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Technical support on social dialogue and labour administration in Mauritania This project aims at strengthen institutions of social dialogue with a view to improving the functioning of national labour administration and labour inspection systems. Strengthening the participatory governance of the labour market will be a key element of the ILO’s strategy. The tripartite constituents will be supported in fulfilling their responsibilities within social dialogue institutions such as the National Council for Social Dialogue. Assistance will also be provided through facilitating partnerships between the labour administration and the social partners, and by fostering coordination between the various actors such as labour inspectors, the Ministry of Justice, and the social partners in order to promote compliance with the labour law. Interventions include capacity building for labour administration and inspection services and employers’ and workers’ organizations in the areas of labour legislation, social dialogue, labour inspection, and international labour standards, in particular those related to the elimination of child labour. Special attention will be given to improving the functioning of regional employment offices and their coordination with the central level. The ratification of the Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144) and the Labour Administration Convention, 1978 (No. 150) will also be promoted. Work under this project will contribute to the achievement of SDG target 8.7.
From Protocol to Practice: A Bridge to Global Action on Forced Labor (The Bridge project - Nepal) From Protocol to Practice: A Bridge to Global Action on Forced Labor (The Bridge project) The U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL), Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB), has provided funding to the International Labour Organization (ILO) for a project to support global and national efforts aimed at combating forced labor under the 2014 ILO Protocol and Recommendation on Forced Labor. The project will: (1) promote the ratification and implementation of the Protocol and implementation of the Recommendation by countries by providing technical assistance to governments and other key stakeholders, (2) support interventions at the global and country level to advance the campaign to eradicate forced labor, including addressing gaps in legislation, awareness raising campaigns, supply chain monitoring, law enforcement training, best practices on compensation and other remedies, research studies and surveys, and (3) develop and implement direct action measures to prevent forced labor, to protect victims, and to provide them with access to remediation, including compensation for material and physical harm.
Better Utilization of Skills for Youth through Quality Apprenticeship (BUSY) The K-YESS project immediate objective is to improve the capacity of government, employers, workers and civil society organizations to establish and expand workplace-based training programs with a specific focus on vulnerable and marginalized youth ages 16-24, in particular adolescents 16-17 years old, at or above the legal working age, who are engaged in or at risk of engaging in hazardous work.
From the Crisis towards Decent and Safe Jobs in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, Phase II The Development Objective of the project is to support inclusive job-rich growth, improve employment opportunities, working conditions and social protection of women and men, by contributing to the implementation of DWCPs in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. Immediate Objective 1: At the end of the project, labour market information and analysis system will have been improved and its institutions modernised. Immediate Objective 2: At the end of the project, targeted labour market policies and programmes will have been applied by constituents to facilitate transition to decent work for young people. Immediate Objective 3: At the end of the project, the National Social Protection Floors for guaranteeing minimum standards of living will have been strengthened through reforming social security system. Immediate Objective 4: At the end of the project, capacities of the constituents will have been enhanced to provide support and to promote OSH in the SME sector Immediate Objective 5: At the end of the project, capacities of the constituents to promote transitioning from informal to the formal economy will have been enhanced Immediate Objective 6:At the end of the project, the constituents’ capacities to address regulatory aspects on labour market inclusion will have been enhanced
Strengthen Social Dialogue and Bipartite Collective Bargaining in the Occupied Palestinian Territory The project's objective is to improve collective bargaining practices in the selected sectors with a view to improving working conditions and industrial relations through a more participatory process.
Capacitación sobre Convenio sobre los Pueblos Indígenas y Tribales, 1989 (núm. 169) de la Organización Internacional del Trabajo (OIT). El proyecto Capacitación sobre Convenio sobre los Pueblos Indígenas y Tribales, 1989 (núm. 169) de la Organización Internacional del Trabajo (OIT) va dirigida a dar respuesta a la demanda de información y capacitación de las comunidades indígenas y originarias y los mandantes de la OIT sobre el Convenio 169 mediante la elaboración de una estrategia de capacitación. Los resultados son los siguientes productos: 1) Contenido formativo modular de formación de formadores conceptualizado y validado sobre el C. 169 de la OIT, en particular los conceptos de consulta previa y la normativa nacional al respecto en Perú y Colombia. 2) Plataforma digital para los módulos de formación de formadores diseñados. 3) Una estrategia a de capacitación elaborada conjuntamente con las instituciones del estado responsables y valida por organizaciones representativas de los pueblos indígenas, empresarios y sindicatos. La elaboración de los contenidos se desarrolla de forma participativa entre los líderes de las comunidades y los órganos responsables de la consulta en Perú y Colombia a través de talleres de socialización y validación de los contenidos modulares en Colombia y Perú. El resultado de esta validación pasará a un segundo nivel de conceptualización en el que se diseñará una herramienta virtual de formación para los funcionarios de estos organismos, los gobiernos regionales, el sector privado, gremios empresariales y sindicales, universidades, líderes indígenas y organizaciones de la sociedad civil preocupadas por los derechos de los pueblos indígenas. Se desarrollará un plan de formación de formadores a través de la herramienta virtual que contará con una guía de aplicación de los contenidos para sesiones tanto virtuales como presenciales, para estas organizaciones y las comunidades indígenas y originarias incluyendo las plataformas más adecuadas para llegar los contenidos a las comunidades mismas. El contenido formativo será desarrollado de forma modular de manera que los módulos más relevantes para cada audiencia puedan ser utilizados separadamente. Un módulo sobre normativa nacional desarrollada para Colombia y otro para Perú. Esta experiencia piloto podrá replicarse en otros países de América Latina.
