E-learning on Labour Migration Governance and Coherence with Employment Policies

OBJECTIVES

The objective of this online training was to build and strengthen the capacities of practitioners and policy makers to design and implement labour migration policies through access to tools and instruments for evidence-based policy making on labour migration and ensuring policy coherence. The training offered an innovative e-learning platform for open dialogue between participants from various ministries, workers’ and employers’ organizations representatives and other relevant stakeholders to build their capacity and skills to promote policy coherence at national and regional level with regards to labour migration. This specialized course enabled participants to join a virtual global network of labour migration practitioners.

CONTENT

MODULE 1: ENSURING FAIR AND EFFECTIVE LABOUR MIGRATION GOVERNANCE

• The policy making process for developing a national labour migration policy

• Ensuring a participatory approach through consultation and social dialogue

• Adopting a rights-based approach to labour migration

• Extending social protection to migrant workers and their families

• Regional and international cooperation and harmonization of labour migration policies

• Good practices on governance of labour migration

• Implementing labour migration policies: Coordination mechanisms

• Impact of COVID-19 in the governance of labour migration

MODULE 2: PROMOTING COHERENCE BETWEEN EMPLOYMENT AND LABOUR MIGRATION POLICIES (BASED ON THE ILO GENERAL PRACTICAL GUIDANCE ON PROMOTING COHERENCE AMONG EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION/TRAINING AND LABOUR MIGRATION POLICIES)

• Defining policy coherence

• The policy coherence cycle

• Policy coherence stakeholders in employment, education/training and labour migration

• Main intersectional issues in policy coherence

• Good practices on coherence

• Guidelines on promoting coherence among employment, education/training and labour migration policies

ACHIEVEMENT

The certificate of achievement has been awarded to participants who have successfully completed all relevant assessments, 60 hours of training and achieved a passing grade of at least 60/100.