The Friends of the Forum (FOF) is open to all Member States and some Observers of the UN. The FOF is also comprised of specialized agencies of the UN, international organizations, regional consultative processes and select non-government stakeholders on migration and development issues. The FOF acts...

International cooperation and governance of migration in all its dimensions, including at borders, on transit, entry, return, readmission, integration and reintegration.

The International Social Security Association (ISSA) is the world’s leading international organization for social security institutions, government departments and agencies. Global information regarding the exact number and nature of bilateral and multilateral social security agreements, and between...

The conclusions of social security agreements between countries and across regions are indispensable to secure the portability of social benefits for migrant workers. This website offers good-practice examples in coordinating multilateral social security agreements in the EU, the Caribbean, the Gulf...

This platform is designed to provide expert legal and development resources on how to better align social protection and human rights. It is targeted at policy makers, development practitioners and human rights advocates with the intention of strengthening a growing social protection community that...

This website offers full texts or abstracts of national labour, social security and related human rights legislation. Content is classified by subject and it is easy to identify legislation related to migrant workers.

The International Labour Organization (ILO) is mandated to support the extension of social protection to all in need of such protection, including migrants, and provides technical assistance to its constituents in their extension strategies. 

Since its inception, the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development (KNOMAD) has spearheaded research and advocacy on harnessing remittances and other resources for the development of origin countries. More recently, KNOMAD prepared the background brief for the preparatory sessions of...

The Migration Data Portal provides a page dedicated to the topic of remittances, including key trends, definition, data sources, data strengths and limitations and suggestions for further reading.

The Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development (KNOMAD)’s website contains a page dedicated to data on remittances disaggregated by country.  

The campaign promotes concrete actions in support of remittance families’ resilience, while at the same time recognize the key role they play for the wellbeing of millions of families and on the sustainable development of their local communities. The International Day of Family Remittances (IDFR)...

As the world went into lockdown mode in Spring 2020, the worldwide flow of remittances decreased abruptly and dramatically. The Global Call to Action is a multi-stakeholder effort, and a Member State-led initiative calling on policymakers, regulators, and remittance service providers (RSPs) to...

As a humanitarian collaborative platform and community of practice, the Diaspora Emergency Action & Coordination (DEMAC) is providing data, analysis, information and coordination on diaspora humanitarian action, as well as offering and strengthening access to capacity building for diaspora...

Migrants and diaspora communities are recognized for their invaluable role in society due to their rich cultural contributions, diverse voices, social capital, and their economic contributions to the countries they live in and come from, including philanthropy, entrepreneurship, and innovations...

Repository of migration and development-related policies and programmes submitted by governments and inspired by GFMD discussions and recommendations. Meetings of the Platform for Partnerships (PfP) meetings are organized to allow face-to-face interactions between governments and key partners, as...

The database presents a comprehensive collection of labour migration policies and programmes, which can be browsed by region/country and theme/sector. It includes practices on promoting fair recruitment.

The Global Skill Partnership model proposes a bilateral labor migration agreement between a country of origin and a country of destination whereby the latter takes on the technology and finance for the training of required skills in prospective migrant workers.

This website provides further reading materials and an overview of skills partnerships, as well as country and regional studies identifying the potential for skills partnerships between the respective countries and other stakeholders.

This Global Public Private Knowledge Sharing Platform on Skills for Employment promotes the cooperation of all relevant stakeholders involved in facilitating skills mobility.   

The Thematic Working Group 4 is focused on Bilateral Labour Migration Agreements and ways in which they can enhance regular pathways for migration, thereby facilitating decent work and labour mobility.