Sweden

Official Name
Kingdom of Sweden
ISO2 Code
SE
ISO3 Code
SWE
Longitude
62 00 N
Latitude
15 00 E
Geolocation
POINT (15 62)
Attended Meeting
Delegate
Financial Contribution
  • The Kingdom of Sweden contributed financially to the GFMD 2007 budget. 
RT Participation
  • Co-Chair in RT 3.2 "Coherent Policy Planning and Methodology to Link Migration and Development" 
Attended Prep Meetings
Attended Summit
Delegate
Financial Contribution
  • SEK 700,000 for the Participation of LDC 
RT Participation
  • Team Member in RT 2.1 "Fostering More Opportunities for Regular Migration" 
  • Team Member in RT 3.2 "Policy and Institutional Coherence on Migration and Development within Government"
Attended Prep Meetings
Attended Summit
Delegate
Financial Contribution
  • SEK 700,000 for the Participation of LDCs 
RT Participation

No Participation

Attended Summit
Delegate
Financial Contribution
  • The Kingdom of Sweden financially contributed to the GFMD 2010 budget. 
RT Participation
  • Co-Chair in RT 2.1 "Reducing the cost of migration and maximizing human development"
Attended Prep Meetings
Attended Summit
Delegate
Financial Contribution
  • SEK 700,000 For the GFMD Support Unit
  • SEK 1,000,000 for the Participation of Developing Countries
RT Participation
  • Team Member in Cluster I "Labour Mobility and Development"
Attended Summit
Delegate
Financial Contribution
  • The Ministry of Justice gave SEK 700,000 for the GFMD Support Unit
  • The Ministry of Foreign Affairs gave SEK 1,000,000 to support the travel of participants from Developing Countries
RT Participation
  • Team Member in RT 1.1 "Beyond-the-Border Skills and Jobs for Human Development"
  • Team Member in RT 2.1 "Supporting National Development through Migration Mainstreaming Processes, Extended Migration Profiles and Poverty Reduction Strategies"
Attended Summit
Financial Contribution
  • SEK 1,000,000 (USD 154,131) in January 2014 
  • SEK 1,300,000 (USD 197,358) in June 2013
  • The Kingdom of Sweden hosted the GFMD Summit in 2014
RT Participation
  • Business Roundtables
Attended Summit
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
- Participated in Thematic Meeting on "Recruitment, labour migration and diaspora: Improving labour market complementarities and economic development outcomes" on 11 September 2013 in Geneva, Switzerland
- Participated in Thematic Meeting on "The Role of Business in International Migration: Engaging the private sector as partners for positive development outcomes" on 23 March 2014 in Geneva, Switzerland
Delegate
Financial Contribution
  • SEK 1,000,000 (USD 117,550) in June 2015 non-earmarked
RT Participation
  • Team Member in RT 1.2 "Reducing the human and financial costs of international migration, particularly labor migration: Cooperative approaches to fair recruitment practices and lower remittance fees"
  • Team Member in RT 2.2 "Making migration work post-2015: implementing the SDGs"
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
Financial Contribution

No Financial Contribution

RT Participation
  • Co-Chair in RT 3.2 "Principles, institutions and processes for safe, orderly and regular migration" 
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 Harmonious Societies" on 18 May 2016 in Geneva, Switzerland.
- Attended the GFMD Thematic Workshop on "Migration for Peace, Stability and Growth" on 19 July 2016 in New York, United States.
Delegate
Financial Contribution
  • The Kingdom of Sweden financially contributed to the GFMD 2017 budget. 
RT Participation
  • Team Member in RT 2.1 "Moving beyond emergencies - Creating development solutions to the mutual benfit of host and origin communities and displaced persons"
  • Team Member in RT 2.2 "Fostering the development impact of returning migrants" 
  • Team Member in RT 3.1 "Raising the Global Talent Pool - Harnessing the Potential of the Private Sector for Global Skills Partnerships"
Attended Summit
Delegate
Financial Contribution

Financial contribution of SEK 1,000,000 (USD 109,349) earmarked for travel costs of developing countries (75%) and the GFMD Support Unit (25%)

RT Participation

Government Team Member in RT 3.1 "Aligning governance with contemporary drivers of migration"

Attended Summit

Labour Immigration Reform

Submitted by Mr. Dário Muhamudo on

Sweden reformed its labour immigration rules in 2008. The reform is designed to create a demand-driven, effective and flexible system which will make it easier for people to come to Sweden and work, and for Swedish companies to recruit labour from outside the EU/EEA area . The Swedish system recognizes that we need workers of all skill levels and in many different branches and sectors. The reform is therefore designed to allow workers of all skill levels to migrate to Sweden under one general framework and with access to a wide range of rights.

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