Promoting Migration Governance

The development, implementation and monitoring of rights-based national migration policies and strategies require greater accountability and coordination of trade unions from countries of origin, transit and destination.

The regional project "Promoting Migration Governance"- PROMIG-FES (2017-2020) reflects the continuing support of the RSMMS by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Tunisia. It revolves around the idea of promoting the role of social partners, in particular of trade unions, in the joint governance of migration, rights-based mobility and social dialogue. The project follows a multi-stakeholder approach and a multidimensional perspective. PROMIG-FES fosters a more diverse discourse on labor migration through its pilot activities, alternative to the dominant security narrative.

PROMIG-FES (2017-2020) is a strategic partner of the Mediterranean Subsaharan Migration Trade Union Network - RSMMS.

The project's objectives:

Promoting the role of trade unions in the joint governance of migration, rights-based mobility and social dialogue

1. Trade unions develop national strategies and coordinate them at the regional level for a better integration and protection of migrant workers.
2. Trade unions in North Africa, West Africa and Europe set up a thematic platform for supra-regional coordination, with a view to intervening more effectively for a better protection of migrants.
3. Trade unions work together in North Africa, West Africa and Europe to adopt more progressive migration policies.

The project is funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).

Project brochure (available in FR)

Three areas of intervention are prioritized by the RSMMS members:

1. The support of migrant workers;
2. Social dialogue as a vehicle for rights-based migration policies;
3. Trans-regional solidarity and a unified position of different trade union families in favor of equitable global governance.

Three transversal themes constitute the guiding thread in regards to three areas of intervention:

• Promotion of international standards;
• The coherence of local and regional initiatives and the exploitation of synergies;
• Resource mobilization and dynamic partnerships in the delivery of technical assistance (see RSMMS 2018-2019 Strategic Note).

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