E-LEARNING COURSE ON THE SKILLS DIMENSIONS OF LABOUR MIGRATION

Today, many countries experience simultaneous inflows and outflows of migration. However, it is alarmingly common that migrant workers do not enjoy decent working conditions. In this course, organized in close cooperation with the ILO’s MIGRANT and SKILLS branches and the European Training Foundation, participants learned about the skills dimensions of migration and how to design programmes to improve skills development and recognition initiatives for migrant workers. OBJECTIVES Integrate tools for skills anticipation and matching for managing migration flows •Understand the linkages between labour migration and skills policies •Appreciate the role of bilateral labour agreements in the skills dimension of labour migration policies • Design and apply skills recognition approaches to facilitate access to training and the labour market • Conceive skills development-related actions for migrant worker target groups • Assess the value of skills partnerships between origin and destination countries CONTENT Module 1: Skills dimensions of labour migration: a conceptual framework Module 2: Policy coherence between national labour migration and skills policies Module 3. Skills Anticipation and Matching in Labour Migration Module 4: Bilateral Labour Agreements and the recognition of qualifications and competencies for migrant workers Module 5: Skills development interventions in Labour Migration Module 6: Skills partnerships for development ACHIEVEMENT • Complete the 6 weekly quizzes • Complete a group work • Write an individual essay