Strengthening the capacity of the Moroccan Labour Ministry

The background to the establishment of this second USDOL Morocco project is set out under the entry dealing with MOR/01/50/USA. The development objective of the project is to strengthen labour capacity. It has a series of specific objectives which are practically identical to those of the first USDOL-funded project (MOR/01/50/USA). These specific objectives are to: (a) increase knowledge among employers and workers of national labour law and means of accessing Ministry of Labour services to enforce rights under those laws; (b) strengthen Labour Ministry inspection systems to enforce effectively national labour laws; (c) create or strengthen existing dispute-resolution mechanisms within the Ministry; and (d) field test, for possible replication, a model to retrain workers impacted by economic restructuring as a result of the US-Moroccan Free Trade Agreement.

Project symbol

MOR/03/02/USA

Admin unit

DIALOGUE

Start date

01/01/2004

End date

30/09/2008

Total allocation

1459973

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

1459973

Development Partners

USA, United States Department of Labor, Bureau for International Labor Affairs, Office of Trade and Labor Affairs

Country/Countries

Morocco

Outcomes

Social Dialogue and Industrial Relations