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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 6: Improve identification and monitoring of the incidence of child labour and its worst forms in supply chains, and the impact of measures to accelerate its eradication The overall objective of the project is very clearly to promote the accelerated eradication of child labour in the supply chains of African participating countries. Ultimately, the project after its second phase will have to be evaluated by reference to this basic objective, more than anything else. The evaluator will need to assess whether the incidence of child labour in these specific supply chains has been significantly reduced; and, if so, what are the measures which have had most impact on child labour. Moreover, this is a large project in financial terms, and one which at the conclusion of phase II will have had a full decade of implementation. The information made available for the present evaluation has not been able to shed much light on trends of child labour incidence, either more generally or in the specific supply chains under review. It is suggested that, because so much child labour is clandestine, it is difficult to have a clear idea of the situation. However, some anecdotal information has been provided, identifying some country situations where there appears to have been progress, and some factors which have led to this. An example is the vocational training programme in cotton producing areas of Egypt, which appear to have reduced the scope for using child labour. At the global level, the ILO has attached great importance to its global estimates of child labour and forced labour. Over the years, it has developed a range of methodological tools for capturing the incidence of child and forced labour, even in circumstances where much of the labour is clandestine. For the next phase of the project, it is recommended that rigorous efforts should be made to address these concerns, using the available methodological tools, and promoting cooperation between the project and the ILO’s global activities. It is suggested that, at the earliest opportunity, every effort is made to identify the geographical areas where the incidence of child labour and its worst forms appear to be most serious, for each of the commodities and participating countries for the second phase of the project. Furthermore, by supporting national actors in developing adequate monitoring systems (like in Cote D’Ivoire), rapid assessments and baseline studies can then be conducted on a regular and systematic basis, enabling national stakeholders and ILO to capture the most important trends over the lifetime of the project.

url:

https://analyticstest.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/recommendations/1537544

action_plan:

In order to properly evaluate the impact of the project in the intervention areas, impact assessments of the direct interventions will be conducted under the 2nd phase.

comments:

Conducting quantitative baseline and endline surveys is extremely complex and expensive as those surveys should be implemented by national statistics offices due to the sensitivity. Therefore, under the 2nd phase, the project will focus more on impact assessment on specific intervention areas such as social protection, OSH and economic diversification. In addition, to respond to this recommendation, the project will further invest in supporting the government to strengthen the child labour monitoring mechanism.

date:

2024-05-27 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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