E-Academy on Labour Migration

The LMA aimed at providing advanced knowledge and enhancing the capacity of key migration actors to better understand labour migration challenges and opportunities in a changing political, economic and social context. OBJECTIVES At the end of the e-LMA, participants were able to: • Understand and address key issues and policies regarding labour migration at the global and regional level, and also from a gender perspective; • Promote migration-development linkages and rights-based approaches to labour migration policies and programmes at national, regional and international levels; • Recognize the pivotal role of social dialogue and key world-of-work actors (representatives of employers’ and workers’ organizations) in the development of labour migration policy, and in resolving critical issues relating to labour migration; • Analyse and use International Labour Standards and ILO and United Nations supervisory mechanisms and procedures for protecting migrant workers’ human rights, including labour rights; • Deepen and master the “Decent Work” approach for migrants and refugees. CONTENT o Fair and effective governance of labour migration o Protection of migrant workers’ rights o Linkages between Migration and sustainable development Certificate of Achievement: • Reach at least 60% of activity completion • Submission of the final essay