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The Joint Labour Migration Program (JLMP) for Africa formally is a project which was adopted in January 2015 by African Heads of State and Government as a comprehensive programme on labour migration governance for the region. It is implemented jointly by the African Union Commission (AUC), the ILO, the IOM and the UNECA.
The AU-led initiative 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 Joint Programme 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; and fair recruitment practices.
Activities
The African Union has urged stakeholders and development partners to frame and prioritize migration as a developmental agenda, free from securitization.
Over 28 million migrants resided in GCC countries by 2017, with 12% from Africa. To address this growing trend, a historic two-day dialogue on Labour Mobility kicked off in Doha, Qatar.
Social protection and labour migration experts from ECCAS Commission and their Member States have examined and reached a consensus on a draft roadmap to accelerate the extension of social protection to migrant workers in the region. This was during a three-day (26 – 28, March) workshop held in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo.
Government representatives from the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) commission and Social Partners are set to convene in Brazzaville,
The African Union (AU) in collaboration with the Republic of Botswana, and support of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), organizing the 8th Pan African Forum on Migration Forum (PAFoM8) from the 31st October to 2nd November, 2023 at Royal Aria Conference Centre in Tlokweng, Gaborone.
The African Union Commission, in close collaboration with the International Organization
The launch will be during the 5th JLMP Programme Steering Committee Meeting. The JLMP Steering Committee was established to provide strategic guidance and ensure efficient implementation of the Programme and projects developed within the broader JLMP.
Les résultats attendus sont:
• Règles et procédures du Comité adoptées
MEDIA ADVISORY
16-18 September 2015: Meeting of Regional Economic Communities in Preparation for the Africa-EU Summit on Migration, Accra, Ghana