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Roadmap: Caribbean Forum on Population, Migration and Development. Regional Technical Assistant: ACP Migration. Caribbean Forum on Population, Migration and Development.
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Roadmap: Caribbean Forum on Population, Migration and Development Regional Technical Assistant: ACP Migration
Caribbean Forum on Population, Migration and Development The Concept: Jointly review implementation of ICPD Programme of Action (1994-2013); and Establish a regional M&D Forum for dialogue and mainstreaming…….take outcomes of decisions taken to the 16th Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee session of Ministers. The Vision: Develop Common Core Positions for UN HLD, and ICPD Beyond 2014. More importantly, identify these core positions based on what the region would like to raise international to influence the Post-2015 Development Agenda. The Outcome: A Roadmap defined as a call to Action.
Thematic sessions on selected population, migration and development challenges faced by the Caribbean • Mainstreaming migration into national and regional development planning; • International migration and development; • Population dynamics, poverty and inequality; • Population ageing, the rights of older persons and the rights of persons with disabilities; • Access to reproductive health services and rights; • Adolescents and youth
Recommendations on Migration….26Seehttp://www.cepal.org/cgi-bin/getProd.asp?xml=/portofspain/noticias/paginas/9/50239/P50239.xml&xsl=/portofspain/tpl-i/p18f.xsl&base=/portofspain/tpl-i/basefile.xsl
Small State effects are peculiar Sources: UNDP (2009), Beine et al (2008), Schiff and Wang (2008), Mishra (2006). Selected Evidence • Migration Data Deficiencies are many, and affect decision-making… • Remittances….
National examples • Jamaica • Haiti • Guyana • St. Vincent and the Grenadines On going Response…. Regional efforts • CSME • Influence global processes – UN HLD; GFMD; ICPD