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Promoting community security through engagement with youth at risk (Youth for change, Somali Regions) The Youth for Change (Y4C) Programme aims to " Reduce conflict and crime by rehabilitating potential and actual perpetrators of violence, to pave way for rule of law and recovery'. This programme is a joint initiative by UNDP, UNICEF and ILO targeting 200 youth associated with conflict in all of Somali regions. Y4C also contributes to the mandate of each agency, in particular ILO will focus on economic development, creating short term employment while enhancing skills in youth related to enterprise and vocational training. See attached project document for more detailed description.
Better Work Lesotho Stage 1 Centralized The focus of Better Work Lesotho is assistance at the factory level through enterprise assessments and corrective action. Compliance with Lesotho labour law and ILO’s core international labour standards will be assessed at each participating factory. The project is centred in the enterprise assessment, which identifies both (a) compliance requirements and (b) recommendations to improve systems that will support proactive management and compliance. Enterprise assessments are followed up with enterprise-level assistance in identifying priorities, developing improvement plans and providing training opportunities for managers and workers. Information from the assessments will be posted into the Better Work information management system, known as Supply Chain Tracking of Assessments and Remediation (STAR). Enterprises and international brands will be able to purchase subscriptions through STAR to track the progress of factories in reaching compliance with international labour standards and Lesotho labour law. Better Work Lesotho will invest in localizing and translating the Better Work global programme resources, practical tools and training materials to support the project. In addition, Better Work Lesotho will design its own materials to address issues particularly relevant to local factories. The project will include training services targeted to supervisors and workers at the factory level. Topics will include: (1) working with sensitivity in multicultural workplaces, with an emphasis on Basotho and Chinese cultures and communication; (2) clean production; and (3) HIV/AIDS. The direct beneficiaries of the project will be the participating factories and the supervisors and workers at the enterprise level, as well as the brands. Expected Impact of Better Work Lesotho: · Improved working conditions, including correct payments of wages and entitlements, and job opportunities; · Increased market access and enhanced relations between suppliers and international buyers, as a result of a credible demonstration of labour standards compliance and reduced worker turnover, leading to improved productivity for enterprises; · Export growth, increased employment and positive social and human development outcomes; · Enhanced reputation protection for international buyers, made possible by the provision of credible information on compliance in supplier factories and assurance that suppliers are taking remedial action; and · Cost savings due to reduction in duplicative auditing and remediation. Stakeholder Engagement and Sustainability: The project will apply a cost recovery approach by charging fees to international buyers and factories for services and training, and move towards sustainable cost recovery.
Promotion of Responsible and Sustainable Business Practices through Business Education The Global Jobs Pact cites the ILO MNE Declaration "Tripartite Declaration of Principles concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy" as an important instrument for business responding effectively and responsible to the crisis. Revised in 2006, the MNE Declaration provides guidance to MNEs, government and employers' and workers' organizations in areas such as employment, training, conditions of work and life and industrial relations. Business schools, as educators of future managers and business leaders, play an important role in promoting responsible business practices. However, social and labour policy is often not included in core business school curricula. Bringing together learning institutions the project is meant to: a) raise awarenesss of the fundamental principles and rights at work, b) share information on how business schools are incorporating concepts of decent work, c) identify ways in which ILO and business schools can work together in this area.
ASEAN Small Business Competitiveness Program One of the greatest obstacles to dispersed numbers of micro and small enterprise entrepreneurs is lack of access to information on how to operate and grow their businesses. Given their size and limited capital, as well as an often wide geographic dispersion, such enterprises can be hard to reach. For-cost training programmes and even no-cost trainingsby government tend to focus on larger enterprise participants. Across the Asia region there are common areas of operation by MSMEs, both in terms of services or manufacturing. Given this commonality, there exist a common set of good practices that can be shared, listed in simple formats for consideration and adaptation by local companies. In this way, a small business providing motorcycle repair services in Vietnam would benefit from the same or similar good practice and management tools as would a similarly focused enterprise in the Philippines. Yet, while development projects and government agencies have developed some such tools for specific sectors, these are often locked into one country’s language, available only in printed format, out of print following the end of a project, or limited in scope. At the moment, there is no one location or source where, across ASEAN, small business owners can find guides on running their specific business, examples of business startup strategies or business plans, example budgets, or good practice guides. Objective Providing a set of tools for countries across ASEAN to develop and upgrade specific /micro small business in common sectors, providing entrepreneurs and those who work with them guidance on how to establish, run and improve the business – boosting competitiveness and improving services. At least 8 set of tools of the common sectors would be developed, depending on the preliminary study done at the start of the project: 1. By the end of first phase of the project, at least 8 full set of tools would be available; and 2. By the end of the second phase, tools would be translated and disseminated in ASEAN Member States.
