Major Groups:
Stakeholder Forum for Our Common Future (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
Stakeholder Forum for Our Common Future (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
Rockefeller Foundation (United States of America)

UN System:
ILO (Switzerland)
WHO (Switzerland)
IMO (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
World Bank (United States of America)

Other intergovernmental organizations:
International Confederation of Free Trade Union (Belgium)
International Council of Nurses (Switzerland)
Commonwealth Secretariat (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)

The partnership's goal is to employ a multi-stakeholder approach to find a global solution to the ethical and practical problems caused by the migration of healthcare workers, and agree a process by which such a solution could be reached.

The question of how best to resolve the conflicting interests surrounding the migration of health care workers is long standing. Recent debates and resolutions, such as the SADC Health Ministers conference in January and the World Health Assembly in May 2002, highlight the urgency of establishing an equitable, effective solution.

The need to improve the management of human resources in health care services is stressed in the Draft Plan of Implementation for the World Summit for Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg. This partnership aims to establish a way forward in this critical area.

A number of organisations are engaged in multiple approaches being undertaken to addressing the issue and establish solutions, including the World Medical Association's taskforce (for physicians) and the Commonwealth Secretariat (for member countries). It is less clear whether the solutions being developed form a coherent overall approach, acceptable to all stakeholders.