Capacity building of social partners to combat child labour in Egypt

This project aims at strengthening the capacity of the Egyptian government, workers and employers' organizations to combat child labour. The draft National Action Plan (NAP) to combat child labour will be updated and validated by the tripartite Steering Committee. An upgraded apprenticeship system for working-age girls and boys will be tested in three sectors (ready-made garments, carpentry, and food-processing). The ILO-IOE Child Labour Guidance Tool for Business will be translated into Arabic and used to sensitize employers and other partners on how to do business that does not involve child labourers. Tools and training materials will be adapted for application and use by labour inspectors and NGOs working with ILO constituents. Emphasis will also be placed on sharing good practices to improve occupational safety and health and working conditions for working-age girls and boys in hazardous work.

Project symbol

EGY/16/01/RBS

Admin unit

DWT/CO-Cairo

Start date

01/01/2016

End date

31/12/2019

Total allocation

198040

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

198040

Development Partners

Core voluntary funds (RBSA)

Country/Countries

Egypt

Outcomes

Protection of workers from unacceptable forms of work