The annual IOM-CSO Consultations aim to strengthen the mutual understanding and partnership between IOM and civil society. They serve as a platform to identify joint priorities, facilitate the exchange of best practices, and generate innovative solutions.  

 

Final Agenda
08:30 - 09:00 Registration
09:00 - 09:30 OPENING SESSION
  WELCOME REMARKS
Speaker: Mr. William Lacy Swing

Director General, International Organization for Migration (IOM)  (Presentation)
  TOUR DE TABLE
Facilitator: Mr. Gervais Appave, Director ad interim, Department of International Cooperation and Partnerships, IOM
  INTRODUCTION OF PROGRAMME OF WORK
  • Recap of 2011 consultation outcomes and outline of programme of work

Presenter: Mr. Gervais Appave, Director ad interim, Department of International Cooperation and Partnerships, IOM

09:30 - 10:30 WORKING SESSION 1: TAKING STOCK OF IOM - CSO PARTNERSHIP
  Enhanced dialogue and action for strengthened partnership
  • Overview of regional and thematic consultations
  • Opportunities and challenges

Presenter: Ms. Maureen Achieng, Head, International Partnerships Division, Department of International Cooperation and Partnerships, IOM

  IOM-CSO partnership in communications
Presenter: Mr. Jean-Philippe Chauzy, Spokesperson, Office of the Director General/ Head, Media and Communications Division, Department of International Cooperation and Partnerships, IOM
  IOM-CSO partnership
  • Global CSO inventory
  • Models for optimum cooperation

Presenter: Ms. Nyaradzo Chari-Imbayago, International Partnerships Division, Department of International Cooperation and Partnerships, IOM (Presentation)

  Plenary discussion
Facilitator: Mr. Tom Corsellis, Executive Director, Shelter Centre
10:30 - 10:45 Coffee Break
10:45 - 13:00 WORKING SESSION 2: MIGRATION CRISIS OPERATIONAL FRAMEWORK
  Case studies of migration crisis
Presenter: Mr. Louis Hoffmann, Head of Transition and Recovery Division, Department of Operations and Emergencies, IOM (Presentation)
  Plenary discussion
Facilitator: Ms. Manisha Thomas, Humanitarian Consultant
  IOM migration crisis operational framework
Presenter: Mr. Louis Hoffmann, Head of Transition and Recovery Division, Department of Operations and Emergencies, IOM (Presentation)
  Plenary discussion
Facilitator: Ms. Manisha Thomas, Humanitarian Consultant
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break: Screening of Return to South Sudan: Assistance in Transit
14:00 - 15:15 WORKING SESSION 3: ASSISTED VOLUNTARY RETURN AND REINTEGRATION
  Assisted voluntary return and reintegration (AVRR): Overview and case studies
Presenters: Mr. Laurence Hart, Head, Migrants Assistance Division, Department of Migration Management, IOM and Ms. Katharina Schnoering, Chief of Mission, IOM Bern
  AVRR Experiences
Presenters: Mr. Thierry Charbonney, Return Counsellor, Migration Service, Canton of Vaud and Ms. Marina-Johanne Sætre, Det Felles Innvandrerad i Hordaland (DFIRH) (Presentation)
  Plenary discussion
Facilitator: Mr. Laurence Hart, Head, Migrants Assistance Division, Department of Migration Management, IOM
15:15 - 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 - 16:30 WORKING SESSION 4: MIGRANT HEALTH
  IOM's work on health - key programme areas, figures and trends
Presenter: Dr. Davide Mosca, Head, Migration Health Division, Department of Migration Management, IOM (Presentation)
  Challenges and opportunities in addressing health of migrants
Presenters: - Dr. Nenette Motus, Senior Migration Health Policy Advisor, Migration Health Division, Department of Migration Management, IOM
  Plenary discussion
Facilitator: Msgr. Robert Vitillo, Special Advisor on HIV/AIDS and Director of the Geneva Delegation, Caritas Internationalis
16:30 - 17:30 WORKING SESSION 5: MULTILATERAL FRAMEWORK FOR COOPERATION ON MIGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT
  Towards the 2013 HLD
Presenters: Ms. Jennifer Zimmermann, Migration Policy Officer, International Partnerships Division, Department of International Cooperation and Partnerships, IOM and Ms. Michele Klein Solomon, Permanent Observer to the UN, IOM |
  CSO perspective on the HLD 2013
Presenter: - Dr. Eva Sandis, Chair, NGO Committee on Migration (Statement  | Presentation)
  Plenary Discussion
Facilitator: Mr. Gervais Appave, Director ad interim, Department of International Cooperation and Partnerships, IOM
17:30 - 18:00 CLOSING SESSION
  SUMMARY OF DISCUSSIONS AND WAY FORWARD
Rapporteur: Mr. Gervais Appave, Director ad interim, Department of International Cooperation and Partnerships, IOM
  SUMMARY OF DISCUSSIONS AND WAY FORWARD
Rapporteur: Dr. Jerome Elie, Executive Director, Programme for the Study of Global
Migration, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
  CLOSING REMARKS
Speaker: Mr. William Lacy Swing
Director General, IOM
18:00 - 19:00 COCKTAIL RECEPTION

Final Report on the 2012 IOM-CSO Consultations