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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: 
Meeting: 
Belgium GFMD 2007
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: 
Prep Meeting 2
Attended Summit: 
Delegate: 
Meeting: 
Philippines GFMD 2008
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: 
Prep Meeting 1
Prep Meeting 2
Attended Summit: 
Delegate: 
Meeting: 
Greece GFMD 2009
Financial Contribution: 
  • SEK 700,000 for the Participation of LDCs 
RT Participation: 

No Participation

Attended Prep Meetings: 
Prep Meeting 1
Prep Meeting 2
Prep Meeting 3
Attended Summit: 
Delegate: 
Meeting: 
Mexico GFMD 2010
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: 
Prep Meeting 1
Prep Meeting 3
Attended Summit: 
Delegate: 
Meeting: 
Switzerland GFMD 2011
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 Prep Meetings: 
Prep Meeting 1
Prep Meeting 2
Prep Meeting 3
Attended Summit: 
Delegate: 
Meeting: 
Mauritius GFMD 2012
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 Prep Meetings: 
Prep Meeting 1
Prep Meeting 2
Prep Meeting 3
Prep Meeting 4
Attended Summit: 
Meeting: 
Sweden GFMD 2013-2014
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 Prep Meetings: 
Prep Meeting 1
Prep Meeting 2
Prep Meeting 3
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: 
Meeting: 
Turkey GFMD 2014-2015
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 Prep Meetings: 
Prep Meeting 1
Prep Meeting 2
Prep Meeting 4
Prep Meeting 5
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: 
  • Co-Chair in RT 3.2 "Principles, institutions and processes for safe, orderly and regular migration" 
Attended Prep Meetings: 
Prep Meeting 1
Prep Meeting 2
Prep Meeting 3
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: 
Meeting: 
Germany-Morocco GFMD 2017-2018 (Berlin Summit)
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 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: 

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 Prep Meetings: 
Prep Meeting 5
Prep Meeting 6
Prep Meeting 7
Attended Summit: 
Delegate: 
Meeting: 
Ecuador GFMD 2019
Financial Contribution: 

No Financial Contribution

RT Participation: 

Government Team Member in RT 1.2 "Facilitating social and economic inclusion"

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

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

Mårtenson

Henry Mårtenson is Senior Adviser at the Division of Asylum and Migration Policy in the Swedish Ministry of Justice, a position he has held since 2015. Prior to this, he was Deputy Director at the Division for Integration and Urban Development in the Ministry of Employment and a Desk Officer in the Administrative Division in the Ministry of Integration and Gender Equality. He has also worked for Sweden’s National Integration Board and the European Council on Refugees and Exiles.