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 are able to:

• Understand and address key issues and policies regarding labour migration at the global and regional level, including from a gender perspective.

• Promote migration-sustainable development linkages in both countries of origin and destination.

• Appreciate the role played by international labour standards to protect migrant workers and refugees’ right and the importance of adopting a rights-based approach 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 polices, and in resolving critical issues relating to labour migration and mobility.

• Gain a comprehensive understanding of the complexities and challenges associated with mixed migration flows

• Explore and apply the “Decent Work” approach for migrant workers and refugees.

CONTENT

• Fair and effective governance of labour migration

• Protection of migrant workers and their families

• Linkages between Migration and sustainable development

• Protection of migrant workers and refugees in times of crisis

NUMBER OF HOURS: 100