Time-Bound Programme in Brazil

Upholding Brazil’s ratification of Convention No. 182 and Convention no. 138, the project “Eliminating the worst forms of child labour in Brazil – Support for the Time-Bound Programme on the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour” was designed to support the Government’s National Plan of Action for the Elimination of Child Labour. Its main objective is to provide assistance to develop key programmes and activities to create necessary conditions for the elimination of child labour in Brazil, particularly its worst forms. At the national level, the project focuses on the creation of an enabling environment by executing activities in: · knowledge generation and communication (development of a system for the dissemination of information on CL and identification and dissemination of information on good practices for its elimination), · awareness-raising (training and campaign targeted on key opinion leaders), · education (a more responsive educational system adapted to include CL issues), and · capacity building (strengthening key national and local institutions for the enforcement of legislation and the coordination of policies and programmes). At the local level, the project components are: · removal and rehabilitation, · provision of educational alternatives, and · income generation for families. The project develops action programmes in five states targeting: hazardous agricultural activities work in the informal economy, child domestic labour, sexual exploitation for commercial purposes, cultivation of drugs and drug trafficking. A total of 4,000 girls and boys are targeted for withdrawal and prevention from exploitative and/or hazardous work through the provision of educational services following direct action from the project.

Project symbol

BRA/03/50/USA

Admin unit

CO-Brasilia

Start date

30/09/2003

End date

31/08/2008

Total allocation

4583066

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

4583066

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