On April 18-19, 2019 in Aktobe, the national training “Social Integration of Migrants in Kazakhstan” was held for state, non-governmental and private organizations in the framework of the Regional Project “Strengthening the fight against human trafficking and protecting vulnerable migrants in Central Asia in the context of regional and global challenges” funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Norway.

The training was organized by IOM in cooperation with the MLSP of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The training was aimed at building the capacity of IOM partners to respect the human rights of migrant workers and to take further measures for the social integration of migrants. The training participants familiarized themselves with the experience of conducting activities aimed at integration, the current situation on labor mobility in Kazakhstan, gained knowledge about the possibilities of expanding the rights of migrant workers, including the right to access information, social services. Participants of the training: representatives of the MLSP of the Republic of Kazakhstan, private employment agencies, the National Chamber of Entrepreneurs, employers, NGOs from the cities of Nur-Sultan, Aktobe, Kyzylorda, Petropavlovsk, Ust-Kamenogorsk and Shymkent.