Combating forced labour in Brazil

The project “Combating forced labour in Brazil” ensures decisive progress in the application of Conventions Nos. 29 and 105 and the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. The project’s main objective is to reinforce current actions to combat forced labour, while strengthening inter-agency coordination mechanisms and, in particular, the role of the Mobile Labour Inspection Unit (MIU) and its key partners. The project has two immediate objectives: to strengthen and co-ordinate actions of the National Council to Eradicate Forced Labour (CONATRAE) members and other key partners to combat forced labour and to rehabilitate and prevent rescued workers from falling back into forced labour in Brazil by: (i) developing an integrated database and monitoring system to reliably assess forced labour and the efforts to combat it; (ii) developing campaigns for raising general public awareness, mobilizing society and preventing forced labour among rural workers; (iii) developing a national workplan integrating efforts among CONATRAE’s members and at federal, state and municipal levels; (iv) training of governmental agencies and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to enhance the effectiveness of actions to combat forced labour; (v) institutional building of Mobile Labour Inspection Unit (MIU) and its key partners to enhance law enforcement; (vi) designing and implementing pilot action programmes to provide assistance and promote income generation for rescued workers.

Project symbol

BRA/01/50/USA

Admin unit

CO-Brasilia

Start date

01/11/2001

End date

31/12/2007

Total allocation

1694054

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

1694054

Development Partners

USA, United States Department of Labor, Bureau for International Labor Affairs, Office of Child Labor, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking

Country/Countries

Brazil

Outcomes

Child Labour