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📢 Launching the ᴀғʀɪᴄᴀ ʏᴏᴜᴛʜ ғᴏʀ ᴍɪɢʀᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴘʀᴏɢʀᴀᴍᴍᴇ!
Calling on qualified youth who want to become
@UNmigration
ᴍɪɢʀᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ʏᴏᴜᴛʜ ᴀᴍʙᴀssᴀᴅᴏʀs in Africa.
Interested Youths Apply here:
#1MNextLevel
#IOM
#AfricaYouthLed
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It is with great pleasure that we welcome Madame Cisse Mariama Mohamed as Director and head of the IOM Special Liaison Office in
#Addisababa
,
#Ethiopia
🇪🇹
@IOMatAU
!
Welcome, Director Cisse!
@UNmigration
@IOMchief
@AbdikerM
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#Happening
: Start of 3-day Continental Youth Consultation on Migration. The joint AU-IOM event seeks to amplify voices of young people & develop a unified stance, outlining steps to drive the migration & youth agenda forward across the continent.
#AfricanYouthVoices
📍
#Kigali
🇷🇼
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May 25 is the 60th anniversary of
#AfricaDay
, marking the creation of the
@_AfricanUnion
.
As
@UNMigration
, we recognise the efforts being made to drive continental integration in Africa and see
#migrants
as vital agents for the continent’s development and prosperity.
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The IOM family extends a warm welcome to our new Director-General,
@AmyEPope
, as she begins her duties today.
We appreciate António Vitorino, the outgoing
@IOMchief
, for guiding
@UNmigration
over the previous five years.
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IOM met with the
@_AfricanUnion
Commission's
@AU_YouthEnvoy
,
@ChidoCleoMpemba
, and her team to discuss IOM's youth programming in Africa, particularly in the areas of
#labourmigration
,
#climatemobility
,
#diaspora
, health,
#GCM
,
#AfCFTA
, & the AU Free Movement Protocol.
@AU_WGYD
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Happy
#AfricaYouthDay
2023!
This year’s theme reflects the power of youth-led initiatives in driving positive change, uniting communities, and transcending boundaries for a more inclusive and dynamic
#Africa
.
#PeopleMove
#MigrantsRights
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Join
@IOMatAU
on Twitter Spaces as we discuss migration issues in Africa and how we can harness the potential of human mobility and
#AfricanYouthVoices
for sustainable development.
⏰ 29 Aug 2023, 6pm (CAT)
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A new narrative ✍️ on African
#migration
is in the process of being crafted 📖 with the launch of the first ever
#AfricaMigrationReport
in
#Addisababa
🇪🇹 today.
Congratulations to the
@IOMEthiopia
team!!!
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The
#AfricaMigrationReport
is the very first edition of an
#African
specific
#migration
report. This first publication seeks to challenge the dominant narrative about migration on the continent, which is usually flawed and misconstrued.
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In her first official meeting since arriving in Ethiopia,
@IOMChief
Amy E. Pope met with H.E.
@AmbSamate
,
@_AfricanUnion
Commissioner for
@AU_HHS
to reaffirm IOM's support to the AU in implementing migration programmes and initiatives under the AUC-IOM Cooperation Agreement.
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A big Congratulations 👏👏 to
@_AfricanUnion
and
@UNmigration
for successfully launching the
#AfricaMigrationReport
today!
DOWNLOAD:
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DG Pope welcomed participants to the High-level Policy Roundtable on Regional Integration and Human Mobility in the East and Horn of Africa, praising IOM, EAC, & IGAD partnership as an example of collaboration to advance knowledge of how migration is touching millions of lives.
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Today July 29 is tree planting day in
#Ethiopia
. A record-breaking 200 million
#trees
TODAY. 4 billion to be planted in the country this year. Thanks to
#UNEthiopia
who joined hands to plant a tree😊. It's never too late!
