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Improving the Governance of Labour Migration and the Protection of Migrant Workers’ Rights in Tunisia, Morocco, Libya and Egypt

Date Shared: 
Monday, December 30, 2013 - 11:15
Countries and areas: 
Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
2030 Agenda migration-relevant and related target Labels: 
Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth - 8.8 on labor rights for migrant workers
Targets on vulnerability and protection
GCM Thematic Cluster Areas: 
Objective 6: Facilitate fair and ethical recruitment and safeguard conditions that ensure decent work
Contributors: 
International Organizations
Member States
Chairmanship: 
Sweden 2013-2014
Geographical Relevance: 
Regional
Tags: 
Regional Consultative Processes and International Regional Fora, Policy Coherence, Gender
Summary: 

This project is designed to strengthen national institutional capacities to govern labour migration and to reinforce male and female migrant worker protection. The project:

i) provides national stakeholders with knowledge, capacities and practical tools to elaborate and implement coherent rights-based, gender-sensitive labour migration policies through consultation with social partners and relevant civil society organizations;

ii) supports the reinforcement of national laws and practices concerning labour migration and the protection of migrant workers in light of relevant international instruments, and;

iii) supports an intra-regional dialogue on labour mobility and protection of migrant workers.

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GFMD Source: 

GFMD 2013-2014 - Thematic Meeting 1 "Operationalizing Mainstreaming of Migration in Development Policy and Integrating Migration in the Post-2015 UN Development Agenda ".