UN Joint Programme of Support on AIDS in Uganda-II Uganda UN Joint Programme of Support on HIV and AIDS (2016-2020) In the context of the Joint Programme of Support, a MoU has been signed between IRISHAID and UNDP to support the HIV response in Uganda. In this framework, the ILO will deliver on scaling up HIV workplace policies and programs and mobilize the private sector. This will be done through: -Mobilization and capacity building of private sector organizations to develop and implement HIV&AIDS workplace policy and programmes with a focus on ASRHR -Capacity building and provision of technical guidance and financing to implement and monitor anti stigma and human rights guideline -Development and promotion of social protection community-based models for enhancing economic livelihoods for households affected by HIV&AIDS and other vulnerable households
Partnership for Action on Green Economy – Workplan 2017 The Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE) is a programme responding to the Rio+20’s call for the UN system to support countries interested in pursuing green economy policies. It deploys the joint expertise of five UN agencies – ILO, UNDP, UNEP, UNIDO, and UNITAR – to assist countries in their efforts to embark on green economy pathways. During PAGE phase III a total of eleven countries will receive support, including Peru, Mongolia, Senegal, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Mauritius, South Africa and China (at provincial level), Brazil (at provincial level), Barbados and Kyrgyz Republic. Based on the idea of triggering the required change at policy level and, more broadly, supporting countries in creating enabling conditions that catalyse the transformative change towards an Inclusive Green Economy, PAGE has identified four strategic intervention areas: (i) national economic and development planning, (ii) selected thematic and sectoral policies, individual and institutional capacity building at national and global level and (iv) knowledge creation at global level. The project’s vision is the equitable and sustainable transformation of national economic structures in up to 30 countries.
Capacity building and actuarial services to the Workers Compensation Fund of Tanzania The immediate objective of this project is to build capacity within the WCF staff and external parties, on the financial management of EII schemes. Another objective of this project is to ensure the financial sustainability of the WCF through an actuarial valuation of the scheme based on the scheme data and data of other countries on work-related injuries and diseases in accordance with section 86 of the WCA no. 20 of 2008. The project will improve the design and the governance of the WCF by: • maintaining the financial sustainability, • assessing the benefit adequacy in terms of providing decent income to injured workers and dependants of deceased workers, • providing policy recommendation based on the findings, and • building actuarial and statistical, as well as administration and operationalization capacity for the WCF staff to support future actuarial valuations and reforms. The main output of the Project is an ILO actuarial valuation report of the employment injury insurance scheme in line with the ILO Convention 121 as well as the internationally-recognized professional standards. The project will also contribute to increased actuarial capacities of the staff of the employment injury insurance scheme in the use and the maintenance of databases, the review of past experiences, the revision of assumptions, and the conduct of actuarial projections. The project will provide the WCF a fine-tuned and up-to-date ILO model developed for the actuarial valuation.
Strenghtening of Rural Trade Union Organization in post-conflict Colombia The objectives of this project is to contribute to the construction of peace in Colombia through respect for the rights of workers, namely: freedom of association, consultation and participation for rural development, collective bargaining and gender equality. In addition, the project will contribute to greater representation, organizational capacity and socio-political impact of rural workers' organizations for the construction of the peace process in the rural sector.
