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Supporting the implementation of the social protection delivery system (PEOPLE Service) of the national social protection strategy of Cambodia The project aims at implementing an innovative approach called the PEOPLE Service which will contribute to increase outreach of existing social protection programs and employment services, facilitate coordination at all levels (between line ministries, between central and local administration, and so on), develop a harmonized management information system to keep track of the implementation of the social protection floor in Cambodia and to facilitate the evaluation of existing interventions, create development linkages among social protection programs and between social protection and employment services. Similar integrated approaches have been successfully implemented in India, Brazil, China, Colombia and Pakistan, are being developed in Cambodia (under the present project), Indonesia and Lao PDR and are progressively been seen as cost-efficient strategies to implement nationally defined social protection floors at country level. The strategy of the project is to support the implementation of the PEOPLE Service by working both at national and decentralized levels. At the national level, the project will aim to support the preparation and adoption of a number of legal documents (Prakas (Proclamations) and Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)) to guide the practical implementation of the mechanism, and to support the design and implementation of an integrated management information system. At the decentralized level the project will build enough evidence on the forms the PEOPLE Service can take by working on the concrete implementation of the mechanism in a limited number of districts. To increase ownership of the PEOPLE Service at both national and decentralized level the project will use a participatory approach for the finalization of the design, conduct of activities and evaluation of the project’s implementation. This participatory approach will entail workshops and training seminars including representatives of workers and employers’ representatives, the government (all line ministries represented under the inter-ministerial working group on the NSPS-PV) and the civil society as well as development partners involved in the implementation of social protection programs in Cambodia. The project’s team will most probably be hosted by CARD at the national level (with a view to facilitate daily collaboration and increase the future sustainability of the project). At the decentralized level the PEOPLE Service will be hosted in local administration offices which will contribute to reduce costs and ensure long term sustainability. The permanent team of the PEOPLE Service is composed of civil servants (Ministry of Interior / CARD).
LED programs implemented in selected provinces & districts to improve the local business environment and employment creation
Public Private Partnership in China involving ILO/SCORE - BSCI/FTA The ILO and the FTA wish to enter into a public private partnership (PPP) collaboration to support SMEs in China, which, currently, or in the future will, participate in the supply chains of BSCI participating companies, to grow and create more and better jobs by becoming more sustainable through being cleaner, more productive and competitve. In this context, the project aims at providing specific and customized support to help managers and workers in increasing productivity and quality, as as a healthier workplace and secure employment for the workers involved. This public private partnership between ILO and the FTA is based on the larger recognition that supplier capacity development efforts musz go beyond the first tier of the supply chain and engage with small and medium enterprises (SMEs) with approximately 50-250 employees, including exporters and subcontractors in industries with high job creation potential and significant decent work deficits, to help capacitate them to implement better working conditions and environmental compliance. Buyers also benefit from stronger confidence in supply chain compliance, stronger relations with suppliers, and reduced risk of supply chain disruption. More specifically, the objectives of this PPP are: 1. To strengthen coordinating institutions and local service providers (in China, the China Enterprise Confederation, other business industry organization and the local training consultants) so they can become independent providers offereing enterprise upgrading services. 2. To develop and demonstract growing demand for business training services among SMEs that can be encouraged by internationally active companies. 3. These internationally active companies request enterprises in their supply chains to upgrade their quality, productivity, environmental and social performance in response to development goal and decent work agenda. 4. To demonstrate SCORE training services can build capacity among SME suppliers to improve their productivity, competitiveness and sustainability. Expected results: 1. ILO SCORE will continue to organize and conduct Training of Trainers (Tot) courses, refresher Tot courses and certify SCORE trainers under the standard SCORE trainer certification criteria to ensure that high quality SCORE training is delivered to participating factories. 2. ILO SCORE will enter into implementation agreements with appropriate local industry associations, who will act as the coordinating organization and service provider, and develop a sustainable strategy to independently deliver enterprise upgrading services and organize cluster action in colloaboration with the local cluster stakeholders. 3. This PPP will assist the ILO SCORE project to move toward a sustainable financing model independent of donor support, for SCORE training in China though engagement with the private sector. 4. FTA and ILO promote SCORE training services to SMEs in China, thereby scalling the effort to capacitate SMEs to be cleaner, more productive and competitive and provide more sustainable and decent employment.
