The assessment was conducted by the ILO between December 2013 and January 2014. The objective of the baseline assessment was to analyse the capacities of the ECOWAS Humanitarian and Social Affairs Directorate (Social Affairs Division), Free Movement and Tourism Directorate and other relevant structures in the governance of labour migration and produce a report with key recommendations, feeding into the follow-on capacity development activities in the said field. The assessment made suggestions for fine tuning project activities and better aligning them with stakeholders’ needs and capacities. The report of the baseline assessment was validated by the ECOWAS Commission and the Consortium Partners in February 2014.
The following general recommendations came out of the baseline assessment study:

• Links between employment, labour rights, social protection and migration can be given greater visibility by ensuring that issues of labour mobility and protection of migrant workers are fully addressed in the forthcoming regional migration policy, both in its guiding principles and action plan;
• Building capacity through tools and training for ECOWAS Commission staff across the four main directorates dealing with labour migration issues and by introducing labour migration governance topics on the agendas of existing regional dialogue mechanisms (MIDWA, Social Dialogue Forum, Youth employment forums, etc.).

The report of the baseline assessment is attached ( 25) and is available on the project website at:
https://fmmwestafrica.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/en-LM-Baseline-Assessment-Report.pdf.

In consultation with the ECOWAS Commission, it was agreed that this capacity building would take place through the participation of key ECOWAS staff in the ILO Labour Migration Academy organized by the International Training Centre (ITC) of the ILO. The Labour Migration Academy aims at providing advanced knowledge and enhancing the capacity of key migration actors to better understand labour migration challenges and opportunities in a changing global political, economic and social context. Labour Migration Academy focus on courses aimed at Enhancing Protection, Promoting Development and Facilitating Good Governance.
The 2014 Labour Migration Academy (LMA) took place from 16 – 17 June 2014 in Turin, Italy. The Principal Program Officer for Free Movement and Migration (of ECOWAS’ Free Movement and Tourism Directorate) participated and benefited from the course.
The 2015 Labour Migration Academy took place from 18 – 29 May 2015. Two ECOWAS Staff participated from the Humanitarian and Social Affairs Directorate.
The 2016 labour Migration Academy took place from 5 – 9 December 2016 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Two participants from ECOWAS (Gender and Employment and Humanitarian and Social Affairs Directorates) attended the Academy. The 2017 labour Migration Academy took place from 2 – 13 July 2017 in Turin, Italy. One participant from the Department of Legal Affairs attended the Academy.
In 2017, a tailor-made training workshop on the Governance of labour migration in the ECOWAS region was held from the 30 May to 1 June 2017 in Abuja, Nigeria. The workshop provided knowledge on labour migration policy, labour migration data collection and fight against trafficking of persons and smuggling of migrants and child labour, child trafficking, protection of migrant workers’ rights, reporting on labour migration within the ECOWAS region, fair recruitment and developing and implementing bilateral labour migration agreements, portability of Social security rights and international labour standards. 37 ECOWAS Officials from different Directorates of the ECOWAS Commission, ECOWAS Court of Justice, ECOWAS parliament, social partners from the Workers and Employers’ Organizations attended the training. Some recommendations that came out from the training workshop include:

• Promote ILO conventions on migrant workers especially article 97, 143, 189 through awareness-raising campaigns involving MS, ECOWAS, the ILO, the Employers ‘and employers’ organizations and civil society;
• Harmonize definitions and methodology on labour migration data collection in ECOWAS region and implement and sustain data collection mechanism on labour migration within West Africa;
• Encourage the harmonization of national laws to bring them into line with the content of the ECOWAS protocols;
• The need to take more proactive actions on the protection of children in employment and the elimination of child labour and trafficking within the West African space.

The ECOWAS Tripartite Social Dialogue Forum (SDF) General Assembly took place from 28 – 29 September 2015 in Bamako, Mali. All ECOWAS Member states except Ghana attended the Forum and were represented by three delegates from governments, employers’ organizations and trade unions respectively. The main outcomes of the General Assembly were:

• adoption of the new priority action plan for 2016;
• the development of a programme which aims to strengthen the Forum by providing it more resources and;
• the establishment of a Permanent Secretariat for the Forum.

