Kenya

Official Name
Republic of Kenya
ISO2 Code
KE
ISO3 Code
KEN
Longitude
1 00 N
Latitude
38 00 E
Geolocation
POINT (38 1)
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No Financial Contribution

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No Participation

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No Financial Contribution

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No Participation

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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 2.1. "Reducing the cost of migration and maximizing human development" 
  • Co-Chair in RT 3.1 "Assessing the impact of migration on the economic and social development and addressing its cause-effect relationship" 
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No Financial Contribution

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No Participation

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No Financial Contribution

RT Participation
  • Co-Chair in RT 1.2. "Supporting Migrants and Diaspora as Agents of Socioeconomic Change" 
  • Team Member in RT 2.2. "Addressing South-South Migration and Development Policies" 
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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 2.1. "Enhancing the development impacts of labour migration and circular mobility through more systematic labour market and skills matching" 
  • Team Member in RT 2.2. "Facilitating positive development impacts of diaspora engagement in skills transfer, investments and trade between countries of residence and origin" 
  • Team Member in RT 3.2. "Migrants' social and financial remittances (asset transfers) and their effects on health and education" 
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Thematic Meetings
- Attended Thematic Meeting on "Operationalizing Mainstreaming of Migration in Development Policy and Integrating Migration in the Post-2015 UN Development Agenda" on 22 May 2013 in Geneva, Switzerland
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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"
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Thematic Meetings
- Attended the 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.
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No Financial Contribution

RT Participation
  • Team Member in RT 1.1. "Reducing migration costs" 
  • Team Member in RT 2.2 "Protection of migrants in all situations"
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Thematic Meetings
- Attended the GFMD Thematic Workshop on "Migration for Peace, Stability and Growth" on 19 July 2016 in New York, United States.
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No Financial Contribution

RT Participation
  • Team Member in RT 1.2. "From Global Agenda to Implementation - National Action Plans for migration - related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 
  • Team Member in RT 3.1. "Raising the Global Talent Pool - Harnessing the Potential of the Private Sector for Global Skills Partnerships" 
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No Financial Contribution

RT Participation

Government Team Member in RT 2.2 "Regional mobility and policy coherence to support development"

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Attended Summit
Thematic Meetings
Participated in the Thematic Workshop on "Migration for Development" and "Labour Migration and Skills"

WHO Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel (Kenya)

Submitted by Mr. Dário Muhamudo on

Kenya is working to incorporate the voluntary WHO Code of Practice into national law. It entered into bilateral agreements with certain countries (including Namibia, Lesotho and Rwanda) regarding collaborative health workforce training and promotion of circular migration of health workers (involving the temporary or permanent return to their home countries).

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