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Integrated Programme on Fair Recruitment (FAIR) - Global Component This global project seeks to contribute to the promotion of fair recruitment initiatives across migration corridors in North Africa, the Middle East and South Asia. The corresponding project strategy is based on a three-pronged approach: 1) establishing fair recruitment corridors to prevent abuses and exploitation of migrant workers; 2) providing migrant workers with access to reliable information and improved services and 3) conducting innovative research and disseminating knowledge on ethical recruitment. These components will be implemented through several pilot initiatives at the global and country level. Target countries for pilot projects proposed in this concept note include Tunisia, Jordan, Nepal and the Philippines. The strategy will apply a multi-stakeholder approach in conjunction with governments, trade unions, employers’ organisations and the media. This integrated project has been developed jointly by the ILO’s Special Action Programme to Combat Forced Labour (FUNDAMENTALS/SAP-FL) and the Labour Migration Branch (MIGRANT).
Extending access to HIV prevention, testing and referral for treatment program in workplace and for vulnerable population UNAIDS estimates there were 620.000 people living with HIV in Indonesia, with 48.000 new HIV infections in 2016. Ministry of Health reported that over 72% of AIDS cases detected until March 2017 are among people aged 20-49 years old. This data show an urgent need to expand programme coverage to working populations focusing both HIV knowledge and “know your status promotion activities. The ILO-UNAIDS joint initiative VCT@Work has been implemented in Indonesia since December 2013 and made notable awareness of the workers, and private sector partners, facilitating HIV Counselling and Testing and creating linkages with treatment and care support for workers tested HIV positive. Workers are likely to undergo HCT when their employers take steps to protect employment rights and ensure confidentiality and non-discrimination for people with the virus. Commitments were made by large and state owned enterprises, such as Pertamina, PGN and Pelindo, to lead by example in implementing the initiative in Indonesia. The two objectives of the project are: To deliver HIV prevention, testing and referral to treatment services through private sector; and to increase access People Living with HIV and other Key Affected Populations to social protection system.
Promoting decent work through good governance, protection and empowerment of migrant workers: Ensuring the effective implementation of the Sri Lanka National Labour Migration Policy - Upscaling and Consolidation - Phase III The ILO Colombo office has been supporting the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) and other tripartite constituents to implement the National Labour Migration Policy (NLMP) since December 2010, facilitated through a project funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) in Sri Lanka. The Phase II implementation of the project concludes at the end of December 2015. ILO in its role of supporting the Government of Sri Lanka and its tripartite constituents, was keen to provide continued technical support for the ratification of International Frameworks and Conventions while further strengthening and consolidating its work in support of ILO Director General’s Fair Migration Agenda by building on initiatives at the policy level to ensure they effectively cascade towards the ultimate beneficiary migrant women and men and, their families and local communities, in this proposed phase 3. Based on a brief exercise of reviewing the ongoing implementation of the NLMP among key stakeholders especially members of ILO’s Project Advisory Committee (PAC) and lessons learnt in Phase I and II of project, ILO has identified several priority areas of intervention for Phase 3. These interventions include, review and strengthening of legislation and frameworks on labour migration in Sri Lanka, expanding capacity building based on safe and fair migration at the national and district levels and strengthen grievance handling mechanisms in Sri Lanka and overseas, especially supporting the government and stakeholders to set in place mechanisms to reduce discrimination towards women migrants and vulnerability of children of migrant workers. This phase also intends to continue supporting the government to advocate at regional and international for access to more decent jobs through experiences of policy implementation, engage in specific efforts to enhance development benefits through migration and continue to engage in promoting ethical recruitment practices by enhancing the professionalism of recruitment agents, especially collaborating to ensure specific recruitment guidelines of ILO’s Fair Recruitment Initiative are synchronized with the work carried out under promotion of ethical recruitment.
Better Work Training for Business Partners - Pilot Phase One of the key pillars of Better Work’s strategy for 2017-2022 is to scale its impact. As part of this vision, Better Work will provide training and advisory services to buyers and manufacturers at the global level to enable them to drive improvements across their supply chains beyond Better Work factories and countries. The programme also commits to ensuring vendors, agents and large transnational supplier groups are able to replicate applicable Better Work approaches in their own factories as well as their supply chains. To deliver on these goals, Better Work proposes to adapt its existing training programmes and re-brand them as the “Better Work Academy”. The target audience for the first 2 years is Better Work buyer partners’ internal compliance and sourcing teams. Following this first 2-year pilot phase, training will be offered to participants from vendors, agents and large transnational supplier groups.