The Bureau of the Forum initiated discussions with ILO for the development of an MOU between ILO and the Forum. The General Assembly also recommended the establishment of a working group on labour migration issues under the Social Dialogue Forum.
A research paper on labour migration in the ECOWAS region was presented during the Forum. The paper emphasized the abundant low-skilled labour supply and the fact that the qualified workers rarely move within the region while preferring to move to OECD countries instead. The paper also made some recommendations, such as linking the issues of vocational and skills training with the mobility of students within the region, encourage students and teachers’ mobility in the region, address the issue of skilled migrants corresponding to the needs of governments, employers, and the implementation of the ECOWAS Harmonization of qualifications and certification policies. The General Assembly was followed by training on labour migration and social protection. The training was delivered by ILO staff from Geneva, Dakar, and the FMM project.
The Meeting of the Bureau of the Social Dialogue Forum was held in Bamako, Mali from 3 – 4 May 2016. The meeting approved the new rules of procedures of the Forum, elaborated a work plan for the year 2016 and decided to hold the next meeting of the General Assembly in Conakry, Guinea, before end of the year 2016.
However, the Meeting of the General Assembly of the ECOWAS Social Dialogue Forum was held in Conakry, The Republic of Guinea from the 25th – 27th of October 2017. Over 70 participants representing the tripartite partners in each of the ECOWAS Member states, ECOWAS Commission, FMM project partners, and other regional workers and employers’ associations. The SDF witnessed high level participation of the Prime Minister of Guinea; His Excellency, M. Mamady Youla ECOWAS Commissioner for Social Affairs and Gender, ECOWAS ambassadors, the Honourable Minister for Technical Education, Vocational Training, Employment and Labour in Guinea, the President of the Social Dialogue Forum, the Head of the European Union Delegation in the Republic of Guinea, and Directors of ILO offices in Abuja and Dakar, high level representatives of Organization of Trade Unions of West Africa, FOPAO, and the Confederation of employers in Guinea forum validated the following documents, pending some amendments: the draft Directive on harmonization of Labour laws, The Draft Guide for Policy makers on the protection of migrant workers’ Rights within the ECOWAS region and A draft plan of Action covering a 2-yr period (2018-2019)
The SDF established two working groups, Labour Migration and Social Protection, as recommended at the 4th General Assembly in September 2016. The Terms of Reference for establishing the Labour Migration and Social Protection working groups were also adopted at the meeting.
The 2017 SDF was also a capacity building programme which discussed the following: development process of the Regional Program of Decent work; Social dialogue and tripartite, Freedom of association; Labour Migration, Mobility and Protection of Migrant Workers’ Rights; Understanding and Governing Labour Migration; Understanding the Regional migration profile; International Labour Standards and Protection of Migrant Workers; Presentation on the Convention on the Protection of the Rights of all Migrant Workers and Members of their families; Regional Legal Framework on labour migration; Mechanisms for cooperation on labour migration between countries of origin and host countries; and Ethical recruitment and International Recruitment Integrity System (IRIS). The report of the workshop is available (see 129).
Due to bureaucratic challenges, the 2018 Social Dialogue Forum was not held as the approval from the ECOWAS President came very late in 2018 thus, the SDF was rescheduled to 15-19 July 2019.
The Social Dialogue Forum (SDF) 2019 consisted of:
a one-day Bureau meeting on 15 July 2019 of the tripartite board of the SDF and ECOWAS Social Affairs Division, where salient issues were discussed and the work plan for 2019/2020 discussed and agreed.
a three-day General Assembly meeting on from 16-18 July 2019 with participation by tripartite representatives from Ministries of Labour, Workers and Employers’ Organizations from the ECOWAS Member States. A number of salient topics were discussed and pending ECOWAS documents were reviewed and validated, including the ECOWAS Directive on Minimum Standards for Harmonization of Labour Law in the ECOWAS Region, the ECOWAS Decent Work Regional Programme, proposals for strengthening the ECOWAS Social Dialogue Forum, and the ECOWAS SDF work plan for the coming period 2019/2020. The Bureau for the coming period 2019/2020 was likewise elected.
A one-day Meeting of Labour Ministers of ECOWAS Member States, with participants of the General Assembly in attendance and providing technical support for the Ministers. The above-mentioned documents reviewed and validated at the General Assembly were adopted by the Ministers, for promulgation by the ECOWAS Secretariat.

