FAIRWAY

The FAIRWAY Program is an inter-regional development cooperation project to improve conditions of labour migration across migration pathways from Africa to Arab States and to better protect all migrant workers in vulnerable situations within the Arab states region, thereby enabling them to contribute more fully to sustainable development in both countries of origin and destination. Focusing primarily on key sectors in which migrant workers in vulnerable situations are engaged (including domestic work and construction sectors) the project addresses the interlinked structural, behavioural and practical barriers to improved labour migration outcomes through four objectives: (1) Engaging with the private sector, employers’ and workers’ organizations (2) Developing or strengthening gender-responsive policy frameworks for fair recruitment and decent work and regulatory compliance; (3) Reducing discriminatory attitudes towards women and men migrant workers; and (4) Improving access to information and support services to migrant workers throughout the migration cycle. The project addresses underlying causes of decent work deficits at their source through national-level interventions in selected countries of origin in East (Ethiopia, Kenya, and Uganda), West (Nigeria) and North Africa (Morocco). In addition, sub-regional and inter-regional interventions serve to identify areas of common interest and improve understanding of key stakeholders’ respective needs, creating an environment conducive to cooperation across labour migration corridors. The project provides continuity to interventions in countries of destination in the Arab States initiated under Fairway Middle East (2016-2019), targeting low-skilled migrant workers from all regions. The project is incorporated into the ILO’s broader Global Labour Migration Governance programme and is aligned with the SDC Global Programme on Migration and Development (GPMD) Strategic Framework Migration Strategy

Project symbol

GLO/19/06/CHE

Admin unit

RO-Arab States/DWT-Beirut
MIGRANT
RO-Africa

Start date

01/12/2019

End date

31/03/2024

Total allocation

10811211

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

10811211

Development Partners

Switzerland, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation

Country/Countries

Arab States - regional
Global
Bahrain
Ethiopia
Kenya
Lebanon
Nigeria
Africa - regional
Morocco
Jordan
Kuwait
Uganda

Outcomes

Outcome 6: Protection at work for all