Strengthening labour migration governance in the Pacific

The development objective of this project is to ensure that migration processes contribute to Pacific island countries’ progress and development, with specific attention to the Pacific countries engaged in the Australian PSWPS and the New Zealand RSE schemes – Vanuatu, Kiribati, Tuvalu, Samoa, Papua New Guinea and Tonga.

Concept note | 28 January 2010
The project aims to realize the development objective through an intensive capacity building program to support the role and contribution of the tripartite constituents – the Ministries of Labour and the workers’ and employers’ organizations in the source countries – in formulating and implementing migration law and policy, in organizing recruitment and pre departure processes, in reaching out and empowering migrants, their families and communities, and in preparing for the migrants’ return and reintegration. It also provides opportunities for the Pacific countries, through the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, to work more closely with the countries of destination, in particular Australia and New Zealand, in managing migration flows more efficiently and effectively.