Following the 11th Ministerial meeting of CIHEAM's Member states focused on the root causes of migration from the point of view of agricultural development and food security and in line with the CIHEAM Action Plan for the Mediterranean (CAPMED 2025), the CIHEAM jointly organised a Forum with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) and the European University Institute- Global Governance Programme (EUI), under the patronage of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI), aimed at discussing different perspectives and challenges associated with rural migration dynamics.

This first expert-level meeting took place at the FAO Headquarters, on 29 May 2018 and brought together experts from international institutions, development cooperation agencies, research centres, policy practitioners and civil society organizations.