As a policy framework, the AUC/ILO/IOM/ECA Joint Programme on Labour Migration, Development and Regional Integration (JLMP) is built as a strategic regional intervention to leverage migration for development. The JLMP is also a creative work to achieve the key dimensions of the programme regarding the protection of the rights of migrant workers: portability of skills; portability of social security benefits; fair recruitment practices; etc. The Joint Labour Migration Programme (JLMP) is a significant response to Africa’s implementation of the Global Compact on safe, orderly and regular migration since it is a region-wide programme that contains many of the same priority areas of work as the GCM.