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United Kingdom

Official Name: 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
ISO2 Code: 
GB
ISO3 Code: 
GBR
Longitude: 
54 00 N
Latitude: 
2 00 W
Geolocation: 
POINT (-2 54)
Attended Meeting: 
Delegate: 
Meeting: 
Belgium GFMD 2007
Financial Contribution: 
  • The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland contributed financially to the GFMD 2007 budget. 
RT Participation: 
  • Speaker in RT 3.1 "Measuring Migration and Development Impacts: Latest Initiatives and Progress"
Attended Prep Meetings: 
Prep Meeting 2
Attended Summit: 
Delegate: 
Meeting: 
Philippines GFMD 2008
Financial Contribution: 
  • GBP 35,000 for the Participation of LDC
RT Participation: 
  • Team Member in RT 2.2 "Managing Migration and Minimizing the Negative Impacts of Irregular 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: 

No Financial Contribution

RT Participation: 
  • Co-Chair in RT 1.3 "Addressing the root causes of migration through development, especially in light of the current global economic crisis"
Attended Prep Meetings: 
Prep Meeting 1
Prep Meeting 2
Prep Meeting 3
Attended Summit: 
Delegate: 
Meeting: 
Mexico GFMD 2010
Financial Contribution: 
  • The United Kingdom contributed financially to the GFMD 2010 budget. 
RT Participation: 
  • Team Member in RT 2.2 "Migration, gender and family" 
  • Co-Chair in RT 3.2 "Assessing the relevance and impact of climate change on migration and development"
Attended Prep Meetings: 
Prep Meeting 1
Prep Meeting 3
Attended Summit: 
Delegate: 
Meeting: 
Switzerland GFMD 2011
Financial Contribution: 

No Financial Contribution

RT Participation: 

No Participation

Attended Prep Meetings: 
Prep Meeting 1
Prep Meeting 2
Prep Meeting 3
Attended Summit: 
Delegate: 
Meeting: 
Mauritius GFMD 2012
Financial Contribution: 

No Financial Contribution

RT Participation: 
  • Team Member in RT 2.2 "Addressing South-South Migration and Development Policies"
Attended Summit: 
Delegate: 
Meeting: 
Sweden GFMD 2013-2014
Financial Contribution: 
  • GBP 20,000 (USD 33,003) in March 2014
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 3
Attended Summit: 
Delegate: 
Meeting: 
Turkey GFMD 2014-2015
Financial Contribution: 
  • GBP 20,000 (USD 30,817) in May 2015 for the Participation of developing countries
RT Participation: 

No Participation

Attended Prep Meetings: 
Prep Meeting 1
Prep Meeting 2
Prep Meeting 4
Attended Summit: 
Delegate: 
Meeting: 
Bangladesh GFMD 2016
Financial Contribution: 

No Financial Contribution

RT Participation: 
  • Team Member in RT 2.1 "Migration, diversity and harmonious societies" 
  • Team Member in RT 2.2 "Protection of migrants in all situations"
  • Team Member in RT 3.2 "Principles, institutions and processes for safe, orderly and regular migration" 
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: 
  • Co-Chair in RT 1.1 "Tools and Safeguards for Policy Coherence - Finding the right policy mix to balance different interests and objectives" 
  • Team Member in RT 2.2 "Fostering the development impact of returning migrants" 
Attended Prep Meetings: 
Prep Meeting 1
Prep Meeting 2
Prep Meeting 4
Attended Summit: 
Delegate: 
Meeting: 
Germany-Morocco GFMD 2017-2018 (Marrakech Summit)
Financial Contribution: 

No Financial Contribution

RT Participation: 

Government Team Member in RT 1.1 "Harnessing the capital of migrants to realise their potential"

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 1.1 "Providing regular pathways from crisis to safety"

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"

Government Team Member in RT 2.2 "Communicating effectively with migrants"

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

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

Whitby

Rob Whitby has worked for 11 years in the field of international development and is currently the Deputy Head of Migration and Modern Slavery Department in the UK’s Department for International Development. Rob previously worked for the European Union in Turkey on the €6 billion Facility for Refugees, assisting the Turkish Government with migration management and integration for Syrian refugees.