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
Delegate: 
Financial Contribution: 

Leftover contribution USD 254,753

Fresh Contribution USD 100,000

RT Participation: 

RT Co-Chair in RT 2.2 "Communicating effectively with migrants"

Attended Summit: 

Al Hamli

His Excellency Nasser bin Thani Juma Al Hamli ‎has been appointed as Minister of Human Resources and Emiratisation following the ‎Cabinet reshuffle of October 2017. His responsibilities include creating an attractive working environment for UAE national cadres in the public and private sectors.

Zalami

Alex Zalami joined the UAE Ministry of Labour in January, 2007, where he serves as Advisor to the Minister on international relations, regional and international cooperation, and labor mobility administration. Alex has served as a GFMD focal point for the UAE since 2008, represented the UAE as co-chair of the GFMD Ad Hoc Working Group on the Protection and Empowerment of Migrant Workers and member of the GFMD Assessment Group. He co-chaired roundtable sessions at successive GFMD summits.

Al Nuaimi

Dr. Omar Alnuaimi is the Assistant Undersecretary for Communication and International Relations at the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratization in United Arab Emirates. He also leads the permanent secretariat of Abu Dhabi Dialogue. For the last several years, Alnuaimi has been engaged in international fora that focus on the holistic governance of temporary work migration. He has worked on the development of labor market policies and labor market information system.