Jamaica

Official Name: 
Jamaica
ISO2 Code: 
JM
ISO3 Code: 
JAM
Longitude: 
18 15 N
Latitude: 
77 30 W
Geolocation: 
POINT (-77.3 18.15)
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Delegate: 
Financial Contribution: 

No Financial Contribution

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No Participation

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Delegate: 
Financial Contribution: 

No Financial Contribution

RT Participation: 

No Participation

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Attended Summit: 
Delegate: 
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No Financial Contribution

RT Participation: 
  • Team Member in RT 1.1 "Mainstreaming migration into development planning- key actors, key strategies, key actions" 
  • Team Member in RT 3.1. "Policy and Institutional Coherence - Latest Data and Research Findings" 
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Delegate: 
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No Financial Contribution

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No Participation

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No Financial Contribution

RT Participation: 
  • Co-Chair in RT 1.3. "Global Care Workers at the Interface of Migration and Development" 
Attended Summit: 
Thematic Meetings: 
- Chair in Thematic Meeting on "Migrant Domestic Workers at the Interface of Migration and Development: Action to Expand Good Practices" on 7-8 September 2011 in Kingston, Jamaica.
Delegate: 
Financial Contribution: 

No Financial Contribution

RT Participation: 
  • Team Member in RT 1.2. "Supporting Migrants and Diaspora as Agents of Socioeconomic Change" 
  • Team Member in RT 2.1 "Supporting National Development through Migration Mainstreaming Processes, Extended Migration Profiles and Poverty Reduction Strategies" 
  • Team Member in RT 3.3. "Protecting Migrant Domestic Workers - Enhancing their Development Potential" 
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No Financial Contribution

RT Participation: 
  • Team Member in RT 1.1 "Operationalizing mainstreaming and coherence in migration and development policies" 
  • Team Member in RT 1.2. "Framing migration for the MDGs and the Post-2015 UN Development Agenda" 
  • Team Member in RT 2.1. "Enhancing the development impacts of labour migration and circular mobility through more systematic labour market and skills matching" 
  • Team Member in RT 2.2. "Facilitating positive development impacts of diaspora engagement in skills transfer, investments and trade between countries of residence and origin" 
Attended Prep Meetings: 
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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
Delegate: 
Financial Contribution: 

No Financial Contribution

RT Participation: 
  • Team Member in RT 2.1. "Mainstreaming migration into planning at the sectoral level" 
  • Team Member in RT 2.2 "Making migration work post-2015: implementing the SDFs"
Attended Summit: 
Thematic Meetings: 
- Attended the 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: 

No Financial Contribution

RT Participation: 
  • Team Member in RT 3.1. "Migrants in situations of crises: conflict, climate change and natural disasters" 
  • Team Member in RT 3.2. "Principles, institutions and processes for safe, orderly and regular migration" 
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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 Peace, Stability and Growth" on 19 July 2016 in New York, United States.
Delegate: 
Financial Contribution: 

No Financial Contribution

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"
  • Team Member in RT 1.2. "From Global Agenda to Implementation - National Action Plans for mirgation-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 
  • 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" 
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Financial Contribution: 

No Financial Contribution

RT Participation: 

Government Team Member in RT 1.2 "Migrants' engagement with public services: from basic access to co-production", RT 2.2 "Regional mobility and policy coherence to support development", and RT 3.1 "Aligning governance with contemporary drivers of migration"

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Thematic Meetings: 
Participated in the Thematic Workshop on "Labour Migration and Skills" and "Children and Youth on the Move: Implementing Sustainable Solutions"
Delegate: 
Financial Contribution: 

No Financial Contribution

RT Participation: 

Roundtable Co-Chair in RT 3.2 "Harnessing migration for rural transformation and development"

Government Team Member in RT 1.1 "Providing regular pathways from crisis to safety", RT 2.1 "Shaping public narratives on migration and migrants", RT 2.2 "Communicating effectively with migrants", and RT 3.1 "Supporting arrival cities through policy coherence and multi-stakeholder partnerships"

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Thematic Meetings: 
Participated in the Thematic Workshop on "Implementation of the Global Compact for Migration at the National Level", "Narratives on Migration: Toward an evidence-based Communication", and "Harnessing migration for rural transformation and development"

Williams

Mr. Easton Williams is the Director, Social Policy Planning and Research Division, Planning Institute of Jamaica. The Planning Institute of Jamaica is a statutory organization with responsibility for coordinating the formulation, monitoring and evaluation of Jamaica’s national development policies, plans and programmes. He has worked in the PIOJ for over 30 years and have wide experience in policy development and social research.