Promoting decent work in tea plantations in Malawi's Thyolo District

The project aims at promoting sustainable rural livelihoods and decent work through improved employment opportunities and working conditions in Malawi’s tea sector. Building on the ILO's past experience of rural-focused work in Malawi, as well as on the initiatives targeting the plantations sector in a number of developing countries, the project is based on a two-pronged strategy, combining an institutional development component with a direct support component. The former aims at improving the capacity of the government and the organizations of workers and employers, in addressing the employment and labour challenges in the large agro-food or plantations sector. The latter includes targeted action to address decent work deficits on the ground, i.e. in and around Malawi’s tea estates.

Project symbol

MWI/17/50/FLA

Admin unit

CO-Lusaka

Start date

16/03/2018

End date

15/03/2020

Total allocation

295003

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

287351

Development Partners

Belgium, Government of Flanders, Department of Foreign Affairs

Country/Countries

Malawi

Outcomes

Outcome 2: International labour standards and authoritative and effective supervision
Outcome 4: Sustainable enterprises as generators of employment and promoters of innovation and decent work