IDC Annual Member Meeting 2017

IDC Annual Member Meeting 2017

Friday June 16, 2017, 4.30pm – 6.30pm

Room 4, International Conference Centre Geneva

17 rue de Varambé, 1211 Geneva 20, Switzerland

A. Arrival and registration 4.30pm

B. Year in Review 4.45pm-5.00pm

1.  Welcome, IDC year in review, member survey and priorities ahead Grant Mitchell

2.  Launch of IDC Toolkit

C. Member Planning – Break out groups 5.00pm-6.00pm

Participants will choose from among the following concurrent break-out discussion groups:

1.  Ending the detention of children Leeanne Torpey

2017 marks the 5-year anniversary of the launch of the Global Campaign to End Child Immigration Detention. To-date, all 193 Member States have committed to working to end child detention at the UN level, but much work remains to be done to operationalize this commitment nationally.

·  How do we turn this commitment into national action?

·  What motivates States to become leaders on this issue?

·  How can civil society contribute to this work?

2.  How to influence governments in 2017? Grant Mitchell

With the rise in conservative governments worldwide, we are seeing more immigration detention than ever before.

·  What arguments are going to convince governments to reduce their reliance on detention?

·  What strategies can we as civil society use to convince governments?

·  How do we get governments to keep commitments on alternatives to detention?

3.  Global Compacts and UN level engagement Ben Lewis

On 19 September 2016, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a set of commitments to enhance the protection of refugees and migrants, known as the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants. It paves the way for the adoption of two new Global Compacts in 2018: one on refugees, and one for safe, orderly and regular migration.

·  How can civil society input into both global compacts?

·  What opportunities are there to utilize the global compacts for national advocacy?

·  What opportunities are there for civil society, at the national level, to input into the UN system, beyond the Global Compacts work?

4.  Sharing positive practice in ATD implementation Junita Calder/Vivienne Chew

With growing interest in testing and developing alternatives to detention, there is need to share processes and models that are working worldwide. This session will explore insight into how to develop, implement and monitor ATDS and how advocacy objectives can be built into ATDs.

·  What positive practices on implementation of alternatives to detention have you seen taking place in your national context?

·  What strategies have you been using to address challenges when partnering with governments to implement alternatives to detention?

·  Do you have any examples of tools and techniques which have supported your work developing alternatives to detention?

·  Have advocacy aims been built into the development of the ATD? If so, how?

·  What tools and metrics do you use to monitor and evaluate Alternatives to Detention?

E. Member Planning – Report back 6.00pm-6.30pm

Report back from each break-out group on priorities, next steps, and possible collaboration.

F. Wrap-up 6.30pm-6.45pm

Wrap-up and final thoughts/discussion Grant Mitchell