The GFMD from Manila to Athens

One Step Forward, One Step Back

Bibliographic Data

ID11147292
AuthorsStefan Rother (0000-0001-8520-3365, Arnold Bergstraesser Institute for Socio-Cultural Research, corresponding author)
Year2010
Volume19
Issue1
Pages157-173
Publication date2010-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAsian and Pacific migration journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0117-1968 • E-ISSN: 2057-049X
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/011719681001900108
OpenAlexW2329378847
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited9

In the foreseeable future, it seems, the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) is here to stay. The third meeting of the Forum in Athens in November 2009 marked the end of the first half of a journey leading up to the proposed next UN High Level Dialogue on Migration in 2013. The host countries of the next three GFMD meetings have already been agreed upon, and there certainly has been development and improvement of the forum structure since it was first proposed in 2006. There are even indicators pointing towards institutionalization of the so far strictly stateled, informal and non-binding process, albeit merely slight ones. But while Athens could be seen as a step forward in these regards, the civil society component of the forum was criticized by several participants as a step backwards from where it was left off in Manila. They denounced a lack of transparency, especially with regards to the selection of participants and the formulation of the recommendations to the government forum

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