The ILO Better Regional Migration Management (BRMM) Programme University Essay Writing Competition 2026 (Fully Funded to Fifth LMAG in Zanzibar)

Application Deadline: 25 November 2026

Applications at the moment are open for the 2026 ILO Better Regional Migration Management (BRMM) Programme University Essay Writing Competition. The International Labour Organization (ILO), by the Better Regional Migration Management (BRMM) Programme funded by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), helps nations in the East and Horn of Africa area to strengthen labour migration governance and to promote secure, common, orderly, and rights-based labour mobility. As part of this work, BRMM helps universities as locations the place proof is produced and the place younger individuals type their views on migration, participating college students, college and researchers throughout the area.

Purpose
To give younger individuals a voice on labour migration, to encourage knowledgeable public debate on secure and common migration, and to carry pupil concepts to tripartite companions and senior officers attending the assembly.

Requirements

Students at the moment enrolled in a bachelor’s or postgraduate programme at a college in one of many East and Horn of Africa nations coated by BRMM
(Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda).

• Aged 18 or over on the deadline.
• Individual entries solely. One essay per pupil.
• ILO workers, consultants and their instant household, and members of the judging panel can’t enter.

Theme and instructed questions
“Young Voices on Safe Migration for Work” Essays might tackle considered one of these questions or a associated one:

• What measures would assist younger individuals in your nation entry first rate work Opportunities, each regionally and/or overseas?
• What ought to younger individuals check and perceive earlier than accepting a job provide in one other nation?
• Why do some younger individuals select irregular routes, and what are the dangers and prices for them and their households?
• What can governments, employers and recruitment companies do to make sure that younger individuals migrate safely and entry truthful working circumstances overseas?
• What help do younger individuals/returnees want once they return home to rebuild their lives, develop their abilities and discover first rate work?

Essay necessities

• English and/or French languages are accepted
• 1,200 to 1,500 phrases, excluding references.
• Original, unpublished work. Copied textual content and textual content produced by any AI instruments will likely be disqualified.
• Clear argument supported by proof, with sources listed.
• At least one sensible advice.
• Word or PDF file. The essay itself should not present the creator’s title, so it may be judged anonymously

Prizes

• First place: an invite to the Fifth LMAG in Zanzibar, 16 to 18 December 2026, with journey, lodging, DSA, and visa prices coated by the ILO, and the prospect to current the essay to ministers and senior officers.
• Second place: a plaque and publication of the essay on the ILO and regional web sites.
• Third place: a certificates and publication of the essay on the ILO web site.

How to enter
Send two attachments to [email protected] with the topic line “Essay Competition, Country”:

• The essay.
• An entry type with title, college, college, 12 months of study, nation, e-mail, telephone quantity, a replica of the scholar ID, and a signed assertion that the work is authentic and that the creator agrees to the circumstances under.

Key Dates

• Call opens: 3 November 2026
• Closing date: 25 November 2026, 23:59 East Africa Time
• Judging: 26 to 27 November 2026
• Winners notified: 30 November 2026
• Awards on the Fifth LMAG, Zanzibar: 18 December 2026

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the ILO Better Regional Migration Management (BRMM) Programme University Essay Writing Competition