Equal Partnerships: African intermediary cities as actors in urban migration governance
Online event (Zoom)
Africa is witnessing an ongoing transformation from rural to increasingly plural urban societies. While this transformation has been well-documented, the focus of scholarship and policymakers has been predominantly on migration and refugee movements into major urban areas and capital cities. In contrast, between the rural and the metropolitan, intermediary cities have been largely absent in policy and academic debates. Addressing this gap becomes critical as African intermediary cities are increasingly impacted by mixed migration movements and (inter)national policies without necessarily having adequate legal mandates or financial and human resources to accommodate and protect vulnerable migrants and refugees. To address such challenges, some local authorities have begun to engage in multi-stakeholder partnerships, bringing together local, national, and international actors. Based on research collaborations of the Equal Partnerships project with intermediary cities in Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, Senegal, Tunisia and Uganda, this session explores central stakeholders, risks, and opportunities of such partnerships and presents policy recommendations for discussion.

Zoom link: zoom.us/meeting/register/tJItcO2urjwrGt2nb5d0fdWwtFnOKRpQMNVg
Date: 2 May 2024, 15:45 (Thursday, 2nd week, Trinity 2024)
Venue: Venue to be announced
Speaker: Janina Stürner-Siovitz (Institut für Politische Wissenschaft)
Organising department: Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS)
Organiser: Myriam Cherti (COMPAS, University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address: info@compas.ox.ac.uk
Booking required?: Required
Booking url: https://www.compas.ox.ac.uk/event/migration-governance-in-the-global-south-the-africa-case-between-continuity-and-change
Cost: Free
Audience: Public
Editor: Nathan Grassi