A comparative study on national labour legislations of member states, commissioned by the ECOWAS Commission, specifically by Humanitarian and Social Affairs Directorate, was developed. The ILO Dakar Office engaged a Consultant to conduct this study on the harmonization of labour laws, which was presented to ECOWAS as a draft proposal for harmonization. The draft report was submitted in 2016 and meetings were held with experts to review and validate the document.
Two technical meetings, respectively in Lomé, Togo, from 8 – 9 September 2016 and in Cotonou, Benin, from 24 – 26 November 2016, were held to review the study on the harmonization. The study report on the harmonization of labour laws in ECOWAS region was validated and a draft Directive on the harmonization of labour laws in ECOWAS region developed (see 77).The SDF of 2017 validated the directives pending the National Consultations which were held during 2018-2019 in Member States where the draft directive will be presented and discussed.
In the reporting period two national consultations with participation by representatives from Federal Government, Workers’ and Employers’ Organizations and Academia were held in Abuja in a two-day process on 22 May and 09 July 2019, during which in-depth discussions were held with the regard to the current status of Nigerian labour legislation and its compliance with international labour standards, and the implications for Nigerian labour legislation of the adoption and promulgation of the draft ECOWAS Directive on Minimum Standards for Harmonization of Labour Law in the ECOWAS Region. The consultations resulted in further amendments of the draft Directive.
As mentioned under point 1.4.3. the draft Directive along with the reports of the country consultations was presented and discussed at the Social Dialogue Forum General Assembly and Ministerial Meeting from 16-19 July 2019, where it was reviewed, discussed, validated and adopted for subsequent promulgation by the ECOWAS Secretariat Once promulgated, the ECOWAS Directive on Minimum Standards for Harmonization of Labour Law in the ECOWAS Region will be applied at country level in ECOWAS Member States

The study was conducted between October and December 2014. The key objective of the study was to propose a sub-regional ECOWAS labour market information system (the architecture of the LMIS with respect to its contents, key priority indicators, tools for collecting data, institutional arrangements, activities and responsibilities at national and regional levels and modalities for its implementation) and identify the capacity building and other technical support needs for the implementation of a labour market information system at regional as well as at national level.
To achieve this, the study assessed existing labour market information systems in ECOWAS Member States and Mauritania, including institutional and regulatory frameworks, procedures and mechanisms designed to produce labour market information, strengths and weaknesses. The report provides operational recommendations at regional as well at national levels for the improvement of the labour market information exchange in the region.
A validation meeting of the report and action plan for the implementation of the recommendations was organized from 8 – 9 April 2015 in Abuja, Nigeria, in collaboration with the ECOWAS Commission.
A technical workshop was held in Niamey, Niger, from 13 – 14 October 2015 to present and discuss the results of the study on the development of labour market and migration information system (LMMIS) in the ECOWAS region and Mauritania. Over 35 participants representing observatories on employment and other public employment services from 12 ECOWAS Member States and Mauritania and officials from the ECOWAS Commission attended the workshop. The following recommendations were adopted by the workshop:

• Develop a methodological guide on LMIS to promote ownership of LMIS by ECOWAS Member States and Mauritania;
• Develop a multi-country request to the DDF targeting six countries for the development of labour market information system (five ECOWAS Member States and Mauritania);
• Develop a multi-country request to the DDF targeting six countries for the development of labour market information system (five ECOWAS Member States and Mauritania);
• Provide support to other ECOWAS Member States beyond the six countries.

During the reporting periods 2018/2019 and 2019/2020 the two ILO labour statisticians for respectively West Africa and Africa technically supported the ICMPD-funded specialist consultant in developing the following materials on labour migration information systems: an ECOWAS action plan and road map on LMMIS, guidelines, methodology, training materials, advocacy plan. Furthermore they supported a series of sub-regional training workshops held, funded by ICMPD, using these materials for representatives from departments/ bureaux of statistics of the following 6 countries of Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria, Mauritania and the Gambia. Based on the trainings and feed-back these materials were reviewed, validated and finalized by ICMPD.

A labour force survey in Gambia was supported during the reporting period 2018/2019 in cooperation with ILO Dakar office.

An assessment of the Mauritanian data registration system for migrant workers was undertaken in cooperation with the AMEM project.

36 representatives from departments of statistics of all ECOWAS Member States and Mauritania and ECOWAS were financially and technical supported to participate in an regional labour migration statistics capacity-building and consultation workshop in Tunis from 04-06 November 2019 which was co-funded by this project and other sources of funding.

