Policy Coherence

This project aims to enhance decent work opportunities for migrant domestic workers by reducing their vulnerability to exploitation and abuse, and mitigating the adverse impact of migration on the families left behind. The project will works to:

a) enhance the global knowledge base on migration in global care chains though comparative, quantitative and qualitative research in selected countries;

b) raise awareness about human and labour rights of migrant domestic workers, including rights as key actors of social and economic development, and;

The project works to strengthen the organizational and institutional capacity in Moldova and Ukraine to regulate legal labour migration and promote sustainable return. It focuses on enhancing human resources capital and preventing skills waste. The project intends to build capacities to:

i) analyse the skills shortages and oversupply as a result of migration;

ii) balance migration flows and return with national needs and EU Member States skills needs;

The project aims to expand knowledge about possible integration outcomes of admission and employment policies for Migrant Domestic Workers. It hopes to enhance stakeholders' capacity to identify and remove barriers for their socioeconomic integration.

The programme objective is to strengthen the capacity of policy makers and social partners to adopt and implement gender-sensitive labour migration policies, legislation and administration. This will be done by promoting:

i) the adoption and implementation of policies, legislation and administration for better regulation of labour migration flows;

ii) strategies to enhance social security coverage of migrant worker and their families, and;

iii) the improvement of skills’ matching between sending and receiving countries and reducing de-skilling.

This ILO and Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) partner project, aims to increase respect for the fundamental rights of workers in Jordan, particularly foreign migrant workers. It supports trade unions outreach to empower migrant workers, providing them with better services and information; it engages factory and QIZ managers, employers and recruitment agencies to increase awareness of workers’ rights; and supports labour-management cooperation aiming for more, better collective bargaining agreements in the QIZ and the construction sector.

The regional advocacy initiative aims to determine ways in which national laws could be adapted to conform with the new international legal standards, as well as to examine the possibility of Arab States ratifying the Domestic Workers Convention. The program will focus on Bahrain, Jordan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Oman over a period of two years.

The project aims to develop a coherent framework of migration policy across national boundaries in order to ensure the rights of low skilled, rural female domestic workers from the Horn of Africa (Ethiopia and Somalia) in the Middle East and Sudan. The project seeks to improve coordination and cooperation of social partners, civil society, institutions and organizations working on migration issues in Ethiopia, as well as in the receiving countries. It provides female domestic workers with accurate information prior to migration and with safe havens to turn to in emergencies.

This project is designed to strengthen national institutional capacities to govern labour migration and to reinforce male and female migrant worker protection. The project:

i) provides national stakeholders with knowledge, capacities and practical tools to elaborate and implement coherent rights-based, gender-sensitive labour migration policies through consultation with social partners and relevant civil society organizations;

The project works with Nepal's Ministry of Labour and Pakistan's Ministry of Human Resources to promote well-managed labour migration from South Asia. It works to ensure effective protection of the rights of vulnerable migrant workers and enhance the development impact of labour migration and reduce irregular flows. Specific objetives include:

a) providing reliable information on overseas employment opportunities and capacity building for job matching;

The Foreign Exchange Act of 2006 promotes a better tracking of remittance inflows and the increasing usage of formal channels for remittances. It also provides for: the exchange of foreign currency, for international payment transactions and foreign exchange transfers; for the regulation of foreign exchange business and provides for related matters.