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1 Migrating for Work Research Consortium 1 African Centre for Migration & Society (ACMS), University of the Witwatersrand, Private Bag X3, Wits 2050, South Africa T: +27 11 717 4033 F: +27 11 717 4039 | www.miworc.org.za Migrating for Work Research Consortium Project funded by the European Union EU-South Africa Dialogue Facility EuropeAid/132200/L/ACT/ZA. Coordinated by the African Centre for Migration & Society, University of the Witwatersrand UNECA Regional Experts Meeting on Migration & Development – 3-4 July 2013 – Addis Ababa

2 Migrating for Work Research Consortium 2 The African Centre for Migration & Society at Wits An internationally engaged; Africa-oriented; and African-based research and teaching centre dedicated to shaping academic and policy debates on migration, development and social transformation www.migration.org.za Graduate degree programme with students from across Africa, North America, and Europe; Research in 12 African countries on issues related to migration, human rights, development, governance, and social change; Partnerships on 4 continents; Regional reference point for public and scholarly debate and policy formation.

3 Migrating for Work Research Consortium 3 Outline 1. Programme background and rationale 2. Partnership and organisational structure3. Programme components 4. Researching labour migration in national African contexts

4 Migrating for Work Research Consortium 4 1. Programme background and rationale To upgrade the quality of the EU-SA migration dialogue (Magôbagôba dialogue) and other pillars of the Strategic Partnership To build awareness and capacity among SA Government departments and civil society

5 Migrating for Work Research Consortium 5 1. Programme outcomes 5. Support evidence-based regional and national policy reform in the area of labour migration 4. Use the project as a catalyst for capacity-building among these key target groups 3. Ensure relevant dissemination and outreach of project findings from the start through a close association with boundary partners and key target groups 2. Update existing quantitative and qualitative data on foreigners position in the South African labour market and build a sustainable survey instrument 1. Overview of existing migration, labour & economic growth policy frameworks in the Southern African context

6 Migrating for Work Research Consortium 6 2. Partnership and organisational structure Partners ACMS, Wits (Main Beneficiary and Coordinator) GovInn, Univ. Pretoria UNESCO Chair on Regional Int., Mobility and Free Movement UNU-CRIS Bruges DoL ILO Associates SALGA Stats SA IOM Boundary partners / Stakeholders DHA DoH / DHET / COGTA / Dti… … (not exhaustive) Target groups Officials: DoL; DIRCO; DHA; EuropeAid; EU Del. SADC sec & member states; Rep.of SA organised labour; business; NGOs SA & migrant workers

7 Migrating for Work Research Consortium 7 3. Programme components Activity 1: Research programme Regional labour and migration policy reviews Development of survey instrument Low and high-skilled migrant labour (qualitative studies) Social rights portability (qualitative study) Activity 2: Dissemination and outreach Availability of data in public domain Contacts, interventions and interactions with policy-makers Framing and dissemination of outputs Activity 3: Capacity-building and policy- influencing Close partnership with Gov dpts Foresight labour migration policy development exercise Direct inputs in national, regional, and bilateral policy processes 3 activity clusters

8 Migrating for Work Research Consortium 8 3. Programme components Activity 1: Research Programme 4 work packages WP1. Policy - Regional labour and migration policy reviews (selection SADC & SA) Immigration policy Labour market policy Economic growth WP2. Data - Development of survey instrument Critical review of existing data sets & best pratices Improvement of migration module in national Labour Force Survey Municipal-level labour market surveys WP3. Sectors - Low and high-skilled migrant labour in SA (qualitative studies) Construction /mining Agriculture Hospitality Domestic work Public health (highly-skilled) WP4. Social rights portability Overview of existing policy frameworks between South Africa and its neighbours Case study of domestic workers access to social rights

9 Migrating for Work Research Consortium 9 4. Researching labour migration in national African contexts 1. Specificity of national labour market dynamics + regional political economy 2. Inclusive partnership with key labour partners – shift away from Home Affairs to Labour, non-state organisations (unions, business) 3. Inclusive but independent research agenda & design (capacity- building within state research entities) 4. Building on existing instruments within national statistical agencies (Stats SA) 5. Ongoing dissemination and harnessing of ongoing policy processes 6. Series of policy-makers learning events at national and regional level

10 Migrating for Work Research Consortium 10 African Centre for Migration & Society (ACMS), University of the Witwatersrand, Private Bag X3, Wits 2050, South Africa T: +27 11 717 4033 F: +27 11 717 4039 | www.miworc.org.za Migrating for Work Research Consortium www.miworc.org.za Project funded by the European Union EU-South Africa Dialogue Facility EuropeAid/132200/L/ACT/ZA. Coordinated by the African Centre for Migration & Society, University of the Witwatersrand UNECA Regional Experts Meeting on Migration & Development – 3-4 July 2013 – Addis Ababa

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