The overall goal of the Program is to better protect men and women migrant workers and to contribute to the maximization of migration benefits for the development in their home countries as well as in the destination countries. On a policy level this means improving the framework conditions for labour migrants and to redress the situation for vulnerable migrants. This goal is based on the impact hypothesis, whereby greater accountability in the migration cycle and the fulfillment of basic rights (Labour Law, Human Rights, constitutional rights) in particular in the receiving countries, leads to more earning, less indebtedness, more remittances, less waste of money, better use of skills etc. In other words, by adopting a lens of ‘protection for development’, the Global Grogram Migration and Development (GPMD) seeks to ensure that migrant workers benefit from decent working and living conditions and are better empowered to be actors of development. As an objective for the countries of destination more accountability in the recruitment and employment process would contribute to better governance and integration of migrants, thereby improving productivity and the level of skills while also being a factor for stability. The GPMD adheres to the following regional and global policy processes and outcomes:

• Reform of the kafala system and reduction of vulnerabilities of migrant workers to abuse and exploitation.
• Implementation of ILO 189 (Domestic Workers convention) approved in 2011.
• Improvement of the trans-regional accountability by regional and trans-regional dialogues between Asia and Middle East.
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  The GPMD expects to contribute to long term policy changes in a significant way with the following major policy outcomes until 2017:
  
  
• Improvement of the regulation of the labour market system by facilitating multi-stakeholder dialogue and strengthening of civil society.
• Domestic workers have been included under the labour law, by ensuring that they have adequate protection and access to redress mechanisms.
• The access of migrant workers to reliable support structures has been improved.
• More mobility and residential rights within Countries of Destination for labour migrants as a result of skills upgrading.

Contributions to ILO regional activities and to other actors