AYV News, March 5, 2026
The Government of Sierra Leone, through the Ministry of Employment, Labour and Social Security, will host the 52nd Governing Council Meeting of the African Regional Labour Administration Centre (ARLAC) alongside a High-Level Symposium on Advancing Decent Work in the Platform Economy from 9–13 March 2026 at the Mamba Point Hotel, Lagoonda in Freetown.
The high-level gathering will bring together Ministers, Permanent Secretaries, Directors-General, Chief Directors, and senior labour administration officials from ARLAC’s member states across Africa.
The symposium will focus on strengthening labour governance frameworks to address emerging challenges and opportunities within the platform economy, ensuring that innovation and digital transformation translate into decent work, fair wages, and social protection for workers.
As an intergovernmental organisation, ARLAC is mandated to strengthen labour administration systems in African countries through training, research, consultancy, advisory services, and publications. It forms part of a network of three former ILO and UNDP regional labour administration projects, alongside the Centre Régional Africain d’Administration du Travail (CRADAT) for French-speaking African countries, based in Yaoundé, Cameroon, and the Arab Centre for Labour Administration and Employment (ACLAE) for Arabic-speaking countries, based in Tunis, Tunisia.
The Governing Council Meeting will be preceded by a session of senior officials on 10th March 2026, where key policy and administrative matters will be deliberated ahead of the Council’s formal sitting.
Sierra Leone’s hosting of this prestigious continental event underscores the country’s growing leadership in labour governance and its commitment to promoting decent work standards across Africa. The conference is expected to foster policy dialogue, regional cooperation, and collective strategies aimed at strengthening labour administration systems in line with evolving global labour market dynamics.