Development of a Social Economy Policy for South Africa This project seeks to take advantage of the favourable conditions for developing a social economy policy for South Africa, following the implementation of a range of projects that have enhanced existing knowledge and built a community of actors and agencies committed to growing and developing this sector. The social economy policy is expected to provide a consistent and coherent framework for support to social economy enterprises and organizations including cooperatives, mutual societies, voluntary and community organizations which are involved in economic activities and direct their surpluses in pursuit of social, environmental and community goals at the course of their existence. The project implementation partner is the national Economic Development Department (EDD) of South Africa, supported by the International Labour Organization (ILO). The project is funded by the Government of Flanders, with in-kind contributions by the EDD. The development objective is to create decent jobs in a sustainable and inclusive social economy. The specific project objective is unblock and support social economy projects that create jobs and meet social needs, and to formulate a social economy policy for South Africa that enables the development of a social economy that contributes to decent job creation, social inclusion and environmental sustainability. The outcomes expected from this are unblocking and job creation, and the development of an enabling policy framework that promotes the creation of decent jobs, social inclusion and environmental sustainability.
Desarrollo de un Plan de Formación para una inspección del trabajo moderna y eficiente en Argentina
Strengthening Public Employment Services in English Speaking Africa Employment services play a central role in implementation of the National Employment Policy and on-line job portal system is one of the core competences to efficiently and effectively operate the PES, especially in advanced economies. Where requisite conditions exist, many of the functions in PES can be carried out by the online electronic exchange system from matching jobseeker skills and vacancies, sharing the information of job openings, vocational training courses to job guidance through digital technologies. The system can also contribute to reduce PES operational costs through automation of services and tasks. Nowadays, this technical advancement provides a new opportunity for many developing countries, which lag behind in PES operation, to modernize their PES and expand outreach particularly to vulnerable groups, including women, with minimal physical expansion. In this project component, a Job Portal for the Namibia Public Employment Services will be developed to make an exemplary case in small developing economy. This will contribute to development of tools and guidelines for modernization of PES in developing countries.
Thematic briefs on industrial relations and social dialogue for decent work and inclusive growth
Responsible Supply Chains in Asia The Responsible Supply Chains in Asia project, conducted by the ILO and the OECD, aims to contribute to an enhanced respect for human rights, labour and environmental standards by businesses engaged in supply chains in Asia, in line with international instruments. The overarching objective is to promote smart, sustainable and inclusive growth by ensuring that investors and businesses have a better understanding and practical examples of responsible behaviour. It is also to create policy environments conducive to promoting responsible conduct and increased opportunities for dialogue on challenges and opportunities. This regional Action will be implemented in six Asian countries, namely China, Japan, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. To ensure high impact and appropriate focus, the project will focus on 1-2 key target sectors in each of the six countries.
Trade Sector Development Programme: Upgrading Horticulture Supply and Sustainable Tourism to develop business linkages This project is based on the "UN Trade Cluster" configuration encompassing four implementing agencies (UNIDO, ITC, UNCTAD and the ILO) as implementing agencies with UNOPS as trust fund manager. Under this project, the intervention of the ILO will mainly focus on the inter-agency' needs assessment phase and building of appropriate linkages with the ILO's Entrepreneurship Development and SME support. The area of intervention, i.e. the development of backward linkages between horticulture producers and sustainable tourism industry in a given geographical zone, is similar as compared to the SECO-UN Cluster projects implemented in Lao PDR and Tanzania. The results achieved and lessons learned in Lao PDR and Tanzania, and more specifically the evaluations undertaken in this regard, have been taken into account in order to improve the efficiency and the impact of this assistance, and to tailor all components of the project to the specificities of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar.
Promoting Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work in the operations of Global Supply Chains Bringing about “Decent Work” in global supply chains (GSCs) is among the three priority concerns endorsed by the ILO’s Governing Body in 2016 as a strategic pursuit for the Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work Branch (FUNDAMENTALS); the other two being ‘Decent Work’ in conflict settings and in the rural and informal economies. These priority concerns have also been taken up, albeit to different degrees, by other technical departments and branches of the organisation, e.g. Social Protection, Research, Work Quality, Better Work, Sector, Employers Activities and Workers Activities Bureaus. Consequently, (FUNDAMENTALS) is initiating a project examining the adherence to the four themes circumscribing the fundamental principles and rights at work (FPRW), -i.e. elimination of child labour, elimination of forced labour, elimination of discrimination in employment and occupation and advancing the right of freedom of association and collective bargaining- which are critical to the realisation of Decent Work in global supply chains. The objective of the project are threefold: (i) to undertake a statistical analysis to estimate the prevalence of child labour and forced labour in GSCs; (ii) to engage with constituents to further the development of the UN Global Compact and the Child Labour Platform for the elimination of child labour and forced labour in global supply chains; and (iii) to undertake research on the processes of production with an aim of identifying policy and implementation gaps leading to the occurrences of child labour and forced labour.
