Improved management of labour mobility and reduction of irregular migration

This project aims at supporting the implementation of the Ethiopian Government’s Jobs Compact, announced in September 2016, which includes nine pledges to support improved access of refugees to labour market, education and integration opportunities. The Jobs Compact arose in the follow-up to the New York Declaration on Refugees and Migrants, and its annex entitled the “Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework” (CRRF), adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in September 2016. The project builds on ongoing work to implement the CRRF and coordinate efforts to enhance refugee self-reliance in Ethiopia, which has been identified by UNHCR, in consultation with its member States, as one of the pilot countries for this exercise as part of the process in the lead-up to a Global Compact for Refugees. ILO interventions will be framed within the ILO-UNHCR Memorandum of Understanding, as revised on 2016, and the ensuing operational joint plan of action to concretize this institutional partnership. The project will focus on: (1) strengthening ILO strategic positioning in the national refugee response and leveraging new opportunities to support the implementation of the Jobs Compact and the identification of a Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework; (2) enhancing the capacity of relevant government institutions and of the social partners to support the implementation of the Jobs Compact; (3) identifying the labour market demand requirements as well as potential sectors for job creation; (4) supporting a sustainable supply chain approach; and (5) conducting pilot activities. Interventions will draw on the experience of the ILO’s Syrian refugee response in Jordan and Turkey, and will offer opportunities to operationalize the ILO Guiding Principles on the access of refugees and other forcibly displaced persons to the labour market, and to apply the Employment and Decent Work for Peace and Resilience, 2017 (No. 205), in particular by supporting the active engagement of ILO tripartite constituents in the implementation of the Jobs Compact. This project contributes to the country’s efforts to advance towards the achievement of SDG targets 8.8 (Protect labour rights and promote safe and secure working environments for all workers, including migrant workers, in particular women migrant, and those in precarious employment) and 10.7 (Facilitate orderly, safe and regular and responsible migration and mobility of people, including through the implementation of planned and well-managed migration policies).

Project symbol

ETH/18/01/RBS

Admin unit

CO-Addis Ababa

Start date

01/03/2018

End date

30/04/2020

Total allocation

367741

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

367741

Development Partners

Core voluntary funds (RBSA)

Country/Countries

Ethiopia

Outcomes

Outcome 7: Adequate and effective protection at work for all