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Capacity of government and the social partners to develop and implement employment policies and programmes that are well suited to Vietnam's dynamic employment environment and favourable to decent work strengthened VNM128 - Capacity of government and the social partners to develop and implement employment policies and programmes that are well suited to Viet Nam’s dynamic employment environment and favourable to decent work strengthened Linked to SDG 8 This project aims at scaling up ongoing efforts to strengthen constituents’ engagement and influence in SDG-related processes towards making significant progress in achieving Sustainable Development Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth and its related targets. It builds upon on ongoing work to strengthen constituents’ participation in integrating the Decent Work Agenda into employment policies of Viet Nam and facilitating their engagement and influence in SDG-related processes. The project will further reinforce the role of employment promotion and labour market issues at the core of policy making. In line with the Government’s Roadmap, this objective will be pursued by providing policy and technical advisory services to constituents with regard to: the production of the Viet Nam SDG-related indicators for which ILO is custodian; improvements in the labour market information system in order to develop evidence-based decent work policies towards the “No one left behind” agenda; and the implementation of the National Action Plan of the 2030 Agenda through regular monitoring of selected SDG 8 related targets and other relevant SDG indicators. This project contributes to the country’s efforts to advance towards the attainment of SDG target 8.3 (Promote development-oriented policies that support productive activities, decent job creation, entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation and encourage the formalization and growth of micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises, including through access to financial services).
Enforcement and Protection of workers’ labour rights in Costa Rica The project will strengthen the capability of the social partners and the government to deal with the fulfilment of labour rights in Costa Rica, particularly with regard to the new challenges that the Labour Procedural Reform (RPL) commencement has entailed since July 2017, particularly in terms of reducing employment discrimination. The development of competences through virtual and continuous training methods, tailored technical assistance (based on the needs and participation of those involved), the use of technology to efficiently gather and improve collection of evidence of violations and process, will be part of the mechanisms to ensure the changes proposed. MTSS officials at the national level, and especially those from the three local offices identified (Liberia, San Carlos and Guapiles), as well as union leaders and representatives of employers' organizations, will be the direct beneficiaries of the project through whom, once the conditions and capabilities are improved, the country's workers, particularly those from the pineapple export sector in the selected areas, will be the end beneficiaries of the intervention.
Technical support on labour migration in Chile This project aims at strengthening the recognition of migrants’ labour rights in Chile, in line with the fundamental principles and rights at work, within a framework of broad social dialogue. The ILO is providing technical advice to the Ministry of Labour and Social Security to mainstream migration issues within one of its services (Labour Directorate -DT). With ILO support, the DT has carried out a self-diagnosis to determine how migration was included in its policies and procedures, which led to the elaboration of an action plan for 2017. In addition, the project seeks to generate social dialogue on migration between employers and workers, with the three main workers’ federations having agreed on a working methodology to address this matter. The project is generating information and knowledge on the subject, including through a report on lessons learned and good practices in the field of labour migration, gender equality and labour integration of migrant workers in the country.
ILO-DFID Partnership Programme on Fair Recruitment and Decent Work for Women Migrant Workers in South Asia and the Middle East -Phase II The ILO-DFID partnership programme is a five-year, inter-regional development cooperation programme addressing forced labour. It constitutes a second phase of the previous Work in Freedom Programme (2013-2018) The overall aim of the programme is to reduce vulnerability to trafficking and forced labour of women and girls across migration pathways leading to the care work and textiles, clothing, leather and footwear industries of South Asia and Arab States. The project will contribute towards bringing about a sustained situation where women and girls in South Asia and Arab States are less vulnerable to trafficking and forced labour in emerging sectors of migrant employment. The programme will address key drivers and vulnerabilities of human trafficking, such as (a) gender and other forms of discrimination, distress migration and poor working and living conditions, through an integrated prevention strategy of (1) targeted social protection and empowerment, (2) fair recruitment practices and (3) evidence based policy advocacy for decent work options. At least 350,000 women and girls will be reached at source and destination in India, Nepal, and Bangladesh, Oman, Bahrein, Lebanon and Jordan . If policy recommendations are implemented, the programme could indirectly reach over one million. Key stakeholders will include governments, social partners, the private sector, NGOs and importantly, the voice and participation of women migrant workers themselves.
