Rabat Process

📽️ Watch this video to learn more about the Euro-African Dialogue on Migration and Development (Rabat Process): #dialogue #migration #migrationpolicy #development #regularmigration #labourmigration #mobility #labourmobility #asylum #internationalprotection #forceddisplacement #diaspora #diasporaengagement #diasporaentrepreneurship

#migrantsday2024 #internationalmigrantsday #IMD2024

#MissingMigrants 👉 Today, on International Migrants Day, we would like to honour the resilience of migrants and reflect on the pressing issue of missing migrants - individuals who disappear along migration routes, leaving families in anguish. The Rabat Process has been supporting the newly founded Network of National Focal Points for Missing Migrants, organised by the International Committee of the Red Cross - ICRC and co-convened by Switzerland and The Gambia. By supporting this Network, we strive to improve cross-border cooperation on missing migrants, strengthen identification systems, and provide support to grieving families. International collaboration remains key to addressing this humanitarian challenge and ensuring dignity for all migrants. ➡️ Recently, the Network convened its second meeting to present a number of highly successful practices carried out by authorities in different countries to search for and identify missing migrants. 💡 Learn more about these concrete examples in our recent article: https://lnkd.in/d2AzR8Di The Network will build on these discussions in its next meeting, scheduled for the first quarter of 2025, focusing on strengthening international collaboration and exploring innovative solutions for identifying missing migrants. #InternationalMigrantsDay #MigrantsDay2024 #IMD2024 #HumanitarianAction

👀 Get first-hand insights into the preparations for the forthcoming Nigerian Chairmanship of the Rabat Process! In a recent preparatory mission, the Rabat Process Secretariat met with key stakeholders and migration-related agencies in Abuja to prepare Nigeria's Chairmanship which will begin in early 2025.   🤝 The ICMPD delegation was led by Monica Zanette, Head of Pan-African Initiatives, and Jean-Charles de Cordes, Coordinator of the Rabat Process, who represented the Dialogue at the National Migration Dialogue 2024, organised by the National Commission for Refugees Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI).   🙏 We would like to thank the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, and Poverty Alleviation , the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the National Commission for Refugees Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI), the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), the NATIONAL AGENCY FOR THE PROHIBITION OF TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (NAPTIP), the National Population Commission, the NIGERIA IMMIGRATION SERVICE(NIS), the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, the EU Delegation to Nigeria, and IOM Nigeria. Our sincere and heartfelt gratitude to the highly esteemed Ambassador Catherine Udida, mni, Director of Migrants Affairs Department at NCFRMI, and to Alexander Oturu, Assistant Director / Zonal Coordinator at NCFRMI, for their invaluable support and for accompanying our delegation during the mission.   📷 (1) Hon. Minister Prof. Nentawe G. Yilwatda of the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, and Poverty Alleviation (2) Amb. Asari Allotey, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (3) Hon. Tijjani Aliyu Ahmed, Honorable Federal Commissioner at National Commission for Refugees Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (4) Deputy Comptroller General MC Dike and delegation of the Nigeria Immigration Service (5) Hon. Dr. Abike Dabiri Erewa, Chairman / CEO of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (6) Hon. Nasir Isa Kwarra, Hon. Chairman of the National Population Commission (7) Josiah Emerole, Director of Research and Programme development, at the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment (8) John Nyamali, Director overseeing the Office of the Permanent Secretary at the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons.    The Rabat Process Secretariat looks forward to supporting Nigeria during its 1-year term as Chair of the Rabat Process in 2025/26!   #dialogue #migration #mobility #development #internationalaffairs #diplomacy International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD)

7️⃣ policy takeaways and many concrete recommendations on innovative pathways for #skillsmobility stemming from our recent Joint High-level Meeting, collectively organised by the Rabat Process & Khartoum Process: 👉 Access these recommendations, the outcome document and further interesting resources on our website: https://lnkd.in/dAfd5ekD 🤝 156 participants joined us in Lisbon and many shared their lessons learned and best practices. We would like to thank all of you, as well as the co-hosts Portugal and Egypt for making this meeting a success! ➡️ The 7 policy takeaways in a nutshell: 1. Rethinking what skills are in demand and reflecting these in diverse migration pathways 2. Ensuring worker protection and good working conditions across the entire migration journey 3. Accompanying mobility with (re)integration support 4. Reaching multiple groups with the same skills and mobility structures 5. Improving the efficiency and accessibility of existing pathways 6. Enhancing skills development and recognition 7. Getting necessary stakeholders on board #migrationpolicy #labourmigration #regularmigration #mobility AIMA I.P. Agência para a Integração, Migrações e Asilo, Albert Siaw-Boateng, Resat Ozkan, Marcello Giordani, Jennifer Tangney, Alexandra Sá Carvalho, Marta Feio, Ainara Dorremochea, Gladys Cisneros, National Commission for Refugees Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI)

Congratulations to the Khartoum Process, our "sister dialogue", which was founded almost exactly ✨ 10 years ago✨ in Rome! The Khartoum Process focuses on the migration routes between the Horn of Africa and Europe:

