From August 2024 to March 2025, Cadena is implementing a project for the International Labour Organization (ILO). A recent mapping report on Labour Migration in East Africa by the East Africa Employers’ Organization (EAEO, 2023) shows existing domestic workers’ mobility within the region from Uganda and Tanzania into Kenya. Though official data on the share of employment in domestic work in the sub-region is not readily available, individual country figures indicate a significant number of people employed in or working as domestic workers. Developing regional competency standards for domestic work will contribute to the aspiration of the EAC Treaty and enhance cooperation within Partner States in their effort to develop well-trained human resources for regional labour markets and beyond. These standards will also make it easier for mutual recognition of skills and portability of skills. It will aid member states to benchmark when developing their national competency standards. In light of this, Cadena is contracted by the ILO, in collaboration with the EAC, to develop regional competency standards for the domestic work occupation. The objective is to coordinate consultations, review and validate the mapping report, and draft the competency standards.
Consultancy Services on developing East African Regional Competency standard in Domestic work collaboration between EAC and ILO
