Labour Migration Governance - Gaps and Challenges in Selected Member States in

This considers the effective application of labour standards and ethical recruitment, addressing the key constraints of skills shortages and increasing recognition of qualifications, and obtaining relevant and comparable labour migration and labour market data and knowledge about governance of labour migration and protection of migrants. [...] RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES FOR THE STUDY IOM, within the framework of the JLMP implementation, commissioned this baseline assessment with the objective of strengthening the capacity of the ECOWAS, the SADC, the EAC and selected Member States in the management of labour migration within their respective regions and countries and in building on existing information.1 The baseline assessment aimed to i. [...] Labour Migration Governance 7 Gaps and Challenges in Selected Member States in ECOWAS, EAC and SADC The AUC has established the African Migration Observatory in Morocco, the African Centre for the Study and Research on Migration in Mali and the Centre for Migration, Development and Population Studies in the Sudan. [...] Recognizing the important contributions made by Nigerians in the diaspora, the Government set up the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), whose mandate is to ensure that Nigerians in the 15 The programme focuses on the policies and regulations in place, the recruitment and employment agencies involved, the voices and perspectives of labour migrants working in the Gulf States, the bargaining. [...] Labour migration governance: Instruments and structures 18 The Department for Legal and Consular Affairs, under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Senegalese Abroad and the Ministry of Interior, is on the forefront of leading and coordinating migration-related issues.24 All instruments related to labour migration in place ensure the protection of Senegalese and foreign workers with the right to l.