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Zimbabwe

Official Name: 
Republic of Zimbabwe
ISO2 Code: 
ZW
ISO3 Code: 
ZWE
Longitude: 
20 00 S
Latitude: 
30 00 E
Geolocation: 
POINT (30 -20)
Attended Meeting: 
Delegate: 
Meeting: 
Belgium GFMD 2007
Financial Contribution: 

No Financial Contribution

RT Participation: 

No Participation

Attended Summit: 
Delegate: 
Meeting: 
Philippines GFMD 2008
Financial Contribution: 

No Financial Contribution

RT Participation: 

No Participation

Attended Prep Meetings: 
Prep Meeting 1
Attended Summit: 
Delegate: 
Meeting: 
Greece GFMD 2009
Financial Contribution: 

No Financial Contribution

RT Participation: 

No Participation

Attended Summit: 
Delegate: 
Meeting: 
Mexico GFMD 2010
Financial Contribution: 

No Financial Contribution

RT Participation: 

No Participation

Attended Prep Meetings: 
Prep Meeting 1
Attended Summit: 
Delegate: 
Meeting: 
Switzerland GFMD 2011
Financial Contribution: 

No Financial Contribution

RT Participation: 

No Participation

Attended Prep Meetings: 
Prep Meeting 1
Prep Meeting 3
Attended Summit: 
Delegate: 
Meeting: 
Mauritius GFMD 2012
Financial Contribution: 

No Financial Contribution

RT Participation: 

No Participation

Attended Prep Meetings: 
Prep Meeting 1
Prep Meeting 4
Attended Summit: 
Delegate: 
Meeting: 
Sweden GFMD 2013-2014
Financial Contribution: 

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" 
Attended Prep Meetings: 
Prep Meeting 2
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
Delegate: 
Meeting: 
Turkey GFMD 2014-2015
Financial Contribution: 

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"
Attended Prep Meetings: 
Prep Meeting 4
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: 
Meeting: 
Bangladesh GFMD 2016
Financial Contribution: 

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"
Attended Prep Meetings: 
Prep Meeting 2
Prep Meeting 3
Attended Summit: 
Thematic Meetings: 
- Attended the GFMD Thematic Workshop on "Migration for Harmonious Societies" on 18 May 2016 in Geneva, Switzerland.
Delegate: 
Meeting: 
Germany-Morocco GFMD 2017-2018 (Berlin Summit)
Financial Contribution: 

No Financial Contribution

RT Participation: 

No Participation

Attended Prep Meetings: 
Prep Meeting 1
Prep Meeting 2
Prep Meeting 3
Prep Meeting 4
Attended Summit: 
Delegate: 
Meeting: 
Germany-Morocco GFMD 2017-2018 (Marrakech Summit)
Financial Contribution: 

No Financial Contribution

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"

Attended Prep Meetings: 
Prep Meeting 5
Prep Meeting 6
Attended Summit: 
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
Delegate: 
Meeting: 
Ecuador GFMD 2019
Financial Contribution: 

No Financial Contribution

RT Participation: 

Government Team Member in RT 2.1 "Shaping public narratives on migration and migrants"

Government Team Member in RT 3.1 "Supporting arrival cities through policy coherence and multi-stakeholder partnerships"

Government Team Member in RT 3.2 "Harnessing migration for rural transformation and development"

Attended Prep Meetings: 
Prep Meeting 1
Prep Meeting 2
Prep Meeting 3
Attended Summit: 
Thematic Meetings: 
-Participated in the Thematic Workshop "Implementation of the Global Compact for Migration at the National Level" 21-22 March 2019, Geneva -Participated in the Thematic Workshop "Narratives on Migration: Toward an evidence-based Communication" 4-5 July 2019, Morocco

Mudyawabikwa

Responsibilities: The focal point for Labour, Migration and Humanitarian issues in Mission.

Previous responsibilities in the area of migration: part of the inter-ministerial committee on migration and related issues which put in place mechanisms of reception and support centres for returnees and the facilities in Zimbabwe.  

Mudyawabikwa

Mr. Mudyawabikwa is a minister counsellor (Labour attache) at the Zimbabwe Permanent Mission to the United Nations Office  and other International Organizations in Geneva responsible for Migration , Humanitarian and ILO issues.

 

Before  joining the Mission he was involved in a host of migration related  activities in Zimbabwe ranging from development of migration policy frameworks , bilateral agreements to assistance and reintegration of returnees.