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Decent Work for Migrants in the Middle East

Project completed
The Middle East is one of the fastest growing migrant receiving and migrant transit areas where exploitation of migrant workers is widespread. The SDC supports a systematic migrant workers protection program with the aim to improve the situation of both men and women migrant workers in the Middle East. It contributes to the filling of legal, policy, institutional and structural gaps and to an effective implementation of existing legislation.

Topic	Period	Budget
Employment & economic development Migration Labour migration Migration generally (development aspects and partnerships)	01.05.2012 - 31.07.2015	CHF 4’060’000

The project in brief

Background	The basis for an effective protection of migrant workers is established through an improvement of labor market regulation. It is done, too, through support to reform efforts of the so-called ‘Kafala’-system (employment sponsorships), through the inclusion of domestic workers under the labor law and through supporting the policy dialogue between Asia and the Middle East.
Objectives	To improve the framework conditions for labour migration and redress the situation of vulnerable migrants, so as to empower migrants to become development actors.
Target groups	National labour authorities; trade unions, civil society organizations and the media; men and woman migrant workers.
Medium-term outcomes	Governments interests in providing access to labour rights have measurably increased on the basis of reformed and implemented policies Non-state actors are empowered and motivated to actively defend migrants rights and access to reliable services
Directorate/federal office responsible	SDC
Credit area	Development cooperation
Project partners	Contract partner International or foreign NGO Other International Organization Private sector United Nations Organization (UNO) International Labor Organization International Organisation for Migration Foreign private sector North Swiss Private Sector SDC Field Office
Budget	Current phase Swiss budget CHF 4’060’000 Swiss disbursement to date CHF 3’765’407
Project phases	Phase 4 01.10.2023 - 30.09.2027 (Current phase) Phase 3 15.07.2019 - 31.10.2024 (Current phase) Phase 2 01.01.2015 - 31.12.2019 (Completed) Phase 1 01.05.2012 - 31.07.2015 (Completed)

Further technical details

Sector according to the OECD Developement Assistance Commitiee categorisation	GOVERNMENT AND CIVIL SOCIETY GOVERNMENT AND CIVIL SOCIETY
Sub-Sector according to the OECD Developement Assistance Commitiee categorisation	Facilitation of orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and mobility Facilitation of orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and mobility
Cross-cutting topics	The project takes account of gender equality as a cross-cutting theme. The project takes account of democratisation, good governance and human rights as cross-cutting themes. The project also supports partner organisation improvements
Type of support	Official development assistance (ODA)
Type of collaboration	Bilateral cooperation
Finance type	Aid grant
Aid Type	Core contribution Mandate without fiduciary fund Project and programme contribution SDC administrative costs
Tied/untied aid	Untied aid
Project number	7F08346