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A Great Event

The event was a complete success bringing together more than a thousand individuals and organizations representing approximately 30 countries. Rich conversations and exchanges among participants and various migrant organizations allowed for important discussions around local economic development, migration policy, and organizing strategies in migrant communities. The declaration prepared by the International Organizing Committee is now available on the website it Spanish, English and French.

A new synthesis document outlining the main themes as well as specific recommendations for follow-on work is now available in the Conclusions section along outcomes from the Workshop and Round Table discussions that took place during the summit.

Thank you to all participants for a great event!

About the Summit
The Americas is a hemisphere of migrants. Virtually all countries in the Americas experience some form of migration. As migration has increased dramatically in the past two decades, so have migrant organizations begun to form in many countries. These organizations take many forms, but they share a concern with building healthy communities, both in their adopted countries, and in their places of origin.

Over the past 18 months, a group of migrant leaders from organizations whose members emigrated from the Americas have been meeting to develop a space for information-sharing and joint strategy setting for Latino and Caribbean migrant leaders. The goal of this initiative is to position organized groups of Latin American immigrants as protagonists in the development of healthy communities, both in destination countries and in countries of origin.

Migrant leaders will use the Summit as a space to learn from each other about the many different forms of Latino and Caribbean migrant organizing taking place in the Americas and Europe. Groups will share learning about different approaches to decision-making and base-building, as well as fundraising and other institutional development strategies. The Summit will also give migrant-led groups the opportunity to deepen their understanding of the various policy spaces where decisions are made that affect migrants and their families, both at the national level and multi-lateral venues. An important objective of the Summit will be to amplify and exchange lessons learned about collective remittances and the possibility of making such social investments a more effective tool for supporting equitable and sustainable local development.