Establishment of a Labour Migration Unit at the Ministry of Labour and Human Resource Development and the Creation of Tools for the Assessment of Dynamics of Labour Migration in Kenya and of the Kenya Diaspora.

  • Start Date
    2008
  • End Date
    2011
  • Project Status
    Completed
  • Project Type
    Community and Economic Development
  • Budget Amount (USD)
    165975.00
  • Coverage
    National
  • Year
    2008
  • IDF Region
    Africa
  • Projects ID
    CE.0077
  • Benefiting Member States
    Kenya

This projects aims to improve the capacity of the Ministry of Labour and Human Recourses Development to manage labour migration and contribute to the development of a coherent and holistic labour migration policy as well as to improve linkages with the Diaspora. Implementation of the project is expected to achieve the following outcomes:
- A Labour Migration Unit established in the Ministry of Labour and Human Resource Development;
- A report on the Diaspora profiles and dynamics in the UK generated from the pilot survey and recommendations made for designing an internet based tool;
- A tool for gathering information and updating skills inventory in Kenya developed; and,
- Labour migration unit staff trained on management of information in both tools and on the roles and responsibilities of the unit.
- Associated recommendations provided and validated in a two-day workshop