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Extending Social Protection to Migrant Workers: Exploratory Research and Policy Dialogue in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries - Final evaluation

eval_number:

3251

eval_title:

Extending Social Protection to Migrant Workers: Exploratory Research and Policy Dialogue in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries - Final evaluation

location:

region:

Arab States

country:

Arab States - regional

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eval_url:

https://analyticstest.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/3251

recommendations:

title:

Strengthen and promote a genuine social dialogue in the GCC countries, where possible, while engaging and strengthening migrant workers’ associations, unions or federations. Bring together social partners in regional workshops and consultations to discuss the implementation of new legislations and policies; dialogue could focus in its initial phases on issues that are less controversial and that may trigger less sensitivities. Exchanges with countries of good practices within or outside the region (e.g. Kuwait and Oman) could help to change perceptions and attitudes of policy-makers towards bringing them on the table, together with employers, the private sector and constituents.

url:

https://analyticstest.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/recommendations/2336053

action_plan:

The project established consistent and trustworthy channels of communication and dialogue with ministries of labor, social security institutions, chambers and unions at the national level in Kuwait, Oman, and Qatar, and at the regional level with the GCC Executive Bureau of Ministries of Labour. Building on this result, the new STREAM Program, will expand dialogue to include migrant workers' advocacy groups and systematically gauge the perceptions and needs of workers to accompany legislation reforms and their implementations. In turn, the ILO has already launched a mapping of CSOs operating on issues of migration in the Gulf in order to identify best dialogue counterparts and implementing partners. the ILO is expanding an initial brief gender analysis that defines the contours of the involvement of CSOs in dialogue and implementation. This is key for a genuine social dialogue knowing that representing women migrant workers in decision-making circles and allowing their active, inclusive and engaged participation relies on who is representing them and how. This is not only a challenge to tackle in the Gulf but also in countries of origin where power dynamics and gender roles and relations play a big role in who is leading on behalf of migrant workers

date:

2024-11-28 00:00:00.0

progress:

Achieved

management_response:

Completed

information_source:

Regional Office

admin_units:

RO-Arab States/DWT-Beirut

project_symbols:

RAB/20/01/CHE

themes:

theme:

Governance and Tripartism

category:

Social dialogue

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