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Fair migration in the Middle East (FAIRWAY) - Final Evaluation

eval_number:

2523

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/2523

location:

country:

Arab States - regional

region:

Arab States

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eval_title:

Fair migration in the Middle East (FAIRWAY) - Final Evaluation

recommendations:

date:

2020-07-22 00:00:00.0

themes:

theme:

Conditions of work & equality

category:

Migration

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action_plan:

Under the current phase, the project had already supported social partners with a tailored strategy for domestic workers. In the next phase, the project hopes to similarly support construction workers, through a partnership with the Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI) (global union federation on construction). FAIRWAY will support the DWT Director, Senior Workers' Specialist and Senior Migration Specialist in discussions with BWI on a wider ROAS-BWI strategy that could also include a more targeted workstream for FAIRWAY-BWI collaboration (particularly in Bahrain, and possibly also in Kuwait).

management_response:

Partially Completed

progress:

Partially achieved

admin_units:

RO-Arab States/DWT-Beirut

title:

Consider different, tailored strategies for voice-building of migrant workers in the domestic and the construction sectors. In the domestic sector, workers’ constituents are non-existent (or not formally recognised, e.g. Domestic Workers Union in Lebanon), but TUs exist in the construction sector in all the four countries. This calls for different strategies for the two sectors with regard to building new, or strengthening already existing associations of migrant workers (MWs). MWs in the domestic sector need new TUs structures, or a more effective role for the informal existing workers unions/associations. Voice-building in the construction sector could focus on reforming TUs’ internal bylaws to be more inclusive of MWs. As the two approaches and strategies need differentiation, interventions in Phase 2 of the Fairway project should be designed and tailored accordingly, with clear and separated outcomes for the two sectors.

project_symbols:

RAB/15/03/CHE

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/recommendations/13608

information_source:

Regional Office

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