Special Committee on Migration Issues i Migration and

Special Committee on Migration Issues i Migration and Development Program (M DE) October 2009

MIGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM Mandates Permanent Council Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs Special Committee on Migration Issues Inter-American Program for the Promotion and Protection of the Human Rights of Migrants Annual work plan Executive Secretariat for Integral Development Migration and Development Program CIM PAHO IACHR IOM SLA SMS ILO SPA IIN ECLAC

MIGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM Objectives ü To create systems to provide timely and standardized information on the migration phenomenon in the countries of the American Hemisphere. ü To promote institutional capacity-building in migration-related areas. ü To promote the protection of the human rights of migrants. ü To identify and implement cooperation actions and the exchange of best practices by means of dialogue among states. ü To facilitate the social, cultural, and economic inclusion of migrants. ü To introduce migration as a crosscutting theme in the relevant activities carried out by the OAS.

MIGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM Mission . To contribute to the formulation of public policy promoting equitable, safe, and orderly migration processes by means of systems providing precise and timely information, institutional capacity-building, cooperation actions, and the exchange of best practices.

MIGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM Migration as a crosscutting theme in the OAS MIGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM SEDI Employment Education Social security Development SLA Legislation Cooperation agreements SPA Overseas voting SMS Trafficking in persons Consular protection IACHR Human rights INFORMATION SYSTEMS CAPACITY-BUILDING DEVELOPMENT-RELATED ACTIVITIES TECHNICAL SUPPORT CIM Gender

MIGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM MANDATES Special Committee on Migration Issues BACKGROUND • • On May 2, 2007, the Permanent Council convened a special meeting to analyze and discuss human migration flows and their impact on the member states. On October 24 of that year, the Permanent Council established the Special Committee on Migration Issues. I. To develop a matrix of data for the comprehensive analysis of migration flows II. To prepare a document compiling temporary worker programs in the OAS member states III. To develop a database of existing regulations, policies, and programs on migration, and legal frameworks in the OAS member states IV. To link OAS efforts with those of regional consultation processes in the migration area V. To promote the exchange of experiences and best practices in the migration area among the countries of the region

MIGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM Mandate I: To develop a matrix of data for the comprehensive analysis of migration flows Project: Continuous Reporting System on Labour Migration for the Americas

MIGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM • A system for the generation of precise and timely information on labor migration, based on the SOPEMI [Systeme d’Observation Permanente sur les Migrations] model, created by the OECD for its Member countries. • The information it compiles reflects migration trends, and changes in populations, and demographic profiles of migrants. • The information comes from different national sources (censuses, surveys, administrative records, etc. ) and the system organizes it in a consolidated and standardized manner.

MIGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM How does SICREMI work? Ø The strategy for gathering data, and compiling and generating information is to establish a network of correspondents at the national level supported by the institutions key to the production of information on migration (migration offices or institutes, national statistics offices, civil registry offices, etc. ). Ø Each year, a request for standardized information is sent to the national correspondent institutions for the preparation of each country’s report. Ø The information is fed into the OAS migration database: SICREMI is only designed to compile and organize information. It is not designed to generate its own primary statistics on migration.

MIGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM Project Stage stages I. Pilot program The countries proposed for the pilot stage are those with information systems that facilitate information organization and unification. Their emigration, transmigration, and immigration patterns are also typical of those phenomena in the region. 1. Canada North America, Central America, and the Caribbean 3. Belize 4. El Salvador Andean countries 5. Ecuador 6. Colombia Stage II Generation and replication of the Program in ten countries. Stage III Inclusion of the remaining countries in the Program. 2. Mexico 7. Brazil Southern Cone 8. Argentina 9. Uruguay 10. Chile Currently, Brazil is the only country that has not confirmed its participation in the first stage of the project.

MIGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM Mandate II: To prepare a document compiling temporary worker programs in the OAS member states Project: Interactive map of temporary employment programs (MINPET) In conjunction with the Canadian International Development Agency

MIGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM Interactive map of temporary employment programs (MINPET) Objectives: • To map temporary employment programs within and outside the Hemisphere in which Latin American and Caribbean nationals participate. • To describe the terms and characteristics of recruitment programs and processes • To identify the sociodemographic characteristics of temporary workers, such as gender, age, education, country of origin, etc. • To exchange information on best practices • To promote orderly, safe, and regular migration geared to labor market needs

MIGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM Mandate III: To develop a database of existing regulations, policies, and programs on migration, and legal frameworks in the OAS member states Project: Database of legal frameworks, regulations, policies, and programs on migration In conjunction with the Canadian International Development Agency

MIGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM Database of legal frameworks, regulations, policies, and programs on migration • A system for the management of documentary legal information whose main objective will be to compile and organize national and international legislation, legal institutions, and public policy on migration in the Hemisphere. I. Stage Compilation of existing national and international legislation, legal institutions, and public policy in the Hemisphere in the migration area, the organization thereof by subject in a database to facilitate consultation, and publication of the database on the web page of the Migration and Development Program. II. Stage Update and utilization of the information available in the Migration Information System of the Americas (SIMA) to feed the database. III. Stage Exchange of specific information with other organizations, institutions, and authorities specialized in this area.

MIGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM Mandate IV: To link OAS efforts with those of regional consultation processes in the migration area §In February 2009, a meeting of the CEAM was held to identify how to link OAS efforts with those of regional consultation processes in the migration area. §On April 23 and 24, 2009, the OAS participated in the Workshop on Temporary Worker Programs of the Regional Conference on Migration.

MIGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM Mandate V: To promote the exchange of experiences and best practices in the migration area among the countries of the region Consultation forums, seminars, and meetings • Migration and development (December 1, 2008) • Emigration and the brain drain (January 13, 2009) • Migration and disaster situations (January 27, 2009) • Seminar on care for migrant communities (February 10, 2009) • Seminar on Consular Assistance and Protection: Scope and Exchange of Best Practices (March 10, 2009) • Gender perspective on migration (April 1, 2009)

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