JUBA-South Sudan’s Minister of Information and Communication, Michael Makuei Lueth, revealed on Friday the country’s plan to join the African Regional Labour Administration Center (ARLAC).
ARLAC was jointly established by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the United Nations Development Programme in 1974 as a project to address labor administration issues in Africa.
It became a legally autonomous intergovernmental institution in October 1981.
Speaking to journalists after a cabinet meeting on Friday in Juba, Makuei said the proposal to join the African Regional Labour Administration Center was presented before the cabinet by Minister of Labour, Gen. James Hoth Mai.
He said the country will benefit from trainings and other facilities.
“This center, of course, is a very important center because it provides training and other facilities to the Ministries of Labour and the Labour Administrations all over,” he said.
Michael said the country will pay an annual membership fee of $25,000 to the organization.
“So this, if once you join this organization, you will benefit; you will have a lot of benefits from it. The monthly, the annual contribution to this organization is $25,000, and it will start with the capacity building and services to the labor administration and partners,” he said.
He said the cabinet has directed the Ministry of Finance to pay membership to become part of this organization.
The African Regional Labour Administration Centre (ARLAC) is an intergovernmental organization with a mandate to strengthen labor administration systems in African countries through training, research, consultancy, advisory services, and publications.
ARLAC is based in Harare, Zimbabwe; CRADAT is in Yaoundé, Cameroon; and ACLAE is in Tunis, Tunisia.
It comprises 18 member countries, including Botswana, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mauritius, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
These member countries formally ratified the ARLAC Agreement (superseded by the Constitution of ARLAC).
