Strengthening labour governance in Fiji

The objective of this project is to implement targeted interventions designed to strengthen labour governance through the delivery training to judges, lawyers and advocates on International Labour Standards. By the end of this project, judges, lawyers and advocates would be more conversant in international labour standards and be able to apply the standards framework and related jurisprudence in their work as judges, lawyers and advocates respectively. The ILO International Training Centre (ILO-ITC) in Turin, in collaboration with the ILO’s International Labour Standards Department (NORMES), have delivered training courses and training manuals for judges, lawyers and legal educators since 1999. The ILO-ITC delivers a two week training programme for judges, lawyers and legal educators in June each year to participants from around the world. In addition, it also delivers tailored national training to countries in conjunction with national judicial training institutes. It has not, to date, delivered tailored training for judges and lawyers in Fiji. This programme would comprise the delivery of two 1.5 – 2 day awareness raising sessions. The first session would be delivered to judges and the second session would be delivered to lawyers and advocates (including representative organisations of employers and workers) on international labour standards, their application in Fiji and relevant case law. Both courses would be delivered in Suva before 30 April 2016.

Project symbol

FJI/15/01/AUS

Admin unit

CO-Suva

Start date

01/03/2016

End date

29/04/2016

Total allocation

62532

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

56330

Development Partners

Australia, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Country/Countries

Fiji

Outcomes

Ratification and application of international labour standards