Migration is one of the defining features of the contemporary world of work and is integral to the process of social and economic development. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development provides for a strong link between decent work and migration in Sustainable Development Goal 8 (SDG) of promoting ‘sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all’. The huge potential contribution of labour migration to an inclusive development process can be fully harnessed only if there is a nuanced understanding of the emerging forms and nature of labour flows, on the one hand, and their impacts and implications at the micro and macro levels in the sending and receiving regions, on the other. This programme aims at aims at developing the capacities of researchers and policy makers towards explicating the emerging issues in migration, especially in terms of research and policy concerns.

Generating more and better quality of employment is a common challenge faced by the countries world over. The challenge is more pronounced in case of developing countries with large informal economy and with high annual entrance to the workforce. To face these challenges, governments are putting increasing emphasis on enhancing the skills of its people in general and that of workers in particular to increase their employability and to facilitate them to get decent employment.

The programme aims to equip the participants with skills and knowledge for effective Identification, Release and immediate rehabilitation (Critical Crisis Period) of child labour and bonded labour and also to enhance skills for effective Prosecution of Offenders.

The Programme aims at empowering the emerging trade union leaders from rural unorganized sector.

The programme aims at equipping the participants with the understanding of procedural and legal aspects of domestic enquiry

To develop an understanding of social protection and livelihood security for informal sector workers through development schemes.