We are entering the final stretch of the Portuguese Chairmanship of the Rabat Process! Watch the interview filmed at the launch of the Chairmanship in February! What have we been working on since then? Take a look: ❇️Entrepreneurship and diaspora engagement❇️ In a thematic meeting, we addressed challenges to diaspora engagement, especially for women and youth, through dialogue with CSOs. The result: 22 recommendations to enhance socio-economic impacts and skills transfer for national development. 🤝 Co-organisers: Portugal, Senegal ❇️Regular migration and mobility schemes❇️ A thematic meeting explored new labour mobility schemes, resulting in 30 recommendations. Discussions emphasised cooperation between countries of origin and destination. + Field visit to Cabo Verde University, focusing on data and information-sharing featuring the Cabo Verde Migration Observatory. 🤝Co-organisers: Cabo Verde, Portugal ❇️Innovative pathways for skills mobility❇️ Together with the Khartoum Process, we organised a Joint High-Level Meeting. Participants discussed strategies for labour migration, skills development, and talent mobility between Africa and Europe, with key policy takeaways and recommendations soon to be shared. 🤝Co-organisers: Portugal, Egypt ❇️Missing migrants❇️ The Rabat Process Secretariat supports the newly established Network of National Focal Points for Missing Migrants, organised by the International Committee of the Red Cross - ICRC , with support from Switzerland and the Gambia. This newly launched network helps to catalyse government action to clarify the fate of missing migrants, with National Focal Points enhancing cross-border and transnational cooperation, and information sharing. 🤝Co-organisers: ICRC, Switzerland, the Gambia ➡️ Further meetings will take place in the coming weeks before the chair passes to the next country. #diaspora #diasporaengagement #development #sustainabledevelopment #regularmigration #mobility #labourmigration #mobilityschemes #missingmigrants AIMA I.P. Agência para a Integração, Migrações e Asilo

About a year ago, we asked six dynamic youth activists to share their thoughts on #youth engagement for #migration and #development. The video was shot on the sidelines of our Rabat Process Thematic Meeting on Migration, Youth and Development, held in The Hague on 19-20 October 2023, together with the Khartoum Process and co-chaired by the Netherlands and Nigeria. 👏 Thanks again to our interviewees for sharing their thoughts with us! With: Blessing Abeng 🌔, Brand and Communications Director Lukmon Akintola, Program Lead for Climate Mobility, Global Center for Climate Mobility Alicja Lelwic-Ojeda, Co-director, Migration Youth & Children Platform, Abdel-Aziz Ibrahim Sallet, Member of the Global Refugee Youth Network (GRYN)  Ajala Oluwafunmilayo, Youth Advisory Committee Member Elana Wong, Policy Officer, Civil Society Action Committee (ICMC), former MCYP Co-director

One of the most read publications hosted on our website is our study on the #rootcauses of emigration in #WestAfrica, published in 2018: "Social Immobility versus - Social Mobility the Root Causes of International Emigration”, written by Nelly ROBIN of the IRD (French National Research Institute for Development). Favouring a #qualitativeresearch approach, this study proposes to examine the causes of emigration in the Rabat Process region from the perspective of the main actors of migration – aspiring migrants, migrants and their families. The study was initially carried out to inform discussions at the Rabat Process Thematic Meeting on Root Causes held in Paris in October 2018. ➡️ Access the full study in English and French here: https://lnkd.in/d7D_QqAJ #emigration #migrationdrivers #pushfactors #pullfactors

Time flies! About two years ago we met in Brussels to discuss #remittances and #sustainabledevelopment. ➡️ The meeting was a mutual learning experience that improved the technical understanding of remittances and contributed to the replication of successful initiatives. ➡️ 140 participants gathered in Brussels and connected online, representing 38 European and African countries from the Rabat Process and the Khartoum Process and over 30 international and non-governmental organisations. ➡️ The outcome document provides an overview of the main takeaways of the meeting, and reports on the best practices, challenges, and opportunities related to remittances and sustainable development as highlighted during the discussion. 👉 Read the full meeting report here: https://lnkd.in/dQSKz-xq Thank you to our co-chairs Belgium and Ghana as well as all speakers and participants! With Nicole de Moor, Ernest Addison, Dolores Ríos, Martin Seychell, Ralph Genetzke, Dilip Ratha, Amadou CISSÉ, Leon Isaacs, Njaga Gaye, Paddy Siyanga Knudsen, Raffaella Greco Tonegutti, iacopo viciani, Alessio Ciarlone, Pedro De Vasconcelos, Mr. YOGO DUBOIS, Mirana Rajoharison, Kathrin Damian, Frédéric Ponsot, Bob Bonabo Munene, PhD, Killian Clifford, Andrew Takyi-Appiah, Miguel Fernandez Rosas, Iliana Olivié, Stella O., Adelaide Hirwe, Larisa LARA, PhD, Fridah Ntarangwi - Kimathi, Elizabeth Howard, Prof. Gibril Faal OBE, JP, Lieven De la Marche and many others. #throwbackthursday #migration #development #dialogue