Governing Labour Migration and Enhancing Coherence with Employment Policies
Online
Governing Labour Migration and Enhancing Coherence with Employment Policies
17 February–28 March 2025
The course is available in English
Key features
GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
An action-oriented, highly participative approach will be used, with particular attention devoted to sharing international experiences with a view to their adaptation and practical application.
INTEGRATED E-LEARNING
An innovative e-learning experience combining self-paced modules, webinars and discussions, case studies, forum debates, role-play exercises and group work using up-to-date learning methods and technologies.
THREE PHASES
Learning begins at own pace, continues through high-quality, engaging “real time” sessions and ends with an individual assignment.
PEER-TO-PEER LEARNING
Practitioners from different parts of the world and different background will join the e-learning to share with participants their concrete experience and actions on how establishing fair recruitment practices.
Introduction to the course
The growing impact of migration on the world of work is testing current migration management systems. There is an emerging concern for the need to better coordinate migration and labour migration policies with those of employment, education and training. This requires cooperation between national education and labour ministries and with other ministries that have responsibility for migration policy, as well as their counterparts across borders. This online training will build and strengthen the capacities of practitioners and policy makers to design and implement labour migration policies through access to tools and instruments for evidence-based policy making on labour migration and ensuring policy coherence. The training will offer an innovative e-learning platform for open dialogue between participants from various ministries, workers' and employers' organizations representatives and other relevant stakeholders to build their capacity and skills to promote policy coherence at national and regional level with regards to labour migration. This specialized course enables you to join a virtual global network of labour migration practitioners flexibly and without needing to travel.
Who attends this course?
The course is designed in particular for officials and practitioners from Ministries dealing with migration, officials and practitioners from Ministries of Labour, representatives of employers and workers' organization, staff from RECs or international organisations. Participants should hold positions that are involved in decision-making directly or in an advisory capacity and are interested in applying the ILO guidelines and approach on fair and effective governance of labour migration.
What will I be able to do?
The course is timely given that many countries are embarking on the development of their national migration or labour migration polices. In addition, there is a worldwide push to move towards coherent and evidence based policy-making.
The objectives of the course are the following:
- Building the capacities of key stakeholders dealing with labour migration in developing fair and effective labour migration governance frameworks, institutions and services to protect migrant workers
- Understanding of the impact of, and the dynamics associated with labour migration and to manage and regulate labour migration in a manner that is beneficial to the national labour market (whether country of origin or destination), as well as to the migrants themselves
- Empowering participants to successfully contribute to their respective countries’/ organizations’ policies while having a direct impact on how policies are developed and implemented
- Analysing approach taken by both countries of origin and destination in the coherence between their employment and migration policies through case studies
- Providing tools to better develop and implement labour migration policies.
What will I learn?
This course is based on ILO standards and guidelines on labour migration
AN INTRODUCTORY MODULE AND CONTEXT
Key concepts, definition and dynamics related to labour migration, the importance of access to decent work for migrant workers and impact of labour migration on labour markets for both origin and destination
MODULE 1: ENSURING FAIR AND EFFECTIVE LABOUR MIGRATION GOVERNANCE
- The policy making process for developing a national labour migration policy
- Ensuring a participatory approach through consultation and social dialogue
- Adopting a rights-based approach to labour migration
- Regional and international cooperation and harmonization of labour migration policies
- Good practices on governance of labour migration
- Adopting a gender-sensitive approach to labour migration governance
- Implementing labour migration policies: Coordination mechanisms
- Monitoring and Evaluation of labour migration policies
MODULE 2: PROMOTING COHERENCE BETWEEN EMPLOYMENT AND LABOUR MIGRATION POLICIE
- Defining policy coherence
- The policy coherence cycle
- Policy coherence stakeholders in employment, education/training and labour migration
- Main intersectional issues in policy coherence
- Good practices on coherence
- Guidelines on promoting coherence among employment, education/training and labour migration policies
APPLYING KNOWLEDGE ACQUIRED DURING THE COURSE / FOLLOW UP:
- Group work / simulation exercise
- Provision of practical tools such as:
- Labour migration template
- Policy development /implementation checklist
How?
The course consists of a number of online modules offered through the ITCILO e-Campus online platform to be completed over a period of six weeks for an estimated 60 learning hours. The course is broken down into three phases:
The course is broken down into three phases:
- Flexible learning (asynchronous): self-guided online learning on e-campus, forum of discussion facilitated by experts and assessment throughout the different phases of the course.
- ‘Real time’ learning: Live interactive sessions and engaging video presentations by highly experienced trainers, blended with individual and collaborative group exercises, peer-to-peer assessment and online technical forums on eCampus
- End of course assignment (asynchronous): Individual assignment applying the teachings acquired during the course
Participants who successfully complete all assessments including the final assignment will receive a Certificate of Achievement.
Why should I join?
The Turin Centre is known for its innovative learning tools and methodologies.
- Course facilitators are subject matter experts and specialists;
- Training delivery includes online and tutor based learning opportunities;
- Participants exchange knowledge and ideas on existing good practices.
This course qualifies for the ITCILO Diploma for Labour Migration Experts and Practitioners. Take the Academy on Labour Migration, three courses out of all eligible courses within a five year period, and complete a capstone project to become part of a global cadre of practitioners and experts with a recognised set of skills in labour migration policy.
What will I be required to do during the course?
The course is offered in English. The following requirements are therefore essential to participate in this course:
- The ability to use and access a computer with internet;
- working knowledge of written English;
- the availability to dedicate per week between 5-10 hours to the course.
How to Apply?
Interested candidates should register on-line clicking on the “APPLY NOW” button at the top-right of the page.
Selection will be based on the following criteria:
- Proven work experience in relevant field
- Submission of a letter of sponsorship to cover the total course fees
Cost and payment
The cost of participation is payable in advance by the participant or his or her sponsoring organization.
