Specific sectors where cross-border collaboration can be initiated:

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

What role can academic institutions play in fostering collaboration?

3. Agreement Exploration:
What are the key elements

How can regional agreements address challenges?

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.

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

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

b] 

2a] partnership strategies

2b] 

3] Agreement Exploration

 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

How can these best practices be adapted?

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

How can stakeholders work together to monitor and evaluate?

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

What role can international organizations play...

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. 

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.

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

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.

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

How can flexibility be incorporated into these templates...

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

How can safeguards be integrated...

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

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

2a] implementation strategies

2b] 

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. 

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.

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

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.

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

Conditions and Safeguards

B)

b] 
technical support

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

Action points