Egypt GFMD Fact Sheet
Overview of Participation:
COUNTRY
BELGIUM
2007
PHILIPPINES
2008
x
x
Egypt
GREECE
2009
x
MEXICO
2010
SWITZERLAND
2011
x
x
MAURITIUS SWEDEN
2012
2014
x
x
Representatives in the annual meetings:
GFMD
BELGIUM
2007
PHILIPPINES
2008
GREECE
2009
MEXICO
2010
SWITZERLAND
2011
MAURITIUS
2012
SWEDEN 2014
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Delegate
Position
Organization
ELKEWAISNY Ahmed
Ambassador
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
MAGARIOUS Salwa Moufid
Ambassador
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
ABOULMAGD Wael Kamal
Deputy Assistant
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
FADEL Mariam Mohamed
Diplomatic Attaché
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
GHONEIM Farouk
Assistant to the Minister
Ministry of Manpower and
Migration
MOURAD Ali Saleh
Ambassador and Deputy
Assistant Foreign Minister
for Consular Affairs
and Migration
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
EL HADIDY Waffa
Deputy Minister
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
ADEL Tarek
Ambassador
Embassy of Egypt in Greece
GHONEIM Farouk
Assistant to the Minister
Ministry of Manpower and
Migration
HOSSAM Mohi
Diplomatic Attaché
Ministry of Manpower and
Migration
AZZAM Ahmed
Embassy of Egypt in Mexico
ELATAWY Mohamed Hatem
Counselor
Permanent Mission of Egypt to
Geneva
ABDULLAH SHEHABDDIN
Ahmed
First Secretary
Permanent Mission of Egypt to
Geneva
MARZOUK Abdel Hamid
Ambassador
Embassy of Egypt in Mauritius
EL HALAWANY Sherif
Senior Migration
Researcher
Ministry of Manpower and
Migration
RIHAN Osama
Diplomatic Attaché
Embassy of Egypt in Mauritius
MAATY Tarek
Ambassador
Min. of Foreign Affairs
Office for Migration and Refugees
Focal Points:
CAPITAL
H.E. Amb.
Ali Morsi El
Halawani
Ambassador and Deputy Assistant Foreign
Minister for Consular Affairs
and Migration
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Tel: 20225749736
Mob: 201278529003
elhalawani_63@hotmail.com
GENEVA
Mr. Mohamed
Negm
Counselor
Permanent Mission of Egypt to the UN in
Geneva
49, Av. Blanc
1202 Geneva
Tel: 022 906 95 34
Mob: 079 653 93 22
mynegm@gmail.com
Participation in the Round Tables (RT):
Philippines 2008:
 Government Team member in RT 1.1: “Protecting the Rights of Migrants- A Shared Responsibility”
Ambassador Ali Saleh Mourad was Rapporteur
 Government Team member in RT 1.2: “Empowering migrants and diaspora to contribute to
development”.
 Government Team member in RT 2.1: “Fostering More Opportunities for Regular Migration”.
 Government Team member in RT 2.2: “Managing migration and minimizing the negative impacts
of irregular migration”.
Greece 2009:
 Government Team member in RT 1.2: “Engaging diasporas and migrants in development policies
and programs—Their role? Their constraints?”
 Government Team member in RT 1.3: “Addressing the root causes of migration through
development, specifically in light of the current global economic crisis”.
 Government Team member in RT 2.1: “Inclusion, protection and acceptance of migrants in society
– linking human rights and migrant empowerment for development”.
Sweden 2014:
 Government Team member in RT 2.1: “Enhancing the development impacts of labour migration
and circular mobility through more systematic labour market and skills matching”.
 Government 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”.
Participation in the Thematic Meetings (TM):
Mauritius 2012:
 Government Team Member in the Preparatory Workshop “Factoring Migration into Development
Planning” (Mauritius, June 2012)
Sweden 2014:
 Government Team Member in the 1st Thematic Meeting “Operationalizing Mainstreaming of
Migration in Development Policy and Integrating Migration in the Post-2015 UN Development
Agenda” (Geneva, May 2013)
 Government Team Member in the 4th Thematic Meeting “The Role of Business in International
Migration Engaging the private sector as partners for positive development outcomes”, Breakout
Session 3 “Financial services: Aligning identification requirements and migration policies to ensure
access to financial services for migrants” (Geneva, March 2014)
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Financial contributions to the GFMD:
Egypt has offered no financial contributions so far.
Participation in the PFP (Platform for Partnerships):
Egypt has contributed with 5 practices and policies:
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Improving the Governance of Labour Migration and the Protection of Migrant Workers’ Rights in
Tunisia, Morocco, Libya and Egypt
Agreement between Arab States for E- Money Transfers using UPU’s International Financial
System (IFS)
Bilateral Labour Agreements
Integrated Migration Information System (IMIS)
Education and Training for Egyptian Youth in Fayoum Governorate
Date completed: 21 November 2014
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