Resources on Labour migration in Africa

December 2021

  1. Labour market assessment with focus on migrant workers from the IGAD region: South Sudan country report

    19 December 2021

  2. Labour market assessment with focus on migrant workers from the IGAD region: Somalia country report

    19 December 2021

  3. Labour market assessment with focus on migrant workers from the IGAD region: Kenya country report

    19 December 2021

  4. Labour market assessment with focus on migrant workers from the IGAD region: Ethiopia country report

    19 December 2021

  5. Labour market assessment with focus on migrant workers from the IGAD region: Djibouti country report

    19 December 2021

  6. Training to Kenya’s Ministry of Labour staff helps ensure better protection to workers in the country and abroad

    With the support of the ILO, migration experts in the East African region, and the Decent Work Team in Pretoria, the FAIRWAY Programme trained 30 labour and employment officers across Naivasha and Mombasa in Kenya. The workshops provide a critical foundation of the roles and responsibilities of such officers for safe, fair and orderly labour migration, and helps sensitize a pool of staff from which future labour attachés are drawn.

  7. Reforming recruitment processes and standardizing operational conduct of private employment agencies in Nigeria

    13 December 2021

    Arising from institutional and operational challenges that pervades the recruitment industry in Nigeria, the Federal Government with support from the FAIRWAY Programme completed a revision of the Code of Conduct for Private Employment Agencies, introducing revised guidelines to facilitate ethical conduct of licensed recruiters of outsourced personnel.

  8. Background Report: IGAD Regional Guidelines on Rights-Based Bilateral Labour Agreements (BLAs)

    12 December 2021

  9. Employers’ Organizations Guide on Fostering Labour Migration Governance in Africa

    01 December 2021

    Developed under the Joint labour Migration Programme, JLMP-Priority Project, this guide is the result of an intense collaborative work between the IOE, ILO and the Business Advisory group on Migration, with valuable inputs and feedback from employers’ organisations in Africa in the drafting and finalization process.

November 2021

  1. Formulation of a Plan of Action for the Djibouti Declaration on Labour, Employment and Labour Migration

    29 November 2021