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Accelerating action for the elimination of child labour in supply chains in Africa - Final evaluation

eval_number:

3014

eval_title:

Accelerating action for the elimination of child labour in supply chains in Africa - Final evaluation

location:

region:

Africa

country:

Africa - regional

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eval_url:

https://analyticstest.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/3014

recommendations:

title:

Recommendation 3: Ensure that the supply chain approach aims to involve all relevant supply chain actors, at local, national and global levels Ultimately, the incidence of child labour depends not only on the behaviour and awareness of communities, but also on the multinational companies and their decisions and ability to pay fair prices and promote decent work for farmers. Even if communities are aware of the dangers of child labour and the importance of education, poverty may hinder them from actually sending their children to school. Therefore, the engagement of the multinational companies, as well as the intermediaries that pick up the products from the farmers, is crucial. The rojectt managed to include some of the key actors within supply chains including local communities into combating child labour. However, more could be done to include actors such as private sector intermediaries and multinational companies. By incorporating this aspect into project design, whether by improving community protections against predatory purchasing practices or by including activities with these actors, the ability to combat factors contributing to child labour could increase. In particular, it could facilitate improved monitoring of child labour and its eradication in supply chains. It could also help identify cases where significant progress is made in the course of the project, and devise incentives to bring benefits to national employers and producers who have demonstrated a commitment to the eradication of child labour in their supply chains. Actions to implement this recommendation can include: • Enhancing communication regarding compliance with trade agreements. The ACCEL-I Africa project (as well as other ILO initiatives) have shown that private actors are mostly driven by requirements of trade agreements, as to not lose business. This can be leveraged more to increase the number of intermediaries and multinationals. • Consider introducing a label or network for multinational companies working with ACCEL-I Africa (e.g. as is done with companies partnering with ILO’s Better Work programme). This can even be done in collaboration with the Accelerator Lab 8.7. to make it a world-wide initiative covering different sectors. Some revenue can be obtained from this label that can help sustain activities with communities.

url:

https://analyticstest.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/recommendations/1537529

action_plan:

The project will work to participate actively in supply chain discussions at the global level, especially through the Child Labour Platform, Alliance 8.7 Supply Chain Action Group, Accelerator Lab 8.7 etc. At the national level, in collaboration with employers’ organizations, the project team has been developing networks for the private sector including SMEs to facilitate their efforts in addressing the issue of child labour in their supply chains. At the local level, the project has been strengthening its collaboration with cooperatives and finding a way to facilitate intermediaries/middlemen to improve their business practices and contribute to the sustainable development of local communities.

comments:

The 2nd phase of the project has been indeed designed aiming at engaging the private sector and strengthening its supply chain approach.

date:

2024-05-22 00:00:00.0

progress:

Partially achieved

management_response:

Partially Completed

information_source:

Regional Office

admin_units:

RO-Africa

project_symbols:

RAF/18/08/NLD

themes:

theme:

Sector

category:

Supply or value chains

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