The quest for decent work and livelihood opportunities is a key driver of migration around the world, with 70 per cent of working age international migrants counted as migrant workers (ILO 2019). Similarly, in the African continent, labour migration has grown significantly in terms of its complexity and scope despite that Africa lag other regions in number of international migrant workers hosting only 13.7 million or 8.1 percent of the global figures.
As part of the management structure of the project, the ILO is organizing a workshop to strengthen the Common Approach on BLMA and skills development among Labour migration advisory group (LMAG) in East and Horn of Africa from 31st January -1st February 2024 in Entebbe, Uganda. The workshop will be an opportunity for experience sharing, taking stock of progress made by the project, capacity development and providing strategic and policy guidance, drawing on the Commitments made at the last LMAG as well as at the Africa Labour Migration Conference (ALMC) held in October 2023 in Abidjan.
