• Government counterparts dealing with labor migration in sending and receiving countries (usually Ministries of Labor, Agencies for Migration, etc.)
• Members of Parliament (particularly commissions on labor and migration issues)
• Labor migration information centers
• Non-governmental organizations (mostly already involved in providing services to labor migrants and/or in counter-trafficking)
• Recruitment and employment agencies
• Media (and the general population)
• Potential and current labor migrants

The objective of this project is to contribute to improved labor migration management in the Kyrgyz Republic.

Results:

Improve labor migration data /statistics.
Develop national labor migration strategies.
Improve the national legal framework for labor migration through improvement of national legislation on

• foreign employment;
• attracting foreign labor into the Kyrgyz Republic;
• protecting rights and interests of labor migrants;
• reducing irregular migration.

Build and strengthen the capacity to manage labor migration through

• informing migrants and the population;
• providing legal advice and assistance to migrants;
• research activities.

This project is funded by the
European Commission

IOM Bishkek is grateful to the European Commission for supporting this project in the Kyrgyz Republic.