EU support to legal migration, mobility and skills partnerships with North of African countries. The proposed Action promotes a regional holistic approach to labour migration governance, human capital development&nbsp;and labour mobility between North African countries and EU Member States - funded under the European Union Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) for a four-year period as of 2022. It responds to one of the key priority areas of the New Pact on Migration and Asylum¿s (the New Pact)[1] external dimension in relation to the implementation of the Talent Partnerships launched by the European Commission in June 2021 that will support legal migration and mobility with key partners. &nbsp;It is aligned with the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration[2] and with the partnership approach of the Joint Communication on a Renewed Partnership with the Southern Neighbourhood[3], adopted on 9 February 2021, where migration and mobility are indicated as a priority areas. It thus falls within the Multi-Country Migration Programme for the Southern Neighbourhood (MCMP) and responds to its priority area 4 ¿Supporting a comprehensive approach to legal migration and mobility¿. The Action builds on and complements the existing regional action ¿Towards a Holistic Approach to Labour Migration Governance and Labour Mobility in North Africa¿ (THAMM) phase I, II and III funded by the EU Trust Fund for Africa, and is guided by the principles of ownership, aid effectiveness, sustainability, complementarity, comprehensiveness, coherence, and responsibility-sharing. It will be built on lessons learned from the past and on-going actions, and be coordinated with other actors present on the ground. Beyond improved labour migration governance, the 48-month Action should contribute to national development plans and more globally to reducing inequalities. The Action will be implemented in complementarity and building synergies with ongoing and upcoming actions promoting legal migration and pathways, including TEIs, and it will contribute to the promotion of the Talent Partnerships launched by the European Commission in June 2021. The Action is aligned with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, contributing to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), such as SDG 8 ¿Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all¿, especially target 8.6, which aims at ¿substantially reduc(ing)¿ the proportion of youth not in employment, education or training¿ , as well as target 8.8, with the objective to ¿protect labour rights and promote safe and secure working environments for all workers, including migrant workers, in particular women migrants, and those in precarious employment¿. The Action mainly contributes to SDG 10 ¿Reduce inequality within and among countries¿, particularly to target 10.7 ¿facilitate orderly, safe, and responsible migration and mobility of people, including through implementation of planned and well-managed migration policies¿.This multi-country action document will be translated in tailor made national action plans before the contractualisation stage.