Prevention and elimination of the worst forms of child labour in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua through the strengthening of Labour Ministries and workers' and employers' orgs

Development objective: Contribute towards the prevention and elimination of the worst forms of child labour in Central America (Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua). Immediate objective: At the end of the project, the capacity of national institutions and mechanisms of horizontal cooperation between constituents in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua for the prevention and elimination of child labour in particular hazardous work will have been strengthened.

Project symbol

RLA/05/08/CAN

Admin unit

DWT/CO-San Jose

Start date

01/06/2006

End date

31/08/2008

Total allocation

548332

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

539097

Development Partners

Canada, Employment and Social Development Canada

Country/Countries

Central America

Outcomes

Increase constituent and development partner capacity to develop or implement policies or measures focused on reducing child labour