International Migration Review Forum 2022 Side Events

Panel for "Enhancing the contributions of migrants in the post-COVID 19 era" - May 17

• Jyotsna Puri, Associate Vice-President, Strategy and Knowledge Department, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
• Central Bank of Kenya
• Leon Isaacs, Chief Executive Officer, Developing Markets Associates Global (DMAG)
• Gibril Faal, visiting professor in practice, Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa (FLIA), London School of Economics (LSE), co-founder of GK Partners and RemitAid

Panel for "Transit migration: impact and policy implications for development" - May 17

• Ms. Gloria Portillo, Deputy Mayor of Esquipulas, Guatemala
• Mr. Nouffou Ouédraogo, President of the Organization ARSI-World (Burkina Faso).
• Ms. Rocío González Higuera, Head of the Migration Policy Unit, Registry and Identity of Persons of the Ministry of the Interior (Mexico)
• Moderator: Alessandra Casazza, Manager of the UNDP Regional Resilience Hub in Nairobi

Panel for "Tracking recruitment costs: scaling up efforts to measure SDG 10.7.1 to monitor SDG and GCM progress" - May 19

• Mr Anthony Oduro-Denkyirah, Labour Economist/Statistician, Ghana Statistical Service
• Representative of the Government of Guatemala
• Representative of the Government of Mexico
• Mr Luong Thanh Quang, Deputy Director General of the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
• Mr Mamadou Diallo,Deputy General Secretary, International Trade Union Confederation- ITUC
• Mr. Gregorius Chen, Employers’ Association of Indonesian
• Mr William Gois: Migrant Forum in Asia

Panel for "Fostering Effective Global Partnerships for Addressing Migration" - May 20

• Moderator: Dilip Ratha, Head of KNOMAD
• Data (Objective 1): Reiner Münz and Marie McAuliffe
• Migrant rights (Objective 4 and Objective 16): Francois Crepeau
• Labor migration (Objective 5, Objective 6 and Objective 18): Ibrahim Awad and Michelle Leighton
• Diaspora resources (Objective 19 and 20): Sonia Plaza
• Forced displacement: Alexander Betts
• Return migration (Objective 21): Rosilyne Borland
• Climate-driven migration (Objective 2): Alexander Aleinikoff
• Transit migration (Objective 7, Objective 8 and Objective 11): David Khoudour and Jason Gagnon
• Rural-Urban migration: Robert E.B. Lucas