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Support to the Ministry of Social Affairs in LMI and employment policy An essential element in the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of national HRD strategies is to have regularly reliable data available on occupational supply and demand, skills gaps, employment opportunities and employer needs. Over the past years, the “LMIS and HRD Strategy” project (UNDP funded, MoSAL implemented with the ILO technical support) has succeeded in laying a solid groundwork for providing this type of information. MoSAL has identified a further need for additional capacity to continue and to strengthen its labour market monitoring and policy-oriented analysis functions. These are critical to the successful implementation of the NES and its associated Action Plan, including its full integration into the DPPR. The Action Plan identifies the activities, their timeframe, monitoring indicators, resources, as well as cooperating partners, that have to be undertaken in the next two years in order to further face Yemen’s unemployment challenge covering the following areas: 1. decent and productive work for all; 2. macroeconomic and sectoral policies; 3. labour legislation and administration; 4. employment offices; 5. technical education and vocational training; 6. labour market information; 7. social protection and safety nets; 8. micro, small and medium enterprises development; 9. youth; and 10. gender. ILO and UNDP have committed themselves to provide technical assistance to the MoSAL LMIA Unit in support of its objectives, including the promotion, implementation and monitoring of the NES. By collecting, processing, analysing and disseminating updated quality labour market data this JP will enable the GoY, at the central and decentralized levels, as well as its key national and development partners to better allocate scarce resources for diversification and revitalisation of the local economy.
Strengthening the Capacities of Tripartite Constituents to Address Labour Issues in the Framework of the BWV Programme
Improvement of Services of Employment Service Job Centers in Lao PDR for Migrant Workers This project "Improvement of Services of Employment Service Job Centers in Lao PDR for Migrant Workers" (LAO/11/03/JPN), is a follow-up activity to the project Cross-Border Movement of Labour in Southeast Asia and its objective is to further develop national Employment Services (ES) to benefit all people in Lao PDR. The Employment Service Job Centers play essential and valuable roles for reducing the unemployment rate and assisting jobseekers in finding suitable jobs, and employers finding the right workers. The project aims to: - improve the knowledge and information on employment services through the development and publication of manuals and tools; - build the capacity of the officials of the ESJC in the MOLSW so that they are able to understand the functioning of the system and procedures for better and efficient service delivery; - collect and document good practices and lessons learned which could be shared and adapted among the network of ESJCs; and - improve service delivery of the ESJCs through increased jobseeker registrations and job placements.
Gender Responsive Recovery for Sustainable Peace (GRRSP) The project will provide increased access of conflict affected women to psycho-social services; Increased community awareness on issues of GBV, human rights, including workers’rights and gender equality; Enhanced capacity of conflict affected women on organizational, leadership and social harmonization; Improved knowledge and skills of conflict affected women and their families for improving agricultural productivity; Enhanced technical and entrepreneurial skills of conflict affected women and their families; Increased capacity of local bodies and concerned service delivery agencies for gender responsive planning and implementation mechanisms. Key Activities will include: provision of psycho-social support; capacity development of LPCs and GEWG; public awareness on gender issues; development of agricultural technical know-how and skills for target groups; implementation of FFS; establishment of local resource centers; development of entrepreneurial and vocational skills of target group; facilitation of linkages with local bodies, technical and business service providers and LPCs; sensitization and training for local bodies and service providers on gender responsive planning and implementation mechanisms.
Realizing minimum living standards for disadvantaged communities through peace building and village based economic development
Support capacity building of Caribbean NAtional Employers' Organizations in the area of gender, occupational safety and health, HIV/AIDS, small enterprises development and productivity improvement
Support the assessment of the business environment in Peru for the development of sustainable enterprises
Support education on fundamental worker's rights and application of ILS in national policies and frameworks
Support to improve capacities for national governance of social security systems
Haiti: Protecting Children from Child Labour during the Early Recovery Phase (USDOS Contribution) 1. The current Project proposal is based on ILO Conventions on Minimum Age, 1973 (no. 138) and on the Worst Forms of Child Labour, 1999 (no. 182), both of which are ratified by Haiti. It targets the enormous challenge represented by preventing and eliminating child labour with special attention to the particularities in this respect of the present post-disaster stage, which entails risks of involving children in the reconstruction process, while also creating employment opportunities for adolescents above the minimum age for employment. 2. In this context, the Project will – while on the one hand focusing on keeping children out of child labour – include training opportunities for adolescents to be gainfully engaged in the reconstruction process, focusing on activities adolescents can be safely involved in and in keeping them out of hazardous work. 3. The activities to be implemented alongside this proposal are crucial to improve the prevention and elimination of child labour in Haiti. Through integrated strategies of south-south and triangular cooperation in Haiti, the proposal support the implementation of actions, during a 24-month period, that aim at the: • Protection of children and adolescents from child labour, especially its worst forms, during the early recovery and reconstruction phase. • Target host communities and support initiatives aimed at generating short term job opportunities and safe and protected work for adolescents above the minimum working age in the construction sector. • Collaboration with specialized UN agencies such as UNICEF, WFP, FAO, UN-HABITAT and other ILO programmes and projects amongst others, such as USAID funded initiatives, e.g. IDEJEN. • The strengthening of the role of social partners in the national reconstruction process. • Promotion of south-south and triangular cooperation. 4. This Project aims to achieve its objectives and results relying on: (i) the institutional capacity of the ILO and its IPEC Programme (International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour); (ii) the ILO’s unique mandate, within the UN system, to promote the effective implementation of International Labour Standards, where Conventions n°138 and 182 are of particular relevance to this Project, as well as to strengthen social dialogue among its constituents (government, employers and workers); (iii) the technical expertise on labour issues related to construction and reconstruction activities, through the ILO’s Sectoral Program; and (iv) the previous and current Brazilian experiences in the prevention and elimination of child labour in the Projects’ context of South-South cooperation. As a UN specialized agency, its broad network of partners and stakeholders is pivotal in the collaborative efforts with national and international actors, necessary for the achievement of the Project’s goal.
