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Strengthening national mechanisms to protect fundamental rights at work, particularly freedom of association and collective bargaining. The project’s three main objectives are to: 1) Strengthen the institutional capacity of the Guatemalan government to enhance protection measures for trade union leaders, members, activists and organizers and to combat impunity for perpetrators of violence against them, 2)Strengthen the institutional capacity of the Ministry of Labor, to effectively enforce Guatemalan labor laws and guarantee fundamental rights at work, particularly in relation to freedom of association and collective bargaining, in accordance with international labor standards, with the participation of stakeholders, and 3) Strengthen social dialogue institutions and their stakeholders, particularly at the Departmental and local level.
Technical Support on Decent Work in Rural Livelihoods of Zambia This project aims at promoting decent work for sustainable rural livelihoods with a focus on the protection and empowerment of vulnerable populations. The ILO will provide technical assistance to integrate decent work principles in the Integrated Rural Development Strategy (IRDS). Technical assistance will be provided to the government to undertake a diagnostic of the decent work deficits reflecting gender disparities in the rural economy, with a view to informing the policy priorities and options of the IRDS. An effective participatory approach involving stakeholders will be fostered throughout the process. Support will be provided to workers’ organizations to enhance their outreach to rural workers, including a road map with prioritised action plan on organizing workers in vulnerable situations, especially women in rural areas. Capacity building will provided to at least 10 cooperatives, cooperative support organizations, and innovative financial service providers in order to improve the quality of their services.
Research and advocacy initiative for mixed migration strategies in Jordan towards comprehensive labour migration governance within broader labour market governance, with particular attention to Jordanization, fair migration & decent work In responding to these challenges and to the three potentially conflicting policy objectives (i.e. Jordanisation of the labour force, inclusion of Syrians in the labour market and fair and decent work for migrants), ILO and SDC propose to collaborate on an exploratory research and advocacy initiative with a view to developing practical ways forward for enhanced governance of the labour market. The initiative will focus in particular on developing policy guidance regarding governance of mixed migration flows in Jordan – in particular in migrant intensive sectors - including forced displacement of Syrians and traditional in-migration from mainly Egypt and South Asia, with a view to creating more decent jobs for them and Jordanians on the labour market, reduce segmentation, enhance skills, and contribute to a more vibrant economy. The initiative is envisaged to offer plausible scenarios of how mixed migration patterns may be affected through the implementation of the Jordan Compact - in particular after the forthcoming new trade agreement with the EU is adopted, and after criteria for disbursement of World Bank loans related to the Jordan Compact have become operational – and suggest policy interventions to maximize progress in terms of decent work for all groups concerned. As such, the initiative is envisaged to contribute ways forward for the government to consider, to improve the functioning of the labour market by focusing on enhanced governance of mixed migration flows in the broader Jordanian labour market, while improving conditions of work in migrant intensive sectors and thus make work more appealing to Jordanians, Syrians and migrant workers alike.
Extension of Social Security Coverage in China The project aims at strengthening coverage, adequacy and sustainability of the social security system in China in line with international labour standards. The government and social partners have taken measures to end poverty in all its forms by realizing universal and adequate social protection. The focus now will be on preparing for the ratification of the Social Security (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1952 (No. 102), with the technical and capacity-building support of ILO through review of the national laws and organization of tripartite seminars on the Convention. A study will be conducted to assess the potential contribution of social protection to the renewed economic growth model in China, including the provision of policy advice on how social protection can contribute to transform the growth model. This report will contribute to the global campaign on promoting Social Protection Floors. Technical support will also be provided on pension reform and the other main issues of the social security reform as specified in the National 13th 5-year plan. Synergies will be formed with other development programmes in China, such as the China-EU Social Protection Project, as well as with UNICEF, UNCT and UNESCAP.
