South Africa

Jointly implemented with the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), the project involves the development of a policy-benchmarking framework to assess the extent to which national migration policies facilitate orderly, safe and well managed migration, as laid out in SDG Target 10.7.

The declaration commits signatories to support and strengthen the capacity of national unions for domestic and migrant domestic workers and lobby the three governments to continue to implement their decent work country programmes incorporating the rights of migrant workers. A communication strategy was agreed upon in order to create a platform for the trade union organisations from the three countries to exchange information and share experiences relating to activities executed on the national level. 

The main objectives of Southern African Development Community (SADC) are to:

The aim of the South African National Skills Development Framework is to facilitate, monitor and coordinate Skills Development activities within the Department of Education

It includes a set of education, training and development activities to help employees and future employees improve their performance and future career prospects. It is designed to address the problem of a fragmented, uncoordinated and haphazard approach to skill development interventions.

The African Diaspora Policy Centre (ADPC) programme Strengthening Policy Making Capacities of African Diaspora Ministries (SEDIMA), which ran from July 2012 to July 2015, aims to contribute to strengthening policy making capacities and practical operations of African government officials serving at the newly-formed Diaspora Ministries and related institutions tasked with overseeing Diaspora and development-related matters.

The Joint Country Strategy has identified the overall goals, specific objectives and areas of cooperation between the EU and South Africa from 2007 to 2013. The present Multiannual Indicative Programme (MIP) translates the Commission's response in the Country Strategy Paper (CSP) into a programme of action for this period. It is in accordance with Article 19 of Regulation No 1905/2006 ofthe European Parliament and of the Council establishing a financing instrument for development cooperation.

The MOU focuses on two main areas: the sharing of expertise and information on a range of key areas, and opportunities for time-limited placements in each other’s countries.

The sharing of skills and expertise between the two countries has led to the development of many links, based on requests and identified needs. There have also been a number of twinning arrangements between individual UK and South African institutions.

The Netherlands’ pilot on circular migration will give about 160 migrants, all professionals with vocational training, an opportunity to gain working experience for a period of two years in Dutch companies. They are employed in regular vacancies in sectors where there are shortages in the Dutch labor market. The training will be based on a personal development plan, focusing on return. Upon return in their home countries the migrants will be assisted in finding a (better) job, starting up their own business and investing their remittances.

Zimbabwe has entered into a MoU with the Republic of South Africa to facilitate the recruitment of Zimbabwean workers in South African farms in the Limpopo province.