Official Name
Republic of Guatemala
ISO2 Code
GT
ISO3 Code
GTM
Longitude
15 30 N
Latitude
90 15 W
Geolocation
POINT (-90.15 15.3)
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No Financial Contribution

RT Participation
  • Team Member in RT 1.3. "The role of other-than government partners in strengthening the developmental contribution of temporary labor migration" 
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Attended Summit
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No Financial Contribution

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No Participation

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No Financial Contribution

RT Participation
  • Team Member in RT 2.2. "Reintegration and circular migration - effective for development?" 
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No Financial Contribution

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No Participation

Attended Prep Meetings
Attended Summit
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No Financial Contribution

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No Participation

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Attended Summit
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No Financial Contribution

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No Participation

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Attended Summit
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No Financial Contribution

RT Participation
  • Team Member in RT 1.2 "Framing migration for the MDGs and the Post-2015 UN Development Agenda" 
  • Team Member in RT 3.2 "Migrant's social and financial remittances (asset transfers) and their effects on health and education" 
Attended Prep Meetings
Attended Summit
Thematic Meetings
- Attended Thematic Meeting on "Recruitment, labour migration and diaspora: Improving labour market complementarities and economic development outcomes" on 11 September 2013 in Geneva, Switzerland
Delegate
Financial Contribution

No Financial Contribution

RT Participation
  • Team Member in RT 1.1 "Partnerships to promote inclusion and protect the human rights of all migrants in order to achieve the full benefits of migration" 
Attended Summit
Thematic Meetings
- Attended Thematic Meeting on "Recognizing the contributions of women migrants to economic and social development in countries of origin and destination and addressing their specific needs, particularly concerning respect for their human rights" on 8 September 2015 in Geneva, Switzerland.
Delegate
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No Financial Contribution

RT Participation
  • Team Member in RT 2.1. "Migration, diversity and harmonious societies" 
  • Team Member in RT 2.2. "Protection of migrants in all situations" 
  • Team Member in RT 3.2. "Principles, institutions and processes for safe, orderly and regular migration" 
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Attended Summit
Thematic Meetings
- Attended the Thematic Workshop on "Migration, Connectivity and Business" on 29 March 2016 in Bangkok, Thailand.
- Attended the GFMD Thematic Workshop on "Migration for Peace, Stability and Growth" on 19 July 2016 in New York, United States.
Delegate
Financial Contribution

No Financial Contribution

RT Participation
  • Team Member in RT 2.2. "Fostering the development impact of returning migrants" 
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No Financial Contribution

RT Participation

Government Team Member in RT 3.1 "Aligning governance with contemporary drivers of migration" and RT 3.2 "Beyond Remittances: leveraging the development impact and promoting the transnational engagement of diaspora and migrants"

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Thematic Meetings
Participated in the Thematic Workshops on "Migration for Development: a roadmap to achieving the SDGs" and "Labour Migration and Skills"

Project to Avert, Minimize and Address Disaster Displacement

Submitted by Ms. Anqi ZHANG on

The Project to Avert, Minimize and Address Disaster Displacement (PAMAD) aims to develop a better understanding of displacement in the context of losses and damages associated with climate change and support measures aimed at averting, minimizing and addressing displacement and its impacts for vulnerable people and communities.

Objectives:
Develop a better understanding of displacement in the context of losses and damages associated with climate change

FAO's Integrated Country Approach (ICA) for boosting decent jobs for youth in the agri-food system - Second Phase

Submitted by Ms. Charlotte … on

The second implementation phase (2015-2018) of FAO's Integrated Country Approach (ICA) for boosting decent jobs for youth in the agri-food system targeted Senegal, Uganda and Guatemala. FAO's efforts in this programme are aimed at providing rural youth with alternatives to migration through decent rural employment in agricultural value chains, and by fostering diaspora engagement in agri-business.

National Strategy for Labour Reintegration for Returned Guatemalan Migrants

Submitted by Mr. Camille Saadé on

In May 2017, the Government of Guatemala established the National Strategy for Labor Reintegration for Returned Guatemalan Migrants (Estrategia Nacional para la Reinsercion de los Migrantes Guatemaltecos Retornados) to collect returnees' sociodemographic and skill profiles, and to establis institutions and processes for facilitating skill certification. 

Regional Conference on Migration

The Regional Conference on Migration (RCM or Puebla Process) is a multilateral regional forum on international migration which involves countries that, from different perspectives, share a common problem, based on experiences relating situations of origin, transit and destination for migration. 

RCM member countries includes Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, El Salvador, United States, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama and Dominican Republic. 

Mr. Camille Saadé

Guatemala

Guatemala es la puerta de uno de los corredores migratorios más grandes del mundo debido a su posición geográfica y características económicas. Si bien este es un país de origen, tránsito, destino y retorno de migrantes, la emigración es la tendencia dominante. 

Labour Cooperation Agreement

Submitted by Ms. Laurence BRON on

This agreement aims to design together active policies of labour mobility research, in order to face shared challenges on this matter. It also seeks to guarantee decent labour conditions for temporary migrant employees from both countries. Furthermore, it tries to create binational database in order to make a fair recruitment that guarantees the rights of migrant workers.

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