Strenghten institutional capacities of the main stakeholders to transition to formality through social dialogue and partnerships
Trade Sector Development Programme: Market Value Chains Relating to Horticultural Products for Responsible Tourism Market Access Project This project represents a portion of the Government of Switzerland’s contribution to the Global Aid for Trade initiative and is closely aligned to the Enhanced Integrated Framework TIER 2 process. The project draws from the recommendations of Tanzania’s TTIS, DTIS and National Vision for the development of Tanzania. Specifically this project is aligned to the Horticulture and Tourism Components of the Government of Tanzania’s Trade Sector Development Programme (TSDP). The project will work closely with Tanzania’s EIF Implementation modality that promotes national ownership of Aid for Trade. The Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) Trust Fund is an Aid for Trade bi-lateral programme funded by Government of Switzerland and targeted to specific countries chosen by the donor. The SECO Trust Fund programme will be implemented by the UN Cluster on Trade (ILO, ITC, UNCTAD and UNIDO) and The Government of Tanzania. UNOPS is the Trust Fund Manager.
Promoting Rights and Opportunities for People with Disabilities - Equality through Legislation The need for the review, strengthening and implementation of an employment policy framework is put forward in the Botswana Decent Work Country Programme (2011-2016) under Priority I on employment creation. As the existing employment framework in Botswana does not make provision for the rights of persons with disabilities, the project will contribute to the review process by supporting the inclusion of the employment rights of persons with disabilities in the new employment policy framework. As reflected in the developments described above, there is evidence of positive political commitment to addressing the rights of persons with disabilities. However the capacity to turn this commitment into practice appears to be low: the human resource capacity of the newly established ODP is low, with only one employed coordinator; there is an apparent lack of knowledge on disability rights issues at relevant ministries and the disability movement seems too weak to effectively advocate for their rights. To support the recent positive developments in acknowledging the rights of people with disabilities the proposed project will focus on support for the development of a disability inclusive employment framework. The project will also provide support for an enhanced capacity to collect disability data, in particular in gathering of statistics on the labour market situation of persons with disabilities. The work to be undertaken in Botswana builds on the experience from the previous phases of the ILO Irish Aid Partnership Programme (ILO/IA PP) and in particular on the project on “Promoting the Employability and Employment of Persons with Disabilities through Effective Legislation” (PEPDEL). Guidelines developed and support provided to other countries in the revision of the legal and policy frameworks will be used for the benefit of Botswana. The project will make use of the Global Product on Disability Inclusion through the use of the tools developed, through capacity building conducted in collaboration with the ILO International Training Centre in Turin, the Centre for Disability Law and Policy at the University of Western Cape, and the ILO’s Statistics Department.
Assessing the economic contribution of labour migration in developing countries as countries of destination Overall objective The overall objective of the project is to have a reliable and evidence-based understanding of the economic contribution of labour immigration in low- and middle-income countries, covering at least: (i) contribution to Gross domestic product (GDP) and growth; (ii) impact on the labour market and (iii) impact on public finances and social services. Specific objectives 1. To develop a methodology enabling to assess the impacts of migration in developing countries as countries of destination, in close co-operation with national authorities and social partners. 2. To apply the methodology in – and with – a number of partner countries to measure concretely the contribution of labour migration to their economy. 3. To gather the results obtained in all partner countries and draw conclusions on the economic contribution of labour migration in developing countries as countries of destination as well as recommendations in view of applying the methodology in other developing countries and using the results for policy development. 4. To disseminate the results of this Action so that they can be integrated into EU development co-operation instruments and EU partner countries dialogue, and into global deb
Support the promotion of decent work opportunities in the context of the organization of the World Cup and the Olympic Games in 2014-2015
Building Capacity for social compliance of investments in agriculture in Africa The ILO Social Finance Programme identified two main gaps that it wants to address through the proposed project: 1) Stakeholders of the financial industry who want to invest in African agriculture in a socially responsible way considering decent work concerns lack the capacity to assess social impact of investments and thus hardly incorporate social criteria in their funding decisions 2) The financial industry lacks comprehensive training on social assessments to close the capacity gap In order to address the identified gaps, the proposed project wants to engage with the Africa Agriculture and Trade Investment Fund that has requested ILO assistance in implementing the Fund’s social and developmental mission and functioning as the Fund’s Compliance Advisor. The immediate objective of the project is to build knowledge for social compliance of investments in agriculture in Africa. The progress made towards achieving this objective is measured by the percentage of AATIF investments that improved their social and environmental impact and comply with the AATIF guidelines.
