Expert Group meeting on "Sustainable cities, human mobility and international migration"
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Overview
Urbanization and migration are profoundly important demographic phenomena affecting population growth and decline, and the spatial distribution of populations both between and within countries. The two processes have significant development impacts at the global, regional, national and subnational levels, and they are closely interconnected. Cities are centres of demographic, social, economic and political change, attracting migrants from near and far. Recognizing the importance of these topics, the Commission on Population and Development decided that the thematic focus of its fifty-first session in April 2018 will be on “Sustainable cities, human mobility and international migration”. The Population Division is organizing an expert group meeting on this topic, to be held in New York from 7 to 8 September 2017 (UN Headquarters, 7 September – CR12 and 8 September – CR1). The meeting will examine (a) new evidence regarding trends in urbanization and migration, (b) analyses of their development impacts, and (c) implications for policy, governance and planning. The focus of the discussion will range from the global to the local level, with the goal of identifying substantive connections across geographic and organizational levels, and encouraging coordinated policy responses based on a whole-of-government approach. The experts will also explore the significance of migration, urbanization and cities for the follow-up to the relevant pillars of the global development agenda (i.e., Programme of Action from the International Conference on Population and Development, 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants and the New Urban Agenda). |
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| Organization of work | ||
| Thursday, 7 September 2017 | ||
| 9:30 - 10:00 | Registration | |
[Day 1 Morning Session Webcast]
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| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Session I: Opening of the meeting |
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| 10:30 - 11:15 | Keynote presentation: Who Owns the City? - Saskia Sassen (Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology, Columbia University) - [CANCELLED] | |
| 11:15 - 11:30 | Break | |
| 11:30 - 13:00 |
Session II: Concepts, definitions, and data sources |
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| Moderator: Ashraf El Nour (Director, IOM Office, New York) | ||
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| 13:00 - 15:00 | Lunch break | |
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[Day 1 Afternoon Session Webcast]
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| 15:00 - 16:15 |
Session III: Patterns and drivers of trends in migration and urbanization: regional perspectives |
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| Moderator: Deborah Balk (Associate Director, City University of New York, Institute for Demographic Research) | ||
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| 16:15 - 16:30 | Break | |
| 16:30 - 18:00 |
Session IV: Linking migration and urbanization: from global cities to small towns |
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| Moderator: Rachel Snow (Chief, Population and Development Branch, UNFPA) | ||
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| Friday, 8 September 2017 | ||
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[Day 2 Morning Session Webcast]
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| 10:00 - 11:30 |
Session V: Development impacts of migration and urbanization |
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| Moderator: Bela Hovy (Chief, Migration Section, Population Division, DESA) | ||
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| 11:30 - 11:45 | Break | |
| 11:45 - 13:00 |
Session VI: Migrants and cities: policy implications, governance and planning |
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| Moderator: Filiep Decorte (Director a.i. / Officer in Charge, UN-Habitat New York Liaison Office) | ||
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| 13:00 - 15:00 | Lunch break | |
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[Day 2 Afternoon Session Webcast]
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| 15:00 - 15:55 |
Session VII: Conclusions and recommendations |
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| Moderator: Jorge Bravo (Chief, Demographic Analysis Branch, Population Division, DESA) | ||
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| 15:55 - 16:00 |
Session VIII: Closing |
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