Port Work Development Program in Bulk Terminals - Phase 2 The ILO's Portworker Development Programme in Container Terminals (PDP) has successfully contributed to the goal of creating greater opportunities for workers to obtain decent work and to ensure their safety, health and welfare. Since its launch in 1989, it was adopted by more than 70 organizations and major terminals and translated into 9 additional languages. In continuation and expansion of this aim into the bulk terminals, the ILO launched the Phase 1 of the Portworker Development Program in Bulk Terminals project (GLO/13/30/ROK) in 2014. Its main objective is to enable governments and port authorities of developing countries to establish effective and systematic portworker training schemes for the portworkers working in the bulk terminals. The Phase 1 will cover three major bulk cargoes, namely iron core, coal and fertilizer. In Phase 2, the focus will be upon other 2 major cargoes, grain and bauxite / alumina. In addition, it will also include the translation of those products in Phase 1 and Phase 2 into the language of Korea, the donor country.
Better Work Indonesia - Phase III Better Work Indonesia (BWI) is being implemented in three phases over an eight-year period (2011-2018). It started with a focus on the adaptation of the BW programme to the Indonesian context and piloting programme tools and services in 30 garments enterprises in the Greater Jakarta area in Phase I (2011-mid 2012), and continued to expand to a larger number of participating factories and a greater impact of the programme’s services in Phase II (2012-2015). Now in Phase III (2016-2018), BWI is transitioning to a national Foundation called “Partnership at Work”, which started operating on 1 January 2017. BWI aims to provide its services to 280 factories by 2018. BWI directly contributes to improving the lives of workers by improving the conditions under which they work, increasing their employment opportunities, and strengthening the competitiveness of the Indonesian garment industry. Better Work programme’s distinguished approach to solving compliance challenges at the factory and sectoral level is the dialogue between workers and management, as well as between stakeholders in the sector. While traditional corporate social responsibility initiatives and public sector labour inspection services focus on compliance exclusively and responsibility for compliance with the law rests largely with employers and management, Better Work builds upon the experience that engaging workers and management in dialogue can bring about better and more sustainable solutions.
Autonomy, Voice and Participation of Persons with Disabilities in Serbia The action responds to priority areas as concerns the position and rights of persons with disabilities in Serbia – equality before the law, equality of women and girls with disabilities and the right to work. Therefore, the project is divided into three activity pillars that utilize the involvement of specialized UN agencies, strong partnerships with the government and full participation of the civil society and disabled persons' organizations. The ILO is involved in the analysis of the legal framework related to professional rehabilitation and employment of persons with disabilities, where overarching barriers for full inclusion are heavily present even after eight years of implementation of the Law on Professional Rehabilitation and Employment of Persons with Disabilities. Participation at the labour market remains low, the statistics of the job-seekers with disabilities remains questionable and active labour market programmes represent only 0.01 per cent of GDP. Only 12.4 per cent of persons with disabilities are economically active, with the largest category living on pensions or as dependents (20.5 per cent). The unfavorable labour market situation results from low level inclusion measures as well as high dependency. For employers, persons with disabilities still form largely unrecognized labour pool and they do not have sufficient knowledge and competencies to employ and successfully manage or recognize the potential of persons with disabilities as employees. The ILO is thus focusing on working with the responsible ministry and the National Employment Service and try to provide some guidance on how the legal framework and the policy tools could be improved. It also works with the Serbian Association of Employers on the raising of awareness and competencies for employment of job-seekers with disabilities.
The Future of Work in Information and Communication Technology The objective of the project is to compile, examine and disseminate information on specific trends of the ICT sector at global and country levels to enhance decent work. The project will support the development of a global analysis of current trends in the digital economy, taking into account the situation of women and youth. The analysis will focus on anticipated demand fo ICT skills in the future; most effective ways to scale up ICT skills development; and, measures to ensure greater mobility of skilled workers as well as to improve working conditions in global supply chains of the ICT industry.
