Calls for Practices

Call for Practices: Migration Data

Accurate and disaggregated migration data are relevant to all of the objectives and cross-cutting themes of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM).    

However, migration data are often incomplete and fragmented. There are gaps in statistics, the timeliness of data, and coverage of important topics. Improving the collection and use of migration data, promoting well-informed public discourse and fostering research, are essential to the effective implementation, follow-up and review of the GCM.

In the spirit of Objective 1 of the GCM (Collect and utilize accurate and disaggregated data as a basis for evidence-based policies), the Migration Network Hub is launching a Call for Practices, inviting submissions of relevant programmes, initiatives and policies that facilitate – through data – GCM implementation.

• Who can submit a practice? - Any UN Member State, Network member, or migration actor. 
• What are the criteria? - Practices should be fully or mostly completed at the time of submission in order to share lessons learned and recommendations. See the full criteria here.
• How to submit? - Instructions and the submission form can be found here.      
• Deadline to submit a practice: 31 July 2024
• Contact: For support or any questions, please contact the Hub team here.

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Call for Practices: Migrant domestic workers as agents of change

Domestic work sustains families, households, and societies at large, but often suffers from a lack of legal and social recognition. Although domestic workers play an integral role in the care economy, domestic work is generally undervalued and relegated to the informal economy. This has particularly exacerbated the situation of migrants, most of whom are women, who work in the sector. Despite numerous obstacles, domestic workers have a unique track record in organizing for more rights and better protection, as evidenced by the movement that culminated in the adoption of the ILO Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189). 

Acting as agents of change despite often being victims of abuse, violence and harassment, migrant domestic workers have also led and called for initiatives that enable workers to:

• Be aware of and exercise their legal rights
• Advocate for and secure improved working conditions and wages
• Access portable social protection in both countries of origin and destination
• Contribute more effectively to the well-being of their families and communities
• Organise, collectivise and engage politically for better regulation and recognition.

The Global Compact for Migration (GCM), through its Guiding Principle of gender-responsiveness, calls for, "the empowerment of all women and girls, recognizing their independence, agency and leadership in order to move away from addressing migrant women primarily through a lens of victimhood."

Ahead of this year’s International Domestic Workers Day on 16 June, the Migration Network Hub in coordination with ILO is accepting submissions on programmes and policies that help to transform how migrant domestic workers are valued and seen by the rest of society. 

• Who can submit a practice? Any UN Member State, Network member or Stakeholder, including domestic worker organizations, trade unions and employers’ organisations, among others.
• What are the criteria? Practices should be fully or mostly completed in order to share lessons learned, and reflect the principles of C189. See full criteria.       
• How to submit? Instructions and the submission form can be found here.
• Deadline extended to: 20 May 2024
• Contact the Hub team for support or any questions.

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Call for Practices: Migration in the context of climate change

At COP 28, governments and stakeholders will take stock of efforts undertaken to mitigate and adapt to the impacts of climate change.

Enhancing peoples' agency to choose to stay in their areas of origin or leave in dignity and safety can contribute to mitigating the effects of climate change and be part of the solution for climate change adaptation. 

The Migration Network Hub is seeking submissions on programmes and policies that exemplify some of the Objectives of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration in order to demonstrate ways in which well-governed migration can build resilience and adaptation while contributing to just transitions to environmentally sustainable economies and societies for all.

Any Member State or migration actor can submit a practice. Practices should be fully or mostly completed at the time of submission in order to share lessons learned and recommendations. Practices should also adhere to the 10 Guiding Principles of the Global Compact. Criteria for inclusion are listed here.             

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Call for Practices: Strengthening cooperation on missing migrants and providing humanitarian assistance to migrants in distress

Do you systematically collect and exchange information on cases of missing migrants? Are you helping governments to assume their responsibility to preserve the lives of all migrants? Are you committed to identifying those who have died or gone missing? Are you facilitating communication between families and their missing loved ones? Are you supporting missing migrants and their families in a different way? Are you providing humanitarian assistance to migrants in distress in transit contexts? Does your organization conduct search and rescue operations? Whether you represent a government, a UN entity, a civil society actor, or any other relevant stakeholder, we want to hear from you!

Showcasing effective and replicable practices is a way of contributing to the collective effort to prevent migrant deaths and respond to the needs of their families. Submit your practice today to inspire others to engage.

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