AGENDA
Migration, Environment, and Climate Change Nexus in Belize:
An overview of the situation
February 9th-11th, 2022
Venue: The Inn at Twin Palms, Belmopan
8:30-9:00 Arrival and registration of participants
9:00-9:15 Official opening and welcoming remarks by:
- Diana Locke, Chief of Mission, IOM
- NCCO
9:15-10:00 Migration, Environment and Climate Change in Belize: An overview of the situation / Questions and answers
10:00-10:15 Coffee Break / Group photo
10:15-11:15 Module 1, Session 1: Introduction to the Migration, Environment and Climate Change Nexus
- Key definitions
- Characteristics of environmental migration
11:15-12:15 Module 1, Session 2: Introduction to the Migration, Environment and Climate Change Nexus – Multi causality of migration
12:15-13:30 Lunch
13:30-15:30 Module 1, Session 3: Introduction to the Migration, Environment and Climate Change Nexus
- General overview of environmental events and changes
- Understanding environmental migration in its different forms in Belize
15:30-15:45 Coffee break and end of day 1
8:30-9:00 Registration
9:00-10:30 Module 2, Session 1: Legal approaches to the situation of environmental migrants
- Introduction to Human Rights laws and treaties relevant to environmental migration
- Understanding the main existing laws applicable to environmental migrants
- Identifying entry points for the protection of environmental migrants
10:30-10:45 Coffee break
10:45-12:00 Module 2, Session 2: Global frameworks and reporting processes: Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, Sendai Framework, and United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
12:00-13:00 Lunch
13:00-14:15 Module 2, Session 3: Legal perspectives and policy frameworks on environmental migration
- Regional approaches to environmental migration
- National approaches to environmental migration
- The quest for coherence
14:15-14:30 Coffee break
14:30-15:45 Group work: Identifying challenges and opportunities in Belize
15:45-16:00 Wrap up
8:30-9:00 Registration
9:00-10:00 Module 3, Session 1: Planned relocation as an adaptation strategy to environmental events and change: concepts, principles and the legal framework
10:00-10:30 Module 3, Session 2: Planned relocation action: lessons from the Caribbean
10:30-10:45 Coffee break
10:45-12:30 Module 3, Session 3: Stages of planned relocation
- Decision-making and consultation
- Preparing and developing plans
- Implementation
- Monitoring and evaluation