REGIONAL LEVEL

ASupport the dialogue on labour migration in ECOWAS Member States and Mauritania through the Regional Tripartite Social Dialogue Forum

Assist the ECOWAS Commission in promoting the harmonization of labour legislations and improve the governance of labour and skills mobility in the region

Support the harmonization of qualification recognition policies

Build ECOWAS capacities in:

• Labour migration policy development

• Labour migration data collection and management

NATIONAL LEVEL

Assist ECOWAS Member States and Mauritania in:

• Development and adoption of national migration policies

• Implementation of the General Convention on Social security

• Protection of migrant workers’ rights

• Informing migrant workers of their rights and obligations

• Informing social partners and migrant workers associations on the project

This project is funded by the European Union and ECOWAS

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The Free Movement and Migration (FMM) West Africa project supports free movement and migration in the region.

FMM West Africa aims at strengthening the capacities of the ECOWAS Commission and national governments in the area of Labour Migration. It supports ECOWAS in implementing its Labour and Employment Policy and Action plan adopted in 2009 and building its capacity in labour migration management.

The project also supports the improvement of the labour market information systems in the region and regional standard setting for the protection of migrant workers and promotes regional dialogue on labour migration.

FMM West Africa is funded by the European Union and the ECOWAS Commission. It is implemented jointly by the International Organization for Migration, the International Centre for Migration Policy Development and the International Labour Organization.

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