IOM: 2018-2022 Joint Labour Migration Programme (JLMP)
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The under-pinning assumptions for the development of JLMP are that establishing regular, transparent and comprehensive labour migration policies, legislation and structures at the national and regional levels can result in significant benefits for States of origin and destination. Remittances, skills and technology transfers can assist source countries develop...
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The under-pinning assumptions for the development of JLMP are that establishing regular, transparent and comprehensive labour migration policies, legislation and structures at the national and regional levels can result in significant benefits for States of origin and destination. Remittances, skills and technology transfers can assist source countries development objectives whereas satisfying the existing labour market need is the benefit for the destination countries.In order to translate the programme into action, AU, IOM and ILO (implementing partners of the three years project) have undertaken series of successive consultations, discussions including with donors and agreed to start the three years initial pilot project which is a sub-set of the bigger JLMP. Accordingly, priority areas of the programme were identified including the sequencing of activities which are believed to facilitate the ground works such as setting up institutions, prepare policy framework and putting the necessary capacities in place mainly at AUC and the three RECs (ECOWAS, SADC and EAC). The main objective of the intervention is to develop the necessary technical capacity required at AUC, RECs and Member States’ level to build a strong base for the successful implementation of the JLMP.Objectives: To enhanced effectiveness and transparency of the labour market institutions on delivering labour migration governance services; To improve the policy and regulatory systems on labour migration at Member states and RECs levels; To provide advisory support to multi stakeholder policy consultation and practical coordination on labour migration and mobility to MS, AU and RECs decision makers; and To build the capacity of continental and regional operational leadership to spearhead/steer coordinate the implementation of the JLMP at all levels.The project covers two main thematic components: governance and operational implementation. The governance component addresses the critical need to develop four concrete cardinal pillars of labor migration governance: law based on international standards, establishing viable and coherent policy, strengthening the core institutions, and engaging tripartite participation and cooperation among the main economic actors at national, regional and international levels. The main stakeholders of JLMP are AUC, RECs, MS, social partner institutions, relevant national government institutions; concerned civil society organizations; and the private sectors. The AUC provides overall vision and political perspective for the project, mobilizing consultation with and participation of the respective the Regional Economic Communities (ECOWAS, SADC and EAC) plus Member States.The implementation component covers key inter-dependent technical operational areas which includes decent work and social protection for migrant workers and their families, addressing the key constraint of skills shortages, and obtaining essential data and knowledge for governance of labor migration and protection of migrants. Each of these reflects a specific area of standards, policy and technical competences for distinct institutions and stakeholders. The intervention will contribute to the efforts of strengthening Africa based institutions capacity to better manage and embrace the positive effects of migration on the continent. This contribution is planned to be implemented by multi-organizations through consortium approach, where IOM will be the lead agency who will sign agreement with Sida. In this case, IOM will forward funds to ILO for the implementation of activities under ILO's responsibility. In addition, there is also merit of working in consortium which gives opportunity for cooperating partners to share expertise, experience and skills during project implementation.
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The JLMP Priority Project, which was completed in 2022, supported the achievement of the broader African Union, International Labour Organisation, International Organisation for Migration and the UN Economic Commission for Africas (AU-ILO-IOM-ECA) Joint Programme on Labour Migration Governance for Development and Integration (better known as Joint Labour Migration Programme/JLMP), adopted by Africa Heads of States in 2015, which is a critical instrument to implement the Migration Policy Framework for Africa (MPFA) and its Plan of Action (2018-2030) as well as African Unions Agenda 2063 and Agenda 2030 of the Sustainable Development Goals. Under Outcome I, Implementing Partners facilitated capacity building of stakeholders on labour migration in line with the JLMP Labour Migration Training and Capacity Building Strategy through various means including developing (i) labour migration governance training tools for labour administrators, (ii) modules on gender-responsive labour migration policies, and (iii) employers and workers training manuals on labour mobility. Consequently, 204 (60 W, 144 M) beneficiaries accessed various capacity building initiatives supported by the project and have viewed those to be useful, comprehensive, and practical. For instance, 94 per cent of the participants of the capacity building workshop on labour migration governance and consular support stated that it was likely that they will apply some of what they had learned, and that their institution will benefit from their participation. The project also facilitated availability and utilization of accurate, timely and disaggregated labour migration statistics by producing the second and third editions of the Labour Migration Statistics Reports in Africa, accompanied by Regional Economic Communities (REC)s profiles. Furthermore, two pilot studies were conducted in Cameroon and South Africa on expanding the use of administrative data sources and new types of data to produce labour migration statistics. For complementarity and synergy, the project collaborated with the African Union Institute for Statistics