The 9th Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) Summit will take place in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The Global Forum on Migration and Development is an initiative of United Nations Member States to address the migration and development interconnections in practical and action-oriented ways. It is an informal, non-binding, voluntary and government-led process that marks the culmination of more than a decade of international dialogue on the growing importance of the linkages between migration and development.  

dates: 10-12 December 2016  
location: Dhaka, Bangladesh  
contact: Estrella Lajom, GFMD Support Unit  
phone: +4122 788 49 46 / +4122 788 49 47  
fax: +4122 788 49 48  
e-mail: estrellalajom@gfmd.org  
www: http://www.gfmd.org/