Youth@work: A partnership for employment of young women and men in Morocco This project component builds on a previous project supported by CIDA under which ILO’s entrepreneurship education package (Know About Business – KAB) was introduced into secondary schools, TVET and six higher education institutions. This project contributes to improving the quality and impact of the entrepreneurship education by improving coordination and linkages between the public and private sector stakeholders involved. The project provides ongoing technical assistance to curricula developers, ministry representatives (employment, education) and local experts. Finally, it also assists the Office de la formation professionnelle et de la promotion du travail (OFPPT) in mapping employment services in order to create a referral system for graduates. A competitive call for youth-led projects is made through the Youth Employment Network’s ‘Youth to Youth’/Y2Y fund. The ILO’s Women’s Entrepreneurship Development (WED) assessment methodology/tools is implemented by national researchers to formulate evidence based and consulted policy recommendations that can be used by government, women entrepreneurs’ associations and employers’ organizations. Six Public employment centres located in the three pilot regions are supported to become the ‘focal point’ for information on available employment and entrepreneurship programmes for young women and men. Key employability tools such as career counselling, soft skills and gender equality training, empowerment coaching, job matching and financial literacy are reinforced among the centres’ staff. Local business development and financial service providers are supported and strengthened so that they are capable of offering training and bundle other support services for young women and men in the three pilot regions, one of which is rural.
Sustaining strengthened national capacities to improve ILS compliance and reporting in El Salvador & Guatemala El Salvador - The project aims to support the promotion and application of the ILO Fundamental and Governance Conventions in the country. The project focuses on consolidating the institutional capacity of the Government to effectively enforce labour laws, guarantee fundamental rights at work, enhance social dialogue and fulfil its reporting obligations. Additionally, the intervention assists in addressing comments made by the ILO supervisory bodies with respect to discrimination (strengthening national tripartite capacities against discrimination at work) and in taking the necessary measures for the effective application of the Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87) and the Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98). Guatemala - The project aims to support the promotion and application of ILO fundamental conventions and human rights in Guatemala by assisting the country in strengthening the institutional capacity of the Government to effectively enforce labour laws, guarantee fundamental rights at work, enhance social dialogue and assist the country to fulfil its reporting obligations. With a view to addressing comments made by the ILO supervisory bodies, the intervention focuses on the development of a roadmap for the elimination of child labour, a better application of Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organize Convention, 1948 (No. 87) and Right to Organize and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98), the development of prevention and coordination mechanisms against human trafficking and forced labour, the design of policies for the elimination of discrimination at work especially for the most vulnerable workers and the strengthening of capacities of the Government to ratify and apply international labour standards.
Child Labor Prevention and Reduction Project in Viet Nam The overall objective of the project is to support the prevention and reduction of child labor in Vietnam, including through support for implementation of Vietnam’s draft National Plan of Action to Prevent and Reduce Child Labor in Viet Nam. Immediate Objectives 1) To build capacity of national institutions/organizations to better respond to child labor, to identify and address gaps in protections against child labor, including in current law, law enforcement and social protection programs, as part of the promotion of international labor standards through policy, legal, monitoring and enforcement means. 2) To raise awareness of child labor, the inherent exploitation of children at all levels, hazards associated with child labor and prohibitions against child labor. 3) To develop, implement and document integrated area-based intervention models aimed at preventing and withdrawing children at risk or in the worst forms of child labor in selected rural and urban geographical areas and sectors to be ready for wider scale replication, including interventions aimed at : (i) prevention and child labor reduction, (ii) education and training opportunities for those engaged in or vulnerable to child labor, and (iii) livelihood support, including increased access to relevant social services, for vulnerable households.
Decent Work and the Care Economy: recognizing, rewarding and redistributing Care Work Within the remit of the ILO Women at Work Centenary Initiative, undertake and deliver an innovative, substantive project on Decent Work and the Care Economy that will serve to inform and guide constituents and partners in different national, regional and international contexts, and launch an advocacy campaign to specifically promote decent work and the care economy, culminating at the 108th Session (2019) of the International Labour Conference celebrations of 100 years of the ILO. The project will ensure that the important opportunity of the Women at Work Centenary Initiative to highlight the ILO’s commitment to women’s empowerment and gender equality is maximized to its fullest potential by focusing on employment for women and men in the care economy, as well the impact of the equitable provision of care on women’s ability to access and remain in the labour force.
