ILO, FAIRWAY, Swiss Agency SDC To Hold Training on Migration
Oru Leonard
The International Labour Organization Abuja Country Office, within the framework of FAIRWAY Programme, is pleased is set to hold a two-day “National Stakeholders Training and Learning Session for ILO’s Stakeholders Community of Practice on “Effective Labour Migration Governance.”
According The Training is designed to strengthen the capacity of select stakeholders, including media, CSOs and workers representatives to better understand, engage and report accurately in areas related to labour migration and forced labour using ILO’s media toolkit, and other knowledge products and resources, such as the Migrant Recruitment Advisor (MRA), and the Trade Union Information Guide for Returning Migrants and Migrant Workers.
The training is scheduled to hold between 7th- 8th August, 2023 at Grand Pela Hotel and Suite, Abuja.
According to the Concept Note made available to News Dot Africa, the International Labour Organization (ILO) within the framework of the FAIRWAY Programme supported by the
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) seeks to contribute to improve labour migration conditions from Africa to the Arab States. The project is an inter-regional initiative that aims to enhance the capacities of stakeholders to protect the rights of all migrant workers especially women and other vulnerable groups along the labour migration cycle with specific focus of the labour migration corridor between Africa and the Arab States.
Additionally, the project seeks to strengthen expertise to enable migrant workers contribute to sustainable
development in both countries of origin and destination.
Recall that ILO launched a media Toolkit on Forced Labour and Fair Recruitment in 2020 to contribute to quality reportage by journalists in the area of forced labour and recruitment. Through the FAIRWAY Programme, the media toolkit for reporting on Forced Labour and Fair Recruitment has been adapted to the Nigeria context, in addition to supporting
n the development of an Information Guide for Returning Migrants and Migrant Workers, as well as policy briefs
on Promoting Better Media Reporting relating to Returning Nigerian Migrant Workers and on CSOs contributions
in Labour Migration Governance.
These resources provide reference and guidance for stakeholders across varying levels of engagement in ensuring
adequate country specific information is available during dialogue and advocacy. They further contribute towards
enriching the nation about migration governance landscape, complementing a recently revised National Policy
on Labour Migration (NPLM) 2020.
Over the course of implementing the FAIRWAY Programme, the Nigeria Country Component has facilitated training activities with media practitioners, journalists, civil society organization’s workers’ representatives, and labour writers’ Association. As part of the Programme’s Monitoring Plan, post-training surveys wth a random section of participants is expected to be conducted approximately six (6) months after the completion of trainings.
Previous surveys to evaluate the impact of the programmes’ media and civil society components of work further
recommended additional trainings and improvements in enhancing the knowledge base of the community of
practice which this engagement now builds upon.
ILO’s engagement under this component seeks to work more collaboratively with the Media, CSOs, Trade Unions
and other stakeholders in contributing to addressing discriminatory attitudes towards migrant workers in addition
to facilitating improved access to information and support services throughout the migration cycle.
Towards this end, the Programme also supported the Nigeria Labour Congress to develop a Trade Union Information Guide for Returning Nigeria Migrant Workers.
Participants will be drawn Organised Labour, CSO’s Academia and the Media.