Egyptian Social Protection Floor Assessment As a result of extensive consultations in 2017 and with the aim of honouring the commitment taken by the Government of Egypt (GoE) as an ILO member, the Ministry of Social Solidarity (MoSS) has entrusted the ILO to undertake a Social Protection Floor Assessment (SPFA). The SPFA aims at examining the variety of social protection measures available and the funding strategy to adopt to achieving a basic level of social protection for all. In line with recommendation n. 202 the Social Protection Floor (SPF) is an integrated set of social policies designed to guarantee income security and access to social services for all, paying attention to vulnerable groups. In this endeavour, UNICEF and ILO have joined forces and have agreed to jointly carry out a costing exercise and a budget and fiscal space analysis to be presented to the GoE and train government officials on how to perform the same exercise in the future. The final outputs of these exercise will be the following: 1. A Social Protection Floor Assessment (SPFA), which includes: (i) a costing Exercise; (ii) a fiscal Space and Budget analysis. 2. Selected government officials equipped with the necessary skills to conduct costing exercises and fiscal/budget analysis for Social Protection.
EQUIP: Equipping Sri Lanka to Counter Trafficking in Persons The EQUIP Project presents a unique strategy to affect lasting change to the trafficking in persons challenge faced by Sri Lanka. Every year since 2013, Sri Lanka has been ranked under the “Tier 2 Watch List” in the United States Department of State’s annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. This implies a need for Sri Lanka to significantly step up efforts to combat human trafficking, and to do so urgently. The ILO Committee of Experts on the Application of Standards and Recommendations too have observed a need for Sri Lanka to step up prevention, protection and prosecution efforts as they review country compliance with ratified ILO Convention No. 29 on Forced Labour. The trafficking in persons challenge in Sri Lanka is further complicated by contributing impediments in the realm of migration management and governance, a limited knowledge base on the phenomenon and on the methods for high impact responses, limited services on offer to protect victims and prosecute violators, and a legal and regulatory framework that is not as responsive as can be. EQUIP takes into account these clear challenges and proposes a set of interventions comprising 3 overarching goals of Prevention, Protection and Prosecution, with a total of 4 core objectives, which are: Objective 1) Research and awareness to inform regulations and practice: A favourable regulatory environment and practices in place to reduce forced labour and trafficking vulnerabilities through research and targeted awareness by 2020. Objective 2) Ensuring fair and ethical business recruitment practices: Recruitment agents, MDOs and migrant workers are better equipped to conform to ethical and fair recruitment principles and guidelines by 2020. Objective 3) Protection services for identified victims: To improve protection services to ensure identified victims, including men and children, receive specialized care services. Objective 4) Prosecuting and investigating offenders: To increase investigation and prosecution of offenders of trafficking through due process, training of officials on victim identification, legal procedures and referrals processes.
Assistance technique pour la mise en oeuvre de la stratégie nationale pour l’emploi au Maroc Le présent projet est financé par la Banque Islamique du Développement et contribue à la réalisation du CPO MAR176 (CPO cible) ‘les capacités des mandants sont renforcées pour élaborer et mettre en oeuvre des stratégies nationales et régionales en faveur de l'emploi décent et pour améliorer l'information et l'analyse du marché de travail’’. Ce CPO est soutenu par un programme d’appui technique qui est finance avec des ressources propres du BIT (RBSA) ainsi que un financement suédois. Il vise à donner suite aux réalisations accomplies lors du biennium 2015/16 au cours duquel le programme du BIT au Maroc avait appuyé la formulation de la Stratégie Nationale pour l’Emploi (SNE) qui vise à développer la création d'emplois suffisants et de qualité, notamment pour les jeunes et corriger les inégalités entre les sexes et les territoires. Il s’agira pour cette seconde phase, d’appuyer la mise en oeuvre de la SNE au niveau régional afin de répondre de manière appropriée aux besoins territoriaux et de faire face aux disparités régionales d’emploi. Chaque région possède ses spécificités économiques, sectorielles et sociales. Ainsi, la déclinaison territoriale de la SNE est conçue dans le cadre d'un processus de planification régionale qui tient compte des enjeux spécifiques des régions en matière d’emploi. Dans ce contexte, le projet vise à appuyer la formulation de plans régionaux d’emploi dans trois régions pilotes.
Policy, design and actuarial assessments of the national pension The project will deliver a policy and actuarial assessment report based on reform design options of the pension scheme for Civil Servants and of the new social insurance pension scheme for private-sector workers. The project will contribute to the formulation of the design options by paying due attention to benefit adequacy as well as long-term financial sustainability of the pension schemes and to the actuarial capacity building of the Government staff. It will also contribute to the final definition of the system architecture and its respective regulatory framework.