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Appui à la Stratégie Nationale de l'Emploi marocaine dans le partenariat BIT-SIDA Depuis l’adoption de la Stratégie nationale de l’emploi (SNE) en 2015, le Gouvernement marocain avec l’appui du BIT, a engagé de nombreux efforts pour assurer que la Stratégie ne demeure pas au stade des déclarations d’intention, mais soit mise en œuvre et traduite en résultats concrets pour la population. Le Gouvernement, a sollicité l’appui du BIT, pour l’assister à la mise en œuvre de la Stratégie nationale de l’emploi, en particulier : (i) la formulation de mesures urgentes pour l’emploi, en particulier pour les jeunes et les femmes; (ii) le développement d’une méthodologie pour la prise en compte de l’emploi dans le budget national ; (iii) l’appui à la mise en œuvre de la territorialisation de la politique de l’emploi afin de répondre aux défis de l’emploi des jeunes dans le contexte de la régionalisation avancée.
Industrial Relations in Europe Fostering equality at work and cross-country convergence The ILO is the infroamtion organization responsible for drawing up and overseeing international labour standards. It is the only tripartite United Nations agency that brings together representatives of governments, employers and workers to jointly shape politices and programmes promoting Decent Work for all. This unique arrangement gives the ILO an edge in incorporating real world knowledge about employment and work. The main aims ofteh ILO are to promote rights at work, encourage decent employment opportunities, enhance social protection and strengthen dialogue on work-related issues. The unique tripartite structure of the ILO gives an equal voice to workers, employers and governments to ensure that the views of the social partners are closely reflected in labour standards and in shaping policies and programmes.
Scoping Phase: Decent Work in garment sector supply chains in Asia The ILO has been working in the garment sector for over a decade, through its flagship Better Work programme with the IFC as well as a series of related initiatives, often involving partnerships with over 30 global brands. Most of the production countries are in Asia. Since 2014 the ILO has worked closely with H&M – under a Public-Private Partnership and with support from Sida – aimed at, inter alia, strengthening respect for the enabling rights such as freedom of association and the effective right to collective bargaining, promoting sound labour relations, and inclusive wage policies. Successful activities in Cambodia were highlighted as part of the Global Deal, and have led to further projects being developed in Ethiopia, Bangladesh and Myanmar. The focus on industrial relations, collective bargaining and wages through these projects are innovative and represent an important model for the development of further interventions targeting the sector. The ILO welcomes the opportunity to collaborate with Sida to take stock of the existing pool of knowledge and experiences of the ILO in this area, to consider connecting points between different approaches and how new strategic integrated models, involving a broad reach of key stakeholders and moving beyond the national level for additional impact, can further advance decent work in global supply chains. The proposed scoping exercise and multi-stakeholder workshop would thus address a need for more knowledge on central issues such as the governance gap, contribute to identify and bring in additional stakeholders into increasingly sustainable approaches to fill that gap, and further emphasize the importance of social dialogue and enabling institutions on national and regional level – both as a goal in itself and as a means to address decent work deficits. As such, it fits very well in the ILO strategy to advance these topics in response to the internal discussions cited above. In addition, the proposed exercises also contributes towards the Strategy for Sweden’s regional development cooperation in Asia and the Pacific region (2016-2021), whose ambition it is to contribute to the strengthened capacity of regional actors to promote greater accountability, increased democratic space and to promote human rights and gender equality in a context of curtailed labour rights. The current proposal seeks a partnership with and support from Sida to: 1) Undertake a scoping exercise to map out challenges to decent work, environmental sustainability, gender equality, sound industrial relations and social dialogue in the garment sector in Asia, 2) Organise a key stakeholder workshop to validate the results of the scoping exercise and present a draft theory of change for the regional programme, and 3) Formulate a regional programme for improvements of decent work, environmental sustainability and gender equality in global supply chains in the garment sector in Asia .
