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  • Legacy of the JMDI
    Dec 01, 2017
    It is with great pride that we inform you that we have reached the end of a very successful second phase of the UN Joint Migration and Development Initiative (JMDI) as of November 30, 2017.  This initiative led by UNDP and implemented in close partnership with IOM, ITC-ILO, UN Women, UNHCR, UNITAR, and UNFPA has successfully engaged the UN system with vital actors in the field of...
  • Climate change, migration and displacement: the need for a risk-informed and coherent approach
    Nov 22, 2017
    The recently launched joint UNDP-ODI report entitled "Climate change, migration and displacement: the need for a risk-informed and coherent approach" unwinds the complex relationship between human mobility and climate change. With a view to inform the global discourse surrounding these matters, the report provides evidence based insight on the presented challenges and how they can be adequately...
  • Guidelines on Integrating Migration into Decentralised Cooperation
    Nov 09, 2017
    The UN Joint Migration and Development Initiative (JMDI) has published “Guidelines on Integrating Migration into Decentralised Cooperation”, which is a unique and unprecedented tool that walks interested local and regional authorities through the necessary steps to establish migration-related decentralised cooperation relationships. To do so, the guidelines first outline the added value of...
  • Guidelines on Mainstreaming Migration into Local Development Planning
    Nov 02, 2017
    The UN Joint Migration and Development Initiative (JMDI) has published "Guidelines on Mainstreaming Migration into Local Development Planning", which aim to assist local and regional authorities in enhancing their efforts to mainstream migration into all governance areas for enhanced policy coherence in migration and development.  These Guidelines achieve this through a set of indicators that...
  • Success Stories
    Oct 26, 2017
      The UN Joint Migration and Development Initiative (JMDI) has published a collection of "Success Stories", which contains a series of JMDI case studies on good practices, lessons learnt and recommendations built on the results and lessons learnt from the JMDI supported projects in eight target countries: Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, the Philippines, Morocco, Nepal, Senegal, and Tunisia....

Latest Resources

TRAINING - Mainstreaming Migration into Policy Development
Aug 10, 2018
The UN Joint Programme on Mainstreaming Migration into National Development Strategies jointly led by the United Nations Development Programme and the UN Migration Agency partnered with the International Training Centre of the ILO (ITC/ILO) to develop this online training material on "Mainstreaming Migration into Policy Development". Because the Migration & Development nexus... Read more >
The Linkages between Migration, Agriculture, Food Security and Rural Development
Aug 08, 2018
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the World Food Program (WFP) released in August 2018 this technical report on The Linkages between Migration, Agriculture, Foor Security and Rural Development.   Understanding contemporary migration, both... Read more >

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