The African Union Commission through the Department of Social Affairs (DSA) and the Directorate of the Citizen and Diaspora Organizations (CIDO) launched the African approach of the Regional Consultation on the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) alongside the United Arab Emirates; the chair of the GFMD for 2020. The focus of the theme of the GFMD 2020 is on labour migration and development, as it transpired from the preliminary vision for the UAE’s 2020 Chairmanship, and from the overarching theme of “The Future of Human Mobility: Innovative Partnerships for Sustainable Development”. The core objective of the 2020 GFMD is to establish partnerships and cooperation between countries and other stakeholders.