Representatives from department of statistics of the ECOWAS Secretariat (2) and Mauritania (10) were supported to participate in a sub- regional labour migration statistics capacity-building and consultation workshop in Nouakchott from 27-28 November 2019 which was co-funded by this project and the AMEM project.

The analysis of ECOWAS Member States public employment services’ capacities and will to join a regional network of public employment services was conducted between October and December 2014. Based on the recommendations of the labour migration baseline assessment (Activity 1.4.1), the study was oriented towards the development of a sub-regional public employment services database based on the “Accueil- Emploi” experience established in some West African countries. To achieve this, the feasibility study assessed the outcomes of implementing the Accueil-Emploi database thus far in the four ECOWAS Member States where it is established, highlighting the key advantages and disadvantages of the database, main challenges of its implementation and functioning.
The study proposed an ECOWAS sub-regional public employment services database network. It also identified the basic technical requirements and human resource implications of creating a sub-regional employment database. In addition, a regional action plan stipulating the necessary steps for the establishment of this sub-regional employment database network was outlined, including the capacity building and other technical support needs. The analysis also made recommendations on how to strengthen the public employment services capacities for an effective implementation of employment database in ECOWAS Member States.
The report of the study was presented and validated during the technical meeting held on 8-9 April 2015 in Abuja, Nigeria . The meeting also adopted the action plan for the implementation of the recommendations of the study. The report of the study is attached ( 29).
A technical workshop on strengthening Public Employment services through Job matching tools in ECOWAS member states and Mauritania was held in Dakar, Senegal, from 8 – 9 February 2016.
The objectives of the workshop were to:

• Share the results of the study on the Accueil-Emploi experience at the level of the public employment services of ECOWAS Member States and Mauritania;
• Adopt an action plan for building capacity of public employment services using Accueil-Emploi or other existing operational databases;
• Generate interest among additional ECOWAS countries for the deployment of Accueil-Emploi;
• Validate a strategy for a regional approach to improving PES and employment promotion.

Representatives of the public employment services of all ECOWAS member states and Mauritania attended the workshop. The workshop adopted an Action Plan to extend Accueil-Emploi in all ECOWAS Member states and a request on the development of job matching database to be submitted to the DDF component of the FMM project for financial support.
In implementing the Action Plan, a technical workshop involving public employment services of six ECOWAS Member States (Benin, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal and Togo) and Mauritania was held in Lomé, Togo, from 2 to 3 May 2017. The meeting was organized in partnership with the Togolese’ National Agency for the Promotion of Employment. The main objectives were to identify specific technical support needs of the public employment services of the countries concerned and to explore the possibilities for coordination of job matching databases at ECOWAS level and/or links between them to contribute to strengthen mobility of skills in the region. Following the meeting, a draft Concept Note on the implementation of recommendations of the technical workshop held in Cotonou was developed. It will be enriched through exchanges with stakeholders. The report of the workshops is available (see 30).
During the reporting period a national workshop and interviews were held with national stakeholders, and representatives from ECOWAS and international organizations in Abuja through Jan.-Feb. 2020, and interviews with other West African stakeholders were held online in order to inform the development of best practice guidelines and training materials for employment service providers on the recognition of the skills of migrant workers in West Africa, in order to enhance the migration services offered by employment services providers. The materials reflect new labour migration needs and trends, including in the COVID-19 context, and share good practices, including on the recognition of prior learning (RPL.) These documents exist in English and French versions and are uploaded to the following links:

https://www.ilo.org/global/topics/labour-migration/publications/WCMS_748721/lang–en/index.htm
https://www.ilo.org/global/topics/labour-migration/publications/WCMS_748722/lang–en/index.htm

In 2003, ECOWAS adopted a Convention on the Recognition and Equivalence of Degrees, Diplomas, Certificates and other Qualifications in Member States. The objective is to increase mobility of students, teachers, and other skilled workers. The Convention commits Member States to recognise the validity or equivalence of degrees and certificates with the same academic value.
In addition, the baseline assessment study on labour migration, conducted by ILO under the FMM project in 2014 recommended to build on ECOWAS priorities for the revitalization of TVET. Therefore, ILO, through the FMM Project, launched a study on identifying qualifications in technical and vocational fields during a pilot phase in two ECOWAS member States (Senegal and Nigeria) and Mauritania. This will prepare a mapping of TVET institutes in the three selected countries to enhance exchanges and cooperation to support ECOWAS in moving its roadmap forward.
TORs for the studies were developed and disseminated through the FMM project website and the ILO website. Studies are expected to start by the last quarter in 2018. The project has not been able to find suitable Consultant to implement the action. ILO is working with ECOWAS and ILO Specialist to mitigate this challenge.
A number of studies were commissioned at sub-regional and national level mapping and analysing TVET institutions in the region and analysing the mismatch at national and sub-regional level between skills demand and skills supply in the region and the role and capacity of labour migration to meet this demand. The following countries were studied: Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo.
After review and validation in Sept. 2019, (refer below,) the studies were uploaded on the following link:

