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Preventing the exploitation of women migrant workers in ASEAN With the support of the Australian Government, UN Women will be executing a project on ‘Preventing the Exploitation of Women Migrant Workers in ASEAN’. Building on its existing work within ASEAN on safe migration, ending all forms of violence against women, social protection and increasing women’s voice and participation in decision-making, UN Women, working in partnership at regional and national levels, will contribute to strengthening protections to counter and prevent the abuse, violence, trafficking and exploitation of women migrant workers. The International Labour Organization (ILO) proposes this project intervention to enhance the benefits of labour migration in the ASEAN region through improved protection of women migrant workers. The proposed project will build on a dynamic ILO labour migration programme in Southeast Asia, which is funded by the Australian Government and the Canadian Government. ILO will be an implementing partner of the UN Women’s project. In addition, coordination and synergies will be mutually enhanced where project outputs can build on existing UN Women and ILO work, in particular of the GMS TRIANGLE and ASEAN TRIANGLE projects. The project will benefit from products and tools developed under these projects, in particular the Pre-Departure Orientation Training Curriculum (PDTC), the Saphan Siang and Migration Works youth and CSO networks, and the network of 23 Migrant Worker Resource Centres (MRCs). The development and implementation of the strategies will be informed by and undertaken in close partnership with relevant ASEAN bodies, governments, social partners, and regional and national CSOs. The ILO is already active in implementing aspects of all three project strategies identified by UN Women through the GMS and ASEAN TRIANGLE projects, and these interventions will allow for greater focus on the specific needs of women migrant workers.
Expanding access to NHIF health insurance for informal sector workers in Kenya The National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) is one of the most advanced social health insurance schemes in Africa. Still, millions of Kenyans (especially those in the informal sector) have a low awareness of health insurance issues and use poor risk-management practices to cope with high health care costs. ILO’s Impact Insurance Facility together with Financial Sector Deepening Trust (Kenya) and ThinkWell conducted a feasiblity study to explore how the comprehensive NHIF health insurance package can be extended to more informal sector workers and their families. Through this innovative public-private partnership (PPP) NHIF and the private sector can increase access to health insurance and promote better health and financial protection for informal workers and their families in Kenya. This proposal is part of a wider project initially cleared by ILO but due to long PPP appraisal process we now need to cut it into phases. -To describe the feasibility study required to assess the viability of the proposed solution (see below). Financial Sector Deepening Trust Kenya FSDK will partner with ILO’s Impact Insurance Facility in conducting the study. -To establish a suitable project with either the NHIF or their partners to implement part or all of the recommended solutions resulting from the feasibility study, with the aim of extending the comprehensive NHIF health insurance package to more informal sector workers and their families.
Support GSP + beneficiary countries to effectively implement ILS and comply with reproting obligations - Philippines The present Action aims at improving the application of the eight fundamental ILO Conventions in the following ILO beneficiaries of the EU preferential GSP+ scheme: Armenia and the Philippines. In addition the Action aims to ensure knowledge sharing, coordination and engagement between the European Union and the ILO at a global and country level. The selected countries will be assisted to take action to apply the eight 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 GSP+ monitoring. They will also be assisted to fulfil their ILO Constitutional reporting obligations on these Conventions.
Promoting Gender Equality for Decent Employment in Pakistan The project aims at providing working women of Pakistan with better income, better working environment and increased participation in household decisions. The project draws upon experiences and resources developed during the implementation of the CIDA-funded project “Women’s employment concerns and working conditions in Pakistan (WEC-PK)”. The project focuses on three components. First, to strengthen national mechanisms to promote equal employment opportunities for women in the country. Under this component project activities will be geared towards enhancing the capacity of stakeholders to design and implement policies and programmes for working women at all levels. This will include developing capacity of stakeholders in designing and implementing gender sensitive policies and legislative frameworks in line with international labour standards and in implementing programmes reflecting needs of working women. Coordination and implementation mechanisms will be established at federal and provincial levels, existing cells will be strengthened with gender expertise, women facilitation centres in collaboration with the Ministry of Women Development will be set up, and coordination mechanisms among Provincial Cells in Labour departments, Women Facilitation Centres (WFCs), Career Development Centres (CDCs) and Media will be developed. Second, to enhance skills and employability of poor in rural and urban areas of selected districts, 6,300 women and men will be trained in employable skills based on training methodology derived from ILO’s TREE methodology. In addition, capacity of training providers and other actors for implementing programs on TREE methodology will also be developed. For improving the process of job search and employment exchange, linkages will be developed between trained women and training providers, private sector companies and career development centres along with facilitative meetings and exposure visits to various markets for the women. Third, capacity of media will be strengthened to enable them to take an active role in raising awareness on issues related to working women. Under this component the capacity of journalists will be enhanced for gender sensitive and rights-based reporting, and on the policy frameworks and international obligations of Pakistan pertaining to women’s employment. Moreover, promotional packages and tools on women’s economic empowerment in national and regional languages will be developed and disseminated accordingly.