Support GSP+ beneficiary countries to effectively implement ILS and comply with reporting obligations. Cabo Verde
Addressing HIV stigma and discrimination to protect women and men workers from unacceptable forms of work in Ukraine The proposed project focuses on strengthening the capacity of the tripartite constituents in Ukraine to address the increasing HIV epidemic by reducing HIV-related stigma and discrimination for employment purposes through cooperation with the State Labour Service, addressing OSH aspects of HIV in the health sector, and preventing/mitigating HIV for railway workers and the sea transport workers in the Odessa region of Ukraine. Being discriminated against is unacceptable and it prevents men and women workers living with or affected by HIV from enjoying fundamental rights at work. The proposed activities focus on awareness-raising and training for social partners in selected regions and sectors in Ukraine by building their capacities to develop, adopt and effectively implement HIV workplace programmes aimed at reducing HIV-related stigma and discrimination, promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment, and preventing HIV through information and services at and through the workplaces. This project will address HIV-related discrimination of men and women workers, living with or affected by HIV, protect them from unacceptable forms of work and, at the same time, promote HIV prevention and mitigation services for workers.
Sustaining Competitive and Responsible Enterprises (SCORE) – Viet Nam Phase II 2013-2017 Sustaining Competitive and Responsible Enterprises (SCORE) is a practical training and workplace improvement programme to increase the productivity of small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) while promoting respect for workers’ rights. The programme demonstrates best international practice in manufacturing and service sectors and helps SMEs to participate in global supply chains. Under SCORE Phase I (2009-2012 – funded by SECO and NORAD), the ILO has built the capacity of 19 institutions (government agencies, training organizations, industry associations and trade unions) in emerging economies in Africa, Asia and Latin America to offer SCORE training to SMEs. SCORE Phase II as proposed in this document will extend the project to 2017, focusing on programme sustainability after donor funding ends. Preliminary estimate of results of SCORE Phase I As of October 2012 (6 month before project end), the project has achieved the following: - The project has built capacity in 19 institutions (government agencies, industry associations, training organizations) in seven countries to offer the SCORE training programme. These institutions have trained more than 250 SMEs representing more than 49.000 workers and conducted more than 500 consulting visits. More than 2000 managers and workers have jointly participated in classroom training. - Enterprise Improvement Teams consisting of managers and workers in SMEs are meeting on average 3.4 times per month to implement 8 jointly identified improvement projects. More than 50% of enterprises report cost-savings due to the training (from 300 to 15,000 USD within 2-3 months), 80% report reductions in defects (-10% on average), 42% report reductions in energy consumption (-2% KwH per production unit), over all participating enterprises, absenteeism has decreased by 3.6%. - An independent final evaluation in October 2012 concluded that “SCORE covers essential aspects of workplace relations and working conditions, and generally responds to the needs and requirements of most of the SMEs encountered. Relationships between management and the workforce have improved through workplace cooperation (particularly reaching down to the workforce level).
Strengthening the policy and legislative environment for home based workers in Pakistan This project builds on and consolidates collective work of UN Women and the ILO (under projects Towards Gender Parity (TGP) and Promoting Gender Equality for Decent Employment (GE4DE)) to develop draft policies for Home based workers, currently awaiting approval in Punjab and Sindh, and organizing and registering home based workers. As TGP has ended, and GE4DE Phase-I is in a process of completion, this initiative would facilitate to continue the process of decent work for domestic and home based workers in Punjab. The project is expected to be jointly implemented by the three UN organizations i.e. ILO, UNWomen and UNIDO. Four outputs (mentioned below) have been agreed between the implementing agencies. Each of the UN agency is taking lead on an output, whereas other participating agencies can contribute towards relevant output to ensure delivering result together. In this regards, ILO Country office is responsible for output 2, whereas it is contributing to output 1 and output 4 lead by UN Women and UNIDO respectively. Output 1: Improved data availability on home based workers to strengthen the ongoing policy work on HBWs in Punjab (Lead: UNWomen) Output 2: Action Plan developed for drafted HBWs policy and legislation in Punjab for effective implementation (Lead: ILO) Output 3: Gender responsive policy draft developed for women entrepreneurs for economic empowerment especially of the excluded groups (Lead: UNIDO) Output 4: Strengthening of Business Growth Centre in Punjab and capacity enhancement of 300 women from excluded groups to enable their access to higher incomes in light of SME policy 2007 gap analysis recommendations (Lead UNIDO)
Support GSP+ beneficiary countries to effectively implement ILS and comply with reporting obligations.