https://www.ilo.org/skills/projects/skill-up/WCMS_745860/lang–en/index.htm

Based on these studies a skills and labour migration workshop was held in Abuja from 10-12 Sept. 2019 for tripartite representatives from skills departments of Ministries of Labour and workers and employers’ organizations from all ECOWAS Member States and Mauritania as well as representatives from ECOWAS, international organizations and representations. The findings were presented and discussed, and concrete plans and proposals to meet skills gaps and strengthen mutual skills recognitions and harmonization through sub-regional cooperation were drafted.

Following up on the proposals which received the highest scores by participants during the workshop in Sept. 2019, assessments of selected sector skills recognition in concrete labour migration corridors have been undertaken during the reporting period, albeit significantly delayed by the COVID-19 Pandemic, and are currently under review. Meanwhile national and sub-regional sector based tripartite working groups have been established, although they have been restricted to meeting online so far. Following finalization of the assessments during the next reporting period, technical meetings on the assessments and their recommendations are scheduled to take place at national and sub-regional level.

In addition a national workshop and interviews were held with national stakeholders, and representatives from ECOWAS and international organizations in Abuja through Jan.-Feb. 2020, and interviews with other West African stakeholders were held online in order to inform the development of practical guidance on promoting coherence among employment, education and training, and labour migration policies in West Africa. The report summarizes findings and recommendations from the piloting phase which will enable the ECOWAS Member States to have up-to-date analyses and recommendations on how policy coherence can be enhanced in the sub-region. The report was finalized and uploaded to the following link:

https://www.ilo.org/global/topics/labour-migration/publications/WCMS_748724/lang–en/index.htm
Furthermore best practice guidelines for developing and effectively including skills modules in bilateral labour migration agreements were developed as part of materials developed for policy development and capacity-building. The guidelines focus on developing the understanding of bilateral labour migration agreements systematizing key concepts, and presenting the relevant international normative framework as well as examples of different approaches towards skills modules in existing agreements. Furthermore the guidelines entail information on funding mechanisms and arrangements for skills in bilateral labour migration agreements, which are vital for ensuring their effective implementation. The guidelines are uploaded to the following link:

https://www.ilo.org/global/topics/labour-migration/publications/WCMS_748723/lang–en/index.htm

The support to the ECOWAS Commission in developing tools for Member States for the mainstreaming of the protection of the rights of migrant workers commenced with a survey to assess the implementation of the ECOWAS Protocols with regards to the protection of migrant workers’ rights in ECOWAS Member States.
The survey was conducted from November 2014 to February 2015 and identified:

• Main challenges for the protection of ECOWAS citizens and migrant workers’ rights moving within the region;
• Constraints and opportunities for ratifications and application of ILO standards relevant to migrant workers in Member States;
• Good practices developed by Governments, social partners and other stakeholders for the protection of ECOWAS citizens and migrant workers’ rights within the region.

Based on the findings of the survey, a guide for the mainstreaming of protection of the rights of migrant workers in ECOWAS Member States has been developed. The guide seeks to improve the knowledge and understanding of the rights accrued to migrants in ECOWAS Member States and how to ensure access to these rights.
The draft guide for policymakers on the protection of the migrant workers’ rights within the ECOWAS region was developed in April 2016. Technical inputs were provided by ILO, IOM and ICMPD to the draft guide. The draft guide was shared with ECOWAS and the consortium partners for comments and suggestions. The expert/consultant consolidated the comments from ILO and other partners. It was presented in May 2017 during the training workshop on the Governance of labour migration in ECOWAS region.