Technical support on social inclusion and translation from informal to formal sector This project aims at promoting social inclusion for workers in the informal economy and fostering transition to the formal economy. The focus is on improving the knowledge base about the informal economy in Cameroon and on supporting the development of mechanisms and measures to advance formalization. This will involve in-depth analysis of the nature of informal enterprises, with a particular focus on women and youth. The capacity of tripartite constituents and other national stakeholders to engage in dialogue about the formalization of enterprises, in particular the extension of social protection, will be strengthened. It is envisaged that a roadmap will be developed, through a participatory approach involving the tripartite constituents, for the transition of informal enterprises towards formalization. Work will be undertaken in close cooperation with and support from various line ministries, universities and research institutes, and associations of workers in the informal economy, and benefits from interventions undertaken in the framework of ongoing development cooperation programmes addressing specific aspects of the informal economy.
Port-Worker Development Programme Bulk The expected outcome is "Cargo-handiling performance, working conditions, safety, status and welfare of portworkers is improved", through the following outputs: Output 1.1. Systematic and continuous training schemes establish to build the capacity of tripartite constituents on occupational safety and working conditions Output 1.2.Institutional arrangement at national and port level are in place to enable the successful and long-term implementation of the ILO PDP. Safety culture and understanding of the importance of training is established. Output 1.3. Appropriate assessment and evaluation forms and procedures for the trainee.
Sustaining Competitive and Responsible Enterprises (SCORE) - Peru 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. The immediate objectives are that at the end of this project: 1. Coordinating bodies such as industry associations continue to market and coordinate enterprise upgrading services to their members. 2. Service providers can effectively deliver training and advisory services for workplace upgrading on a cost-recovering basis. 3. Increased awareness of responsible workplace practices including those promoting gender equality at the local, national and global level.
Enhancing capabilities of practitioners to design, implement and monitor youth employment policies - under the Council Recommendation on Establishing a Youth Guarantee Co-funded ybt he EC and ILO, the 18-month action aims to strengthen national capacity for the implementation, monitoring of performance and assessment of results of gender-sensitive youth employment policies that are part of the Youth Guarantee schemes, and develop and implement quality apprenticeship systems and programmes in key sectors through tripartite social dialogue.
Technical support on ILS in Guatemala This project aims at strengthening the country’s capacity to ratify and apply international labour standards and to fulfil its reporting obligations. Work will focus on the Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169) ratified by Guatemala in 1996, as part of the commitments made under the Peace Accords, specifically the Agreement on Identity and Rights of the Indigenous Peoples. Since then, the Government of Guatemala has been implementing measures to comply with the provisions of the Convention. However, a recent analysis by the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations has shown that effective implementation and recognition of the rights of indigenous peoples remains a major challenge, in particular in relation to the efforts to establish an appropriate mechanism for consultation and to the participation of indigenous women. In this context, representatives of employers’ and workers’ organizations have renewed their requests to the ILO to address the design of an instrument for consultation and participation and to support the rights of indigenous peoples. The ILO is supporting the adoption of a consultation mechanism, promoting strategies to improve the living conditions of indigenous women and developing programmes aimed at eliminating child labour in indigenous communities.
Technical support on transition to formality in Southern Africa and Swaziland This project aims at facilitating transitions to formality in the member States of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC). Promotional and sensitization campaigns on the gender dimensions of informality will include a gender responsive model for social dialogue in the informal economy. Interventions will be identified and sequenced depending on the needs and priorities agreed by constituents in each country. At the outset, diagnostic assessments will help strengthen knowledge and understanding among the tripartite constituents of the nature of informality in their respective country. ILO will support tripartite constituents to review policy and legislation with a view to extending protection for the rights and working conditions of domestic workers. This will be achieved by addressing gaps in law and practice drawing on international good practices and policy interventions. Capacity development interventions will focus on: local government authorities and key stakeholders in targeted municipalities to enable them to engage effectively in social dialogue; labour inspection systems; and national statistical offices to collect and generate data on informal employment, including precarious employment, and to track decent work trends in the informal economy.
Technical support on formalization processes and social inclusion for vulnerable groups in Brazil This project aims at promoting the transition to formalisation in Brazil through a comprehensive approach at national and sub-national levels, with particular attention toward the needs of vulnerable groups. The ILO supports the Ministry of Labour and social partners in raising awareness regarding the Transition from the Informal to the Formal Economy Recommendation, 2015 (No. 204) and disseminating results of research and good practices. Studies assessing the impact of the current economic crisis upon formalization and policy implications and an analysis of the impact of the national labour inspection programme will be conducted. A multi-partite working group in the apparel sector is created to promote social dialogue for improved working conditions, eradication of forced and child labour and formalization of firms and employment relations. Formalization among domestic workers is promoted through publications, fact sheets and events to support ratification of the Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189), raising awareness of their labour rights and strengthening institutional capacity of representative organizations. In the case of formalization of migrant workers, the ILO is carrying out innovative research compiling quantitative and qualitative data and policy analysis. Research and policy meetings will address concerns over potential trends of rising youth informality. Greater labour market integration of disabled persons will be promoted through research, fact sheets and videos.
