Talent Beyond Boundaries’ CEO Steph Cousins is in New York this week to participate in the International Migration Review Forum 2022.

A series of IMRF side-events have been organised to provide opportunities to discuss good practices, challenges and recommendations to further the implementation of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration.

TBB and Fragomen are proud to be co-hosting a virtual side-event on behalf of the core members of the Global Taskforce for Refugee Labour Mobility, with representatives from the governments of Australia and Canada speaking.

Expanding Access to Pathways for Regular Migration: Introducing the Global Task Force on Refugee Labour Mobility
Friday 20 May 2022, 1:00pm EDT
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We’re excited to showcase this new, multi-sectoral and multi-stakeholder initiative whose mission is to increase refugee access to third-country solutions via labour complementary pathways, through global dialogue and technical advice. We encourage anyone who is interested to attend.

Event agenda

Introduction to the Global Taskforce and State Participation
State representatives of Global Taskforce on Refugee Labour Mobility will discuss the work of the Taskforce and emerging priorities in opening up displaced talent mobility pathways.

• Andrew Rose, Minister Counsellor, Australian Permanent Mission to the UN in Geneva;

• Hon Sean Fraser, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Government of Canada.

Lessons from displaced talent mobility pilots and bringing programs to scale
Panel discussing work to date and lessons learned from Talent Beyond Boundaries and the International Organization for Migration’s piloting of displaced talent mobility programs. The speakers will cover how labour mobility schemes can provide solutions for displaced people and other vulnerable migrants, and the role of partnerships now in scaling this solution

• Steph Cousins, Global CEO, Talent Beyond Boundaries;

• TBB refugee candidate who has moved through Displaced Talent Mobility program to the UK (TBA);

• Marina Manke, Head of the Labour Mobility and Social Inclusion Unit, IOM.

The role of the Private Sector
Discussing what are we hearing from employers who are interested in hiring refugees. What role does the private sector have to play in scaling this initiative and what needs to be done now?

• Dr David Crawford, Partner, Fragomen

Learn more

The IMRF is taking place at the UN Headquarters in New York from 17-20 May 2022. You can follow along via the official Twitter account @UNMigNetwork and the event hashtag: #Migration2022