More and better jobs through socially responsible labour practices in Asia – Phase II Through their globalised production systems, multinational enterprises (MNEs), their subsidiaries and extended value chains, represent an important share of the private sector in many developing and industrialised economies. In 2010 developing economies attracted for the first time more than 50% of the global FDI inflow; in 2012 MNEs from emerging markets increased their share in FDI flows, with many of these MNEs expanding their global production networks actively into other developing and transition economies. Asia is home and host of many MNEs. With total FDI inflows of $426 billion in 2013, developing Asia accounted for nearly 30 per cent of the global total and remained the world's number one recipient region. The potential contribution of MNEs to the creation of more and better jobs is enormous and looks especially promising in developing economies. Despite this enormous potential, there is a widespread feeling that MNEs may not be sufficiently living up to that expectation. Many have come increasingly under pressure to demonstrate that they operate in a socially responsible manner and effectively contribute to development. As a result, many MNEs and large national enterprises have adopted policies governing labour and employment aspects of their operations at a global level, including in relation to their supply chains, as part of their sustainability strategies and a growing number are engaging in multi-stakeholder or industry initiatives. Governments are also introducing laws and policies to stimulate good business behaviour both of foreign MNEs in their countries and of their own MNEs operating in other parts of the world. Significant progress has been made in increasing awareness of the importance of responsible business. However, collective action is needed in order to change how supply chains operate and to maximize the contributions that MNEs could make to decent work and inclusive and sustainable development. The ILO Tripartite Declaration of Principles concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy (the MNE Declaration) urges MNEs and representatives of government, employers and workers to come together to discuss issues of mutual concern with the aim of exchanging information, fostering synergies and identifying areas for possible collaboration. This project is a continuation of the same project, funded by the ILO/Japan Social Safety Net Fund for 2014. It will build on the outcomes obtained during Phase I. Specifically, the objective of Phase II is be to implement the findings and recommendations from the exploratory studies undertaken in Pakistan, with a view to contributing towards encouraging MNEs to contribute positively to economic and social development through socially responsible labour practices.
Sustaining strengthened national capacities to improve ILS compliance and reporting The present Action aims at improving the application of the 8 fundamental ILO conventions in the following ILO beneficiaries of the EU preferential GSP+ scheme, Mongolia and Pakistan as well as in members of the EU Central-America Association Agreement, El Salvador and Guatemala. The selected countries will be assisted to take action to apply the 8 fundamental ILO Conventions and better meet their standards-related obligations, in particular on the critical issues raised by the ILO supervisory bodies and reflected under EU monitoring systems. They will also be assisted to fulfil their ILO Constitutional reporting obligations on these conventions. The strategy will be to act on several fronts, as to improve implementation of ILS and compliance with reporting obligations and/or ratified fundamental Conventions. In each country, selected key actors capable to improve implementation of ILS will be given technical assistance, training and will be made aware of critical issues. These actors will be members of the national administration, representatives of employers’ and workers’ organizations, judges, parliamentarians and labour inspectors. The intervention to build administrative capacity on implementing the ILS will use a mix of approaches, focussing mainly on institutional development. Activities could include: ¿ Awareness-raising and training on the content of selected fundamental ILS. ¿ Research to generate information on the status of implementation of ILS, including legislative gap analyses, advice on elements that will enable tripartite constituents to take the relevant decisions aiming at full implementation. ¿ Legal advice on the revision or drafting of legislation and regulations in the light of the supervisory bodies’ comments. ¿ Strengthening of data collection and reporting capacity of tripartite constituents including the capacity of using the systemic approach to managing ILS constitutional obligations. ¿ Publication/adaptation of thematic materials on the implementation of the concerned ILS.
Ensuring a Gender-responsive approach to Decent Work Global Product According to the ILO report Women at Work: Trends 2016, millions of women are losing ground in their quest for equality in the world of work, with significant gender gaps including in employment, pay, job quality, social protection, and with respect to care responsibilities. As highlighted in the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, much more needs to be done to ensure decent work for women. In this context, the ILO/Sida Partnership Programme (Phase II, 2016-17) will focus on key policy areas to advance gender equality and women’s empowerment. This work operationalizes the cross-cutting policy driver on gender equality and non-discrimination, leading to results under the Programme and Budget 2016-17. The project will advance the inter-related priorities of the ILO’s Women at Work Centenary Initiative, which represent key aspects of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda namely: increasing women’s access to work; making work pay; women, work and care; and combatting violence at work. It will provide targeted, results-oriented support to ILO constituents in Cambodia, Cote d’Ivoire, Jordan and in the Inter- American region.