Appui technique au renforcement des capacités de l’observatoire de l’emploi et du Ministère du développement à la base, de l’artisanat, de la jeunesse et de l’emploi des jeunes Le présent projet répond à un problème auquel le Togo, comme dans la plupart des pays en voie de développement, fait face, à savoir que le système d’informations sur le marché du travail (SIMT) reste confronté à de nombreuses insuffisances notamment, l’incapacité à rendre compte des tendances et du dynamisme sur le marché du travail. En effet, la chaîne de production des statistiques du marché du travail est caractérisée par la faiblesse de tous les maillons, de la collecte à la diffusion des données. La collecte, la production et la publication des indicateurs du marché du travail, à ce jour, se font de façon irrégulière, sporadique et incomplète car ne concernant que quelques indicateurs du marché du travail. A cet effet, le présent projet d’appui technique du BIT porte sur le renforcement des capacités de l’Observatoire de l’emploi et du Ministère du Développement à la Base, de l’Artisanat, de la Jeunesse et de l’Emploi des Jeunes (MDBAEJ). Il est annexé et fait partie intégrante de la convention de financement qui est signée entre le gouvernement du Togo et le BIT en appui à la mise en œuvre du programme.
Towards improved formal and non-formal TVET in Lebanon The proposed partnership between ILO and UNICEF aims to further join efforts towards improving the formal and non-formal technical and vocational education and training in Lebanon in order to respond to the youth needs within the current socio-economic context.It will ensure close collaboration with other UN agencies engaging in the TVET sector as well as other relevant organisations and initiatives. The direct recipients of this collaboration are vocational training related departments within the Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Labour and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) providing vocational training, which will benefit from targeted technical assistance, institutional development and capacity building interventions. This will ultimately improve their approach and methodologies in dealing and collaborating with private sector to develop more adapted skills development programmes based on needs. This partnership is suggested to achieve the following: Outcome I: A clear roadmap and action plan toward strengthened quality and inclusive capacity of TVET system as per market needs for an improved employability and fulfilled aspirations of youth. Outcome II: Improved linkages of training outcomes for Lebanese and non-Lebanese youth to skills and market requirements for better access to the labour market Outcome III: Enhanced institutional planning and functioning of formal training centres for higher effectiveness, efficiency and sustainability of conducive coping measures to satisfy the labour supply and demand.
Decent Jobs for Jordanians and Syrian Refugees in the Manufacturing Sector At the end of the project, manufacturing companies expanding their activities under the EU-Jordan trade agreement will employ at least 5,000 qualified Jordanians and Syrian refugees. This will be achieved by supporting the companies in the special economic zones to export and create jobs through improved information on the export process and stronger links to EU buyers facilitated by relevant embassies, the chamber of commerce and industry, JIC, IOE, ITUC and the Syrian and Jordanian diaspora in Europe. It will also prepare the Syrian and Jordanian workforce to take on these jobs, and by facilitating the matching of jobs and competencies.
UNV/ILO Partnership for the Measurement of Volunteer Work An established joint programme by ILO and UNV to advance implementation of the statistical standards on volunteer work by countries from all world regions. Accumulated experience identified and practical tools developed by ILO to scale-up country activities in the measurement of volunteer work. A network of experts and interested partners on measurement of volunteer work is established and a special event held at the 20th ICLS to raise awareness about the progress to date and new practical tools. A multi-country project drafted to support testing and inclusion of volunteer work modules in LFS by strategic partner countries from different world regions in advance of the 2020 Forum.
Capacity building for vocational training in Asia-Pacific region Contributing to “Outcome 1: More and better jobs for inclusive growth and improved youth employment prospects” (P&B 2016-17), the activities in this proposal will lead towards the delivery of the following two major outputs: publication currently referred to as the Skills and the Future of Work: Strategies for Inclusive Growth in Asia and the Pacific and TVET training programmes for Master Trainers from Asia and the Pacific. Referring to the conclusions from the 2016 Forum, both deliveries will help Member States better prepare themselves in meeting future skill challenges – building an inclusive future that involves the creation of more job prospects and decent jobs. The participating countries will have identified skills and employment for inclusive growth issues as a priority requiring technical assistance and collaboration with their DWCP outcomes for 2016-17 biennium. At the regional level, the activities will be linked to ‘RAS126 – Increased knowledge and capacity in the region to promote coherent policies in support of decent work for all women and men’.
