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21 October 2015
The Mayoral Forum is an annual global gathering of Mayors and senior city administrators and other local and regional authorities, with the international community of inter-governmental experts, academics, donors and NGOs. Its main purposes are to strategize and propose new and innovative approaches to urban governance in contexts of greater diversity, and to support cities’ implementation of migration policies for inclusive growth.
The purpose of this e-discussion is therefore to gather the knowledge and expertise of cities and local authorities’ worldwide to feed into the Outcome Document of the Second Mayoral Forum on Mobility, Migration and Development taking place on 12-13 November 2015 in the City of Quito, Ecuador. This forum will build on the current context of the new 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as well as the Addis Ababa Agenda for Action on financing for development where migration is now prominently reflected and the positive contributions of migrants towards inclusive growth and sustainable development acknowledged.
The new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Addis Ababa Agenda for Action also come at a time when local and regional authorities, including cities, are increasingly finding themselves at the forefront of confronting not only development challenges but dealing with the effects of migration where the impact of migration is most strongly felt. The Second Mayoral Forum on Mobility, Migration and Development acknowledges this role and aims to provide mayors and municipal leaders with a space to share knowledge and strategize on where cities are and can make inroads in fostering the implementation of the SDGs for the benefit of migrants and their families, and for city dwellers at large.
Based on the above, the City of Quito, JMDI, the World Bank/KNOMAD and UNITAR invite all local actors involved to read the background note and respond to the questions available here based on your contribution to attached draft versions of the Outcome Document (in English, French and Spanish). The deadline is set for Wednesday, 4 November 2015.
