Towards Sustainable Partnerships for the Effective Governance of Labour Migration in the Russian Federation, the Caucasus and Central Asia

Brief description

The overall objective of the project is to promote a sustainable, participative and equitable approach to the governance of labour migration in the Russian Federation, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. The project has five specific objectives, each focusing on one or two countries: (1) To develop practical methods for assessing and forecasting labour market requirements with a view to improving migration governance; (2) to promote decent work and enhance the protection of migrant workers’ rights; (3) to develop a system of earned regularisation and introduce sound regularisation policies and procedures; (4) to contribute to the productive utilization of the region’s human resources by developing systems for the portability of qualifications and reducing bureaucratic obstacles to recruitment; and (5) to develop policies that enhance the positive impact of migration on development in origin countries. Project partners areNational governments, trade unions, employers’ organizations. Activities in the project include research and surveys, policy workshops, training and capacity building. The project is financed by the European Union.

• Information booklet (PDF, 215 kB)

List of project publications:

Capacity building in labour migration planning and forecasting

• Assessment of Data Sources and Methodology Development for Measuring Foreign Labour Requirements in the Russian Federation / ILO Subregional Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, International Labour Office. - Moscow: ILO, 2009. - 73 p. Working paper (PDF, 618 KB)
• Review of approaches in measuring the need for migrant workers and labour migration planning: Russian Federation and international experience/ ILO Subregional Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, International Labour Office. - Moscow: ILO, 2009. - 160 p., ISBN - 978-92-2122393-1 (PDF, 1.2 MB)

Regularization of migrants workers

• Regularization and Employer Sanctions as Means towards the Effective Governance of Labour Migration. Russian Federation and International Experience, 2009. ISBN 978-92-2-122320-7 (print), 114 p., ILO Subregional Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, 2009 (PDF, 1.0 MB)

Promoting decent work and protection of migrant workers

• Employment of migrant workers in the informal economy in Kazakhstan: a study of Southern Kazakhstan / ILO Subregional Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, 2009, 38 p., ISBN 978-92-2-123148-6 (PDF, 1.8 MB)
• "Rights of Migrant Workers in Kazakhstan: National Legislation, International Standards and Practices ILO", Almaty, 2008 (PDF, 593 kB)

Enhancing the development impact of migration

• Migration and Development in Tajikistan - Emigration, Return and Diaspora - ILO Moscow, 2010 (PDF, 1.7 MB)
• Handbook for Armenians Abroad / ILO Subregional Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, 2010, 90 p., ISBN 978-92-2-123510-1 (PDF, 533 kB)
• Migrant remittances to Tajikistan : the potential for savings, economic investment and existing financial products to attract remittances / ILO Subregional Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, International Labour Office. - Moscow: ILO, 2010, 74 p., ISBN 978-92-2-123508-8 (PDF, 893 KB)
• Migrant Remittances to Armenia: the Potential for Savings and Economic Investment and Financial Products to Attract Remittances. ILO Subregional Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, 2009 (PDF, 4.3 MB)
• Migration and Development. Armenia Country Study, ILO Yerevan 2009 (PDF, 1.5 MB)

Facilitating the productive utilization of human resources

• Labour Migration and Productive Utilisation of Human Resources. Kyrgyz Republic. ILO Bishkek 2009 (PDF, 472 kB)

Materials of the First Regional Consultations, Moscow 22-23 of June 2009:

• Agenda of the Regional Consultations on the Effective Governance of Labour Migration – Admission and post admission policies (PDF, 60 kB)
• Conclusions and Recommendations (PDF, 46 kB)
• Practical Methods for Assessing and Forecasting Labour Market Needs: Lessons from the Spanish and Italian Experiences with a view to improving migration governance in Russia. Marco Zupi and Elisenda Estruch-Puertas (PDF, 679 kB)
• Presentation of Рatrick Taran, Senior Migration Specialist, ILO «The impact of the financial crisis on migrant workers» (PDF, 104 kB)
• List of participants (PDF, 123 kB)

Materials of the Second Regional Consultations, Issyk-Kul 28-29 of October 2009:

• Agenda of the Regional Consultations on the Effective Governance of Labour Migration - Improving Labour Mobility and Enhancing the Development Impact of Migration (PDF, 215 kB)
• Conclusions and Recommendations (PDF, 130 kB)
• List of participants (PDF, 108 kB)