Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration
A/RES/73/195
To realize this commitment, we will draw from the following actions:
(a) Develop standards and guidelines for the mutual recognition of foreign
qualifications and non-formally acquired skills in different sectors in collaboration
with the respective industries with a view to ensuring worldwide compatibility based
on existing models and best practices;
(b) Promote transparency of certifications and compatibility of national
qualifications frameworks by agreeing on standard criteria, indicators and assessment
parameters, and by creating and strengthening national skills profiling tools, registries
or institutions in order to facilitate effective and efficient mutual recognition
procedures at all skills levels;
(c) Conclude bilateral, regional or multilateral mutual recognition agreements
or include recognition provisions in other agreements, such as labour mobility or trade
agreements, in order to provide equivalence or comparability in national systems,
such as automatic or managed mutual recognition mechanisms;
(d) Use technology and digitalization to evaluate and mutually recognize skills
more comprehensively on the basis of formal credentials as well as non -formally
acquired competences and professional experience at all skills levels;
(e) Build global skills partnerships among countries that strengthen training
capacities of national authorities and relevant stakeholders, including the private
sector and trade unions, and foster skills development of workers in countries of
origin and migrants in countries of destination with a view to preparing trainees for
employability in the labour markets of all participating countries;
(f) Promote inter-institutional networks and collaborative programmes for
partnerships between the private sector and educational institutions in countries of
origin and destination to enable mutually beneficial skills development opportunities
for migrants, communities and participating partners, including by building on the
best practices of the Business Mechanism developed in the context of the Global
Forum on Migration and Development;
(g) Engage in bilateral partnerships and programmes in cooperation with
relevant stakeholders that promote skills development, mobility and circulation, such
as student exchange programmes, scholarships, professional exchange programmes
and trainee- or apprenticeships that include options for beneficiaries, after successful
completion of these programmes, to seek employment and engage in entrepreneurship;
(h) Cooperate with the private sector and employers to make available easily
accessible and gender-responsive remote or online skills development and matching
programmes to migrants at all skills levels, including early and occupation -specific
language training, on-the-job training and access to advanced training programmes,
to enhance their employability in sectors with demand for labour on the basis of the
industry’s knowledge of labour market dynamics, especially to promote the economic
empowerment of women;
(i) Enhance the ability of migrant workers to transition from one job or
employer to another by making available documentation that recognizes skills
acquired on the job or through training in order to optimize the benefits of upskilling;
(j) Develop and promote innovative ways to mutually recognize and assess
formally and informally acquired skills, including through timely and complementary
training for job seekers, mentoring, and internship programmes in order to fully
recognize existing credentials and provide certificates of proficiency for the
validation of newly acquired skills;
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