Kenya Labour and Employment Officer Labour Migration Training

FAIRWAY in Kenya in support to the State Department for Labour and the National Employment Authority held a series of labour migration training sessions for Labour and Employment Officers from March to June 2023. Covering major regions in Kenya, the programme trained 236 officers

Kenya Labour Commissioner, Ms. Hellen Apiyo addressing the Labour and Employment Officers in the last Cohort 6 (Mombasa) in Sarova Whitesands 26th June 2023. The targeted officers will play a pivotal role at various stages in the labour migration cycle in administrative, governance, regulatory and policy implementation in accordance with the local and international legal frameworks.

FAIRWAY Project Manager, Africa (Grace T. Sebageni) addressing Labour and Employment Officers during a training of Cohort 2(Nairobi) on 12th April, 2023. The workshops held around the country included training and capacity building in the following:
  1. Migrant Resource Centers (Set-up/Functions/Strategic position in the Labour Migration Cycle)
  2. The Labour Migration Cycle (Processes and Steps)
  3. Accreditation of Private Employment Agencies in Kenya (NEA’s Mandate)
  4. Bilateral Labour Agreements (BLAs)
  5. The Role of Labour and Employment Officers in in Migration (Learning from global practices - perspectives from the S.E Asia.)
  6. Attestation of Foreign Contracts
  7. ILO’s Normative Framework Guiding Labour Migration and Relevant Conventions (International Labour Standards) on Labour Migration
  8. Fair Recruitment (in reference to the ILO’s General Principles and Operational Guidelines).

Relevant projects

The FAIRWAY Programme
Margaret is 39 years old and she’s from Kenya. She has been in Qatar for 3 years. Qatar. Photo Hemanth Madupu / ILO

The FAIRWAY Programme