@UNmigration
@mfaethiopia
@MaureenAAchieng
@PMEthiopia
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Applications for
@UNmigration
ᴍɪɢʀᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ʏᴏᴜᴛʜ ᴀᴍʙᴀssᴀᴅᴏʀs in Africa have closed.
Thank you very much for your participation!
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SAVE THE DATE
Join us at the African Business and Human Rights Forum 2023
#ABHRForum
to discuss migration, free movement & mobility under
@AFCFTA
.
🗓️ 5 September, 11am EAT (GMT+3)
📍
@_AfricanUnion
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
🔗
🟢 Join:
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"High-Level Policy Roundtable on Regional Integration & Human Mobility in East & Horn Africa" co-hosted by:
@IOMatAU
@igadsecretariat
,
@Jumuiya
, &
@africa_amani
Special Guest: Amy E. Pope -
@IOMchief
DATE: 10 October, 07:30-9:25 a.m EAT
VENUE: Hyatt Regency,
#AddisAbaba
.
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IOM is proud to announce the signing of a new 3-year Cooperation Agreement with the
@_AfricanUnion
.
Covering 2022–2025, the agreement outlines collaboration based on a shared vision for
#migration
and mobility for
#Africa
|s development.
@AU_HHS
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📌Oppotunity
🔍 International Consultant needed for Feasibility Study on Migrant Welfare Programme in Uganda.
AU-ILO-IOM-ECA Joint Labour Migration Programme - JLMP.
📆 Closing date: 10 July 2023
Apply here: 🔗
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.
@_AfricanUnion
& IOM have convened the 2nd Experts & Social Partners Review Meeting on the Draft Plan of Action on the Implementation of the Global Compact of Migration
#GCM
in Africa where further actions to support roll out on the continent are under discussion.
#Mombasa
🇰🇪
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Find the "Joint AU-IOM Youth Declaration and Call to Action on Migration and Youth on the African Continent" drafted earlier this month in Kigali, Rwanda 🇷🇼.
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Happy
#AfricaDay
!
Today and everyday, we join in celebrating the continent’s rich arts, culture, and heritage, including that of its many of migrants around the world!
Here's a message from IOM Ethiopia's
@MaureenAAchieng
.
@_AfricanUnion
#AfricaDay2021
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Happening Today...
"Global Compact for Migration
#GCM
Champion Countries Conversation with Youth in Africa".
⏩ The Pan-African Forum on Migration
#PAFoM2023
📅 31 Oct
⌚ 9am-12pm
📍
#Gaborone
🇧🇼
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A riveting engagement organised by IOM at the
#APRMYouth
Symposium in
#Kampala
brought into focus how young people view the drivers of migration in
#Africa
, the centrality of
#freemovement
on the continent, the scourge of
#traffickinginpersons
,
#climatechange
and more.
#APRM
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This week
@_AfricanUnion
and
@UNmigration
held the Inaugural African Youth Consultation on
#Migration
in Kigali 🇷🇼 where the first cohort of AU-IOM Migration Youth Ambassadors for Africa were appointed.
Congratulations to the winners!
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#JLMP
and Govt. of
#cotedivoire
🇨🇮 are validating a new report on the Labour Market Information System (LMIS) in the country and using recommendations to build the capacity of national stakeholders on innovative production of
#labourmigration
data and statistics.
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#GCM
Champion countries & Youth Ambassadors for Migration in Africa discussed Global Compact for Migration implementation, its capacity-building mechanism, & engagement in the upcoming GCM Regional Review process in Africa.
#PAFOM8
#Botswana
🇧🇼
@ECA_OFFICIAL
@AU_HHS
@UNMigNetwork
2
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The Minister of Labour for Malawi, H.E. Vera Kamtukule launched the JLMP Action in
#Malawi
, saying the project will help her country finalise and formalize several labour migration initiatives and frameworks to achieve better migration governance.