Actuarial Review of the Civil Servants and State Agents Social Protection System as of 31 December 2015 The project will deliver an actuarial valuation report outlining the financial projections for the status-quo situation as well as the reform options and the recommendations to ensure the long-term financial sustainability of the social security scheme. The project will also contribute to actuarial capacity building of the NSPI staff. The direct recipients of the project will be policy makers, managers, technical staff and social partners in Mozambique involved in the design and implementation of social security and employment policies. The ultimate beneficiaries will include all male and female workers covered by Mozambique’s Labour Laws through the social security scheme whose financial sustainability is secured by a periodical actuarial valuation. In addition to the NSPI, the following partners/constituents will be directly or indirectly involved in the project: • Ministry of Labour, • Ministry of Finance, • National Institute of Statistics, • The Workers’ representatives; • The Employers’ representatives; and • Other agencies and Stakeholders that will be determined (based on their relevance) during the study. Social partners are responsible for the discussions and endorsements for possible implementations of the recommendations of the ILO, while the Government partners are responsible for the provisions of required information and the implementations of and support for the recommendations once they are adopted as the Government policy. In formulating its recommendations, the ILO will base itself on its international social security standards. Due attentions will be given to ensuring that the principles of gender equality in the domain of social welfare for the population are taken into account. The analysis and projection of the financing of the scheme will be based on age- and sex-disaggregated data of contributors as well as beneficiaries in line with the standard actuarial methodologies. It will hence contribute to the clarification of the sex-profiles of contributors and beneficiaries in the future as well as at present.
Improving the livelihood and working conditions of vulnerable workers, particularly women, in the rural agro-food economy through value chain development The development objective of the project is to enhance, on a sustainable basis, incomes and food security of poor rural households engaged in production, processing and marketing of selected agricultural commodities through improved production practices, vocational skills for existing and new farmers (focusing women) and adoption of decent work practices. The main outcomes of the proejct are: a) selected agricultural and agro-processing value chains (two) supported and upgraded for scale-up and adopting decent work practices; b) export oriented business linked to new markets and helped to develop institutional capacities.
Action Research Follow-up on Cooperatives and Trade Au cours des dernières années, l'Union japonaise des coopératives de consommateurs (JCCU) et l'Organisation internationale du Travail (OIT), à travers son Unité des coopératives (COOP) et de son Bureau pour le Japon (OIT Tokyo), ont entamé des discussions en vue d’explorer de possibles domaines de collaboration afin de soutenir en particulier le développement des coopératives africaines. Cet échange a été initié en 2007 dans le cadre du programme COOPAfrica de l'OIT. Par conséquent, en 2010, la JCCU et l'OIT ont lancé un voyage d'étude conjoint pour renforcer la capacité du mouvement coopératif africain en promouvant l'apprentissage avec des coopératives japonaises. De 2010 à 2017, huit voyages d'étude ont été organisés permettant à 35 hauts dirigeants et praticiens de 13 pays africains (Afrique du Sud, Ethiopie, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Niger, Nigéria, Ouganda, République Démocratique du Congo, Rwanda, Swaziland, Tanzanie, Zimbabwe) de participer à ces voyages. Cette initiative offre l’opportunité aux dirigeants des coopératives africaines sélectionnées de se familiariser au large éventail d'activités des coopératives japonaises ainsi que leur approche fortement basée sur l'adhésion à travers des conférences et des visites d'étude à Tokyo et dans ses environs. Les voyages d'étude n'ayant été menés qu'en anglais, le nombre de participants des pays d’Afrique francophone reste limité. Par conséquent, la JCCU et l'OIT ont convenu de mener cette année un voyage d'étude en langue française pour les dirigeants des coopératives d’Afrique francophone. Cette note conceptuelle présente des informations de base pour les candidats intéressés sur le voyage d'étude de 2018.
Better Work Viet Nam - Phase III Better Work Viet Nam is entering into its third funding phase whose overall goal with be to significantly scale up its operations and impact. Better Work Viet Nam aims to achieve the following headline objectives in the coming five years: 1) focusing on what we know works best and has greatest impact at the factory level, for workers, for enterprises, and for the industry; 2) enhance the institutionalization of Better Work results in national and industry level policymaking; 3) deepen the practical role of national stakeholders in promoting and implementing the Better Work mission and objectives. Better Work Viet Nam will seek a critical mass –or tipping point- of influenced enterprises, beyond which responsible labour practices start to become the de-facto business culture, both in Better Work factories and across the wider industry.
