ARISE II: Eliminating Child Labour in Tobacco growing Communities in Malawi 2015-2018

Executive summary ARISE II Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia This addendum extends the partnership between JT International SA and the ILO for a further 4 years, until 31 December 2018, to cover additional activities under the global component of the project, as well as under country specific actions in Brazil, Malawi, Zambia and Tanzania. The project title is amended to include “ARISE II: Eliminating Child Labour in Tobacco growing Communities in Brazil, Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia”. JTI will provide a new contribution of US$4’773’917 for the period 2015-2018. The partnership focuses on advancing the agenda to effectively eliminate child labour in farming communities from which JTI sources tobacco. It will draw on the lesson learned in the first phase to consolidate the gains achieved and pursue opportunities to increase the scope and impact of the PPP. A global component to the strategy, the Global Training Programme (GTP) will support JTI’s efforts to promote sustainability in its supply chain, particularly the Agricultural Labour Practices (ALP) and Know Your Grower (KYG) programmes, through risk assessments and improvements in occupational safety and health (OSH). The proposed project will contribute to Outcome 16 of the ILO’s Programme and Budget, “Child labour is elimininated, with priority given to its worst forms”, by reducing the incidence of child labour in target countries and communities; strengthening capacity of ILO constituents, including through policy development and improved delivery of social services, to address the problem; and strengthening the capacity of JTI to prevent, identify, mitigate and remediate child labour in its supply chain. This is in support of the Decent Work Country Programmes of Brazil, Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia and related Country Programme Outcomes (BRA 126, MWI 103, TZA 125, TZA 126, ZMB 176).

Project symbol

MLW/14/01/JTI

Admin unit

CO-Lusaka

Start date

01/01/2015

End date

31/12/2018

Total allocation

2061295

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

2027895

Development Partners

Japan Tobacco International SA

Country/Countries

Malawi

Outcomes

Protection of workers from unacceptable forms of work