Hybrid workshop on Migration governance: Preparatory sub-regional meetings for employers and governments in East Africa

Employers and governments of eight countries in East Africa including Egypt will meet in Nairobi, Kenya in preparation for the IMRF 2022.

The International Organisation of Employers in collaboration with the International Organization for Migration are organizing a series of sub-regional meetings for employers and governments in preparation for the International Migration Review Forum (IMRF) due to take place on 16-20 May 2022. The purpose of these sub-regional meetings is to bring together the valuable expertise of the participants and build on the outcomes of the employers’ consultations to draft an African Employers Declaration to be presented at the IMRF 2022.

The first sub-regional meeting takes place on 22-23 February 2022 for eight countries in East Africa. Employers and government representatives from Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda will come together in Nairobi, Kenya for public-private dialogue with the objective to:

1. foster genuine and constructive dialogue between employers and policymakers on migration related issues.
2. identify concrete solutions to be implemented in cooperation with employers and governments to ease the movement of workers where/when needed in the labour market.

IOE and its members in Africa and across the world actively promote regular pathways for migration that are responsive to labour market realities and conducive to responsible recruitment. Employers stand ready to support governments in the implementation of the Global Compact for Migration (GCM), in particular the objectives 5 on legal pathways, 6 on recruitment and 18 on skills development and recognition. The dialogue meetings will focus on these objectives.

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