Gregory A. Maniatis
Gregory A. Maniatis was a Senior European Policy Fellow at MPI, where he oversaw European programs. In 2007, he led MPI's advisory work for the European Union presidencies of Germany and Portugal; in previous years, he oversaw MPI's work with the EU presidencies of Greece and the Netherlands.
Prior to his positions at MPI and the United Nations, where he was advisor to Peter Sutherland, the UN Special Representative for Migration, Mr. Maniatis was Founder and Publisher of Odyssey magazine, an English-language bimonthly that is the leading international magazine about Greece and Greeks around the world, with over 60,000 readers in 35 countries.
He is also a writer and producer whose reportage and commentary have been featured in the International Herald Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, New York magazine, The Washington Monthly, PBS Television, and other media outlets.
Mr. Maniatis is a graduate of Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, and a recipient of a certificate from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques in Paris. He is a Member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
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The absence of concrete commitments in the New York Declaration resulting from a 2016 UN summit disappointed many observers. The slow progress on multilateral cooperation around migration has particular salience for the European Union, since the arrival of more than 1 million asylum seekers to Europe in 2015. This panel brought officials together from a range of institutions mandated to consider the future of cooperation, whether bilaterally, regionally, or at the global level, and asked: What is possible, what is desirable, and what is likely?
MPI experts discuss outcomes from the UN Summit for Refugees and Migrants, the Leaders Summit on Refugees, and related private-sector meetings and how these efforts may gain momentum to change international responses to the complex threats refugees and migrants face.
This discussion focused on how governments and actors in the Mediterranean region can work together to expand durable solutions for refugees and coordinate efforts to build welcoming communities for newcomers.
The 2014 Global Forum on Migration and Development: Setting the Agenda for International Cooperation
This discussion focused the 2014 Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD): its agenda, the policy areas that seem ripe for action, and the expected impacts of the forum on the post-2015 development agenda.
The Chair of the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD), along with the Special Advisor to the UN Special Representative for International Migration discussed what they expect from the UN High-Level Dialogue on Migration and Development in October 2013 and what impact it could have on the GFMD.
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The Chair of the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD), along with the Special Advisor to the UN Special Representative for International Migration discussed what they expect from the UN High-Level Dialogue on Migration and Development in October 2013 and what impact it could have on the GFMD.
This report examines the ways in which governments can make the emerging global mobility system work better for European migrant-receiving countries, their developing-country partners, and the migrants themselves.