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

1. Identify specific challenges and opportunities, including the gender dimension of access to decent work and self-reliance

2. Utilize international human rights and refugee legal frameworks, including fundamental principles and rights at work and the ILO’s 2016 Guiding Principles

3. Propose relevant legal and policy options to improve labour market access at the local and national levels

4. Access tools and methodologies to address the labour market impacts and promote employment-based responses to refugee situations

CONTENT

1. Key concepts and dynamics related to forced displacement

2. International legal and normative frameworks governing and enabling access to labour markets

3. Protection and decent work for refugees

4. Strategies that enable access to decent work

5. International, national and local co-ordination and partnerships relevant to labour markets

6. Five case studies covering Colombia, Ethiopia, Jordan, Pakistan and Turkey

ACHIEVEMENT

1. Complete the 4 quizzes

2. Active participation in residential course

3. Complete the group work assignment on the case study

4. Submit a final individual assignment

NUMBER OF HOURS: 60