From Protocol to Practice: A Bridge to Global Action on Forced Labor The Government has taken a number of legal and institutional steps in response. Agencies have been created with responsibility for elaborating and implementing action plans but the necessary resources and inter-Ministerial coordination are inadequate. In addition, the influential Association of Traditional Chiefs and some NGOs actively campaign against forced labour practices. However, there is a lack of capacity to make a big difference. The political will is there but the means are not. Activities in Niger would contribute to all five Intermediate Objectives of the project, focusing in particular on a) raising awareness of the forced labour Protocol and measures against forced labour, especially in rural areas where traditional forms of slavery continue unquestioned, b) building the capacity of the government at national and local levels to implement forced labour laws and combat traditional practices of slavery, c) offering improved livelihoods to former forced labourers in order to reduce their dependency on their former masters. Gender and SDG 8.7 would be cross-cutting elements. Research would provide an evidence base for directing policy and implementation, and for sharing good practices with Mauritania, another Bridge Project priority country that shares a number of similar challenges.
Skills that work: Improving the employability of low and middle-skilled workers The project aims to leverage the G20 Initiative to promote Quality Apprenticeships by facilitating knowledge exchange on apprenticeships through peer review workshops, developing practical tools and guidelines as part of a toolbox, and further developing the methodology for analysing the cost and benefits for firms engaging in apprenticeships. The project will seek to develop the capabilities of beneficiary countries to improve their quality apprenticeship systems, extend their capacity to better train those who need it most, and thereby contribute to each country's competitiveness and economic growth. The project focuses on improving the delivery of demand-led training in the formal technical and vocational education and training system (TVET) in close partnership with the private sector. The project has three inter-linked components (outputs): 1) Increased knowledge on national initiatives to promote quality apprenticeships; 2) A global cost-benefit analysis method on quality apprenticeships proposed and piloted in South Africa; and 3) Guide and tools for quality apprenticeships produced and disseminated.
Supporting the Implementation of Sustainable Social Protection Floors for the Workers and their Families in ASEAN - Phase II In ASEAN there is a growing consensus that the progressive extension of social protection to all is a key objective in policy formulation for reducing poverty and inequalities, and achieving inclusive and sustainable development. However, coverage and level of protection across the population and across countries remain unequal and insufficient, despite the growing political commitment for more and better social protection coverage. The Project will focus its technical intervention mainly in the area of social insurance, building on the lessons learned from the Project first phase but also on the lessons from past assistance provided by the ILO to the selected countries; and making use of its established networks, comprising policy makers, scheme administrators, research institutes, and technical officials of various implementing agencies in the target countries. The project will also aim at fostering regional exchanges, sharing lessons learned and best practices. Whenever possible a particular attention will be provided to the example of the development of social insurance in Korea, with its potential to constitute a source of inspiration for countries who are giving their first steps in the development of their own systems.
A comprehensive social security strategy to enhance coverage to Palestinians women and men is developed in line with International labour standards-Phase I and II In the context of its Flagship programme on building social protection floors for all, the ILO contributed in 2016 to the finalization of the first social security law covering the private sector in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. As a follow-up to this achievement, this project aims at establishing a tripartite social security institution capable of implementing the new law, with a view to making the right of social protection a reality for more than three hundred thousand private workers in the territories. The project has three components. The first component is dedicated to building the capacity of the tripartite board of directors of the new social protection institution, focusing on client-centred services and business processes. The second component relates to the provision of the necessary equipment and services to set up the institution. The third component aims at the development of a national social protection floor initiative, to be endorsed by the Palestinian Authority and the social partners, reaching the population not covered by the social insurance scheme for the private sector.
Sustainable Enterprises promoted through social dialogue This project aims at promoting enabling environment for sustainable entrepreneurship. Interventions will focus on supporting small and medium-sized enterprises to foster decent and productive employment creation using the ILO’s methodology for creating an Enabling Environment for Sustainable Enterprises (EESE). Work will include support to and capacity development for constituents to identify, implement and monitor reforms of the business environment for SMEs and conditions of work for workers, and to expand the EESE approach to support enterprise formalization. Constituents will be supported in building up their capacity to lobby for and influence the development of new policies, regulatory and administrative changes to improve the enabling business environment. The project will create evidence-based information on how development oriented policies can support entrepreneurship, formalization and growth of SMEs. Synergies with donor organizations in Armenia and their programmes are facilitated through the Development Partners’ Committee. The EESE implementation in Armenia will contribute to the operationalization of SDG 8, more specifically target 8.3.
DONORS' Allocations to Joint Programme on Local Governance and Decentralised Service Delivery, UN-JPLG (Phase II)