Dear representative of local and regional governments (LRGs),

In their role as 2024 – 2025 Chair of the Global Forum for Migration and Development (GFMD), the Government of Colombia seeks to advance discussion on regular migration pathways under the overarching topic of ‘Regular Migration, Labour Mobility and Human Rights: Pillars of Development and Well-Being of Societies’.

As the interlocutor of local governments to the GFMD process, the Mayors Mechanism seeks your input to better understand the role that LRGs play in the day-to-day management of migration that enables pathways to be safe and regular – whether that be providing legal services for visa processing, offering pre-departure orientation for those migrating, or creating the housing and infrastructure needed to welcome newcomers.

While all legal pathways are the mandate of national governments (including the issuing of visas and provision of residence permits), our aim is to:
  • Scope how LRGs enable more effective national pathways regimes
  • Highlight ways to improve national-local coordination to expand migration pathways.

Your responses to this survey will feed into a Mayors Mechanism White Paper on LRGs Role in Strengthening Regular Migration Pathways, which will be presented to the GFMD community.

Filling out this survey will take you no more than 10 minutes.

Please submit your responses by 21 November.

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