Women domestic worker empowerment program: A community based facilitation guide for women domestic workers’ self and economic empowerment Domestic work is considered to be an important occupation and source of paid employment for millions women and young girls in the Philippines. Around 1.9 million Filipino domestic workers, aged 15 years old and above are into this line of work, women make up 84 per cent of workers who are engaged in domestic service in the country, whereas they comprise only 38 per cent of national total employment. Filipino domestic workers, like most of their counterparts abroad, have been excluded from national labour legislations and in other forms of social protection mechanisms until recently. In 18 January 2013 that the Philippine government enacted the Domestic Workers’ law otherwise known as the Batas Kasambahay, after the country’s historical step to ratify the International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention No. 189 Concerning Decent Work for Domestic Workers in 5 September 2012. Despite this, improving the lives and working conditions of domestic workers in the country would entail more than just inclusion in the social protection and recognition as a labour sector; domestic workers would still have to find ways to augment their meager wages to make ends meet to achieve decent work and life for their families and for themselves. ILO aims to contribute in promoting and advancing decent work for domestic workers through the implementation of the Women Domestic Worker Empowerment Program: A Community Based Facilitation Guide for Women Domestic Workers’ Self and Economic Empowerment.
Appui à la mise en place d'un centre d'orientation scolaire, universitaire et professionnelle L'Etat de Genève par l'intermédiaire de l'Office pour l'orientation, la formation professionnelle et continue (ci-après OFPC) a mis en place un partenariat avec le Ministère Camerounais de l'emploi et de la formation pour développer un centre d'orientation à Yaoundé. Ce centre, créé à titre pilote, offrira des prestations d'information et des conseils à la population dans les domaines de la formation, de l'emploi et de l'insertion. Il aura également pour mission de construire et de mettre à jour des bases de données informatisées sur l'offre existante en matière de formation et d'emploi. Sa création s'inscrit dans la volonté du Ministère de l'emploi et de la formation de développer une véritable politique nationale de l'orientation. Il n'existe à ce jour aucune politique coordonnée dans ce domaine au Cameroun comme nous avons pu le constater par une analyse faite sur place avec les acteurs concernés.
Support the formulation of an action plan to implement the labour standards within the MoLSAMD including its field structures
Promoting Integration of Migrant Domestic Workers in Europe The project aims at expanding the knowledge about the possible integration outcomes of admission and employment policies for MDW -who are usually low skilled- and enhance stakeholders' capacities to identify and remove barriers for their socioeconomic integration. The project will fit and build on the ILO activities in support of the upcoming discussion and probable adoption of a new ILO Convention on DW in June 2011. The project fits within the following specific objectives of the EC Integration Fund: • Improve knowledge of the impact of implementation of admission legislation on integration processes; • Improve knowledge of the links of different patterns of migration on integration of third country nationals; • Promote admission policies that favour integration of third-country nationals. • Address specific needs of young migrants and women • Improve the local services to adjust to different target groups, such as women, children and youngsters
Support to promote OSH in the agricultural sectors and elaborate policy guidance for Physical insfrastructure and Food security in urban & peri-urban agriculture
Support the expansion and upgrading of the Legal EPLex database and research on labour market regulation and job quality in ODA countries
Stabilization and Early Reintegration Support for Returnees in South Sudan. Stabilization & Early Reintegration Support for Returnees in South Sudan The proposed projects seeks to provide community-based early reintegration support in communities that have been affected by an influx of returnees resettling back in Southern Sudan through the provision of livelihood recovery and economic reintegration. Outputs: - Livelihoods supported through provision of training in return communities, targeting a total of 1500 beneficiaries by ILO, prioritizing women/female headed households and youth. - Beneficiaries receive small grants to help them start their small business (IOM). Up to 413 recipients of ILO GYB training will receive business start up kits. Up to 300 “at risk” youth from the target area will receive vocational training courses in subject areas provide the greatest likelihood of employment following course completion. - 36 local construction company representatives from target area receive contractor training to improve competitiveness. Target: - Small-grants scheme for SMEs and vocational training opportunities established in the 3 target States. - 1500 beneficiaries receive entrepreneurship /skills training.
