Regional technical workshop on labour migration statistics for Africa

ADDIS ABABAI (ILO News) – A regional technical workshop on labour migration statistics for Africa – convened by the African Union Commission (AUC), ILO, IOM and UNECA - is taking place from 28 to 30 September 2015 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

The main objectives of this technical workshop are to validate the national data on labour migration and to build national capacity in key labour migration statistics.

The workshop will also inform the 2015 Report on labour migration statistics in Africa based on an International Labour Migration Questionnaire sent to all 54 countries in the region.

The questionnaire collects information on the stocks and flows of international migrants; both at home and abroad; including relevant disaggregation by labour force participation, educational attainment, occupation, industry and several other variables relevant for policy and research on the international labour market. It covers the period 2005-2014, as corresponding to the 2010 round of population on housing censuses in Africa, one of the main sources of migration data in Africa.

As international migration moves to the forefront of policy agendas, there is a corresponding interest in accurate and up-to date data and statistics. However, accurate and up-to date information on migration levels and trends is largely incomplete, notably on a special category of migrants such as migrant workers which is a focus of the AUC/ILO/IOM/ECA Joint Labour Migration Program (JLMP) for Africa.

The JLMP is a four-year programme within a ten-year vision whose overall objective is to strengthen the effective governance and regulation of labour migration and mobility in Africa, under the rule of law with the involvement of all key stakeholders.

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