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Summary : National / International Consultant Cartographic Country Study on Potential Partnerships for Skills and Migration

Deadline : 27 Feb 2019

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I. BACKGROUND AND INTRODUCTION

In September 2016, Heads of State adopted the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants [1] at the United Nations General Assembly. The Declaration aimed to ensure a fair migration for all and to strengthen global governance of migration through the development of a Global Compact for Migration and a Global Compact for Refugees. Subsequently, the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration was adopted by the UN General Assembly on 9 December 2018 in Marrakech [2].

The Pact is based on international conventions, including international labor standards of the International Labor Organization (ILO) on the promotion of decent work and labor migration. To this end, and recognizing the need for a Global Partnership on Skills and Migration, Goal 18 of the Compact is dedicated to investing in skills development and facilitating the mutual recognition of skills, qualifications and skills. It calls on Member States to "build global skills partnerships among countries to strengthen the training capacity of national authorities and relevant stakeholders, including the private sector and trade unions,

As a result, the ILO, in collaboration with IOM, UNESCO, OIE and ITUC, is launching the Global Partnership on Skills and Migration to support the development of country partnerships along migration corridors. and in some regions, through knowledge sharing and technical assistance. Most international cooperation activities in the area of ??free movement of persons concern highly qualified people. The Global Partnership on Skills and Migration will pay special attention to low-skilled and semi-skilled migrants. These migrants, who constitute a large proportion of migrants on the African continent, face constraints that hinder their mobility in regional labor markets. On the demand side, lack of recognition of skills can be a barrier to mobility or loss of skills. In addition, restrictive immigration opportunities and the lack of work permits and visas for professions requiring low or medium level skills may affect regular migration opportunities. The lack of legal protection resulting from unregulated and often temporary employment makes semi-skilled and low-skilled workers more vulnerable to exploitation. restrictive immigration opportunities and the lack of work permits and visas for professions requiring low or medium level skills may hinder regular migration opportunities. The lack of legal protection resulting from unregulated and often temporary employment makes semi-skilled and low-skilled workers more vulnerable to exploitation. restrictive immigration opportunities and the lack of work permits and visas for professions requiring low or medium level skills may hinder regular migration opportunities. The lack of legal protection resulting from unregulated and often temporary employment makes semi-skilled and low-skilled workers more vulnerable to exploitation.

The highest incidence of migration of low-skilled and semi-skilled workers to the African continent is in the West Africa, Central Africa and Sahel region. Sectors such as construction, extractive industries and services attract semi-skilled migrants, most of whom have completed secondary education or vocational training. Low-skilled migrants with basic education or less than basic education mainly work in agriculture, domestic services or participate in informal cross-border trade.

In order to ensure a context-sensitive design and a real anchoring of the Global Partnership at the national, regional and corridor levels, the ILO will organize three tripartite regional workshops in close collaboration with the respective sub-regional economic communities and within the framework of its project. SKILL-UP. The workshops will be held in 2019 and will be held in (i) Libreville, Gabon, in collaboration with the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), (ii) in Abuja, Nigeria, in collaboration with the Community of Caribbean States. West Africa (ECOWAS) and the G5 Sahel regional organization. For each workshop, the ILO suggests invite a number of countries based on the main migration corridors of each subregion and validated by the respective RECs and the Sahel G5 regional organization. At the Central Africa and Sahel workshops, constituents will identify, define and plan the implementation of tailor-made interventions to foster skills partnerships and migration between governments, employers 'and workers' organizations, training institutions, public employment services or national statistics institutes in countries of origin and destination. The workshops will be supported by regional mapping studies (West Africa, Central Africa and Sahel respectively) and country mapping studies. constituents will identify, define and plan the implementation of tailor-made interventions to foster skills partnerships and migration between governments, employers 'and workers' organizations, training institutions, public employment services or national institutes statistics in the countries of origin and destination. The workshops will be supported by regional mapping studies (West Africa, Central Africa and Sahel respectively) and country mapping studies. constituents will identify, define and plan the implementation of tailor-made interventions to foster skills partnerships and migration between governments, employers 'and workers' organizations, training institutions, public employment services or national institutes statistics in the countries of origin and destination. The workshops will be supported by regional mapping studies (West Africa, Central Africa and Sahel respectively) and country mapping studies. national statistical offices or institutes in countries of origin and destination. The workshops will be supported by regional mapping studies (West Africa, Central Africa and Sahel respectively) and country mapping studies. national statistical offices or institutes in countries of origin and destination. The workshops will be supported by regional mapping studies (West Africa, Central Africa and Sahel respectively) and country mapping studies.

While the African Union (AU), as well as ECOWAS and ECCAS legally provide for the establishment of free movement protocols through their treaties, few have actually achieved it. In addition, apart from the Arusha Convention adopted by the African Union, only ECOWAS has concluded a convention on the recognition of qualifications (in 2003). Both are limited to higher education degrees. ECCAS has recently requested technical support from the ILO for the establishment of a regional convention on the mutual recognition of qualifications, including for professions requiring low or medium skills.

II. OBJECTIVE :

In light of these concerns, this national mapping study for Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso will provide relevant background information on migration patterns to and from the country and its spatial distribution in the country; demand and supply of sectoral skills as well as skill shortages; the national system of anticipation, development and recognition of skills, and its ability to meet the needs of the local labor market; existing collaboration and potential areas for new skills partnerships.

The national mapping report will feed into a subregional mapping study prepared by an international consultant based on similar country studies for other countries in the subregion (Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Mauritania, Senegal, Chad, Nigeria, Togo). The national consultant will therefore be required to coordinate deadlines and contributions with the international consultant.

In addition, drawing on the findings of the country study, the national consultant will need to draft an 8-page Country Brief summarizing the main opportunities and challenges of Mali's skills system. Annex II provides the outline of the mentioned study.

III. DETAILS OF EACH COUNTRY STUDY (Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso): (25-30 PAGES each)

1. Analysis of existing data on regional labor migration to and from the country and its spatial distribution in the country (identify main host communities), disaggregated by sex, age, level of education or skills sector and profession, and their integration into the national labor market.

2. Analysis of national policies and programs on access of migrant workers, refugees and returnees to skills development and recognition systems and labor markets.

3. Interviews and group discussions with key actors from employers 'and workers' organizations and government agencies or from ministries responsible for skills development and recognition, including employment services and institutions offering recognition of acquired.

4. Identification of sectors and occupations with a large migrant population and examination of the supply and demand of labor in these sectors and occupations.

5. Review skill shortages in the identified sectors and determine the reason for their persistence (lack of adequate skilled labor, high turnover, poor working conditions, etc.). Examine how these skills needs are mainly met (through migrant workers, TVET training in the public and private sectors, formal / informal learning, training provided by family members, etc.), and employers express an application for recognition of skills and qualifications.

6. Mapping of TVET centers and other key public and private vocational training providers relevant to sectors identified on the basis of information from federal and state governments (Ministries of Labor and Education), private providers and their associations, as well as employers and unions, including the identification and rapid assessment of education providers and training that has proven successful in training people for migration.

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