Bridging for Local Area Development Programme (LADP) Phase II Bridging for Local Area Development Programme (LADP) Phase II LADP Phase I was implemented in 5 Governorates of Sulymaniyah (co-ordinated by ILO), Babylon (UN HABITAT) and Basra, Missan and Thi-Qar (UNDP). During Phase II, the project is intended to include additional governorates. The Area Coordinating Agencies (UN-HABITAT, ILO and UNDP) will continue to lead in their respective regions and consolidate the LADP Phase One planning experience in 5 LADP Governorates. LADP Phase II represents an enhancement moving and expansion from the initial district-based pilot planning process to strengthening an institutionalized, all inclusive governorate-wide iterative development planning and implementation process. The LADP Bridging Phase will contribute to three Outputs that will prepare the ground for LADP Phase II. These outputs are: Output 1 Stronger institutional capacity in selected districts and governorates to plan and manage sustainable socio-economic development. Output 2 Local men and women empowered to identify and address their needs and priorities for poverty reduction. Output 3 Ministry of Planning Development Cooperation has improved capacities to facilitate and monitor local planning in relation to central planning. The Bridging Phase will: prepare for Community Driven Initiatives informed by gender equality principles and map and support Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) to participate in planning and oversight of local development. It will include working with the Ministry of Planning, Development and Cooperation to: determine a coherent, standardized sub-national planning framework; assess the Ministry’s institutional development needs; provide some strengthening of the Ministry’s capacities; and support the Ministry in playing a lead role in advocating and securing sufficient resources to support the institutionalization of local planning processes through their integration with national and local government planning and development frameworks to ensure long-term sustainability and durability of programme initiatives and approaches under LADP Phase II. The project and partners of the programme build upon ILO’s international technical capacity in supporting local governance (including CSOs and private sector organisations), promoting local economic recovery and development for sustainable employment generation, and enhancing the vocational and entrepreneurial skills of the workforce, including within post-conflict countries.
Equipping the Workforce with the Skills Required for Strong, Sustainable and Balanced Growth The purpose of the present proposal is to ensure that following the G20 Summit in June 2010 the momentum is maintained and the global strategy is widely disseminated and shared with the national institutions and international centres of excellence in the area of vocational training and skills development. In particular, the proposal aims to ensure that national systems and institutions in developing and emerging countries also buy into the strategy and adapt it to their national and regional contexts. Using the G20 document as a benchmark of a coherent training strategy, national and international policy makers will share knowledge and experiences on their own existing policies and practices and learn innovative approaches in other countries, and reflect on their possible adaptation to their own needs and circumstances. To this end, the strategy document, originally in English, will be translated into French and Spanish to facilitate participation from African and Latin American institutions ad support a wide dissemination of the document in different geographic areas
ACTRAV/NORWAY PROJECT: Workers have strong, independent and representative organizations
Agricultural Sector Rehabilitation Project Executive Summary The Government of Liberia has secured a loan from the African Development Bank and has set aside part of the proceeds to fund the rehabilitation of farm and feeder roads from the irrigation schemes to the processing facilities. The Food and Agriculture Policy and Strategy (FAPS) adopted in 2008 by the Government of Liberia set out a goal to attain a "revitalized and modernized agricultural sector that contributes to shared, inclusive and pro-poor growth and development". To attain this long term goal, the following objectives must be achieved in a shorter term: i) food security; enhanced, inclusive and pro-poor growth in agricultural production, productivity, competitiveness, value addition and diversification, and linkages to markets; and iii) enhancing effective and efficient human and institutional capacities stakeholders to undertake planning and delivery of services. The project comprises three components: i) Agriculture Infrastructure Rehabilitation; ii) Agricultural Productivity and Production Improvement; and iii) Project Management. The project is being executed by the Ministry of Agricuture Projects Coordination Unit (MOA PCU). The main objective of the services is to undertake to design, document and construct farm/feeder roads to improve accessibility between farms and markets. Roads form an integral part of agricultural systems, linking the producers to the markets. Most roads in the rural areas are either in poor state or impassable, making it impossible for the farmers to transport inputs and produce. In order to improve the current situation, the roads connecting the rice irrigation schemes, the processing facilities are to be rehabilitated as part of the effort to revitalize the rice irrigation sub-sector. This intervention, through its labour-based approach, will empower local people with skills to rehabilitate roads and earn a living.
