Publications on labour migration

March 2022

  1. Promising practices for fair recruitment

    Code of Conduct for Ethiopian Overseas Private Employment Agencies

    23 March 2022

    This promising practice is part of a series, and results from a stocktaking exercise undertaken five years after the launch of the Fair Recruitment Initiative (FRI).

December 2021

  1. Publication

    Rapid integrated labour market assessment in Tigray regional state

    14 December 2021

  2. Publication

    Rapid integrated labour market assessment in Tigray, Ethiopia

    14 December 2021

    The report provides an assessment of the supply side (jobseekers and employees) and the demand side (enterprises and employers) in refugee-hosting communities in the Shire area in Tigray.

  3. Publication

    Integrated enterprise, cooperative and financial services assessment on refugees and host communities around Jigjiga, Somali Region, and Shire, Tigray Region, Ethiopia (2)

    13 December 2021

  4. Publication

    Integrated enterprise, cooperative and financial services assessment on refugees and host communities around Jigjiga, Somali Region, and Shire, Tigray Region, Ethiopia

    13 December 2021

  5. Publication

    Integrated enterprise, cooperative and financial services assessment on refugees and host communities around Jigjiga, Somali Region, and Shire, Tigray Region, Ethiopia

    13 December 2021

    The ILO conducted an assessment of the market systems (supply and demand) of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises development, business development services (BDS), cooperative promotion and access to financial services in the two regions.

September 2021

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    Mapping of the national social protection system in Ethiopia, including social health protection

    28 September 2021

    The mapping of the national social protection system in Ethiopia, including social health insurance, is carried out as part of a joint technical study by the International Labour Organization and partner United Nations agencies.

  2. Publication

    Rapid assessment of livestock markets in Jigjiga, Ethiopia

    13 September 2021

    Building on a market assessment of refugee livelihoods conducted in 2018, this rapid follow-up assessment of the livestock sector in Jigjiga identified potential areas of market-based interventions to improve livelihoods of refugees and members of the host communities engaged in the sector.

July 2021

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    TVET system assessment in Somali and Tigray regional states, Ethiopia, with a focus on inclusiveness

    05 July 2021

    The report examines the relevant features of the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) system in terms of access for forcibly displaced people, refugees, women and people with disabilities (PwD), focusing on the Fafan and Degehabur Zones of the Somali Regional State (SRS) and the North- Western Zone of the Tigray Regional State (TRS). It also assesses the capacity of local TVET providers, the state of apprenticeship systems, employment services, and local labour market assessment systems to inform training programmes in the target areas.

April 2021

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    Terms of Reference for Service Providers: Review of National Policy, Legislative and Regulatory Frameworks, and Practice - A Baseline Study for Ethiopia

    28 April 2021

    The consultancy entitled, “The National Policy, Legislative and Regulatory Frameworks and Practice Review”, aims to establish baseline situations in four countries in East Africa - Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia and Sudan - in the area of relevant policy, legislative and regulatory frameworks and current practice in terms of implementation in relation to the access of refugees to the labour markets, employment, livelihood and training opportunities, including self-employment and business development.