Organisations
Intergovernmental Authority on DevelopmentIGAD
The East African regional bloc of eight member states — including Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda — coordinating development, migration and regional-integration policy in the Horn of Africa.
IGAD (Intergovernmental Authority on Development) is the regional economic community of the Horn of Africa. In skills and migration policy it anchors two instruments that shape qualifications work across the region: the Djibouti Declaration on refugee education and the Protocol on Free Movement of Persons. Both depend on qualifications being comparable across borders — which is where the IGAD Regional Qualifications Framework (IGADQF) and national NQF referencing come in.
indeson worked with IGAD structures under the IGAD–GIZ SIMPI programme, supporting member states in aligning their National Qualifications Frameworks with the IGADQF and building the regional data systems that make skills portability for refugees, returnees, IDPs and host communities measurable.
Where indeson applied it
Strengthening IGAD Migration Policy Implementation II (SIMPI): Qualifications Frameworks and Skills Recognition
DjiboutiAligning National Qualifications Frameworks with the IGAD Regional Qualifications Framework across seven member states — RPL, credit transfer, gender-responsive monitoring and regional data systems
The SIMPI assignment operationalised the IGAD Regional Qualifications Framework across seven member states.
Mapping and Analysis of National Qualifications Frameworks across the IGAD Member States
DjiboutiOngoing regional engagement on qualifications, mutual recognition and labour mobility — consultations, workshops and capacity-development recommendations across the IGAD region
Ongoing engagement for the IGAD Secretariat on qualifications, mutual recognition and labour mobility across the member states.