion in Cities" (EN / FR / ES / AR)
Cities Alliance: "Migration Management in Secondary Cities in Developing Regions and the Need for Financing Mechanisms" (EN / FR / ES / AR)
Fourth Mayoral Forum, Berlin 2017
Theme: Mayors as Humanitarian and Development Actors: Preparing, Welcoming and Integrating
2017 Berlin Mayoral Declaration on ‘Migrants and Refugees: Meeting Needs, Protecting Rights and Fostering Empowerment’ (EN / FR / ES)
Statement of Mr Beouinde, Mayor of Ouagadougou, at the GFMD (FR)
4th Mayoral Forum Concept Note
4th Mayoral Forum Policy Briefs:
International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD): "Migration as an opportunity for urban development"
UNESCO: "Welcoming cities for refugees and migrants: promoting inclusion and protecting rights"
UN Joint Migration and Development Initiative (JMDI): "Policy coherence in Migration and Development at the local level"
Organisation for Economic Development and Cooperation (OEDC): "A territorial approach to migrant integration: the role of local authorities"
Office for New Americans (ONA): "New York State's innovative efforts to ensure successful immigrant integration"
Zolberg Institute on Migration & Mobility: "City to city resettlement"
Third Global Mayoral Forum, Quezon City 2016
Theme: Governing by Proximity: City Leadership at the Front and Center in Implementing Migration Policy – Promoting Development and Securing Protection
2016 Quezon City Commitment to Action
3rd Mayoral Forum Concept Note
Preparatory documents and background papers
Session 1: Engaging and Supporting Diaspora: Opportunities and Challenges
Commission on Filipinos Overseas (2016), "Engaging Diaspora in Philippine Development"
Session 2: Diaspora Interventions Facilitated by City Governments: Impact, Sustainability and Replicability
Session 3: On Protection, Rights, and Resilience
United Nations University Institute on Globalisation, Culture, and Mobility (2016), “Inclusion and Protection of Migrants and Refugees in Vulnerable Situations within Urban Centres”
International Organization for Migration (IOM) (2016), “Well Managed Migration: The Potential of Local and Regional Authorities in Fulfilling the Rights of Migrants"
Session 4: On inclusion, Opportunities, Participation
University of Toronto Munk School of Global Affairs (2016), "Cities and Migration Labour Market Integration"
JMDI (2016), “Migrants’ Integration as a Pre-requisite for Development: The Role of Cities”
Special Session Dedicated to the Role of Civil Society
Second Global Mayoral Forum, Quito 2015
Theme: Building Prosperity- Migration and Mobility in the Context of Development
2015 Quito Local Agenda on Migration and Development
2nd Mayoral Forum Concept Note
Preparatory documents and background papers
Session 1: Protection, Rights Recognition and Access to Services
International Organization for Migration (IOM) (2015), “Protection, Rights Recognition, and Access to Services”
Session 2: Employment and Decent Work
United Nations University Institute on Globalization, Culture, and Mobility (2015), “Practicing Diversity”
Session 3: Contributions of Diaspora to Development
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) (2015), “Female Migrants”
First Global Mayoral Forum, Barcelona 2014
Theme: (1) City Government: Its Leadership Role within and between Countries Regarding Global Migration and Mobility Governance; (2) Fostering Economic Prosperity and the Virtual Circle of Development
2014 Barcelona Call to Action ( Call of Barcelona )
1st Mayoral Forum Concept Note
Preparatory documents and background papers
Session 1: City Governments: Its Leadership Role within and between Countries Regarding Global Migration and Mobility Governance
JMDI (2014), “A Virtuous Circle: Fostering Economic Prosperity and Development in Origin and Destination Communities”
International Organization for Migration (IOM) (2014), “Managing Urban Mobility: Why Partnership is Needed and How One Can Make it a Success”
Session 2: Fostering Economic Prosperity and the Virtuous Cycle of Development
United Nations University Institute on Globalisation, Culture, and Mobility (2014), “Building City Identities in the Contexts of Diversity”