Африканский союз утвердил стандарты сбора данных для управления трудовой миграцией

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY : The AU-ILO-IOM Joint Programme on Labour Migration Governance for Development and Integration (JLMP) is a collaborative initiative led by the African Union (AU), the International Labour Organization (ILO), and the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Known as the Joint Labour Migration Programme (JLMP), it aims to improve labour migration governance across Africa. The JLMP supports rights-based and gender-sensitive policies that facilitate the movement of labour, safeguard migrant rights, and enhance regional integration, aligning with the AU's Agenda 2063, which promotes a united Africa with open borders. The programme also emphasizes the role of labour migration in economic growth, addressing skills shortages, and supporting sustainable development. However, the fragmented nature of data on labour migration remains a significant challenge, limiting effective governance and policy development. The AU Guidelines for the Collection and Utilization of Quality Administrative Data for Labour Migration Statistics in Africa seek to address these challenges by establishing standardized data collection protocols and improving administrative data integration across the continent. These guidelines highlight the importance of administrative data, typically collected through the routine activities of government agencies not necessarily designed for statistical purposes, with the prime objective of documenting and taking decisions on foreigners’ entry, stay, residence, departure to and from the territory of a country, but which have a potential, once aggregated and presented in the proper manner, to generate insights for tracking migration trends, monitoring labour market demands, and shaping informed policies. These guidelines provide a standardized framework for improving the collection, utilization, and integration of administrative data for labour migration statistics in Africa. They advocate for collaboration between government entities, such as immigration and labour departments, to create a unified data framework that enhances data accuracy, consistency, and accessibility. Key recommendations focus on harmonizing data collection methodologies, improving data quality, and leveraging advanced technologies like, such as big data analytics to deepen the understanding of migration patterns. By strengthening institutional collaboration and adopting ethical data-sharing practices, AU Member States can generate reliable, comparable, and timely labour migration statistics to support evidence-based policymaking and regional integration. These guidelines serve as a strategic tool for AU Member States to produce reliable, comparable, and timely labour migration data that align with both regional and global standards, ultimately supporting the JLMP’s goals and the AU’s broader vision for socio-economic integration. These guidelines envisaged as a living document, continuously evolving with the emergence of new practices and approaches, particularly as the utilization of complementary data sources to generate migration statistics is an area of constant development. These guidelines have been developed in synergy with all relevant global processes and frameworks, including the UN Expert Group on Migration Statistics, whose recommendations are set to be adopted in March 2025 by the UN Statistical Commission, and the UN Network on Migration (UNNM) guidelines, such as the limited set of indicators for Global Compact for Migration (GCM) monitoring.