Developing a global partnership on migration and development in the post-2015 agenda

With one out of seven people on the planet being on the move, migration and the networks it creates will be a defining feature of the twenty-first century, affecting the lives of people, communities and countries around the world. Migration is driven by development opportunities, but it also drives development and enables people to lead a better life. Although migration and development are inextricably linked, the current Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) make no reference to human mobility. With less than 1,000 days to the 2015 “finish line” set to achieve the MDGs, a lively and highly participatory discussion on a successor framework – the United Nations post-2015 development agenda – is under way. A first milestone in the process defining the next development agenda was reached at the end of May 2013, when the High-level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda, appointed by the United Nations Secretary-General to lay out a vision for the post-2015 agenda, presented its report, A New Global Partnership: Eradicate Poverty and Transform Economies through Sustainable Development (United Nations, 2013a).

Related Subject(s): Migration