Access to Decent Work for Refugees and Other Forcibly Displaced Persons

The course is based on the ILO’s 2016 Guiding Principles on the access of refugees and other forcibly displaced persons to the labour market, ILO standards, other human-rights instruments and existing good practices. This course provides an overview to policymakers and practitioners seeking to design and implement different measures to facilitate the access of refugees and other forcibly displaced persons to the labour market, and to promote inclusive employment strategies and policies. OBJECTIVES • Address labour market issues and promote employment-based responses to refugee situation • Identify specific challenges and opportunities, including the gender dimension of access to decent work and self-reliance • Utilize international human rights and refugee legal frameworks, including fundamental principles and rights at work and the ILO’s 2016 Guiding Principles • Propose relevant legal and policy options to improve labour market access at the local and national levels • Access tools and methodologies to address the labour market impacts and promote employment-based responses to refugee situations CONTENT • Module 1: Key concepts and dynamics related to contemporary patterns and processes of forced displacement • Module 2 : International legal and normative frameworks, as well as legislative and administrative conditions and practices governing and enabling access to labour markets • Module 3: Protection and decent work for refugees • Module 4 – Employment policies, strategies and instruments that enable access to decent work • Module 5 : International, national and local co-ordination and partnerships relevant to labour markets • Six national case studies covering Colombia, Ethiopia, Jordan, Mexico, South Africa and Turkey ACHIEVEMENT • Complete the 6 weekly assignments • Analyse in group a specific national case study • Draft an individual essay