@MalawiGovt
@Min_of_Labour
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TWITTER SPACE
Join
@UNmigration
&
@APRMorg
tomorrow as a dynamic panel discusses
#youthmobility
in
#Africa
and economic development.
@staa_boss
@jattamensah
@lennonmonyae
@batlokoamakong
@foundationtiti
@sarahhbadrr23
@yaftemopa
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.
@UNmigration
joins the
@_AfricanUnion
Humanitarian Summit Youth Pre-Event meeting in Nairobi, Kenya - Tue 10 to Wed 11 May - to discuss the threat of humanitarian crises on youth mobility, capital dvpt & the broader African integration agenda.
#Agenda2063
#africayouthledforum
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In a 3-day meeting in Addis Ababa, senior IOM officials from Africa Regional Offices,
@IomAcbc
, and HQ are discussing ways to improve collaboration in order to better implement the IOM Continental Strategy for Africa (2020-2024) &
#migration
programmes & operations in Africa.
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.
@IOMchief
Mr Vitorino attended the
@_AfricanUnion
Extraordinary Humanitarian Summit & Pledging Conference, and Extraordinary Summit on Terrorism and Unconstitutional Changes of Government in
#Malabo
where he expressed IOM's commitment to continue supporting African countries.
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Chapter in the upcoming joint IOM-AU 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐌𝐢𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 2nd Ed. explains how
#freemovement
of people can help Africa reap benefits, incl. from informal cross-border trade.
Authors
@ECA_official
&
@AfCFTA
share key insights.
JOIN:
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📢 Want to become a ᴍɪɢʀᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ʏᴏᴜᴛʜ ᴀᴍʙᴀssᴀᴅᴏʀ under the ᴀғʀɪᴄᴀ ʏᴏᴜᴛʜ ғᴏʀ ᴍɪɢʀᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴘʀᴏɢʀᴀᴍᴍᴇ?
More information⬇️
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AU-ECA-ILO-IOM Joint Labour Migration Programme (JLMP) partners are sharing results, best practices & lesson from 3 years of implementing the JLMP Priority Project & discussing how positives can cascade to the ongoing JLMP Action Project.
#JLMPle23
@SweinEthiopia
@SwissAddisAbaba
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Today,
@UNmigration
attended the
@_AfricanUnion
Ministerial meeting of the 4th Ordinary Session of the Specialized Technical Committee (STC) on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons taking place May 23 - 24, 2020 in
#Malabo
, Equatorial Guinea.
#AUHS2022
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The
@_AfricanUnion
&
@IOMatAU
are visiting
@IOM_GMDAC
in Germany in accordance with the AU-IOM cooperation agreement.
They're discussing ways to improve coordination & collaboration on
#migrationdata
& how to bolster capacity of the new AU Centers on Migration Data & Research.
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HAPPENING THIS THURSDAY:
Join us for the Launch of the first ever Africa Migration Report!
🔹Thursday 15 October, 1pm East African Time.
🔹Register on ZOOM:
#AfricaMigrationReport
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What challenges will the 2nd Edition of Africa Migration Report
#AMR
address? What will it focus on? IOM,
@AfricanUnion
, & experts are meeting in
#Addisababa
to discuss this!
Report builds on the 1st Ed. (2020), which addressed a range of issues that have recently come to light.
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Following signing of the AUC-IOM 3-year agreement in February
@_AfricanUnion
&
@UNmigration
are holding a retreat in Addis Ababa bringing together AUC departments, divisions, organs, IOM Regional Offices in Africa,
@IomAcbc
&
@IOM_GMDAC
to finalize the joint implementation plan.
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📆 Fri. 7 July
⏲️ 16.30-17.30 East Africa
Join a discussion at
@_AfricanUnion
on how the increased exchange of goods across African countries is creating
#labourmobility
opportunities that call for improved governance of people's movement.
REGISTER:
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A much-needed initiative providing policymakers & other stakeholders with much-needed knowledge & evidence on the status of migration in the East and Horn of Africa, African regional integration, as well as changing policy frameworks & guidelines in Africa.
#AfricaMigrationReport
📢The first ‘State of Migration in the East and Horn of Africa Report’ will be launched by
@UNmigration
and Kenya’s President, H.E.
@WilliamsRuto
on May 2⃣nd in Nairobi, Kenya. The ground-breaking report focuses on human mobility and regional integration.
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IOM was truly pleased to receive a delegation from the Kenya Parliamentary Committee on Diaspora Affairs & Migrant Workers for a thought-provoking and enlightening discussion on how to engage and involve the Kenyan 🇰🇪 diaspora for the country's development.
@KenyaEmbAddis
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IOM is excited to next week join
@_AfricanUnion
, African Member States, Regional Economic Communities (RECs) & partners for the 8th PAN-AFRICAN FORUM ON MIGRATION to discuss the
#Freemovement
& Free Trade nexus in
#AfCFTA
.
#PAFoM2023
📍
#Gaborone
#Botswana
📅Oct 31-Nov 2, 2023.
#SavetheDate
: 8️⃣Pan-African Forum on Migration
#PAFoM
!
📍Gaborone, Botswana🇧🇼
📅Oct 31-Nov 2, 2023.
@_AfricanUnion
member states,
#RECs
& key actors will explore critical connections between
#migration
,
#labour
,
#freemovement
&
#freetrade
in the context of
@AfCFTA
.
#PAFOM8
️⃣
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IOM is glad to be participating in the 1st Regional Popularization Workshop for the new
@_AfricanUnion
policies on the prevention of
#traffickinginpersons
(TIP) and prevention of
#smugglingofmigrants
(SoM) in Africa
📍
#Mauritius
🇲🇺
📆 15-17 August
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3rd Edition of Report on Labour Migration Statistics in Africa (2019) - released 18 November 2021.
KEY HIGHLIGHTS:
▶️ Report provides summary statistics for the period spanning from 2010 to 2019.
▶️ Working age pop in Africa in 2019 was 730 million people (26% ⬆️ since 2010)...
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#PAFOM
7 in
#Kigali
,
#Rwanda
.
"At IOM we recognize climate change & environmental factors have long had an impact on global migration flows, as people have historically left places with harsh or deteriorating conditions."
@AissataKaneIOM
, Senior Regional Advisor to IOM DG.
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IOM has joined East and Horn of Africa and Southern Africa member states to jointly review achievements made possible through the US PRM 🇺🇸 supported Africa Regional Migration Program and to explore ways to strengthen collaboration by the regions.
📍Cape Town 🇿🇦
@StatePRM
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IOM met with its partner The African Union
@AU_HHS
to craft a Joint AUC-IOM Workplan on
#migration
interventions for 2022.
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IOM and
@_AfricanUnion
colleagues bid farewell to colleague Phumza Manqindi 🇿🇦, who is departing
@IOMatAU
after almost 7 years of dedicated service building partnerships with the AU and
@ECA_OFFICIAL
on
#migration
issues in
#Africa
Best wishes in your new duty station Phumza!
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World Day Against Trafficking in Persons
30 July 2023
Hundreds of thousands of people are living in situations of exploitation around the globe. The staggering numbers of women, men and children trafficked is a call to action to all of us!
#EndHumanTrafficking
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IOM applauds
@_AfricanUnion
for forming the Office of the Special Envoy on Women, Peace and Security in the Bureau of the Chairperson & for including women, children, the displaced & vulnerable in strategies such as for DRR & climate change adaptation.
#IWD2023
#EmbraceEquity
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Addressing the Strategic Committee on Programmes and Finance (SCPF) today, IOM Director General António Vitorino
@IOMChief
shared ongoing developments, including IOM's Continental Strategy for Africa 2020-2024, & emphasized the importance of improving strategic planning.
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Director General of
@UNmigration
Mr António Manuel de Carvalho Ferreira Vitorino is on a visit to
@IOMEthiopia
today and tomorrow.
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DAY 2 -
#PAFOM
"Without recognizing migration as an adaptation option there are risks that migration, with limited responses, becomes a maladaptation.
From a Youth perspective we need a shift from dutiful policy papers to action."
Climate Change Activist
@KobusingeRose1
#COP27
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HAPPENING THIS WEEK:
Join us for the Launch of the first ever Africa Migration Report!
Register on ZOOM:
#AfricaMigrationReport
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.
@IOM_GMDAC
&
@_AfricanUnion
"Capacity Building Workshop on Data on
#Migration
" in Africa opens in Nouakchott, Mauritania where national
#statistical
offices,
#Labour
/Home Affairs Ministries & those in charge of migration exchange on key
#data
needs.
@UNmigration
@AU_Economy
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IOM joined
@ECA_OFFICIAL
and
@AU_HHS
to lead an enlightening and wide-ranging panel discussion with African Member States on evidence to date and the benefits of bolstering the increasing link between
#freemovement
#labourmigration
and trade.
#PAFoM8
#PAFoM2023
🇧🇼
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IOM &
@AU_HHS
have convened Senior Officials of the
@_AfricanUnion
Horn of Africa Initiative on Trafficking in Persons & Smuggling of Migrants (AU-HoAI) in
#Mombasa
,
#Kenya
🇰🇪 to take stock of the first 5 years, review structures, & plan engagements for the next 5-year phase.
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Today is
#AfricaDay
!
We join in celebrating the spirit of unity which drives the integration agenda of our founding fathers, and is critical to the realisation of The Africa We Want.
#AfricaDay2021
#AfricanHeritage
#AfricanCustoms
#AfCFTA
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The Catalytic Actions of the AU-ILO-IOM-ECA Joint Labour Migration Programme (JLMP Action) was launched in
#Ethiopia
🇪🇹.
JLMP Action is launching in selected countries & RECs, with 🇪🇹 being the latest country after Malawi, Cote d'Ivoire & Cameroon.
@SwissHumAidUnit
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#HappeningToday
Today, from 1pm East African Time, join
@_AfricanUnion
and
@UNmigration
, to launch the first ever
#AfricaMigrationReport
.
Register on ZOOM:
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We're working with 10 African Member States:
🇩🇯🇪🇬🇪🇷🇪🇹🇰🇪🇱🇾🇸🇴🇸🇸🇸🇩🇹🇳
and
@_AfricanUnion
,
@UNHCREthiopia
,
@IGADMigration
,
@INTERPOL_HQ
,
@UNODC_EA
,
#EACCPO
in the African Union Horn of Africa Initiative on Trafficking in Persons (AU-HoAI) to
#EndHumanTrafficking
.
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🗓️ Join us tomorrow (15 Feb).
Side Event on the margins of the 36th Ordinary Session of the AU Assembly.
"The Climate Migration Nexus: How to Respond to Environmental Degradation, Protect People & Uphold the Potential of Migration"
🕐 7-9AM (GMT+3)
🔗
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IOM & the
@_AfricanUnion
, under the AU-ILO-IOM-ECA Joint Labour Migration Programme
#JLMP
framework, are validating findings of a study mapping the pre-departure and post-arrival information needs of
#migrantworkers
on the East and Horn of Africa – Gulf
#labourmigration
corridor.
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AU-ILO-IOM-UNECA Joint Labour Migration Programme
#JLMP
partners met with
@Sida
@SwissHumAidUnit
&
@giz_gmbh
to update on implementation, the plight of African
#migrantworkers
& how the programme can continue to provide solutions through well-governed labour migration.
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IOM met
@Sida
to discuss collaboration on migration programmes that contribute to Africa's regional integration & dvpt.
SIDA has consistently supported work of the Joint Labour Migration Programme (
#JLMP
) & Free Movement Protocol, carried out in conjunction with
@_AfricanUnion
.
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IOM is pleased to be attending the ongoing
@_AfricanUnion
Stakeholder Coordination Meeting on Accelerating Ratification of the Free Movement Protocol.
📅 18-19 April 2023
📍Harare, Zimbabwe
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#IOM
led by its Director General
@IOMchief
last week had the pleasure to join and participate in frank discussions w/ Heads of State & Government,
@_AfricanUnion
and UN officials, and other partners at the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa.
#AUSummit2023
#migration
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Today, partners of the AU-ECA-ILO-IOM Joint Labour Migration Programme
#JLMP
formally inaugurated the JLMP Lead Project, funded by the Government of
#Sweden
, where the significance of strengthening
#labourmigration
governance in Africa was reemphasised.
@SweinEthiopia
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Launch of the 4-day Inter-REC Dialogue on Labour in
#Djibouti
.
#AU
Regional Economic Communities (RECs) and partners are sharing experiences in governing migration and
#labourmigration
and how to report on progress and challenges on continental commitments.
#JLMP
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Director General of
@UNmigration
Mr Vitorino
@IOMchief
at
#IFMStats
2020 in
#Cairo
notes that data goes beyond numbers, calls for quality analysis of data, thoughtful communication and turning insights into action.
#MigrationStats
@IOM_GMDAC
@statafric
@IOM_MENA
@IOMEgypt
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.
@MaureenAAchieng
at the '
#IGAD
Ministerial Meeting for the Endorsement of the Free Movement Protocol in the Region' in
#Khartoum
applauds Member States for making the commitment to effectively govern
#migration
in a way that fosters development and
#regionalintegration
.
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IOM is working with youth groups
on migration issues & to advocate for the ratification of the continental
#FreeMovementProtocol
.
Thanks to Model African Union Ethiopia (MAU-ET) and Nile Youth Development Actions (NYDA) for completing simulation exercises on the work IOM does.
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The AU-ILO-IOM-ECA Joint Labour Migration Programme
#JLMP
is working to improve the governance of
#labourmigration
in
#Africa
with initiatives being cascaded to African Member States and Regional Economic Communities.
📢
#PressRelease
!
#JLMP
,
#ARMP
& Govt.🇨🇮 validate the country's first report on Labour Market Information System
#LMIS
📊
A significant milestone in enhancing labor market dynamics.
Read more:
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IOM
@IomAcbc
is hosting representatives of
@_AfricanUnion
Member States & social partners of the Joint Labour Migration Program (JLMP) to examine difficulties faced by African migrant workers & how to implement a new welfare programme to protect them.
➡️
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Happening This Week:
🟢 THE 7th PAN-AFRICAN FORUM ON MIGRATION (PAFoM 7)
🟢 18 - 21 October 2022
🟢 Kigali, Rwanda 🇷🇼
🟢 38 African Member States
🟢 200+ delegates
@RwandaGov
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The 2nd Edition of the Labor Migration Statistics Report has bn created with the goal to be used as a single ref database for quantitative data and statistics on international labour migration in Africa so as to inform the formulation of migration policies -
@MaureenAAchieng
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RELEASED TODAY:
Report on Labour Migration Statistics in Africa (3rd Edition).
With contribution from
#JLMP
partners,
@_AfricanUnion
@UNmigration
@ILO
@StatsSweden
& support from
@Sida
.
Read the full Report:
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The 6th Pan African Forum on Migration (PAFoM 6) is currently underway in
#Dakar
#Senegal
.
Delegates from
@_AfricanUnion
Member States & Regional Economic Communities (RECs)
@UNmigration
@ILOAfrica
+ other partners deliberate on how to support
#labourmigration
on the continent.
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AU-ILO-IOM-ECA Joint Labour Migration Programme
#JLMP
.
IOM, in collaboration with
@AU_HHS
, is this week hosting a meeting validating modules on gender responsive
#labourmigration
policy development and implementation in
@_AfricanUnion
Member States.
#Tanzania
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.
@CEEAC_ECCAS
&
@SADC_News
Member States and stakeholders are this week being equipped to better collect timely, accurate, & high-quality data & statistics on
#traffickinginpersons
&
#labourmigration
thanks to the AU-ILO-IOM-ECA Joint Labour Migration Project
#JLMP
.
📍Lusaka 🇿🇲
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Supporting improved
#labourmigration
governance in Africa.
Thanks to
@SwissMFA
the Joint Labour Migration Programme (
#JLMP
) today launched a new project phase called 'Catalytic Actions for the JLMP' that will run until 2024.
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Together with
@statafric
and
@_AfricanUnion
,
@UNmigration
has organized a Regional Capacity Building Workshop on "Collection of
#Labourmigration
data using existing and new types of Data" in
#ECCAS
MSs,
#PointeNoire
, The Republic of
#Congo
. 3 to 6 December 2019.
@SweinEthiopia
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Fruitful discussion between IOM,
@_AfricanUnion
@APRMorg
and Uganda 🇺🇬 government officials to plan for the forthcoming Africa Migration Governance Conference to be held in Kampala later this year.
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IOM, within the framework of the Joint Labour Migration Programme
#JLMP
&
@IOMDevFund
,
is training 28 representatives of private recruitment agencies in Ethiopia to use the International Recruitment Integrity System
@IRIS_programme
for
#ethicalrecruitment
of migrant workers.
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The
@UNMigration
is at the 5th Pan African Forum on Migration (
#PAFoM
) in
#Cairo
#Egypt
, 14-16 Sept, whose theme is: ‘Strengthening
#Migration
Data & Research for evidence-based policy development & implementation towards effective migration governance in Africa ’.
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November 1 is
#AfricaYouthDay
. As
@UNmigration
we are commited to working with African youths to achieve our collective aspirations for a united and prosperous
#Africa
.
"Count us in! "
@AUYouthProgram
@ProfSarahAgbor
#1mBy2021
#CountMeIn
I wish to encourage the youth of Africa as we count down to the 1st of November, the Africa Youth Day, that don't loose hope. There is light at the end of the tunnel. Believe in yourself.
@AUYouthProgram
@auyouthenvoy_
#1mBy2021
#CountMeIn
#AYM
@_AfricanUnion
@AU_YVC
@maprude
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.
@UNMigration
@igadsecretariat
@Jumuiya
, &
@africa_amani
successfully co-hosted The High-Level Policy Roundtable on Regional Integration & Human Mobility in East & Horn Africa to highlight "The State of Migration in East & Horn of Africa Report"
Report👉
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The International Day of Family Remittances (
#IDFR
) - 16 June - recognizes the contribution of over 200 million
#migrant
workers to improve the lives of their 800 million family members back home, and to create a future of hope for their children.
#familyremittances
#JLMP
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Inputs to the draft
#GCM
Plan of Action will ensure it reflects the continent’s migration agenda, current realities & evolving migration dynamics, and discussions will involve follow up and review mechanisms, ensuring it aligns with continental frameworks, dialogues & agendas.
#HappeningNow
: Hybrid
@_AfricanUnion
&
@IOMatAU
Experts Review Mtg on the Draft Plan of Action on the Implementation of the Global Compact on Migration (GCM) in
#Africa
, Cape Town 🇿🇦, 3-5 April. Mtg is in individual & group presentations, plenary & group discussions
@AmbSamate
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📢 LAUNCHING
The 3rd Edition of the
#LabourMigration
#Statistics
Report in Africa is launching tomorrow.
📆 Thursday, 18 November
⏱️ 4PM Central Africa Time (CAT)
⏺️ African Statistics Day
#ASD2021
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