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<h3>Applications invited for the 2011 GFMD Civil Society Days - Deadline: 13 September</h3></strong>
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<p>Geneva 17 August – The application process for participation by civil society representatives in the Civil Society Days (CSD) of this year’s Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) opened today, along with the unveiling of a new GFMD civil society website providing broad information about the Global Forum. </p>
<p>The online application form and process are now accessible at <a href="http://www.gfmdcivilsociety.org/" target="_blank">www.gfmdcivilsociety.org</a>. The deadline for application is <u>13 September 2011. </u></p>
<p>Application for CSD participation is open to various sectors of civil society, including human rights, development, labour, diaspora and migrant organizations, academia and the private sector. The CSD will offer space to 150 - 200 Delegates. If more people apply as in prior years, not everyone will be selected. In that case selection will take into account sectoral, geographic, and gender diversity, and relevant experience and knowledge on migration and development issues. Applicants will be notified by the end of September whether they are selected to participate. </p>
<p><strong><em><u>GFMD Civil Society Days 2011</u></em></strong></p>
<p>This year’s GFMD will be held in Geneva, Switzerland, with the civil society meeting on Tuesday and Wednesday November 29th and 30th, the government meeting Thursday and Friday December 1st and 2nd, and a formal common space bringing civil society and states together the morning of December 1st. </p>
<p>“The GFMD is the world’s premier opportunity for leaders of government and civil society to discuss important matters of international migration and its many links with development,” explains John Bingham, Head of Policy for the International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC). ICMC was appointed by the Swiss Government Chair of the 2011 GFMD as coordinator of GFMD civil society activities this year. “In each of the four annual Global Forum meetings to date: in Belgium, the Philippines, Greece and Mexico, participants from non-government organizations, trade unions and labour organizations, diaspora and migrant associations, academia and the private sector from every region in the world have gathered to share perspectives, examine policies and practices, build solutions and recommendations, and forge partnerships of action among themselves as well as with migration officials from as many as 155 countries.”</p>
<p>Acting upon the opportunity granted by the Swiss Chair to exercise greater autonomy over format and themes of the CSD, and picking up naturally with reference and relevance to the government programme, this year’s Civil Society Program will focus on <strong><em>Labour Migration,</em> <em>Development and the Protection of Migrants and their Families in the context of Work. </em></strong></p>
<p>Under this overarching theme, the subthemes and roundtables of the CSD will provisionally include:</p>
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<li>Institutional and legal frameworks for the protection of migrant workers and their families, including families separated by migration and of children left-behind;</li>
<li>Remedies to and the protection of migrants in irregular work circumstances </li>
<li>Addressing labour market and workers’ needs and demands and the positives and pitfalls of temporary and circular migration in that regard</li>
<li>(Co-)development for decent work at home, reducing the necessity to migrate and in this context focusing on the specific role of migrants and diaspora in contributing to development in their new countries as well as in their countries of origin. </li>
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<p>For more information about the concept and provisional themes of the GFMD Civil Society Days, and to access the online application form, please visit: <a href="http://www.gfmdcivilsociety.org/" target="_blank">www.gfmdcivilsociety.org</a></p>
<p>Or contact us through: <a href="mailto:contact@gfmdcivilsociety.org" target="_blank">contact@gfmdcivilsociety.org</a></p>
<p>Warmest regards,
<p>The GFMD Civil Society Coordinating Office 2011</p>
<p>International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC)<br>Rue Varembé 1<br>Case postale 96<br>CH-1211 Geneve 20<br>Switzerland<br>Tel <a href="tel:%2B41%20%2822%29%20919%201026" target="_blank" value="+41229191026">+41 (22) 919 1026</a></p>
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