Promoting sustainable action against forced labour in Brazil

In Latin America, the focus will be on Brazil for three main reasons: First, ILO has played a key role in the development of a National Pact against Slave Labour which is the most prominent example of private sector engagement against forced labour to date. The Pact is now in a critical phase of re-structuring to ensure sustainability, and ILO’s involvement in this process is important. Second, the intervention will support a better knowledge base on forced labour which will feed into ILO’s global product ‘GLO726’ while also support broad-based action against forced labour and trafficking during the Olympic Games in 2016. Funding from the Brazilian Government is expected for 2013 to sustain future action and to promote South-South Cooperation in Latin America. Third, Brazil is a target country for the ILO under BRA127 ‘Development and implementation of public policies and social actions are supported and improved for the elimination of slave labour and human trafficking.’ Thus, country-based interventions can build on on-going initiatives in these areas.

Project symbol

BRA/12/50/IRL

Admin unit

CO-Brasilia

Start date

15/07/2012

End date

31/12/2013

Total allocation

153602

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

153602

Development Partners

Ireland, Irish Aid

Country/Countries

Brazil

Outcomes

Forced Labour