More and better jobs for women: women’s empowerment through decent work in Turkey The overall objective of the project is to contribute to women’s empowerment in Turkey through increasing their access to decent work opportunities and enhancing awareness on women’s human rights and rights at work.The project helps in integrating gender sensitive approaches into active labour market policies and in identifying those occupations where there are more decent employment opportunities for women to be employed in the project provinces. The project is expected to serve as a model for other provinces in advancing gender equality in employment and providing decent employment opportunities for women. The project is implemented by the ILO Office for Turkey, along with Turkish Employment Agency (ISKUR).
Economic Growth and Employment This development cooperation project, designed to implement ILO’s obligations under the Economic Growth and Employment Outcome Group of the UNDAP II, focuses on four key strategies toward inclusive growth. These are evidence-based policies; capacities of economic and social institutions to provide services for which they were intended; and quality of employment created, at the level of enterprises as well as the working conditions at the level of the workers. The overall objective is to support the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania in providing equal opportunities for all to participate in economic growth, especially through employment, taking into careful consideration of various forms of discrimination that could result from age, gender, religion, geographical location and the like.
ILO’s activities included in the UNAIDS 2018-2019 Unified Budget Results and Accountability Framework (UBRAF) The ILO is a Cosponsor of the Joint Programme on HIV/AIDS which comprises the UNAIDS Secretariat and eleven UN Cosponsors. The work of the Joint Programme is guided by the shared vision of zero new infections, zero discrimination and zero AIDS-related deaths, the 2016 – 21 UNAIDS Fast Track Strategy as well as the programmatic and strategic frameworks of all eleven Cosponsors. This work is operationalized by the Unified Results Budget and Accountability Framework (UBRAF). The UBRAF 2018 – 19 was developed by the Joint Programme taking into consideration the decisions of the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board, progress to date against the fast track targets, epidemic priorities, lessons learnt in implementing earlier versions of UBRAF, the current financial resource outlook as well as the recommendations of the UNAIDS Global Review Panel. The key features of the UBRAF 2018 – 19 include: a strong focus on fast-track countries and a core package of support to other countries; a minimum core allocation provided to all cosponsors; additional funding through country envelopes to leverage joint action at the country level; and strengthened accountability and transparency through planning and reporting covering UBRAF and other resources. In this context, this concept note will focus on: a. The minimum global allocation to the ILO for the 2018 – 19 biennium ($4 million) b. The country envelope allocation for the 2018 – 19 biennium ($1,563,000) GLOBAL ENVELOPE The global envelope (i.e $4 million for the biennium) will be used to support all 23 countries identified for 2018 – 19 (i.e. the 13 countries which received resources as part of the country envelopes and also ten additional countries that did not receive resources from the country envelopes but have been prioritised for 2018 – 19. Programmatic action will be guided by six key UBRAF outcomes highlighted (below), outcomes of the ILO Programme and Budget, CPOs and DWCPs. • UBRAF Output 1.1: Innovative & targeted HIV testing and counselling programmes introduced • UBRAF Output 3.1: Targeted combination prevention programmes defined and implemented • UBRAF Output 4.1 Evidence-based HIV services for key populations implemented • UBRAF Output 5.1: Structural & social change interventions to transform unequal gender norms & systematic barriers defined and implemented • UBRAF Output 6.1: HIV-related legal and policy reforms catalysed and supported UBRAF Output 8.2: HIV-sensitive social protection and social protection programmes for vulnerable populations, including orphans and children vulnerable to HIV, strengthened
Strengthening interagency collaboration and social protection systems through Interagency Social Protection Assessment tools The project will provide a strategic input to build capacity of both ISPA partners as well as their counterparts in government agencies at country level for the application of the ISPA tools. The outputs are: A webinar series on the Public works tool is organized; a face-to-face a regional training in Asia is organized; related training materials for this purpose are developed; and the final target groups are ILO constituents working on social protection, including government officials and social partners as well as other international agencies, development organisations and social protection experts carrying out social protection technical advisory services.