Support Strenghtening Capacity Workers Employers Representatives Develop Social Dialogue Mechanisms Practises
Reducing Vulnerability to Bondage in India through Promotion of Decent Work The project adopts a comprehensive approach to enhance the opportunities for decent work and living conditions for vulnerable families in the target sectors. The strategy is based on the premise that, in many instances (which may include “mild”, short-term forms of bondage), workers’ and their families’ interests will be best served by seeking to improve their living and working conditions in situ (including by removing possible elements of bondage and coercion in the labour relationship) rather than by “releasing” them and thus obliging them to uproot and re-establish their lives elsewhere and find alternative employment, homes etc. The “release and rehabilitation” option, provided for under the Bonded Labour system (Abolition) Act should nonetheless remain as a viable alternative in the event that no improvements can be made in situ at the workplace (this would most likely be the case in situations of extreme or “worst” forms of bondage, especially long-term bondage under severely exploitative conditions, and bondage of children). The project accomplishes this through a combination of welfare and rights based approaches in destination and source areas of migrant workers in the targeted sectors. As the cooperation of both employers and workers has been fundamental to the success of the project, and given the history of adversarial approaches to the release of bonded labourers adopted by certain actors in the recent past, the project adopts a carefully sequenced, step-by-step strategy which gradually builds up the confidence of all participating stakeholders over time, through a continuous process of dialogue and consultation at all stages. Given that there is a definite gender dimension to the causes of bonded labour as well as the means to address it, gender analysis and mainstreaming will be implemented consciously at each step of the project.
Programme for LED through enhanced governance The Programme for Local Economic Development through Enhanced Governance and Grassroots Empowerment (PLEDGE) aims to contribute to confidence and peace building efforts through local economic development and sustainable livelihood creation in conflict affected areas in Mindanao. The PLEDGE approach will do this by piloting an integrated methodology bringing together the following components, which contribute to: 1. creation of sustainable livelihood opportunities centering on the development of community-based enterprises with higher level market linkages and enhanced support networks and services; 2. building capacity of the local development agency, namely the Bangsamoro Development Agency (BDA), to implement, monitor, evaluate and upscale livelihoods interventions by developing networks and partnerships with national, regional, local public and private institutions; and 3 enhanced community ownership of interventions through participatory and consultative approach The Programme for Local Economic Development through Enhanced Governance and Grassroots Empowerment (PLEDGE) aims to contribute to confidence and peace building efforts through local economic development and sustainable livelihood creation in conflict affected areas in Mindanao.
Gender Mainstreaming Under the ILO/SIDA Partnership Agreement (PA) the Bureau for Gender Equality (GENDER) will work with colleagues to ensure that gender is mainstreamed into the other six components of the agreement, namely: • Outcome 1 (Employment Policy) • Outcome 5 (Working Conditions) • Outcome 9 (Building Employers’ capacity) • Outcome 10 (Building Workers’ capacity) • Outcome 18 (International Labour Standards) • Youth Employment (Outcomes 1,2 and 3)
The Dahshur world heritage site mobilization for cultural heritage for community development The Joint Programme has been structured within the United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) Outcome 3 and , as such, seeks to support the reduction of human development disparities, with special reference to the gender gap and environmental sustainability. The aim of the joint programme is to protect the area of the Dahshur pyramids and its ecosystem while fostering sustainable development, cultural and ecological management and revenue generation in the surrounding community. This cultural heritage component of the JP is a pilot based on the Supreme Council of Antiquities master plan, which is currently being developed to preserve cultural heritage in Memphis and its Necropolis. Therefore the JP has the potential to be replicated in other regions of the country. The JP has addressed the importance of community development and the identification of informal leaders within the community and to spearhead the project and has, as a consequence delineated an inclusive approach to community mobilisation and stakeholder involvement. The commitment, participation and contribution of both the local and national authorities in all aspects of the project is reflected in the implementation strategy outlined in the Results and Resource Framework of the JP document. The outcomes are: Employment, especially of youth and women in heritage arts, crafts, tourism and creative industries increased, contributing to poverty alleviation and empowerment and; enhanced institutional capacity to manage cultural heritage and natural resources.