Training toolkit on Labour Migration in Africa

The “Training toolkit on Labour Migration in Africa” is a set of training materials developed by the Joint Programme on Labour Migration Governance for Development and Integration in Africa (JLMP) in collaboration with ARLAC, AU, ILO, IOM, UNECA and the ITCILO for the benefit of ARLAC labour administrators and labour attaches.

The toolkit, as part of the capacity building component of the programme, aims to enhance Member States’ capacity to design and coordinate trainings on the implementation of labour migration policies.

Target Audience

The training toolkit is designed to build the capacity of the following institutions and enhance their role in the governance of labour migration and related issues:

migration authorities,
labour market institutions,
labour administrators
labour attaches

Learning Objectives

After completing the different modules of the toolkit, you will be able to:

Understand the issues, challenges and opportunities involved in the governance of labour migration at the regional and global level;
understand and appreciate the key principles, conceptualization, rationale and benefits of good governance of labour migration in its many aspects;
appreciate the international and regional policy and legal frameworks covering migrant workers within the region;
examine the specific challenges faced by certain population groups in their migration journey (such as domestic workers, temporary migrant workers, irregular migrants, informal migrant workers etc.)
explore and analyse how to extend protection to migrant workers based on international principles and regional and country experiences in the implementation of bilateral and multilateral agreements;
identify and analyse policy and implementation gaps and offer responses