Global Migration Group Practitioners Symposium

“Migration and Youth: Harnessing Opportunities for Development”

17-18 May 2011, New York

UNICEF as the current chair of the Global Migration Group (GMG) together with the other 15 Member
Agencies will be hosting a two-day Symposium “Migration and Youth: Harnessing Opportunities for
Development” in New York City on 17–18 May 2011.

The Symposium will bring together a wide range of experts and practitioners to present future trends, discuss
current knowledge, highlight existing gaps, and share good practices on how to increase migration’s positive
impacts and minimize its negative impacts on the development prospects of youth.

It is expected that participants will produce a set of key policy action messages that can evolve into a road
map for development practitioners, governments, academics, civil society partners and the international
community for the next five years.

Source: GMG website