Programme commun pour légalité entre les genres et l'autonomisation des femmes en Algérie Le programme commun pour l’égalité entre les genres et l’autonomisation des femmes en Algérie a été conçu selon un processus participatif qui a impliqué plusieurs ministères sectoriels et des associations de la société civile, avec l’appui de sept organisations des Nations Unies : PNUD, FNUAP, UNICEF, ONUSIDA, OIT, ONUDI et UNIFEM. Afin d’accompagner le gouvernement dans la mise en œuvre du Programme national des réformes structurelles, en réponse aux défis de son développement durable, le Programme a pour but d’appuyer les efforts nationaux pour l’égalité des genres et l’autonomisation des femmes, avec un accent particulier sur un meilleur accès à l’emploi pour les femmes. En tant qu’agence des Nations Unies, l’OIT participe au programme commun pour l’égalité entre hommes et femmes et l’autonomisation des femmes en Algérie, financé par le bureau du Fonds pour la réalisation des ODM de l’UNDP-Espagne. L’OIT a reçu un budget de 590.000 dollars des E.U. pour soutenir les mandants dans des activités concernant: - l’approfondissement de la connaissance des facteurs déterminants qui limitent ou entravent l’insertion professionnelle des femmes et leur accès au travail décent : o des études sont réalisées sur les obstacles à l’emploi féminin en milieu urbain et rural et sur les conditions de travail et la demande du marché de l’emploi - une meilleure adaptation de l’offre de formation des femmes aux besoins du marché du travail : o les programmes de formation professionnelle sont adaptés aux besoins du marché du travail - l’amélioration de l’accès des femmes aux mécanismes et dispositifs existants de création d’emplois et d’accès à l’entreprenariat et au crédit : o mise en place d’un système d’observation du marché du travail auprès de l’ANEM à travers le suivi et l’évaluation des politiques actives du marché du travail (PAMT) o les capacités de dix ONGs, deux organisations patronales et d’un syndicat de travailleurs sont renforcées o trente cadres des institutions et de la société civile sont formés aux questions des micro entreprises Le programme démarrera en 2009 et durera jusqu’en 2011. Le Bureau d’Alger est chargé de coordonner la participation de l’OIT dans les activités du programme, avec l’assistance technique du Bureau sous-régional du Caire, de Dakar et de GENDER .
Inter-agency Programme to Nurture Peace, Security and Decent Work through Local Development in Conflict Areas of the Philippines (Bondoc Peninsula)
Promoting sustainable action against forced labour in Brazil In Latin America, the focus will be on Brazil for three main reasons: First, ILO has played a key role in the development of a National Pact against Slave Labour which is the most prominent example of private sector engagement against forced labour to date. The Pact is now in a critical phase of re-structuring to ensure sustainability, and ILO’s involvement in this process is important. Second, the intervention will support a better knowledge base on forced labour which will feed into ILO’s global product ‘GLO726’ while also support broad-based action against forced labour and trafficking during the Olympic Games in 2016. Funding from the Brazilian Government is expected for 2013 to sustain future action and to promote South-South Cooperation in Latin America. Third, Brazil is a target country for the ILO under BRA127 ‘Development and implementation of public policies and social actions are supported and improved for the elimination of slave labour and human trafficking.’ Thus, country-based interventions can build on on-going initiatives in these areas.