Better Work Stage III - Improving workers' health in eight factories in Cambodia through HERproject Firstly, American Eagle Outfitters (AEO) supports the rollout of HERproject in all 4 factories that AEO is currently sourcing from in Cambodia. Additionally, AEO can support 4 additional factories that Better Work identifies based on worker needs and adequate factory management buy-in. Secondly, a video highlighting AEO’s engagement and resulting impact on workers lives will serve as a call for action to other brands. The video would be launched at a Buyers forum and then broadly shared through social media and other means. HERproject uses a peer education model to raise awareness and improve links to relevant services for workers. HERproject was initially conceived of to improve female factory workers’ health knowledge, and to improve workers’ access to reproductive health services in factory clinics or nearby external service centers. HERproject training activities, materials and impacts are locally driven and respond to local needs. Better Work brings global perspective and staff, proximity to the private sector and knowledge of supply chains as effective entry points for training and women’s empowerment to deliver meaningful impact. We work closely with carefully selected local partners to design and deliver program content.
Outcome 14_PHILIPPINES: Freedom of Association Collective Bargaining, 2014-15 (Sida-ILO Partnership Programme 2014-17) The project Promoting the Right to Freedom of Association and the Right to Collective Bargaining- Sweden will be working with the tripartite constituents in twelve target countries (Bolivia, Brazil, China, Jordan, Kenya, Malawi, Niger, the Philippines, Rwanda, Sri Lanka, Togo & Zambia) and at the global level to advance the realization of the ILO’s fundamental principles and rights of freedom of association and collective bargaining. At country level, the project will work towards an improved respect for freedom of association and collective bargaining rights in law and practice based on increased capacity, including in areas such as labour disputes prevention and resolution and data collection on violations of trade unionists’ civil liberties. It will also raise awareness and increase the knowledge on freedom of association and collective bargaining rights, both at the national and international level for the relevant tripartite constituents. While working at the country level, the project will focus in particular on three sectors: agriculture, mining and Ready-Made Garment (RMG). At the global level, the project will increase the knowledge base and capacity of the ILO to implement high impact strategies with a focus on two of the three sectors mentioned above. This project shares the same strategic approach to the promotion of freedom of association and collective bargaining rights as the complementary project GLO/14/61/NOR “Promoting the Right to Freedom of Association and the Right to Collective Bargaining – Phase II”. The two projects will be working jointly at all levels to achieve the Outputs and Objectives as per the below chart which outlines the project’s logic:
Better Work Lesotho - Phase II Better Work Lesotho (BWL) is a partnership programme between the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC). In operation since May 2010, it is the programme’s ultimate goal to reduce poverty by creating decent work opportunities in Lesotho’s garment industry, which is the most important formal provider of jobs and income in the country, particularly for women. By conducting independent factory assessments against national and international labour standards as well as advisory and training services, the programme assists factories in the remediation of non-compliances. It is doing so with the aim to enhance working conditions in the garment sector, promote its overall competitiveness in global supply chains and make a contribution to generating and sustaining employment. Over the last three years, factories participating in the programme have been able to show im-provement in numerous compliance areas, including occupational safety and health, contracts and human resources and industrial relations. Recent assessment findings also indicate that the number of non-compliance issues relating to discipline and disputes in the workplace is decreasing. Factory management, union officials and workers report that workplace communication and cooperation has improved, particularly in those factories that have been receiving BWL services for at least a year or longer. At the end of its first phase, the programme was able to reach out to 65% of garment industry workers and 84% of factories exporting to the US. Building on the encouraging progress made to date the new strategy will focus on increased efforts to address areas with frequent non-compliances to ensure that improvements are sustainable. In its next phase, the programme will therefore adjust its assessment and advisory services toward promoting factories’ ownership in compliance improvement processes and assist them in developing systems-based approaches. It will do so by applying a new performance framework that will allow factories to move from compliance foundation building to self-sufficiency. By looking beyond factory level, it will be another priority of Better Work Lesotho to work closely with national stakeholders to improve the labour compliance regulatory framework and build capacity for mature industrial relations. With a view to strengthen the programme’s viability in terms of political, institutional and financial aspects, the next phase will also focus on enhancing stakeholders’ ownership and commitment to the programme as well as managerial and institutional capacities. Implementing the programme industry-wide to increase its effectiveness and a scaling of activities to improve its revenue base will be equally important.
