Trade for Decent Work 2.0

The project aims at improving the application of the ILO fundamental Conventions in EU trading partner countries through improved labour relations and working conditions, and contributing to the United-Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 8. The project’s objectives are focused on the following overarching components: ¿ Strengthening the capacity of Governments and the social partners to actively participate in national processes to apply ratified Conventions in law and practice, with a particular focus on the fundamental Conventions; ¿ Consolidating the institutional capacity of the Governments and social partners to fulfil reporting obligations regarding ILS, and concurrently abiding by Governments’ commitments to the European Commission (EC) to accept regular monitoring on their compliance with international Conventions; ¿ Strengthening institutional frameworks to facilitate social dialogue, conflict resolution and industrial relations in order to enhance the implementation of ILS. Ensuring uptake of the recommendations put forward in the ILO Tripartite Declaration of Principles concerning Multinational Enterprises (MNE) and Social Policy (1997, as amended in 2017); ¿ Equip other relevant stakeholders (judges, lawyers, parliamentarians, organisations of the civil society, media) with the knowledge and competencies to use ILS to settle labour disputes and to shape the public debate about social and development issues. The project started, under the EC funding, in January 2019 in three beneficiary countries in Asia (Bangladesh, Myanmar and Vietnam). In 2021, the project expanded to other countries in Asia, (Mongolia, Pakistan and Philippines) and Africa (Cabo Verde, Cote D’Ivoire, Ghana, Madagascar, and Mozambique). The Government of Finland joined the project in July 2021 to further develop the action in the five beneficiary countries in Africa. This new voluntary contribution enabled to supplement the activities in the following areas: i) reinforcing the implementation of International Labour Conventions; ii) strengthening the capacity of the labour inspection to actively contribute to the national processes to comply to ILS; iii) promoting responsible business conduct through engagement and dialogue with private sector; and iv) encouraging awareness in the area of the just transition and the green economy and their link with ILS.

Project symbol

GLO/23/51/FIN

Admin unit

CO-Hanoi
NORMES
CO-Lusaka
CO-Antananarivo
CO-Abidjan
DWT/CO-Dakar
CO-Abuja

Start date

01/07/2023

End date

31/12/2025

Total allocation

3102720

Total expenditure

Status

Active

2659658

Development Partners

Finland, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Country/Countries

Viet Nam
Ghana
Global
Mozambique
Madagascar
Cote d'Ivoire
Cabo Verde

Outcomes

Outcome 1: Strong, modernized normative action for social justice