Support to Follow up to the Pension Reform and to Strenghten Employment Injury Schemes
Support the implementation of programmes aimed at strenghtening productivity and training based on competencies in sectors other than the sugar industry
Human Trafficking Research in the Middle East The premise of the research is to understand the processes of human trafficking in the Middle East. As stated in the Palermo Protocol, the processes include “recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of persons.” For analytical purposes, the research will be segmented into three major areas of focus, which will be in line with the different process-action identified in the Protocol. The research will also use other frameworks, such as the supply and demand model, to understand the root causes of trafficking. Under the first rubric of “recruitment,” the first objective will be to map out the profiles of the actors involved both in countries of origin and destination. A second objective will consist in understanding how both formal and informal recruitment and immigration processes, as well as the institution of marriage, are manipulated by perpetrators of human trafficking, with the ultimate objective of exploitation. Under the second rubric of “transportation and transfer,” the objective will be to identify the major routes of transportation between and within countries employed by traffickers, and the means used to transfer victims from one location to another exploitation site. Regional differences will no doubt emerge, depending on whether the country is a source, transit or destination site, or a combination of all three classifications. Under the third rubric of “harbouring or receipt of persons,” the objective is to understand the conditions of the different types of sites of exploitation. Locations seem to largely depend on whether the victims came through a formal recruitment process or by underground, informal networks, or perhaps be a combination of both. The objective will also be to show how the exploitation takes place in these different sites, by means of force, coercion, threat, deception, fraud, and/or abuse of power or vulnerability. By analyzing the different and distinct stages of the process, it will be possible to map out the profiles of both victims and perpetrators. This mapping might also highlight particular vulnerabilities across gender, race, ethnicity, nationality, social class, and other factors.
Strengthening of in-land tourism in Quang Nam, Vietnam The project will develop a replicable and sustainable approach that contributes to pro-poor and pro-jobs tourism development in Vietnam (development objective). The approach will be designed and first applied in Quang Nam province. The emphasis will be on young women and men, but not to the exclusion of others. The project will build on the experience and make use of lessons learned and approaches of local economic and tourism development projects of the ILO in Vietnam, Sri Lanka and other countries. It will also apply best practice in pro-poor enterprise development as currently emerging globally. This has demonstrated the effectiveness of interventions that focus on the development of specific value chains as compared to more generic approaches such as general business management training or other business service development. The project strategy will therefore be to: • use a value chain development (VCD) approach to identify main constraints to and opportunities for pro-poor and pro-jobs development of the inland hospitality and travel industry in Quang Nam • develop proposals to address these constraints and opportunities • support, financially and technically, some of the key proposals, while others are implemented by provincial and district authorities, the private sector, and other projects, without such support, or with technical support only • follow this by similar VCD exercises in related inland tourism value chains in the province The project will use the ILO’s participatory approach to VCD, which has proven to result in greater relevance of the proposals that result from a value chain analysis, more ownership among local stakeholders over the findings of the analysis and the proposals for interventions that result, and therefore, more success in implementation of the proposals and greater impact. The project is designed to be complementary to a Government of Luxembourg-Development project in the hotel and tourism sector. It will closely involve the Da Nang Tourism Vocational School, which is supported under that project. Lessons learned will be shared with other Tourism Schools as well as donors and projects in the tourism sector in Vietnam.
The promotion of economic empowerment for young women and girls in IDP settings The proposed project supports the strengthening of women economic empowerment one of the priorities in the UN Women strategic note 2012/13 for East and Horn of Africa under outcome 2.1; legislation, policies and strategies to strengthen women’s economic empowerment and access to resources are adopted and implemented, especially for the informal sector. The project will strengthen business management skills through capacity building and training resources that foster adoption of good workplace practices in small businesses. ILO will utilize relevant existing training tools that cover the whole spectrum of target groups, from illiterate micro entrepreneurs to growth oriented small and medium scale entrepreneurs. Within the project special strategies will be applied to strengthen the economic independence of Somali women and girls, and especially those from refugee and IDP settings. Young women affected by the conflict in Somalia will have access to training opportunities and financial services for business enhancement. The project will benefit 20 women and girls in the IDP camps of Mogadishu through support for business ownership providing the trained entrepreneurs with an incentive in the form of a grant.This project will be linked to a wider economic empowerment project currently funded by the European Union running for approximately 18 months acting as a support project and providing post training elements to the caseload.
