Integrated Programme on Fair Recruitment FAIR III

1. Global knowledge and policy guidance on national and international recruitment processes is enhanced, exchanged and disseminated
2. Laws, policies and enforcement to promote fair recruitment are improved in selected countries of origin and destination
3. Fair business practices are expanded and consolidated in selected labor migration corridors and sectors
4. Migrant workers have greater access to reliable information and improved services throughout the recruitment process

Expected results:  

• 9 policy initiatives to promote fair recruitment at global and country level with tripartite actors are organized and 4 global knowledge reports disseminated
• 8 tripartite dialogues on legal and policy frameworks result in four country specific action plans and the development of two fair recruitment models per country
• 250 quality media pieces on fair recruitment and labour migration are published; 100 media professionals are trained in reporting on labour migration and fair recruitment
• 3 tools on due diligence in business operations are disseminated; 90 recruitment stakeholders and regulators, 80 private recruitment agents and public employment servants are trained to advance fair recruitment in their respective work areas
• 550 migrant workers benefit directly from services from trade unions and civil society organizations; migrant workers in 18 countries get access to information through the expansion of digital applications
• Five national diagnostic reports lie the basis for strengthening access to justice mechanisms for migrant workers, with trade union personnel capacitated on complaints and remedial procedures 

Results from previous phases:  

Switzerland is a pioneer and longstanding partner in the support of the ILO’s work for advancing fair recruitment and the development of standards and implementation strategies. In the previous phases, global awareness and capacity of ILO’s tripartite constituency on fair recruitment practices was increased and the latter’s benefits demonstrated, and models for fair recruitment were developed in pilot countries and corridors in Asia, North Africa and the Middle East. Key results include:

• Development of the ILO General Principles and Operational Guidelines on Fair Recruitment
• Capacitation of media, globally and in pilot countries
• Introduction of a zero-fee policy for recruitment in the Jordan garment industry
• Regulation enforcement system of private recruitment agencies in Tunisia
• Adoption of a code of conduct by the Associations of the recruitment industry in Hong Kong and the Philippines
• Facilitation of social dialogue on fair recruitment in all pilot countries and support of trade unions, including the unionization of migrant workers in Tunisia

Main insights: To transform the existing model of international recruitment, policy making bodies, advocacy bodies, the media, regulation and enforcement institutions, the private sector and industry associations all have a specific role to play at both ends of a migration corridor. 

SDC financed JLMP, AGRIDOM & FAIRWAY Programme

IOM IRIS, Institute for Human Rights and Business, Migration Policy Institute

SECO, Co-donors: EU, SIDA, NORAD, Canada, US-Dol, UK FCDCO, BMZ, Alliance 8.7