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The MADE Working Group on Labour Migration & Recruitment, coordinated by Migrant Forum in Asia recently launched a petition to the Nepalese government to stand firm on an important law passed in 2015 obliging foreign employers to bear the visa and flight ticket costs for Nepali migrant workers that they hire. A related activity, just-launched, is an online discussion on temporary labour migration programs, in which they are interested to hear from migrant workers, those working with migrant workers, or anyone with an interest in this topic.

With the increase in the number of refugees and migrants trying to enter Europe in 2015, there has been a concurrent increase in suspicion, fears and preconceptions among the citizens and governments of destination countries. By confronting false or misleading statements with strong data, facts and migrant testimonies, this tool, developed by ICMC Europe and the Forum des Organisations de Solidarité Internationale issues des Migrations (FORIM) in coordiantion with CONCORD, aims to deconstruct received ideas by tackling common misconceptions on migration in relation to poverty, development aid and the job market, among others. 

The MADE Working Group on Diaspora and Migrants in Development is excited to announce an open call for submissions in preparation for Global Diaspora Day, which will be celebrated for the first time in 2016!

African migration is often perceived as massive, increasing and mainly directed toward Europe. Speakers at this year’s Potsdam Spring Dialogues, including MADE's Sophie Ngo-Diep reminded the audience that African migration is first and foremost intra-continental, and called on African and European leaders to work as equal partners and acknowledge the benefits that migration and mobility can bring to both continents.
 

The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) has launched a new Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) about the Agenda 2030 and the related Sustainability Development Goals. The “Introduction to the 2030 Agenda: A New Agenda for a Sustainable World” course was developed to address potential knowledge gaps related to the understanding of changes required from both, policy-makers and ordinary citizens, to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The next MADE Advocacy webinar in a series of 4 webinars on SDG implementation and indicator development will be held on Tuesday, 15 March. The aim of the MADE Advocacy webinars is to inform participants on national policy developments and to facilitate the exchange of advocacy experiences, strategies and best practices.

Follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: Critical milestones - Role and contribution of civil society. Speech from Bob van Dillen (Cordaid) at the UNDESA meeting in New York.

ICMC and the International Steering Committee constantly have been petitioning governments to invite representatives of civil society to the GFMD states roundtables. This year, we prepared a letter to the current GFMD government chair, Bangladesh, asking for a meeting to discuss this proposal.  

On 16 February 2016, the MADE Global Coordinating Office, together with its regional partner MADE Americas, led by INMD and SIMN, the Global Coalition on Migration (GCM), Alianza Americas and ACIDEHUM with the support from CAMMINA coordinated a one-day regional civil society consultation in San José to discuss challenges and needs of migrants in crisis in Latin America and the Caribbean as part of its ongoing work around the Migrants in Countries in Crisis (MICIC) Initiative.

The Supporting Syria & the Region Conference held in London on 4 February brought together worldwide leaders and raised more than $10bn funds. Civil society representatives estimate that $3bn are still of need to cover immediate aid.