Promoting Respect for Informal Workers' Labour Rights in Costa Rica, El Salvador and Honduras

The project's objective is to establish and strengthen mechanisms for informal economy workers to access social protection and the full exercise of their labor rights. Expected Results include: 1) increased organizational capacity and productivity of workers in the informal economy; 2) increased state capacity to respond to the needs of workers in the informal economy, including access to formalization and social protections; 3) strengthened existing laws and new policies formulated to provide social services to workers in the informal economy and lift barriers to formalization; and 4) raised awareness of labor rights in the informal economy. In order to fulfill each objective, the project will carry out training activities and coaching processes to strengthen the capacities of the multistakeholders and its representatives (public and private ones), as well as researches, studies and data collection to create and disseminate relevant information for the action. It will also work on making policy and raising awareness campaigns, both at municipal and national level, in order to assure and create conditions of formalization and promotion of workers’ labor rights in the informal economy; also, the project, at all levels, will promote the tripartite dialogue as a strategy to achieve strong and sustainable results. Countries: Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Honduras

Project symbol

RLA/12/01/USA

Admin unit

DWT/CO-San Jose

Start date

25/08/2012

End date

31/10/2016

Total allocation

2079108

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

2067635

Development Partners

US Government

Country/Countries

Central America

Outcomes

Strong and representative employers' and workers' organizations