Zimbabwe

Official Name
Republic of Zimbabwe
ISO2 Code
ZW
ISO3 Code
ZWE
Longitude
20 00 S
Latitude
30 00 E
Geolocation
POINT (30 -20)
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No Financial Contribution

RT Participation
  • 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 2.2 "Making migration work post-2015: implementing the SDGs"
  • Team Member in RT 3.2 "Private sector-government partnerships to support migrant/diaspora entrepreneurship and job creation, with a focus on small and medium entreprises"
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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.
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No Financial Contribution

RT Participation
  • Team Member in RT 1.1 "Reducing migration costs" 
  • Team Member in RT 1.2 "Connectivity and migration" 
  • 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 Harmonious Societies" on 18 May 2016 in Geneva, Switzerland.
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RT Participation

RT Co-Chair in RT 3.1 "Aligning governance with contemporary drivers of migration"

Government Team Member in RT 2.1 "South-South mobility: trends, patterns and transferable learning"

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

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Thematic Meetings
-Participated in the Thematic Workshop "Children and Youth on the Move: Implementing Sustainable Solutions" 21-22 June 2018, Morocco
-Participated in the Thematic Workshop "Labour Migration and Skills" 3 May 2018, Geneva

Zimbabwe

Over the last decade Zimbabwe experienced socio-economic challenges that led to multiple and complex migration issues characterized by high levels of brain drain, cross-border mobility and irregular migration. With estimates ranging from half a million to around 4 million Zimbabweans abroad, and despite recognized immense development potential of migration, the capacity of the Government to harness the development potential of migration has been constrained by a lack of adequate data and analysis of migration related indicators.

Zimbabwe's Medium Term National Development Plan for 2011-2015

Submitted by Mr. Dário Muhamudo on

The Government of Zimbabwe has introduced Migration and Development into the Country's Medium Term National Development Plan 2011-2015. This Plan was announced under the theme “towards sustainable inclusive growth, human centred development, transformation and poverty reduction”.  In this policy document, the Government highlighted the following as being National Priorities:



i.        Infrastructure Development

ii.       Employment Creation

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