 I'm pleased to launch one of our recent Knowledge Management initiatives, a digital platform called Policy Exchange and NERLING on Migration, or POEM. POEM is a collaborative online space for our staff and that facilitates the sharing, learning and analysis of migration policy work. Allow me to congratulate the Department of Policy and Research and especially the new Innovation and Knowledge Management Unit for conceptualizing this tool and bringing it to life with the support of ICT. IOM staff probably formed the largest community of migration experts across the world. Every day, IOM staff are working on projects and initiatives that contribute to more humane and safer migration management. These work as the power to positively shape how the world thinks about migration. This is important because we are facing unprecedented challenges to migration, from the managing the mobility restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic to the current and future impacts of climate change for people on the move. Member states and other migration stakeholders are turning to IOM to understand how to improve the governance of migration at the global, regional, national and even sub-national level, how to meet the objectives of the global compact for safe, orderly and rebel migration, and how migration can contribute to the sustainable development goals. As the United Nations Agency specializes in migration, we have an opportunity to support the policymakers who want to develop evidence-based and sustainable policies and outcomes for migrants and also for their communities. This is why knowledge management and innovation were identified as two key areas of institutional investment in the strategic vision for 2019-2023. With stronger knowledge management, we will not only be able to strengthen our policy capacity but also consolidate our programmatic results and operational expertise. We have to do more together and analyze the extensive wealth of experience and expertise generated in the field in order to realize these institutional goals. The policy exchange and learning on migration platform has been developed to help us to do this. The poem will support across three objectives. First, facilitate knowledge sharing and learning from IOM's policy and program work. Second, identify policy trends, innovative approaches to programming and operations, good practices and lessons learned. And third, strengthen IOM's policy capacities to respond to emerging issues, with promoting the rights and well-being of migrants and their communities. But perhaps most importantly, the poem platform is a collaborative space for IOM staff, all of you, to share ideas and expertise and learn from each other, to connect across missions across program areas and find useful learning from the work of your peers. Knowledge management is a fundamental enabler of organizational and team performance. It increases the intellectual capital of all involved and is therefore important for innovation. That knowledge management helps us ensure that the realities experienced by colleagues in the field remain at the core of our migration policy and programmatic work. I strongly encourage you to submit your inputs to poem. Each of you has something to bring to the table and your contributions are essential to build the learning culture we want to foster within IOM. IOM is increasingly seen as a thought leader on migration and we want to provide forward-looking migration policy support rooted in empirical evidence. In leveraging the wealth of knowledge we possess, we can help our member states implement the global compact for safe orderly and regular migration and work to attain the sustainable development goals. I count on all of you to contribute with your expertise and support to make the poem platform a success.