Fortalecimiento del Talento Humano para la Industria TI en Colombia" Estrategia para el fortaleciemiento del talento humano en educación para el trabajo y desarrollo humano y vinculación a práctica laboral de los beneficiarios. El proyecto consiste en una cooperación y asistencia técnica de la Organización Internacional del Trabajo (OIT), a las acciones del Ministerio de Tecnologías de la Información y Telecomunicaciones (MINTIC) en el marco del desarrollo de los compromisos del Memorando de Entendimiento suscrito entre el El Fondo de Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones (FONTIC) y la OIT y la Carta Acuerdo, orientados al desarrollo de una estrategia integral para el fortalecimiento del talento humano para la Industria TI colombiana a través de la Educación para el Trabajo y el Desarrollo Humano (ETDH) y la vinculación a la práctica laboral, financiado por el presupuesto 2016 – 2017 del MINTIC. De igual manera, contará con un componente que permitirá pilotear la formación en competencias que han sido identificadas en el catálogo de cualificaciones del Marco Nacional de Cualificaciones (MNC) del Sector TIC. Se conformarán alianzas con las Instituciones de Educación para el Trabajo y el Desarrollo Humano (IETDH) para que 4.320 jóvenes se formen con pertinencia gracias a la participación de empresas del sector de las TI en este proceso y mejoren su vinculación laboral a través de prácticas empresariales durante su proceso de formación. Este proceso se verá favorecido por un seguimiento continuo a través de una plataforma tecnológica que facilite la gestión académica y administrativa de las Instituciones y el monitoreo de MINTIC y OIT. En conjunto, estas iniciativas proponen la consecución de cuatro grandes resultados que garantizan mejoras considerables en la cantidad y calidad del capital humano del área de TI respondiendo efectivamente a las expectativas de las empresas y fortaleciendo los programas de ETDH en el país para la industria de TI. En ese marco de iniciativas, el desarrollo del proyecto promoverá la apropiación y el fortalecimiento de las capacidades del Ministerio de las TICs y de las IEDTH, permitiendo la articulación entre la formación y las demandas de las empresas, con un enfoque de calidad de los servicios que permita que tanto la población participante de la formación como las empresas puedan ver cumplidas sus expectativas.Resultará esencial la participación activa de las organizaciones de empleadores y trabajadores representativos de la Industria TI, en aras de contribuir al buen desarrollo del proyecto y la consecución de los objetivos propuestos.
Convening Stakeholders to Develop and Implement Strategies to Reduce Child Labor and Improve Working Conditions in Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining - Global and Ghana The Project will emphasise the development and implementation of innovative solutions to improve gold mining practices, monitor child labor in gold mining and gold mining supply chains, and raise awareness of child labor and working conditions. It will also ensure that these innovative models and validated solutions and interventions are widely disseminated so that the practices and solutions can be replicated in other settings. The project will support pilot innovative initiatives (PII), practical, and low-cost solutions to address child labor and working conditions in Ghana and in the Philippines. The PII should be consistent with each country’s sectoral policy. It should substantially contribute to the positive transformation of beneficiary communities and a change in their knowledge, attitude/behavior and perception of child labor and working conditions. Good practices and experiences piloted in both countries will be shared within gold mining (sub) regional and global networks. The Project, working with the National Steering Committees on Child Labour (NSCCL), will establish a project technical advisory committee (PTAC) that will be mandated to review proposals for innovative solutions that will have the effect of improving mining practices, monitoring child labor and raising awareness of child labor and working conditions. Key stakeholders (including Ministries of Mines, Small-Scale Miners’ Associations, NGO networks, Social Partners) at national, district and community levels in Ghana and in the Philippines will have key roles in the work of this PTAC/TWG
