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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 4: Continue active engagement with other (UN) agencies to address all dimensions of society that influence child labour (e.g. health, nutrition, education). The phenomenon of child labour is caused by multiple factors and root causes, requiring interventions that may go beyond the mandate of the ILO. Collaboration with other agencies (e.g. UNICEF for education, or WFP or FAO for agricultural projects and food provision) allows ILO to focus on its core, specialised activities while still ensuring a coordinated and holistic approach to the issue of child labour. Actions to implement this recommendation can include: • Review the activities conducted under ACCEL-I Africa I and assess whether all activities linked to ILO’s strongest strategic advantage. For example, the cantine scolaire in Cote D’Ivoire was questioned by some interviewees as to whether it was indeed under ILO’s mandate. • Conduct a mapping of root causes of child labour that ILO would not cover, and identify relevant agencies to partner with. The ACCEL-I Africa project countries also noted activities of other UN agencies, which covered different localities. Instead of implementing different activities in each locality, UN agencies should pool resources to address child labour more holistically across the main, vulnerable, localities. • Closely engage with the Accelerator Lab 8.7 to avoid overlaps and maximise efficiency in countries where both the Lab and ACCEL-I Africa II are active.

url:

https://analyticstest.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/recommendations/1537534

action_plan:

Under the 2nd phase of the ACCEL Africa project, the project team will strengthen its partnership with other UN agencies, especially with UNICEF and FAO in order to create synergies and address the issue of child labour more efficiently by bringing comparative advantages of each agency.

comments:

The 2nd phase of the ACCEL Africa project has been indeed designed to bring added value and comparative advantage of the ILO to address the issue of child labour in supply chains.

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:

Child labour, forced labour, human trafficking and slavery

category:

Child labour

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