Building effective policies against child labor in Ecuador and Panamá

The Project Building Effective Policies against Child Labour in Ecuador and Panama, with funding from the US Department of Labour, builds on the progress made in Ecuador and Panama and seeks to improve the effectiveness of public policies and law enforcement in combating child labor. The project has four main pillars as follows: The project’s four strategic pillars: i) research and increased knowledge for effective advocacy; ii) training and capacity building of private and public stakeholders; iii) National and Municipal Child Labor and Safe Youth Employment Monitoring Systems; and iv) coherent and up to date legislative frameworks, will jointly lead to the expected result, namely to strengthen public policy and enforcement to sustainably combat child labor among vulnerable populations in both Ecuador and Panama. It will be implemented by the ILO in partnership with the Fundacion Esquel of Ecuador and Casa Esperanza of Panama during a period of 4 years and with a total budget of USD 3.5 million.

Project symbol

RLA/12/07/USA

Admin unit

RO-Latin America and the Caribbean

Start date

20/12/2012

End date

31/12/2018

Total allocation

4375000

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

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Development Partners

USA, Department of Labor, Bureau for International Labor Affairs

Country/Countries

Americas - regional

Outcomes

Protection of workers from unacceptable forms of work