What

For this year, IOM decided to align the topic of its principal forum for policy dialogue, the International Dialogue on Migration (IDM), with the theme of its flagship publication, the World Migration Report. Accordingly, the 2015 IDM high-level conference will be dedicated to migrants and cities.

The Conference will bring together ministers, high-level government officials, mayors and other local authorities, the private sector and civil society organizations to discuss the complex dynamics of human mobility at city and local level and how risks can be managed and development opportunities maximized.

State Secretary for Asylum Policy and Migration, Théo Francken, participate in the conference as speaker during session III on Migrants shaping cities: integrating migrants into the local agenda. Mieke Candaele, Director of Communications (Fedasil), also participates as speaker.

When

26-27 October 2015

Where

Palais des Nations
Geneva
Switzerland

Additional information

Additional information, including provisional agenda, infosheet and background paper, are available on the website of the IOM.