THAMM Plus (EU Support to Legal Migration, Mobility, and Skills Partnership with North African countries)

The THAMM Plus programme “EU Support to legal migration, mobility and skills partnerships with North of African countries” is a sub-regional programme, funded by the European Union (DG NEAR) and implemented by the International Labour Organization (ILO) for a period of 48 months (2024-2027), which aims to strengthen the employability of potential migrant workers and regular and sustainable labour mobility pathways leading to decent work opportunities between Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia and European Union member states.

Following the THAMM Programme implemented from 2019 to 2023, THAMM Plus/ILO is both a national and regional project, aligned with existing global strategic frameworks (Sustainable Development Goals, Global Compact for Safe, Regular and Orderly Migration) and regional (African Union Migration Policy Framework and Action Plan for 2018-2030). THAMM Plus is also designed to support the implementation of the European Union Talent Partnership with the pilot countries in North Africa. 

Drawing on the experience of THAMM but also on the wealth of technical assistance activities of the ILO in terms of employment policy, alignment of data with international standards, skills development and strengthening public employment services, which it supports in the region, THAMM Plus/ILO will implement three main objectives:

1. Governance of labour mobility
2. Support for mobility programmes
3. Knowledge management for programme management

THAMM Plus/ILO will also work on the following cross-cutting objectives:

• Strengthen the capacity of national partners in North Africa to establish effective partnerships, based on national strategies and evidence-based analyses with willing EU Member States and through close links with stakeholders from the private sector;
• Support the implementation of talent partnerships, bilateral labour agreements anchored in international labour standards, bilateral social security conventions, skills development, suitability and qualifications aligned with European standards, fair recruitment and professional adequacy of jobs, and reflection on mobility patterns and the sustainable socio-economic reintegration of seasonal workers.

THAMM Plus – ILO will continue to work in close partnership with the other agencies involved in THAMM and THAMM Plus (AICS, ENABEL, GIZ, OFII and OIM in order to usefully complement the bilateral mobility programmes implemented between North African countries and EU Member States.