Support follow-up of the RBSA review to strengthen the engagement with ILO's donors on results being achieved with RBSA support
Worker rights in globalising economies: assessment of labour provisions in trade and investment arrangement The funds of the European Commission (EC) will be used to build further on the on-going Canadian/Swiss project’s overall objectives of contributing to a better application of labour provisions of international trade and investment arrangements. This will be achieved mainly through two specific and identifiable objectives that will deepen and broaden the activities in the on-going project with regard to knowledge building and knowledge sharing activities (see logical framework in Annex B). The additional knowledge building activities aim at aiding in developing policy initiatives to improve the overall design of labour provisions that impact on their effectiveness in improving labour standards. Results will be peer reviewed by other international organizations working on key macroeconomic issues, particularly with respect to trade and labour market issues, as well as the regional academic and policy community. This will ensure better policy coherence, and that key policy messages are mainstreamed into country strategies developed by international organizations. The project will enhance and develop knowledge sharing activities at the national/regional levels through expert workshops and policy dialogue activities. This aims at improving the dialogue between and monitoring capacity of the relevant actors when dealing with labour provisions in trade and investment agreements. One aspect of this includes the already established tripartite advisory committee with members from other donor countries, as well academics and experts in the field of trade and labour from non-donor countries who will attend the regional events (see Annex C. for list of members of the Advisory Committee). The EC trade and labour representative will be able to participate directly in the tri-partite committee and dialogue with actors at the national and regional level. The project will also benefit from an internal network of ILO experts in Geneva and field offices in the area of labour standards, compliance, trade, social dialogue, training, multinational enterprises and global value chains who act as consultants and research advisors on the background papers and field activities. The overall objective of this network will be to validate research findings, create an opportunity for dialogue on key research issues, and strengthen the dissemination of the project results.
Joint Programme: Increasing public confidence and participation in support of implementation of the Bangsamoro Peace Agreement (Peacebuilding Fund) The project supports the implementation of the 2014 Bangsamoro Peace Agreement with initiatives to reduce barriers to acceptance of the agreement among key actors and populations. Initiatives include support for: 1) public advocacy, broad participation of political leaders and formation of political parties for development of new democratic institutions and processes; 2) protecting rights and addressing the needs of critical constituencies in the new Bangsamoro entity including IDPs and young people in conflict-affected and marginalised areas.
Inclusive Market Development for Decent Work - the Lab (M4DW- the Lab) The M4DW-the Lab is a research and knowledge generation project on how to quantify and maximize labour market outcomes of inclusive market development projects. This project supports SCORE and at least 4 other ILO / SECO projects. Jointly M4DW and the projects would fund and work on advancing knowledge in the following areas: A. Value Chain Development, Making Markets Work for the Poor (M4P) and Decent Work: by selecting value chains with the largest potential of employment creation and researching on how to better address working conditions in a value chain context that are complementary to enterprise level interventions. B.Improving M&E Systems: by fine tuning and auditing results chains, establishing a clear logic of interventions to lead to labour market impacts, measuring and qualitatively assessing the intended labour market results. C. National Intervention Capacity: by developing a model on how to transfer value chain analysis and development competencies to national-level institutions, for instance by dveloping training tools that address working conditions in a value chain context
Tackling child labour among Syrian refugees and their host communities in Jordan and Lebanon The effects of the Syrian crisis are increasingly spilling over into the economic and social spheres of Jordan and Lebanon, leading to stalled economic activity, loss of income, and shrinking access to quality public services. The resulting impoverished circumstances of many Syrian refugees are leading them to seek any form of income to provide for their families, which is further exacerbating tensions between host and migrant labour communities. Due to the lack of access to allowed formal jobs for parents and lack of vocational opportunities for Syrian adolescents, many households resort to child labour. Through this project funded by DANIDA, the ILO will contribute to the elimination of child labour, especially its worst forms, among Syrian refugees and host communities in Jordan and Lebanon. In order to achieve this objective, this eighteen-month project will focus on capacity-building and policy dialogue with Government ministries and departments, in line with ILO's past and on-going interventions on child labour in the two countries
Amélioration de l'offre professionnelle qualifiante et du placement à Cité Soleil: Formation technique et appui INFP - Phase 2 L’objectif général du projet est de renforcer les capacités institutionnelles de l’INFP et du CPFP en vue de soutenir l’État Haïtien dans ses actions visant la réduction de la violence. L’objectif spécifique de la phase 2 est d’offrir la formation technique aux jeunes en construction et en fabrication de matériaux de construction visés par le projet par l’appui à l’INFP dans l’évaluation et la certification de 140 jeunes ayant suivi la formation technique et de préparer la un service d’orientation professionnelle et de placement en entreprise.