National study on worst forms of child labour in Syria The Syrian population is considered to be a young population where more than 50% are under eighteen years of age and 39% are younger than fifteen. Enrolment rates are relatively high (above 90% ), but drop-out rates remain an issue to be addressed. There are 86,857 children out of school with males being 1.3 times more likely to drop out of school than females. Reasons for early school drop-out vary and have been discussed in the latest International Program on the Elimination of Child Labor (IPEC) document, along with a thorough analysis of other factors thought to be correlated with child labor. The magnitude of child labor in Syria is about 4% overall and seems to be strongly correlated with family income and the prevalence of agriculture. Thus, only 2.6% of urban children work compared to 5.5% among rural children . In the context of the joint effort by the ILO regional office for Arab States and UNICEF Syria to initiate a national program for the elimination of worst forms of child labor, a study was commissioned to assess the extent and characteristics of this phenomenon in Syria, thus providing a solid quantitative and qualitative basis for the program. The study aims to: ¿ Provide an overview of the socio-economic factors that affect child labor such as poverty, educational status, etc. ¿ Review legislation governing child labor in Syria and identify any existing gaps between Syrian law and core international conventions whether or not they were ratified by Syria ¿ Identify the main characteristics of child labor in Syria, with special emphasis on worst forms of child labor, such as magnitude, geographical distribution, types of work, etc. ¿ Present a picture of the conditions of working children with special emphasis on determinants of high incidence ¿ Present a set of recommendations indicating the areas that should be focused on in the national strategy.
Human security initiative for "tensions" reduction, reconciliation and rehabilitation in the Solomon Islands Ensuring human security is particularly important in the Solomon Islands, due to lingering causes of ethnic conflict or “tensions”, pervasive political manipulation, social fragmentation, chronic poverty, and lack of basic social facilities in many areas. The situation of former militants/combatants has not yet been adequately addressed. This joint UN initiative shall specifically focus on (i) empowering both ex-combatants and affected communities through improving local governance and community participation, and (ii) successful post-conflict recovery of affected communities through promoting human security and co-existence, with a view to preventing a recurrence of violent “tensions” in future.
Fortalecimiento de la equidad para reducir las brechas en los servicios publicos de agua y saneamiento mediante el empoderamiento ciudadano El proyecto se propone asegurar el acceso y la provisión de servicios eficientes de agua y saneamiento en las poblaciones rurales e indigenas excluidas de la Comarca Ngobe Bugle de Panamá. Con abordaje intercultural, el programa promueve la participación comunitaria desde la realización del diagnostico de sus necesidades hasta la capacitación de miembros de la comunidad para la construcción de acueductos para generar capacidades locales. Este programa ayuda a fortalecer las capacidades de gestión de las organizaciones comunitarias como condición previa, para luego implementar proyectos que incrementen el acceso a fuentes mejoradas de aguas y saneamiento. Este es un programa conjunto de las agencias de las naciones unidas (OI, OPS/OMS, UNICEF) en el Marco de Asistencia de las Naciones Unidas al desarrollo (MANUD) con el Misterio de Salud.
Appui à la pérennisation de la paix par la promotion de l'emploi des jeunes et des femmes aux Comores. APROJEC. Le projet va améliorer l’accès des jeunes (femmes, jeunes à risque, excombattants) à l’emploi décent et productif par l’acquisition des qualifications et des compétences en vue de faire face à leurs nouvelles situations sociales et personnelles d’après-crise. Le projet conjoint BIT/ONUDI/FAO/PNUD ambitionne d’offrir aux jeunes impliqués de manière directe et indirecte aux crises comoriennes une alternative concrète et durable, à travers l’emploi, pour lutter contre l’oisiveté et le chômage touchant plus de 30% de la population et étant considérés comme le terroir structurel des crises successives aux Comores. Les axes d’interventions du projet sont : ¿¿ Appui à la mise en place des structures de gestion et d’encadrement de l’emploi sensibles à la cohésion nationale et reflétant les principes de l’équité géographique et du genre ; ¿¿ Employabilité des jeunes à travers des programmes de formation professionnelle intégrant une forte composante de notions de citoyenneté responsable, de cohésion sociale et nationale ainsi que de gestion des conflits communautaires et au travail ; ¿¿ Entreprenariat des jeunes et l’accès des jeunes au crédit à travers un fonds de garantie que l’on appellera FONIJ (fonds national d’insertion des jeunes), en partenariat avec le secteur privé dans le cadre de leur responsabilité sociale
Support to the rehabilitation of verified minors and late recruits This project will support the transitional rehabilitation of up to 4,008 individuals who were verified as minors and late recruits (VMLRs) of the Maoist army in late 2007, and discharged from the Maoist army in early 2010. As such, the project will achieve the Peacebuilding Impact of implementing key elements of the Comprehensive Peace Accord (CPA) and the Agreement on Monitoring of the Management of Arms and Armies (AMMAA). Building on the successful interagency efforts that resulted in the discharge of these individuals, an interagency approach to rehabilitation will also be used whereby the expertise of UNDP, UNICEF, UNFPA and ILO will complement each other towards fulfillment of a common goal, thereby maximizing UN collaboration and synergies. The primary objective of this project is to have as many of the VMLRs as possible involved in gainful employment or livelihood opportunities. To achieve this, the project is framed around two complimentary Outcomes: 1) VMLRs were supported in their socio-economic rehabilitation; and 2) Communities were engaged in supporting the rehabilitation of VMLR participants.
Support to National Efforts for the Promotion of Youth Employment and Management of Migration