and Statistics Sweden in implementing activities related labour migration data and statistics. In enhancing the skills dimensions of labour migration, the project produced various research and knowledge products covering the leather, health, agricultural and recruitment sectors. These served as tools for capacity building, advocacy, and guidance documents for programmatic intervention in these focus areas. Lastly, the project facilitated intra-African dialogue and policy debates on labour migration to foster protection of the rights of migrant workers including through the Senior Officials Meeting of the African Unions 6th Pan-African Forum on Migration (PAFoM) governance in Africa, in line with the aspirations of Agenda 2063, the Migration Policy Framework for Africa (MPFA), and the Global Compact on Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM). In achieving improved gender responsive policy and regulatory systems on labour migration at Member State and REC levels under Outcome 2, the project supported the East African Community (EAC) Secretariat in the finalization of the EAC Labour Migration Policy through a gender lens. At the same time, the project supported key continental rights-based and gender-responsive policy guidance and commitments to the protection of the rights and welfare of migrant workers. The African Union Declaration on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers and Guidelines for Member States on Bilateral Labour Agreements (BLAs) were approved by the AU Specialised Technical Committee on Social Development, Labour, and Employment (STC-SDLE) in April 2022. The project further contributed to knowledge advancement and capacity development by finalizing research and policy documents on model migrant welfare programmes, Skills Mobility Partnerships (SMPs), social protection, and informational/orientation needs of migrant workers. These tools, whose development was aligned to global commitments and best practices serve as advocacy tools in strengthening international cooperation frameworks on labour migration within Africa and with key regions of destination for migrant workers. Multi-stakeholder coordination and cooperation on labour migration governance were enhanced under Outcome 3 by operationalization of the African Union Labour Migration Committee (AU-LMAC). Committee members engaged in advocacy and dialogue with RECs, including calling for inclusive protection of migrant workers during the covid-19 pandemic and key migration-related commemorations. Linking with Outcome 1, the AU-LMAC members lent expertise to key policy discussions on labour migration at various continental, intercontinental, and national levels. The Committee also contributed to developing and implementing gender-responsive and evidence-based labour migration policies and programmes and promoted intra- and inter-regional cooperation on labour migration. Furthermore, the project amplified the voices of social partners (workers and employers) in enhancing labour migration governance through collaboration with the African Trade Union Migration Network (ATUMNET). The success of the JLMP Priority project gave impetus for more donors interest and interventions in the JLMP. In 2021, the Switzerland Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) funded the project, Catalytic Actions of the AU-ILO-IOM-ECA Joint Programme on Labour Migration Governance for Development and Integration in Africa (JLMP Action project): 2021-2024. The JLMP Action complements gains achieved by this project and expands scope of support with Member States and RECs. The JLMP Priority project also amplified its efforts towards raising awareness of labour migration and highlighting positive contribution of migrant workers through implementing the JLMP Communications Strategy. To accommodate disruptions caused by the onset of the covid-19 pandemic, Implementing Partners requested and were granted approvals for two no-cost extensions for the project (July-December 2021 and January March 2022) by the JLMP Steering Committee and Sida. The additional time was dedicated to winding up pending project activities and implement additional and complementary activities originally not included in the workplan, using savings from the re-orientation of the project to deliver outputs beyond those initially planned. Partners also ensured the project implementation strategy and governance, and coordination mechanisms were aligned with similar programming and strategic direction of the AUC, RECs, Member States, workers and employers organizations, IOM, ILO, and development partners working on a similar objective of improving labour migration governance in Africa.
The specific objectives/outcomes of the planned Three Years JLMP Priority Action are:- .To enhanced effectiveness and transparency of the labour market institutions ondelivering labour migration governance services;. To improve the policy and regulatory systems on labour migration at Member statesand RECs levels;. To provide advisory support to multi stakeholder policy consultation and practicalcoordination on labour migration and mobility to MS, AU and RECs decision makers;and. To build the capacity of continental and regional operational leadership to spearhead/ steer coordinate the implementation of the JLMP at all levels The major outputs of the planned interventions among other are summarized as follows.1. Training and capacity building programs developed,2. Advisory and consultancy services to enhance the capacity of labour market institutions on labour migration governance strengthened,3. Increased production of labour migration information,4. Skills shortages reduced; increased recognition of harmonized qualifications across Africa; strengthen the employability of migrants to prevent brain waste, unemployment,5. Enhanced Labour Migration Policy Frameworks in MS and RECs,6. Active international cooperation to build the necessary cooperation framework on labour migration with non-AU Member states and other regions developed,7. Strengthened protection of migrant workers and labour migration international through cooperation,8.Improved capacity of the AUC, RECs and Regional social partners to effectively coordinate and contribute to improve regional and sub-regional social security programmes for migrant workers, and 9.Regular sessions of the AU Labour Migration Advisory Committee facilitated.
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