Enhancing knowledge and capacity for improved index insurance This three-year project, implemented by the SFU/Microinsurance Innovation Facility (Enterprises), seeks to improve the delivery of index insurance to rural farmers and families by better managing knowledge coming from grantees supported by the Global Index Insurance Fund of the IFC and strengthening the microinsurance markets where GIIF partners operate. This engagement is both at the global and local levels. International partners of GIIF will be formed into a global community of practice and knowledge products will be disseminated globally to the broader microinsurance sector. At the local level, five countries will be the focus of capacity building interventions to enable microinsurance providers and channels to offer high quality products that address the needs of the rural poor, while consumer education activities will be organized among rural farmers to increase their understanding of microinsurance as a risk management mechanism.
Technical support on social protection for vulnerable groups in Cambodia The project aims at increasing the quality and coverage of social protection in Cambodia, which is at an early stage. The Ministry of Economy and Finance leads a multi-ministerial team that developed a Social Protection Policy Framework bringing together social insurance and social assistance under one policy document for the first time in the country. The ILO has performed the actuarial review of the Employment Injury Insurance and Social Health Insurance branches of the National Social Security Fund and supported the development of costing exercises for the extension of health equity funds and is currently conducting a full actuarial study for private and public pension schemes through a partnership with AFD (Agence française de développement). A series of technical notes on health insurance, pension and social assistance were prepared and used to back with evidence the development of the Social Protection Policy Framework Strategy and the elaboration of the Social Protection Law. An assessment will be conducted on policy options for the expansion of social protection to the informal economy, with a special focus on the construction industry. Technical advice was provided for the design and implementation of social assistance schemes, including a detailed costing of the proposed interventions jointly developed with UNICEF.
Capacity building of workers organisations in Bolivia This project aims at helping the Bolivian Workers’ Confederation (COB) adopt and implement a strategic plan to increase its capacity to organize and defend workers’ rights and respond to the needs of its various member trade unions. This includes the establishment of working groups or national committees in sectors such as mining, manufacturing, construction, paid domestic workers, as well as inter-sectoral committees for issues such as the minimum wage policy and wage setting mechanisms, promotion of social protection and freedom of association. A gender-equality committee is envisaged to improve the participation of women in the COB leadership. The project provides training and technical assistance on compliance of the ILO Conventions ratified by Bolivia. It also provides assistance to COB so it can develop proposals for normative and regulatory reforms to address the observations of the ILO Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations. In particular, proposals will be prepared to lift the ban on the unionization of workers in cooperatives, in the public sector and in rural areas.
Sustaining Competitive and Responsible Enterprises (SCORE) – Colombia Phase II 2013-2017 The Sustaining Competitive and Responsible Enterprises (SCORE) Programme is a specific ILO response to the challenges of SMEs. SCORE is a practical training and workplace improvement programme to increase the productivity of SMEs while promoting better working conditions. The programme demonstrates best international practice in manufacturing and service sectors and helps SMEs to participate in global supply chains. SCORE is a modular training programme that focuses on developing cooperative relations in the workplace. Workers and managers participate together in a series of two-day classroom training sessions on workplace cooperation, quality management, human resource management, and occupational health and safety. Local experts follow up on-site to help enterprises implement what has been learned. SCORE also includes a training module on cleaner production, prepared in collaboration with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). The SCORE training programme is built on the assumption that productivity can be upgraded through better people management and the application of workplace practices that are in compliance with national law and guided by the principles of the core international labour standards. What is more, this approach can achieve productivity improvements more cheaply and faster than capital intensive technology upgrading, which is, in many cases, too costly and inflexible for SMEs. The SCORE programme is a direct response to the 2007 International Labour Conference General Discussion on Sustainable Enterprises . There, representatives from Governments, Unions and Employers Organizations concluded that: Sustainable enterprises need to innovate, adopt environmentally friendly technologies, develop skills and human resources, and enhance productivity to remain competitive in national and international markets. They also need to apply workplace practices based on full respect for fundamental rights at work and international labour standards, and foster good labour-management relations as important means of raising productivity and creating decent work.