Publications on labour migration

April 2022

  1. Publication

    Tracer study: Skills Profiling Application in Egypt for refugees and host communities

    19 April 2022

    ILO PROSPECTS Egypt in collaboration with Skilllab, a social start-up based in the Netherlands, and the Association of Businessmen in Alexandria (ABA), piloted a skills-profiling application that enables refugees and host communities to self-assess and communicate their skills to potential employers.

  2. Publication

    Behavioural insights in employers’ choice of recruitment services for domestic work

    04 April 2022

    The ILO launched a campaign based on behavioural science, in a bid to influence the market in Hong Kong towards greater demand for fair recruitment practices. This report presents the results of the randomised control trial that was designed and used to identify the most effective message frame to trigger the behaviour of employers of domestic workers in Hong Kong (China) and influence their choice of private recruitment agencies when hiring foreign domestic workers.

March 2022

  1. Meeting document

    Agenda - Regional launch of the Fair recruitment Initiative (Phase II, 2021-2025) - Africa Region

    24 March 2022

  2. Promising practices for fair recruitment

    Regulation of Private Recruitment Agencies in Uganda

    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).

October 2021

  1. Publication

    Assessment of Public Employment Services and Active Labor Market Policies in Kenya

    12 October 2021

    In the context of the PROSPECTS programme on forced displacement, the ILO and the National Employment Authority (NEA) in Kenya commissioned a comprehensive rapid assessment to determine the feasibility, nature and scope of employment service strengthening and modernization particularly in the major refugee-hosting counties of Garissa and Turkana.

April 2021

  1. Publication

    Promising practices for fair recruitment: Raising Pakistani migrant worker’s awareness of their right to fair recruitment

    07 April 2021

    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).

  2. Publication

    Promising practices for fair recruitment: Guatemala – Outreach through trade unions including attention to COVID-19

    07 April 2021

    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).

  3. Publication

    Promising practices for fair recruitment: Zero recruitment fee policy for (migrant) workers in Jordan

    07 April 2021

    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).

  4. Publication

    Promising practices for fair recruitment: Commitment to fair recruitment and due diligence in the sugar and palm oil industry of Guatemala

    07 April 2021

    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).

  5. Publication

    Promising practices for fair recruitment: Code of Conduct in international supply chains by Responsible Business Alliance

    07 April 2021

    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).