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The aim is to help strengthen the role of the GFMD in the monitoring and evaluation of the implementation of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, particularly in the framework of the International Migration Review Forum (IMRF). [...] Objectives: Facilitate understanding of the links between migration, climate and sustainable development Bring together all parties concerned by the topics, and create a community of actors involved in the nexus to promote shared knowledge and learning Identify the challenges and opportunities related to the nexus and means to address the former and draw on the latter Propose courses of ac. [...] These frameworks must take into account the realities of the labour market, the needs of companies and the state of the economic fabric, in order to guarantee their stability and sustainability and the benefits for both migrants and host societies. [...] Following in the footsteps of former Chairmanships of the GFMD, the French Chairmanship intends to fully incorporate the Regional Consultative Processes on Migration, in particular with the African Union, the Pan- African Forum on Migration (PAFOM), the Migration Dialogue for West Africa (MIDWA), the Rabat Process, the Khartoum Process, the Abu Dhabi Dialogue and the Bali Process, among others. [...] The collection, analysis and sharing of the latest research in the field of the environment and the migration-development nexus: bringing together a community of practitioners and identifying investigators and producers of knowledge and ideas concerning this phenomenon.