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Bogotá, Colombia, mid September 2024 – A strategic and participatory workshop aimed at strengthening the capacity of consular personnel from South American Conference on Migration (SACM) member countries was held,…

The Regional Platforms for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) will take place in 2024 and early 2025. The Regional Platforms are organized by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction…

3 September 2024, Geneva, Switzerland – Colombia officially launched its Chairship of the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) with a launch event at the Residence of the Permanent…

On 2 October 2024, the Platform on Disaster Displacement (PDD) is organizing a virtual exchange of the PDD Advisory Committee on planned relocation in the context of disasters and the…

21 June 2024, Geneva, Switzerland – The Platform on Disaster Displacement (PDD) and the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons, Paula Gaviria Betancur, organized a side…

Bogotá, Colombia, 20-21 May 2024 – The National Planning Department of Colombia (DNP), with the support of the Platform on Disaster Displacement (PDD), organized a workshop on human mobility in…

30-31 May, Panama City, Panama – The Ministry of Environment of Panama, in collaboration with the Platform on Disaster Displacement (PDD) and the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), hosted a…

13 June 2024, Geneva, Switzerland – Each year, millions of people are displaced in the context of disasters and the effects of climate change, with most remaining within their own…

5 June 2024 – the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Platform on Disaster Displacement (PDD), on behalf of the UN Network on Migration workstream on Climate Change, the…

Trinidad and Tobago, 8-9 May 2024 – Government representatives and other stakeholders from across the Caribbean gathered in Trinidad and Tobago for a technical workshop on “Disaster displacement, disaster risk…

In March 2024, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons, the Secretariat of the Platform on Disaster Displacement and regional partner networks organized a…

The Secretariat of the Platform on Disaster Displacement (PDD) and the UN Special Rapporteur (SR) on the human rights of internally displaced persons (IDPs) are co-organizing three online conversations on…