United Arab Emirates

Official Name
United Arab Emirates
ISO2 Code
AE
ISO3 Code
ARE
Longitude
24 00 N
Latitude
54 00 E
Geolocation
POINT (54 24)
Attended Meeting
Delegate
Financial Contribution

No Financial Contribution

RT Participation

No Participation

Attended Prep Meetings
Attended Summit
Delegate
Financial Contribution

No Financial Contribution

RT Participation
  • Co-Chair in RT 1.1 "Protecting the Rights of Migrants - A Shared Responsibility" 
  • Team Member in RT 2.1 "Fostering More Opportunities for Regular Migration" 
  • Team Member in RT 3.3 "Regional Consultative Processes, Inter-regional Consultative Fora and Regional Organizations and Economic Integration Processes at the Interface of Migration and Development"
Attended Prep Meetings
Attended Summit
Delegate
Financial Contribution
  • USD 20,000 for the Implementation of GFMD follow-up project
  • USD 25,000 for the Implementation of GFMD follow-up project
RT Participation
  • Co-Chair in RT 2.1 "Inclusion, protection and acceptance of migrants in society - linking human rights and migrant empowerment for development" 
Attended Summit
Delegate
Financial Contribution

No Financial Contribution

RT Participation
  • Co-Chair in RT 1.2 *Lowering the Costs of Migration for Higher Development Gains"
  • Team Member in Cluster I "Labour Mobility and Development"
Attended Summit
Thematic Meetings
- Chair in Thematic Meeting on "Recruitment of Workers for Overseas Employment" on 18-19 January 2011 in Dubai, UAE.
Financial Contribution
  • USD 150,000 for Organizational Expenses
RT Participation
  • Co-Chair in RT 1.1 "Beyond-the-Border Skills and Jobs for Human Development" 
Attended Summit
Delegate
Financial Contribution
  • Left-over funds from GFMD 2012
RT Participation
  • Team Member in RT 2.1 "Enhancing the development impacts of labour migration and circular mobility through more systematic labour market and skills matching"
  • Co-Chair in RT 3.2 "Migrants' social and financial remittances (asset transfers) and their effects on health and education"
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
Delegate
Financial Contribution
  • USD 100,999 in August 2015 for Organizational Activities 
RT Participation
  • Co-Chair 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 3.1 "Enhancing human development and human security for forced migrants, who are compelled to cross international borders, through international cooperation on labor market access, educational opportunity, family reunification, and other avenues of mobility"
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
  • 150,000 USD non-earmarked 
RT Participation
  • Co-Chair in RT 1.1 "Reducing migration costs"
Attended Summit
Thematic Meetings
- Attended the GFMD Thematic Workshop on "Migration for Harmonious Societies" on 18 May 2016 in Geneva, Switzerland.
Delegate
Financial Contribution
  • United Arab Emirates contributed financially to the 2017 GFMD Budget
RT Participation
  • Team Member in RT 1.1 "Tools and Safeguards for Policy Coherence - Finding the right policy mix to balance different interests and objectives" 
Attended Summit
Delegate
Financial Contribution

Fresh financial contribution of USD 100,000 non-earmarked

Left-over contribution of USD 200,000 non-earmarked

RT Participation

RT Co-Chair in RT 1.1 "Harnessing the capital of migrants to realise their potential"

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

Attended Summit
Thematic Meetings
Participated in the Thematic Workshop "Labour Migration and Skills" 3 May 2018, Geneva

Quality and Conformity Council (QCC)

Submitted by Mr. Dário Muhamudo on

In the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, the Quality and Conformity Council (QCC) is mandated with the certification of personnel. The QCC has embarked on a project to pilot a certification process, using 24 designated occupations for which standards have been developed. The QCC has consulted extensively with regulators and industries to identify 24 occupations for Personnel Certification. These occupations are primarily in the construction field with two in the agricultural field.

Nepal Bilateral Agreements in the area of Labour Migration

Submitted by Mr. Dário Muhamudo on

The Government of Nepal has signed bilateral labour agreements with five major destination countries, namely the Kingdom of Bahrain (April 29, 2008), the State of Qatar (April 21, 2005), the United Arab Emirates (July 3, 2007), the Republic of Korea (July 23, 2007) and Japan (2009). The Government is also taking into consideration signing labour agreements with Oman, Lebanon and Malaysia.

Private Employment Agencies – New Regulation UAE

Submitted by Mr. Dário Muhamudo on

In January 2011 the UAE issued a new decree laying out stringent rules for granting recruitment and employment agencies licenses. The decree aims at promoting an efficient, transparent and equitable private employment intermediary sector that adds value to the UAE labour market, while extending full protection under the law to expatriate workers.

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