
{"id":2019,"date":"2021-11-24T12:27:16","date_gmt":"2021-11-24T12:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaspora-centre.org\/knowledgeplatform\/?page_id=2019"},"modified":"2021-12-20T12:57:21","modified_gmt":"2021-12-20T12:57:21","slug":"position-papers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.diaspora-centre.org\/knowledgeplatform\/?page_id=2019","title":{"rendered":"Position Papers"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2019\" class=\"elementor elementor-2019\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2d89660 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2d89660\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8d6ff86\" data-id=\"8d6ff86\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8602c44 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"8602c44\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-78a3ddf6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"78a3ddf6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-17c4ee7f\" data-id=\"17c4ee7f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cda8662 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cda8662\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The position papers aim to contribute to the ongoing policy discussions of governing migration and human mobility from the perspective of civil society. They provides a bottom-up point of view and conveys a message to policymakers of the added value of civil society\u2019s input into the discussion of improving the migration governance system in Africa at different levels. The position papers also narrate a perspective informed by a lived reality and a first-hand observation of the social, environmental, political, and economic dynamics on the ground impacting migration in all of its multi-facets. To this end, the position papers articulate a less familiar narrative about the discussion of the topic.<br \/>This is because the analysis in the position papers are closely informed by insider inquiry, local inspection, specific country experience, and a deeper understanding of the complexity and challenges of the migration and mobility dynamics on the continent, which receives little policy attention.<\/p><p>The aim of the position papers is to amplify voices from civil society in the policy discussions in the field taking place at different policy levels both within Africa, Europe, and between the two. Actively involving civil society in the ongoing political dialogue and policy discussions regarding migration and human mobility is very important. It is in line with the commitment enshrined in the Joint Africa-EU Strategic Partnership and Action Plan adopted in Lisbon in 2007. The strategy, which is often referred to as a \u2018people-centred partnership\u2019, urged that Africa and the EU pursue and implement policies and programmes that facilitate the active participation of civil society in policy deliberations in the different areas of the partnership. This is because civil society contributes other observations that can enrich policy discussion from an angle not often presented. These papers will also serve as background documents for a side event that ADPC will organize during the upcoming AU-EU Summit that will be held in Brussels in February 2022. The key focus of the Summit is on the issue of migration and mobility in the Africa-EU Partnership. The side-event is also intended to increase the profile, voices, and visibility of the network of the African migration policy experts in Africa among migration policy and development community circles both in Africa and in Europe.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6936d75 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6936d75\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fbced82\" data-id=\"fbced82\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5712aa elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"c5712aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4620dfb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4620dfb\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a9eef4a\" data-id=\"a9eef4a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4ed009 elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-blog-posts\" data-id=\"a4ed009\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-blog-posts.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\" >        <div id=\"post-items--a4ed009\" class=\"row post-items\">\n                    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\n                                    <div class=\"elementskit-blog-block-post\">\n                        <div class=\"row no-gutters\">\n                                                            <div class=\"col-md-6 order-1\">\n                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diaspora-centre.org\/knowledgeplatform\/?p=2165\" class=\"elementskit-entry-thumb\">\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diaspora-centre.org\/knowledgeplatform\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Rabbat-300x180.png\" alt=\"Migration Governance and the Rabat Process: The case of Morocco\">\n                                    <\/a><!-- .elementskit-entry-thumb END -->\n                                <\/div>\n                            \n                            <div class=\"col-md-6 order-2\">\n                                <div class=\"elementskit-post-body \">\n                                    <div class=\"elementskit-entry-header\">\n                                        \n                                                                                                                                                                        \n                                            \n                                                                                                            <h2 class=\"entry-title\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diaspora-centre.org\/knowledgeplatform\/?p=2165\">\n                            Migration Governance and the Rabat Process: The case of Morocco                    <\/a>\n                <\/h2>\n                                                                                                <\/div><!-- .elementskit-entry-header END -->\n\n                                                                            <div class=\"elementskit-post-footer\">\n                                                                                            <p>Executive summary It is evident from the data presented in this position paper2\u00a0that, following the March 2016 EU- Turkey agreement regarding refugees and migrants, 3 the movements of migrants (including those leaving the Libyan coast) were greatly reduced between 2016 and 2018. However, a consequence of this has been the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n                                                                                                                                <\/div><!-- .elementskit-post-footer END -->\n                                                                    <\/div><!-- .elementskit-post-body END -->\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div><!-- .elementskit-blog-block-post .radius .gradient-bg END -->\n                \n            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\n                                    <div class=\"elementskit-blog-block-post\">\n                        <div class=\"row no-gutters\">\n                                                            <div class=\"col-md-6 order-1\">\n                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diaspora-centre.org\/knowledgeplatform\/?p=2154\" class=\"elementskit-entry-thumb\">\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diaspora-centre.org\/knowledgeplatform\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/An-African-Narrative-on-Migration-300x180.png\" alt=\"An African Narrative on Migration\">\n                                    <\/a><!-- .elementskit-entry-thumb END -->\n                                <\/div>\n                            \n                            <div class=\"col-md-6 order-2\">\n                                <div class=\"elementskit-post-body \">\n                                    <div class=\"elementskit-entry-header\">\n                                        \n                                                                                                                                                                        \n                                            \n                                                                                                            <h2 class=\"entry-title\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diaspora-centre.org\/knowledgeplatform\/?p=2154\">\n                            An African Narrative on Migration                    <\/a>\n                <\/h2>\n                                                                                                <\/div><!-- .elementskit-entry-header END -->\n\n                                                                            <div class=\"elementskit-post-footer\">\n                                                                                            <p>EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The key message of this position paper is that the African narrative on migration and human mobility is one of recognition for the contribution of African migrants to development at destination and origin countries. This is in contrast to the prevailing notion that sees migration primarily as a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n                                                                                                                                <\/div><!-- .elementskit-post-footer END -->\n                                                                    <\/div><!-- .elementskit-post-body END -->\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div><!-- .elementskit-blog-block-post .radius .gradient-bg END -->\n                \n            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\n                                    <div class=\"elementskit-blog-block-post\">\n                        <div class=\"row no-gutters\">\n                                                            <div class=\"col-md-6 order-1\">\n                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diaspora-centre.org\/knowledgeplatform\/?p=2148\" class=\"elementskit-entry-thumb\">\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diaspora-centre.org\/knowledgeplatform\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/free-movement-300x180.png\" alt=\"Free Movement of People\">\n                                    <\/a><!-- .elementskit-entry-thumb END -->\n                                <\/div>\n                            \n                            <div class=\"col-md-6 order-2\">\n                                <div class=\"elementskit-post-body \">\n                                    <div class=\"elementskit-entry-header\">\n                                        \n                                                                                                                                                                        \n                                            \n                                                                                                            <h2 class=\"entry-title\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diaspora-centre.org\/knowledgeplatform\/?p=2148\">\n                            Free Movement of People                    <\/a>\n                <\/h2>\n                                                                                                <\/div><!-- .elementskit-entry-header END -->\n\n                                                                            <div class=\"elementskit-post-footer\">\n                                                                                            <p>Executive summary This position paper contributes to ongoing policy discussions about governing migration and human mobility from the perspective of civil society. 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