The Regional review meeting on the implementation of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration in Latin America and the Caribbean will be held virtually from April 26 to 28, 2021. This Meeting is being supported by the various agencies, funds and programmes that make up the Regional Network on Migration in the region. Its purpose is to provide a common platform where Member States and all other stakeholders can contribute to the debate on the challenges, progress and needs in the implementation of the Global Compact in the region.

The meeting will include five thematic roundtables addressing areas such as the promotion of fact-based and data-driven migration discourse, policy and planning; the protection of migrants’ human rights, safety and well-being; irregular migration; the facilitation of regular migration and decent work; and the importance of the social inclusion and integration of migrants.

All Memer States from the region and ECLAC Member States are expected to participate, as well as a wide and diverse range of stakeholders, including the civil society, diaspora organizations, academia, International organizations, among others.

 

Date and Time According to Time Zone

From Monday, April 26 to Wednesday, April 28, 2021

Time zone: Santiago (GMT-4) / Central America (GMT-6)

  Time GMT-4 Santiago, Chile  Time GMT-6 Central America
Day 1: Monday 26 April 11:00 a 16:40  9:00 a 14:40
Day 2: Tuesday 27 April 10:30 a 18:00  8:30 a 16:00
Day 3: Wednesday 28 April 11:00 a 16:30  9:00 a 14:30

 

Registration

To participate in the event, please register at: Register to participate in the GCM review

Spanish-English interpretation will be provided.

 

Live Broadcast

The regional review meeting of the Compact will be broadcast on IOM social media. Stay up to date by visiting the following accounts:

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@OIMCentroNorteAmerica
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Preliminary Agenda (GMT-4)

Day 1: Monday, 26 April

11:00 – 11:40

Opening session

  • Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
  • António Vitorino, Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and Coordinator of the Unite Nations Network on Migration
  • Felipe González, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants
  • Representative of civil society and other stakeholders (to be determined)

11:40 – 13:40

Review of progress and challenges with regard to implementing the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration in Latin America and the Caribbean

  • Statements by Ministers, Vice-Ministers and other high-level government officials, representatives of intergovernmental organizations, stakeholders, United Nations agencies and others

13:40 – 14:40

Lunch break

14:40 – 16:40

Review of progress and challenges with regard to implementing the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration in Latin America and the Caribbean (continued)

  • Statements by Ministers, Vice-Ministers and other high-level government officials, representatives of intergovernmental organizations, stakeholders, United Nations agencies and others

 

Day 2: Tuesday, 27 April

10:30 – 11:30

Key regional findings from national reports and multi-stakeholder consultations

National reports

  • Michele Klein Solomon, Regional Director for Central America, North America and the Caribbean, IOM
  • Marcelo Pisani, Regional Director for South America, IOM
  • Paulo Saad, Chief of the Latin American and Caribbean Demographic Centre (CELADE)-Population Division of ECLAC

Multi-stakeholder consultations

  • (to be determined)

11:30 – 13:15

Thematic round tables. Area 1: Promoting fact-based and data-driven migration discourse, policy, and planning

  • Adriana Oropeza, Director of Technical Coordination, Subsystem of Demographic and Social Information, National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI), México
  • Aníbal Sánchez, Head of the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI), Perú
  • Fabiana Goyeneche, Director of International Relations and Cooperation, Departmental Government of Montevideo
  • Marcela Cerruti, Researcher at the Centre for Population Studies (CENEP), and member of the National Council for Scientific and Technological Research (CONICET), Argentina

Moderator: Christian Salazar, Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean of the United Nations Development Coordination Office

Rapporteur: Sabrina Jurán, Regional Adviser on Population and Development, Latin America and Caribbean Regional Office, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

13:15 – 14:15

Lunch break

14:15 – 16:00

Thematic round tables. Area 2: Protecting the human rights, safety and well-being of migrants, including through addressing drivers and mitigating situations of vulnerability in migration

  • Lance Browne, Senior Consular Officer, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Immigration and Trade, Antigua and Barbuda
  • Lucas Gómez, Border Manager, Office of the President of the Republic, Colombia (TBC)
  • Claudia Interiano, Foundation for Justice and the Democratic Rule of Law, and member of Women in Migration Network
  • Claudia Carletto, Municipal Secretary for Human Rights and Citizenship, Sao Paulo, Brazil (TBC)

Moderator: Carolina Gottardo, Executive Director, International Detention Coalition

Rapporteur: Steve Vergara, National Director of the Human Mobility Mechanism, Office of the Ombudsman of Ecuador (TBC)

16:00 – 16:15

Break

16:15 – 18:00

Thematic round tables. Area 3: Addressing irregular migration, including through managing borders and combating transnational crime

  • Cindy Portal, Vice-Minister for Salvadorans Living Abroad of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of El Salvador (TBC)
  • Alejandra Mángano, Coordinator, Ibero-American Network of Specialized Prosecutors against Trafficking in Persons
  • Siobham Mullally, United Nations Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children
  • Elizabeth Cabezas, National Assembly of Ecuador, and member of ParlAmericas

Moderator: José Monteiro, General Coordinator of the Civil Society Coalition against Trafficking in Persons of the Dominican Republic

Rapporteur: Verónica Supliguicha, General Project Coordinator of Fundación Alas de Colibrí

 

Day 3: Wednesday, 28 de April

11:00 – 12:45

Thematic round tables. Area 4: Facilitating regular migration and decent work and enhancing the positive development effects of human mobility

  • Olvin Villalobos, Minister of Labour and Social Security, Honduras (TBC)
  • Jocelyne Clarke-Fletcher, Ambassador for Diaspora Affairs, Saint Lucia
  • Laura De La Fuente, Representative of Red Global MX in Ireland
  • Carlos Mancilla, Deputy Secretary General, Unitary Union Council of Central America and the Caribbean (CSU) (TBC)

Moderator: Andrés Pérez Esquivel, Director of International Affairs, National Directorate of Migration, Ministry of the Interior, Argentina

Rapporteur: Rodolfo Cruz Piñeiro, Director, Department of Population Studies, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte (COLEF), Mexico

12:45 – 13:45

Lunch break

13:45 – 15:30

Thematic round tables. Area 5: Improving the social inclusion and integration of migrants

  • Joseph Hamilton, Minister of Labour of Guyana (TBC)
  • Raquel Vargas Jaubert, Director General of Migration, Ministry of the Interior and Policing of Costa Rica
  • Alberto Echavarría, Vice-President of Legal Affairs, National Business Association (ANDI) of Colombia (TBC)
  • Laura Vazquez, Associate Director, Immigrant Integration, UnidosUS (TBC)

Moderator: Fernando Parra, Director of Migration Policy, National Superintendency of Migration, Perú (TBC)

Rapporteur: Diego Chaves, Migration Policy Institute (MPI), United States (TBC)

15:30 – 16:00

Summary of discussions

  • Presentation of technical summaries from the five round tables
  • Discussion

16:00 – 16:30

Closing session

  • António Vitorino, Director General of IOM and Coordinator United Nations Network on Migration
  • Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC