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Collaboration Opportunities

1. Migration dialogue for West Africa. it is a regional consultative platform that addresses Labour Migration. Issues that can't be addressed at a national level but can be addressed at a regional level.
2. Trade Sector through the instrumentality of the AFCTA, Tourism.

Partnership Strategies

1. The government can develop a Labour Market Information System.
ii. Capacity building to tackle root causes of irregular migration.
2. Identifying specific skills gaps and mainstreaming specific into their curriculum.
ii. Collaborating with partners to provide information sessions on employability skills.
iii. Skills recognition and matching

Agreement Exploration

1.i. Minimum Wage, Access to Justice, Social protection, Ethical recruitment.
2. Strict adherence to the ECOWAS protocol particularly rights of residence and establishment.

Action Points

1. Partnerships between public and private sectors

2. Ensuring Monitoring and Evaluation of the processes

3. Coordinating Stakeholder forums

4. Drafting MOUs

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Action Points
Group 1

Strengthening institutional capacity for effective migration governance.

Effective social dialogue mechanism where private sectors, academic institutions and CSOs can contribute to promote safe, orderly and regular migration.

Effective enlightenment and awareness creation on safe, orderly and regular migration.

Massive campaigns against irregular migration and address the pull and push factors of irregular migration.

Collaborative efforts on capacity development and skills acquisition for migrant employability in Nigeria and the country of destination.

Group 2
1. Leveraging on electronic platforms MRA and Nelex
2. Linking Mrcs across border for info sharing
3. encouraging regional dialogue
4. Licensing of Peas
5. Orientation and policy implementation
6. The signing of MOU between stakeholders
for data sharing and monitoring
7. Labour market practice
8. Collaboration between laobour unions
9. Awareness creation of migrants' right
10. Sustainability plan

Group 3

1. Partnerships between public and private sectors

2. Ensuring Monitoring and Evaluation of the processes

3. Coordinating Stakeholder forums

4. Drafting MOUs

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Establishing collaborative frameworks Ecowas, Africa, Germany 

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1. collaboration opportunities

A platform with a union of various sectors in different countries with the idea of regularising Migration.

The use of the Nelex platform.

Cooperation of Mrc within the region.

Search associations which is an International recruitment org that brings migrants together across the world.

creation of an Ecowas platform.

b]

domestic workers

hospitality

construction

manufacturing

fashion

agriculture

textiles

healthcare

technology

tourism

2a] partnership strategies

implementation of policies

stakeholder meetings

licensing of Peas

strengthening of coordination structures

orientation and policy guidelines

MOU between stakeholders

data sharing

sensitization of the public on the activities of the Mrcs.

2b]

harmonization of certificates across these regions

Aligning of curriculum to be in line with the labour market demands

Scholarship programs

research

3] Agreement Exploration

policies

Domestication of conventions

Awareness creation on the provision of the law to migrant workers.

Collaboration between labour unions.

Action points
1. Leveraging on electronic platforms MRA and Nelex
2. Linking Mrcs across borders for info sharing
3. encouraging regional dialogue
4. Licensing of PEAs
5. Orientation and policy implementation
6. The signing of MOU between stakeholders
for data sharing and monitoring
7. Labour market practice should be regulated to encourage uniformity
8. Collaboration between labour unions

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1. Collaboration Opportunities:
Existing initiatives:

African Union Convention on Cross-Border Cooperation.

Global Compact for Migration.

ECOWAS Protocol on Free Movement of People and Goods.

Specific sectors where cross-border collaboration can be initiated:

Border management

Human capital development and harmonization of educational qualifications.

Labour and industrial relations

Health: Exchange of manpower and health of migrants

Agriculture

2. Partnership Strategies:
How can government collaborate with private sector and CSOs:

Strengthening institutional development

Effective utilization of all migration governance structure to include more private sector and CSO stakeholders.

Strengthening the regulatory mechanism of the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment with private international job recruiters.

FMLE collaboration with private sector and CSOs on the data of Nigerian labour migrants

What role can academic institutions play in fostering collaboration?

Curriculum harmonization on TVET between Germany and Nigeria.

3. Agreement Exploration:
What are the key elements

Promoting regular pathways.

Promote fair recruitment and decent works for migrants.

Harmonization of migrants profiling.

Organized labour exchange

How can regional agreements address challenges?

Regional agreement should have clauses on fair recruitment, decent works, and social protection.

Domestication of regional agreements into national laws.

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The Nigerian-German Centre structure could be adopted for promoting information on labour migration.

Harmonization of certificates and curriculum.

Common mechanism on labour standard.

Harmonization of labour laws.

Periodic review of measuring tools and joint implementation mechanisms.

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Defining Best Practice Guidelines (ECOWAS, Africa, Germany).

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Defining Best Practice Guidelines (ECOWAS, Africa, Germany).

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1. Best Practices Identification
What are the exemplary elements from existing bilateral agreements?

Social and labour clauses.

How can these best practices be adapted?

The ECOWAS social dialogue mechanism could be leveraged to promote social and labour clauses among the national governments in the region.

2. Implementation Strategies
What strategies can be employed to ensure the effective mechanisms:

Establishment of joint implementation committee.

Periodic review of the implementation of the labour migration agreements.

How can stakeholders work together to monitor and evaluate?

Development of monitoring tools.

Harmonization of monitoring tools.

Periodic review of monitoring tools.

Effective administration through various attache at the embassies and consulates.

3. Capacity Building
How can training programs and capacity building initiatives be developed...

Carry out needs assessment.

Organize capacity building for various stakeholders on best practices.

Incorporation of exemplary issues in the labour agreement in our school curriculum.

What role can international organizations play...

Support national conversation and processes on the adoption and dissemination of the guidelines.

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Best Practice Identification

1. In Manila and Berlin, there is a bilateral agreement for skills mobility in the healthcare sector. The two countries set up a joint committee to monitor and evaluate the implementation process and ensure transparency, non-discrimination and mutual reciprocity.
2. A committee established to oversee the implementation process and ensure compliance.

Implementation Strategies

1. Set up a system for monitoring, set up a technical working committee, and strengthen the harmonization of national labour policies.
2. Coordination mechanism through multistakeholder engagement platforms.

Capacity Building

1. Organizing Training of Trainers programs on best practices.
ii. Sensitization and advocacy programs.
2. i. Funding
ii. Capacity Building

Action Points.

1. A joint committee set up to evaluate the implementation process and mutual reciprocity of the agreement.
2. Set up a system of M and E to strengthen the harmonization of national labour policies.
3. Organizing training of trainer's meetings on best practices.
4. The need for sensitization and advocacy programs.
5. Provision of technical support by international organizations.

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Defining Best Practice Guidelines (ECOWAS, Africa, Germany)

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Defining Best Practice Guidelines (ECOWAS, Africa, Germany)

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Action Points

Group 1

The Nigerian-German Centre structure could be adopted for promoting information on labour migration.

Harmonization of certificates and curriculum.

Common mechanism on labour standard.

Harmonization of labour laws

Group 2

Create labour mobility scheme for better labour pathways

localizing currencies for international trade

having labour attaches in high destination countries for migrants

creating BLAs with countries who have domesticated ILO conventions

encourage free movement beyond Ecowas region

skills and language training

strengthening cross-country governance on labour migration structure.

regular monitoring and Evaluation

reviewing Tvet curriculum based on labour market

feedbacks from Migrants

Group 3

A joint committee set up to evaluate the implementation process and mutual reciprocity of the agreement.

Set up a system of M and E to strengthen the harmonization of national labour policies.

Organizing training of trainer's meetings on best practices

The need for sensitization and advocacy programs.

Provision of technical support by international organizations.

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Building Bilateral Agreement Foundations (ECOWAS, Africa, Germany)

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Building Bilateral Agreement Foundations (ECOWAS, Africa, Germany)

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Action Points

Group 1

Development and signing of bilateral and multilateral and sectoral labour agreements.

Effective resource mobilization for migration activities and programmes.

Implementation of agreement in good faith.

Strengthening of foreign missions to be effective in labour migration management.

Effective monitoring and evaluation.

Group 2

Migrant rights protection (fair recruitment, compliance with ILO)

periodic review of BLAs

BLA must have clauses of amendment

there must be access to basic human rights

gender responsiveness

domestication of child right Act across the states

creation of joint task force

periodic review of existing MOUs

cross-border collaboration and data sharing

Group 3

Bilateral Agreements should incorporate international best practices such as Fair and Ethical recruitment, and gender inclusivity and ensure intergovernmental coordination mechanisms.

Templates for BLAs should make provisions for periodic reviews that take cognizance of emerging challenges.

BLAs should have specific provisions that protect the rights of migrants and provide redress mechanisms where there are breaches.

Strict adherence to regional labour policies and conventions.

Periodic stakeholder forums, roundtable discussions and Monitoring and Evaluation.

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Strengthening institutional capacity for effective migration governance.

Effective social dialogue mechanism where private sectors, academic institutions and CSOs can contribute to promote safe, orderly and regular migration.

Effective enlightenment and awareness creation on safe, orderly and regular migration.

Massive campaigns against irregular migration and address the pull and push factors of irregular migration.

Collaborative efforts on capacity development and skills acquisition for migrant employability in Nigeria and country of destination.

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Building Bilateral Agreement Foundations (ECOWAS, Africa, Germany)

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Building Bilateral Agreement Foundations (ECOWAS, Africa, Germany)

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1. Template Creation
What are the essential components of templates...

Compare and contrast the labour laws of country of destination and country of origin.

Understand the labour market, skills in demand, migration trends and regulatory mechanism in destination countries.

How can flexibility be incorporated into these templates...

Introduction of special clauses that supports bridging of skills gap in Nigeria.

2. Conditions and Safeguards
What conditions should be established to ensure protection of migrants

Appointment of labour attache in various embassies and consulates.

Effective pre-departure orientation programs.

How can safeguards be integrated...

Terms and conditions should be clear in the contract of employment and adhered to.

Countries should be committed to decent work and safety of migrants

3. Cross-Border Strategies
How can neighbouring countries collaborate to align their bilateral agreements?

There should be effective functionality of the regional blocks to implement bilateral labour agreements.

There should be standard regulations on labour migration between the regions.

Country to country bilateral labour agreements.

Enhanced border security management.

How can governments, industry representatives, NGO and international organizations collaborate effectively...

Consistent and effective engagement of the stakeholders and migration governance structures.

Adequate funding of migration management structures

Information sharing and exchange of data among stakeholders.

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1a] Best practice identification:

Free movement of persons and goods inclusions from union, rights to justice human rights

b] localizing currencies for international trade

Skill and language training

No visa restriction within Africa

creating BLAs with countries who have domesticated ILO conventions

Create labour mobility scheme for better labour pathways

including cultural sensitivity as a moudle for training

feedback from migrants through survey and questions as a guide for developing training modules

2a] implementation strategies

strengthening cross-country governance on labour migration structure.

Awareness creation on the rights of migrants

data sharing

having dedicated focal persons

periodic reviews

regular monitoring and review

2b]

regular stake holder engagement

work plans, monitoring frameworks

reporting desks

feedback mechanism

3. capacity building

Dialogue with NGOs and civil society promoting Labour Migration

Alining Tvet curriculum based on labour market demands in destination countries.

regional and international Analysis

technical support

capacity building

inculcating best practices/informations

stakeholders workshop

facilitation of Bilateral labour aggreement

advocacy and awareness campaign

facilitate coordination among  other international org working on labour Migration.

research and data collection

Action points

Create labour mobility scheme for better labour pathways

localizing currencies for international trade

having labour attaches in high destination countries for migrants

creating BLAs with countries who have domesticated ILO conventions

encourage free movement beyond Ecowas region

skills and language training

strengthening cross-country governance on labour migration structure.

regular monitoring and Evaluation

reviewing Tvet curiculium based on labour market

feedbacks from Migrants

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Development and signing of bilateral and multilateral and sectoral labour agreements.

Effective resource mobilization for migration activities and programmes.

Implementation of agreement in good faith.

Strengthening of foreign missions to be effective in labour migration management.

Effective monitoring and evaluation.

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Template Creation

1. i. Fair and Ethical Recruitment
ii. Gender inclusivity
iii. Mainstreaming international best practices
iv. Ensure effective intergovernmental coordination mechanisms.
2. Making provisions within the agreement to periodically review and take into consideration, emerging challenges.

Conditions and Safeguards

1. i. Existence of Bilateral Labour Agreements that include protection of the rights of migrant workers.
ii. Capacity-building training for stakeholders on the rights of migrant workers.
2.BLAs should have specific provisions that protect the rights of migrants as well as redress mechanisms where there is a breach.

Cross Border Strategies

1. Through strict adherence to regional labour policy and conventions
2. Through stakeholder forums, and roundtable discussions periodically.

Action Points

1. Bilateral Agreements should incorporate international best practices such as Fair and Ethical recruitment, gender inclusivity and ensure intergovernmental coordination mechanisms.
2. Templates for BLAs should make provisions for periodic reviews that take cognizance of emerging challenges.
3. BLAs should have specific provisions that protect the rights of migrants and provide redress mechanisms where there are breaches.
4. Strict adherence to regional labour policies and conventions.
5. Periodic stakeholder forums, roundtable discussions and Monitoring and Evaluation.

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Template creation

rationale for the agreement

address issues of departure arrival and reintegration

protection of migrant workers right

fair recruitment issues

prevention of brain drain

compliance with Ilo framework on decent work

security issues

duration of stay

circumvention clause

stakeholders engagement

B)
stakeholders engagement
amendment clause
periodic review of BLA
access to social protection
flexibility into a selected sector

Conditions and Safeguards

access to basic human rights (union, health, justice)

social protection (insurance, unemployment benefits, compensation)

inclusion of gender responsiveness

access to decent work

B)

awareness creation (PDOs)

human right protection clause

domestication of child right Act across the states

Cross Border Strategies

reviewing of existing MOU

regional dialogues

sharing of best practices

joint taskforce

data sharing

joint monitoring and evaluation

b]
technical support

data sharing
monitoring of implementations
data sharing
capacity building
cross-border collaboration
research and data collection

Action points

migrant right protection (fair recruitment, compliance with ILO)

BLA must have clauses of amendment as a guide for the periodic review

there must be access to basic human rights

include gender responsiveness in BLAs across all regions

domestication of the Child right Act across the states

periodic review of existing MOUs

cross-border collaboration and data sharing

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Group 1

More collaboration with FMLE and other relevant stakeholders

Point on labour attaché should rank high in terms of importance.

Group 2

No 9, Section 1 of Group 2 to be expunge.

Restructure points to be actionable.