The GFMD from Manila to Athens

One Step Forward, One Step Back

Dados Bibliográficos

ID11147292
AutoresStefan Rother (0000-0001-8520-3365, Arnold Bergstraesser Institute for Socio-Cultural Research, autor correspondente)
Ano2010
Volume19
Fascículo1
Páginas157-173
Data de publicação2010-03-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAsian and Pacific migration journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0117-1968 • E-ISSN: 2057-049X
EditoraSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/011719681001900108
OpenAlexW2329378847
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas8
Referências citadas9

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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