Building a Generation of Safe and Healthy Workers The purpose of this Cooperative Agreement is to increase the capacity of countries to address occupational safety and health, with particular attention to addressing those safety and health issues that affect working youth. The project will combine global, regional, and country-specific interventions that focus on improving relevant policy and legislation and strengthening enforcement efforts; increasing knowledge and dialogue on safety and health issues; and contributing to the sustainability of impact. A special focus of the project will be on protecting young workers by improving their access to information, education and training about occupational safety and health. The project will develop pilot programs in two to three countries where an OSH strategy could be successfully implemented to target high-risk sectors for youth, such as mining, construction and agriculture, and to improve workplace safety and health. These pilot countries will serve as models for replication in other countries and/or regions. In addition, the project will establish the foundation for and provide support to a new ILO global flagship initiative to improve safety and health at work.
Technical Support on Mainstreaming Employment Promotion The focus of the project is to ensure that quality employment promotion is mainstreamed in national policies and programmes. In February 2016, Mongolia adopted its 2030 Development Vision, 2016-2030. The Vision translates Mongolia’s commitments to the 2030 sustainable development goals into the national development agenda. This project will support the development of national statistical capacity in measuring decent work, with specific attention to vulnerable employment; production of policy advocacy tools in English and Mongolian for use by ILO’s constituents, the UN system and development partners; capacity building and targeted assistance to workers’ and employers’ organizations to effectively participate in national policy debates and discussions; and technical assistance in establishing a statistical framework for reporting against the Vision and the 2030 Agenda. The National Statistical Office will be enabled to align national labour and employment statistics to internationally recognized concepts, definitions and methodologies concerning statistics of work, employment and labour underutilization. The UN Assessment Report on the Availability of Data and National Capacity Gaps with respect to SDG indicators in Mongolia will be developed, with technical inputs from ILO. Mongolia’s SDG-related national statistics will be available in LABORSTAT. Technical assistance will be provided in the preparation of the annual report on SDGs.
Skills for Migration (S4M) Project The South Asia subregion is home to some of the world's fastest-growing economies, but many of the countries continue to struggle to fight poverty. The challenge of skills development in the subregion is broad and multidimensional, covering both quantitative and qualitative aspects. It is often complicated by the large size of the population, if not, by vast geographical, cultural, gender ethnic and other social diversities and severe mismatches between demand and supply. The economic dualities – dynamic and competitive parts of the economy, on the one hand, and a weak, uncompetitive informal economy on the other hand – generate different demands in, and challenges to, the skills development system. In addition to under-preforming public TVET and skills systems leading to efforts to stimulate private training markets, other priorities in the subregion include reforms of institutional arrangements to improve inter-agency coordination; strengthening of the labour market information systems, reforms of national qualifications systems to improve learning pathways; shift towards competency-based training to improve the quality and relevance of skills; revitalization of employers service to improve school to work transition of young people and strengthening of training and skills certification of departing and returning migrant workers.
Skills 21 – Empowering citizens for inclusive and sustainable growth The Skills 21 Project will also provide inputs for creation of adequate opportunities to integrate migration focus in skills development system and assist in implementation of the policy for (a) skilling and reintegrating the migrants returning form the destination countries, and (b) those aspiring to migrate legally with skills needed in the destination countries. The Project will also address skills development -related challenges faced by the indigenous and other groups in the areas affected by climate change including the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT).
Human security through inclusive socio-economic development in Upper Egypt The post-revolution transition in Egypt witnessed a short-term sudden economic downturn that exacerbated both poverty and unemployment, particularly in Upper Egyptian governorates. The project strengthens the economic security of vulnerable communities in five mother villages and selected satellite villages in Minyathrough creation of more and better employment opportunities and increased employability of the local labor force,while contributing to mitigate threats to environmental, personal, community and food security.The project capitalizes on the combined resources of several UN agencies and will work through local government, civil society partners and community structures to serve at least 18,000 beneficiaries to become more economically active and self-sufficient, and to support target communities to become more inclusive and gender responsive as they play an active role in the creation of sustainable employment opportunities; in addition, at least 10,000 people in target communities are expected to benefit from neighborhood upgrading projects in disadvantaged areas. The project capitalizes on the combined resources of the UN agencies and works through local government, civil society partners and community structures to: 1. implement at least 20 locally conceived priority interventions to counter threats to human security, mainly in the area of economic security; 2. enhance employability of at least 5,000 men and women through skills enhancement and matching with private sector needs; 3. implementat labor-intensive neighborhood upgrading projects in disadvantaged areas; 4. introduce innovative high-productivity, environmentally friendly agricultural techniques to the benefit of at least 3,300 small farmers, delivered through a value chain upgrading approach to foster market access on behalf of micro and small agricultural enterprises; 5. transfer productive assets combined with technical assistance to at least 3,000 vulnerable women for income-generating activities; 6. improve access to financial services for at least 8,000 vulnerable women; 7. train at least 2,000 vulnerable mothers on health and nutrition issues; 8. train and organize local youth through a youth volunteer service to engage them in the implementation and scaling up of quick-impact activities.