Advancing Tripartite Action to Tackle Child Labour

1. Executive Summary The project will build on the large scale programme of technical cooperation which ILO-IPEC already has in place and reinforce and support work implemented through the DWCP process. However it would add a distinct and strategic dimension to this work through its focus on enhancing the role of the social partners and in the framework of the South-South initiative, though which co-operation for sharing good practices, experiences and lessons learned will be fostered. This strategy may play a will be based on the replication of models (pilot-programmes) that worked well in a given country, and their adaptation to the local context of the other country. This learning and cross-fertilization experience should be done in a spirit of promoting equality, sharing of knowledge, supporting mutual assistance and building up solidarity. The ILO-Norway Framework Agreement has supported since 2004 a collaborative action between three technical units in the ILO (ACTRAV, ACTEMP and IPEC), in the implementation of activities at the national, regional and interregional level. Many lessons have been learned from these collaborative efforts and these will serve as a basis for this new programme for 2009 and beyond. This Project has taken into account the recommendations comprised in the 2008 external evaluation, including the need for IPEC to focus on selected thematic priorities areas under the Norway-funded programme and to strengthen its role in supporting social dialogue, global and country level advocacy and policy work. Under this Project IPEC will focus on advancing the Global Action Plan against Child Labour by promoting the Education for All and SCREAM, expanding the outreach and impact of the WDACL, sharing of information through the 12-12 portal and the multiplying the relatively-new trend in IPEC’s technical cooperation known as the “south-south initiative in combating child labour”. Under this “south-south initiative, networks of social actors will be exploited that have been set up in Latin America and in Africa with aims at enhancing the exchange of experiences and good practices; material and information in related issues, including the supporting of the implementation of technical cooperation activities among developing countries coordinated with other UN agencies under the “One UN” approach. This Project intends to enhance trade union’s capacity to : 1) Develop policies and action plans on child labour; 2) work to include child labour in processes of collective bargaining; 3) advocate for ratification and implementation of the ILO Core Conventions; 4)participate in national bodies addressing the issue; 5)through public awareness campaigns, sensitize workers and the society at large on child labour, and the links between child labour and related issues such as gender equality, HIV/AID and youth employment; 6) utilize international networks to ensure that lessons learned in one part of the world benefits the struggle against child labour in another; 7) utilize international networks to shed light on child labour in the manufacturing chain; 8) with their presence at work places, monitor the child labour situation. Liekwise, Employers’ organizations have a strategic role to play in combating tackle child labour and: 1) Advocate for the strengthening of national legislative frameworks to tackle child labour; 2) Lobby for enhanced access to quality education and training for children and youth; 3) Assist members to comply with national legislation thus ensuring that child labour does not occur at the workplace; 4) Address the issue of child labour in supply chains; 5) Use their networks and experience to support programmes to combat child labour and 6) Help to raise public awareness on child labour and to change attitudes This project, thus, aims at expanding the technical cooperation programme which ILO already has in place in the three above technical units.. The project would reinforce and support work

Project symbol

INT/09/50/NOR

Admin unit

IPEC

Start date

01/04/2009

End date

31/03/2011

Total allocation

958377

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

958377

Development Partners

Norway, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Country/Countries

Global

Outcomes

Child Labour