Training and Employment Support Programme (TESP) Development Objective: The Training and Employment Project (TESP) aims to facilitate economic development in Timor-Leste and to support employment growth, through the development and delivery of demand driven skills training. The TESP is primarily a vehicle to support the implementation of the TVET Plan 2011-2030. As shown below, the key inputs provided by the TESP are directly linked to the seven key elements of the TVET Plan. Immediate Objectives, Outputs and Activities: Specifically, the project will aim to realize five immediate objectives that will contribute towards the programme development goal. The objectives mirror the integrated nature of this programme as well as underline the importance of interdependence across these objectives. Immediate Outcomes: IO1. Improved regulatory framework for the coordination and management of TVET established. IO2. SEPFOPE’s analytical and research capacity for understanding the labour market and supporting workforce planning improved. IO3. The number of training providers with capacity to develop and deliver quality competency-based qualifications for priority occupations expanded. IO4. Responsiveness of the TVET system to the labour market improved. IO5. Linkages between training and employment services and the labour market at district level strengthened.
Improving Labour Market Data Sources in Myanmar through support to the national Labour Force and School-to-Work Transition Survey
Typhoon Bopha : Joint Response for Post Calamity Interventions, Local Resource Based Employment Generation and Livelihood Recovery Interventions in Affected Areas The project proposal aims to assist communities affected by Typhoon Bopha in Davao Oriental recover through emergency employment and livelihood recovery. ILO, in collaboration with the Department of Labour and Employment (DOLE), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) will apply the ILO local resource-based approach to create temporary jobs for both men and women and improve longer term income and food and nutrition security through restoration of production in agriculture, the province’s major source of livelihood. The proposed project will be an expansion of the current debris clearance work in the Municipality of Baganga, Davao Oriental, implemented with funds from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF). The areas for this proposal are Cateel and Boston, the other two equally devastated municipalities of the province. After clearing the surroundings of debris and using locally generated construction materials to repair damaged shelters and community infrastructure, appropriate agricultural production methods will be introduced on small landholdings devoted to coconut and banana. Interventions to conserve and protect the fragile upland ecosystem exposed by the typhoon will be applied where appropriate. These will create emergency employment, reduce future negative impacts of adverse weather events, develop sustainable sources of livelihood and improve food security and nutrition for the Bopha-affected communities. The project will capitalize on the experience of the ILO in providing quick impact employment that transitions into longer-term jobs and livelihood recovery as applied in the aftermath of several extreme weather events in the country, including in Typhoon Washi (Sendong) that devastated Cagayan de Oro and Iligan in 2011. The project will benefit directly at least 1,000 vulnerable men and women by engaging them in cash-for-work (CfW) and livelihood development and recovery. The project will create 30,000 work-days and directly inject into the local economy AUD$304,000.
Promoting gender equality and women's empowerment in the world of work Through the ‘Promoting Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in the World of Work’ component of the ILO/Norway Partnership Agreement (PA) the ILO will continue to work with governments and social partners to develop the knowledge base on gender equality in the workplace; promote representation, advocacy and voice for women workers; and build the capacity of constituents to promote gender equality. Given the inter-regional nature of the initiative, there will also be a strong emphasis on knowledge-sharing and South-South cooperation. The overriding aim will be to build upon and consolidate what has been achieved in the first phase of the ILO/Norway PA, and indeed through earlier PAs, such that the ILO’s approaches and tools will be embedded and on-going.
Support the finalization of the training package of the ILO on the impact of natural disasters on employment and livelihood
Support the creation of a manpower planning tool to identify sectoral and occupational challenges and projections of the Algerian labour market over the medium run