Platform for global civil society engagement on migration policy and governance
Civil Society Action Committee (AC) members and partners work towards three primary objectives:
Timely and strategic information-sharing on global migration policy and governance.
Collective and coherent civil society strategising and action.
Increasing and democratising access for civil society engagement at all levels.
The Action Committee Secretariat Team
The Civil Society Action Committee (AC) is co-convened by the International Council of Voluntary Agencies (ICVA), the NGO Committee on Migration, and the International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC). The ICMC also houses the AC’s Secretariat, as well as serves as the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) Civil Society Coordinating Office.
Click on the buttons below for more on the AC’s history and membership:
Elana Wong
coordinator
Oumou Diallo
Policy & Communications officer
Stéphane Jaquemet
Chief Operations Officer & Director of Policy
Hector Poveda
Policy & Communications Assistant
Upcoming Events
Latest Updates
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In Memoriam – John K. Bingham
25 June 1958 – 26 July 2022 John K. Bingham, lawyer and migrant, served as Head of Policy of ICMC in Geneva from 2005 to 2018. Before joining ICMC in 2005, John worked for eight years for Catholic Charities in New York, where he was director of the departments of… Read more
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Civil Society Preparatory Day (CSPD) 2022
The CSPD’s aim was to enable civil society engaging in the IMRF to be fully and adequately prepared to enter the deliberations in a unified and organised manner. It represented the culmination of a year-long process Read more… Read more
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Civil Society Expresses Mixed Emotions on Adoption by Consensus of IMRF Progress Declaration
Global civil society has responded with both relief and disappointment to UN Member States’ consensus approval of the formal outcome of the first International Migration Review Forum (IMRF) on 17–20 May that assessed implementation of the Global Compact for Migration. Read more