As a result of limited knowledge and capacity on migration governance, parliamentarians within the SADC region have not actively engaged on migration governance matters; this impacts on their ability to advocate for legislative amendments and ratification of protocols that would contribute to improving overall migration management within the region and in their constituencies. It is within this scope that parliaments have requested IOM to support capacity building initiatives that would strengthen migration governance and advocacy on migration frameworks within the region. In addition, the five proposed pilot countries (Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, and Zimbabwe) in the SADC region are currently working towards improving overall migration governance through the development of national migration polices and reviewing of their migration legislation. Thus, the overall objective of this project is to equip legislators with knowledge on migration to enable them to make informed inputs into ongoing processes aimed at improving migration related legislation and policies. To achieve this, IOM will make use of the Essentials of Migration Management (EMM) learning tool, which provides an overview of the key elements of international migration management and seeks to expand the knowledge and facilitate the work of government policy makers and practitioners. The project aims to achieve the following outcome: Parliaments in five SADC Member States and the SADC Parliamentary Forum (SPF) demonstrate improved gender sensitive advocacy on migration frameworks as a result of increased understanding on migration issues.