Towards a holistic approach to labour migration governance and labour mobility in North Africa

THAMM Plus follows the successful THAMM programme (2019-2023) and is aligned with key international and regional frameworks, ensuring a cohesive and impactful approach:

• Global: Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Global Compact for Safe, Regular and Orderly Migration
• Regional: African Union Migration Policy Framework and Action Plan (2018-2030)
• EU: European Union Talent Partnership with pilot countries in North Africa

Leveraging the ILO's technical expertise in employment policy, alignment of data with international standards, skills development, and public employment services, THAMM Plus extends its focus to enhance legal migration systems and foster innovative mobility partnerships between North Africa and the European Union.

THAMM Plus also prioritizes the following cross-cutting objectives:

• Strengthen the capacity of national partners in North Africa to build effective partnerships, based on national strategies and evidence-based analysis with EU Member States willing and through close links with private sector actors;
• Support the implementation of talent partnerships, bilateral labour agreements anchored in international labour standards, bilateral social security agreements, skills development, matching and qualifications aligned with European standards, fair recruitment and professional matching of jobs, and;
• Reflection on mobility schemes and the sustainable socio-economic reintegration of seasonal workers.

THAMM Plus – ILO will continue to work in close partnership with the other agencies involved in THAMM and THAMM Plus (AICS, ENABEL, GIZ, OFII and OIM) in order to usefully complement the bilateral mobility programmes implemented between North African countries and EU Member States.

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