The Joint Labour Migration Program for Africa

ADDIS ABABA – The African Union Commission (AUC), the ILO, the IOM and the UNECA are implementing the Joint Labour Migration Program (JLMP) for Africa formally adopted in January 2015 by African Heads of State and Government as a comprehensive programme on labour migration governance for the region.

According to UNDESA, about 30 million Africans moved out of their countries of origin in 2013 but half of them stayed in Africa. That needs a comprehensive, operational, political, technical and practical programme aimed at the development and the integration of Africa in the crucial field of migration and mobility.

The AU-led initiative supported by the ILO, the IOM and the UNECA, is the first global initiative focused on supporting effective implementation of human mobility rules as key to development and integration in the increasingly significant Regional Economic Communities (RECs).

The AUC/ILO/IOM/ECA Joint Programme on Labour Migration, Development and Regional Integration (JLMP) is built as a strategic regional intervention to leverage migration for development. The JLMP is also a creative work to achieve the key dimensions of the programme regarding the protection of the rights of migrant workers: portability of skills; portability of social security benefits; fair recruitment practices; etc.

The JLMP is currently mobilizing a broad-based coalition around Member States but also interested development partners such as the European Union, Norway and Mexico.

More detailed info with AU-UN Co-Chair of the Employment and Labour Cluster, Cynthia [email protected]