Inter-state consultation mechanisms on migration, such as the Rabat Process, play an important role in the implementation of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM), which was endorsed by the United Nations General Assembly (UN GA) in December 2018. The GCM is the first intergovernmental agreement in the framework of the UN to cover all dimensions of international migration in a comprehensive manner. In view of the upcoming International Migration Review Forum 2022, the Rabat Process Secretariat published an assessment of activities organised since December 2018, to establish where the Rabat Process activities align with the objectives of the GCM. The International Migration Review forum, hosted by the UN GA, will meet for the first time on 17-20 May 2022 to review the progress made at the local, national, regional and global levels in implementing the GCM.
Download: “Rabat Process activities organised since December 2018 with a link to the objectives of the GCM“ (2022)
Out of the 23 objectives contained in the GCM, the Rabat Process conducted activities aligning with 14 of them, which shows that the Marrakesh Declaration and Action Plan, adopted during the Fifth Ministerial Conference on Migration and Development in May 2018, and the implementation of its objectives at the Euro-African level, contributes also to the implementation of the GCM and its objectives at the global level.
The following Rabat Process activities, implemented since December 2018, deserve to be highlighted in this context:
- Technical Meeting on Cooperation between Countries of Origin, Transit and Destination in the Field of Border Management – July 2019, Madrid
- Study: “Social immobility versus social mobility: the root causes of international emigration” - September 2019
- Workshop on the fight against migrant smuggling – October 2019, Abidjan
- Technical Workshop on diaspora remittances – November 2019, Abuja
- Publication: Collection of Diaspora Engagement Practices – November 2020
- Assessment of Anti-Trafficking Gaps, Needs and Transferrable Practices in the ECOWAS member States and Mauritania – December 2020
- Webinar on Voluntary Return and Reintegration – January 2021, virtual
- Thematic Label Meeting: “National authorities, local authorities and migration” – September 2021, Paris
- Roundtables on the protection of unaccompanied minors during the asylum procedure and on the risks faced by children along the migration routes – July and October 2021, virtual/Geneva
- Virtual meeting on legal migration with a focus on labour migration - December 2021, virtual
- Partnership with the Mixed Migration Centre (MMC) which led to joint policy briefs and workshops
Read more about the synergies between the Rabat Process and the GCM in the overview paper:
“Rabat Process activities organised since December 2018 with a link to the objectives of the GCM“ (2022)