A study was conducted on the social security systems of ECOWAS member states and Mauritania; their level of coherence with the ECOWAS General Convention on Social Security; and identifying major challenges on the coordination of the social security systems of ECOWAS member countries. A technical workshop for the validation of the findings of the study was organized in Abuja, from 16 – 17 September 2015.
Participants from ECOWAS Member states, the ECOWAS Commission and from the International Social Security Association (ISSA) attended the workshop. The key outcomes of the workshop are:

• Study report on the social security of the ECOWAS member states and coherence with the ECOWAS General Convention on social security adopted;
• Draft action plan and timeline for the implementation of the recommendations adopted;
• Development of a request under the DDF for the implementation of the ECOWAS Convention with some activities to be implemented in the short term (one year).

Under the framework of the action plan, the development of a Guide on the operational procedures of the implementation of the ECOWAS General Convention on Social Security. The Guide will provide practical information on how the benefits are calculated, how workers can claim their rights, where to find relevant information, etc. Report of the study and Minutes of the technical workshop are available as 31.
The project, in collaboration with the “Extending social protection access and portability of benefits to migrant workers and their families in selected RECs in Africa’’. Project organized the ECOWAS Experts meeting on Social Security which was held in Lomé, Togo, from 9th – 11th May 2018. Over 40 representatives of Ministries of Labour and Social Security Institutions of ECOWAS Member States, ILO experts, ITUC and other regional organization participated to deliberate on the operational modalities for the Implementation of the ECOWAS General Convention on Social Security. The workshop had the following four objectives: to establish the Committee of Experts in line with the article 44 of the Convention, to share best practices on the implementation of social security frameworks amongst ECOWAS Member States, to Review and validate the draft Action Plan for the next two years and launch the new project “Extending social protection access and portability of benefits to migrant workers and their families in selected RECs in Africa’’.
The workshop discussed the Overview of the ECOWAS General Convention on Social Security and its Administrative Arrangement; Extending Social Protection in West Africa: Challenges and Perspectives; findings of the study on Social Security systems of ECOWAS Member States and Mauritania; Member States also gave reports on the implementation of their social security frameworks.
Participants endorsed the establishment of the Committee of Experts on Social Security in accordance with Article 41 of the ECOWAS General Convention on Social Security. The President of the Committee for the next two years is Senegal while Ghana and Cape Verde occupies the Vice Presidents position
The Draft Terms of Reference of the Committee of Experts on Social Security and Plan of Action were developed and presented at the meeting. These were extensively reviewed and validated to guide the actions and activities of the Committee. The Committee of Experts met at a regional meeting in Dakar in November 2018 and further developed operational guidelines, updated TORs and Plan of Action, and formalized a work and information-sharing platform.
Training modules for capacity building on strengthening the implementation of the ECOWAS General Convention on Social Protection were developed throughout 2018-2019, and the regional training workshop was held on 15-17 July 2019 in Accra in cooperation with the “Extending social protection access and portability of benefits to migrant workers and their families in selected RECs in Africa’’. Project with participation of representatives of Ministries of Social Affairs and associated Institutions from ECOWAS Member States and Mauritania, as well as from ECOWAS.
National surveys on access to social protection for migrant workers as well as national workshops on the results were likewise undertaken in Mali and Ghana.
In addition 16 representatives from workers’ organizations in ECOWAS member states and Mauritania were supported to participate in a continental capacity-building workshop and consultations on protecting the right to social protection for migrant workers overseas through among other bilateral labour agreements, as well as other means to protect migrant workers’ rights. The workshop took place in Nairobi from 23-25 Oct. 2019 and was part of a larger continental labour migration governance meeting for workers’ organizations organized by the JLMP project.
Furthermore 16 representatives from employers’ organizations in ECOWAS member states and Mauritania were supported to participate in a continental capacity-building workshop and consultations on protecting the right to social protection for migrant workers overseas through among other bilateral labour agreements, as well as other means to protect migrant workers’ rights. The workshop took place in Johannesburg from 13-15 Nov. 2019 and was part of a larger continental labour migration governance meeting for employers’ organizations organized by the JLMP project.
Moreover 16 representatives from the Ministries of Labour, Ministries of Social Affairs and Social Security Institutions in Mauritania, Senegal, Cote d’Ivoire et Guinea member states were supported to participate in a capacity-building workshop and consultations on protecting the right to social protection for migrant workers overseas through among other bilateral labour agreements. The workshop took place in Rabat from 19-21 Nov. 2019.
Finally best practice guidelines on social protection for migrant workers were commissioned and are currently under review. They will be finalized in the upcoming reporting period