Améliorer la gouvernance du travail dans les TPE/PME et aider à la sortie de l'économie informelle en Afrique Compte tenu des revenus et du nombre significatif d’emplois qu’ils génèrent, les très petites entreprises (TPE) et les petites et moyennes entreprises (PME) ont un rôle important dans la réalisation d’une croissance inclusive nécessaire pour l’atteinte des objectifs de développement durable (ODD). Le projet GOUVERNANCE mis en œuvre par le BIT vise à renforcer la contribution des TPE/PME au développement de l’Afrique francophone à travers un meilleur respect des principes et droits fondamentaux au travail et du droit à la santé et la sécurité au travail. Le problème principal auquel le BIT voudrait apporter une réponse est celui de la faible gouvernance en ce qui concerne le respect des principes et droits fondamentaux au travail et le droit à la santé et la sécurité au travail dans les TPE/PME y compris dans l’économie informelle en Afrique francophone. Il s’agit d’aider les TPE/PME, y compris quand elles interviennent dans l’économie informelle, à prévenir les risques professionnels, améliorer les conditions de travail et faire respecter les principes et droits fondamentaux au travail. Afin d’atteindre ce but, les activités du projet dans les TPE/PME dans les secteurs prioritaires identifiés dans les pays cibles seront articulées autour de deux axes stratégiques d’intervention : • Renforcement de la conformité des lieux de travail à la législation nationale, notamment dans le cadre relatif aux règles de la santé et sécurité au travail et aux principes et droits fondamentaux par l’inspection du travail ; • Sensibilisation et mobilisation des mandants pour le renforcement de la conformité des lieux de travail avec les PDFT et des règles de la SST.
Country Level Engagement and Assistance to Reduce Child Labor (CLEAR) The project will assist 10 member States to take targeted actions to eliminate the worst forms of child labour. This will be achieved by providing critically needed and technical guidance support in the areas of legislation, enforcement, monitoring, development and implementation of national action plans, and improved implementation of policies and social programs with an impact on child labour. This proposal is organized under four components that are mutually reinforcing. The first component will improve specific aspects of national legislation on child labour including its worst forms so that the national legislative framework is in compliance with international standards. The second component will improve monitoring and enforcement of laws and policies related to child labour through improving the capacity of national inspection systems as well as establishing/improving child labour monitoring systems. The third component will build national capacity to develop, validate, adopt and implement their National Action Plans on the elimination of child labour. The forth component aims to enhance implementation of national and local policies and programs and to improve social policies and programs that will have a positive impact on child labour (such as basic education policies and programs, vocational training, social protection services, and employment creation and poverty reduction initiatives). The Project will be implemented by the ILO through its International Program on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC), assisted by other relevant ILO units, offices and specialists.
First Actuarial Valuation of the Unemployment Insurance Fund administered by the Kuwait Public Institution for Social Security (KPIFSS) Social Insurance Law of Kuwait requires that the Board of Directors of KPIFSS designate one or more independent actuaries to examine the financial situation of the Institution at least once every three years. The Actuary, Chief of Studies & Research Office of the KPIFSS wrote to the ILO on 20 January 2016 to request the cooperation of the ILO on the First Actuarial Valuation of the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) administered by the KPIFSS as of 31 March 2016. The Law on Insurance Against Unemployment (Law 101 of 2013) has been issued in April 2013 and implemented in May 2013. The Law covers employees working in the private and in the oil sectors. The contributions are at 1 per cent of insurable earnings, 0.5 per cent being paid by the employer and 0.5 per cent being paid by the insured member. In addition, the State Public Treasury pays 0.5 per cent of the total basic and supplementary insured salaries of the employees to the UIF. For entitlement to a compensation, the insured person: • Shall not be less than the age of 18 years and no more than the age of 60 years. • Should complete the determined period for entitlement to a compensation in accordance with what is provided under the law; to be at least 6 consecutive months prior to entitlement to a compensation. • Should be able to work. • Should not be entitled to retirement pension disbursement The insured member who is entitled to the unemployment compensation receives a monthly amount corresponding to 60 per cent of the salary on which the retirement pension is assessed of the basic pension, in addition to the pension to which he/she is entitled with his supplementary insurance, on the assumption that he/she is entitled for such pension. The maximum period of payment of the unemployment compensation is 6 months. After three years of operations, the implementation of the UIF needs to be further strengthened by a first complete actuarial valuation of the UIF. Participating in the actuarial review will allow the staff involved to enhance their skills related to this subject matter.