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LFS pilot studies to implement the recommendations of the resolution concerning statistics of work, employment and labour underutilization (19th ICLS, 2013) Labour Market Information across different regions of the world are heavily based on data collected through household surveys, in particular Labour Force Surveys (LFS). These surveys use international standards agreed at the 13th International Conference of Labour Statisticians (ICLS) as their measurement basis. Due to various shortcomings in the data delivered to users under these standards a new set of standards was agreed at the 19th ICLS. This document outlines the activities to be undertaken by the ILO to follow up the implementation of Resolution I concerning statistics of work, employment and labour underutilization adopted by the 19th ICLS in 2013 and approved by the ILO Governing Body as an international standard in March 2014. Collaboration between the ILO and UN Foundation is proposed to support this work. The new standards create a framework which will allow the development of a wider range of labour market and work indicators. The standards have a critical gender dimension in so far as the creation of definitions for different forms of work will lead to improved understanding of women’s participation in in work. The ultimate aim of the current project is to support the development of better evidence to inform labour market policy development. The ultimate beneficiaries will be Government and other users of labour market information. This will be achieved by providing guidance to countries on implementation of the standards agreed at the 19th ICLS through LFSs. The project involves the implementation of a series of experimental pilot studies. The aim behind these studies is to test different question sequences to see which provide the best basis for measurement in line with the new standards. The ILO has commenced preparatory work for the pilots and it is proposed implementation will commence in mid-2015. Phase 1 will run for 1 year with further work to be planned once the results from phase 1 have been assessed. The project will both directly build the capacity of the participant countries, but also provide the evidence to develop guidance which can be of benefit to all countries wishing to implement the new standards.
Apoyo a la reforma del sistema de justicia penal y a la mejora de las condiciones de vida y reinserción socioeconómica de las personas privadas de libertad Este proyecto se ejecuta en el marco del programa interagencial “Apoyo a la reforma del sistema de justicia penal y a la mejora de las condiciones de vida y reinserción socioeconómica de las personas privadas de libertad” Tiene como objetivos específicos: - Apoyar la reforma integral de la política de justicia penal con especial hincapié en la implementación de una nueva legislación en el ámbito penal y reforzar la instrumentación de penas alternativas así como el reforzamiento del funcionamiento institucional del sistema carcelario, con especial atención a la capacitación del personal desde una perspectiva de Derechos Humanos. - Apoyar el respeto y cumplimiento de los Derechos Humanos en los centros de internación de privados de libertad de Uruguay, apoyando la mejora de las condiciones de vida de los presos, con especial atención a las cuestiones de salud y educación, promoviendo la reinserción social y profesional de los presos, con especial atención en los menores infractores y mujeres presas con hijos a cargo. En el caso de OIT, corresponderá apoyar la ejecución de las actividades vinculadas a: • Sector de intervención 2: Reforma administrativa y fortalecimiento de las capacidades del sistema de medidas privativas de libertad. Específicamente en el resultado 2.1 “Fortalecidas las capacidades humanas del sistema de administración de centros de internación de privados de libertad a partir de la formación de los recursos humanos”. Los restantes resultados de este sector contarán con el apoyo de PNUD. • Sector de intervención 4: Educación y formación para el empleo en centros de internación de privados de libertad. Específicamente en el resultado 4.1. “Una estrategia nacional de educación en cárceles en los niveles de educación primaria, secundaria y técnica está siendo implementada por parte de un personal capacitado”. • Sector de intervención 5: Promoción de la inserción laboral de las personas egresadas del sistema penitenciario. Específicamente en el resultado 5.1. “Un sistema integral de promoción de la inserción sociolaboral de las personas privadas de libertad ha sido creado y funciona eficientemente con un personal capacitado para el desempeño de sus funciones”.
Support vulnerable groups of workers in their transition from informal economy to formalization
Technical Support on Employment Policies for Workers in Informal Economy The project aims at integrating employment objectives into policies and programmes with emphasis on women, youth and workers in the informal economy. The focus will be on targeted initiatives at the national level as well as in selected States, based on existing requests by policymakers, national/state-level constituents and in the context of the promotion of SDGs, including through the ILO-led UN Results Group on Job Creation, Skilling and Entrepreneurship, by providing policy advice, knowledge products, evidence-based research, and capacity building. Knowledge products will be generated and policy dialogues organized to strengthen capacities of tripartite constituents, policymakers and other relevant stakeholders to promote employment outcomes in policy-making. Skills development initiatives and improved regulatory systems, especially for youth, women and informal workers, will be supported. Technical inputs will be provided for more effective wage policies in response to a request from the Government. The project will contribute to the preparation of the next India UNDAF or “the UN India Sustainable Development Framework (2018-2021)”.
Improving the Garment Sector in Lao PDR: Compliance through inspection and dialogue Together with a component that will support firms to build their skills and experience so as to become more competitive internationally, the Labour standards and manufacturing productivity component (Component B2) will build on activities in the garment sector implemented under TDF-1, and will aim at improving productivity, competitiveness and labour standards focusing mainly on the garment manufacturing sector, where a majority of workers are female. The main challenges that the Project will address, described in Section 2, are three fold: (i) Improving compliance of both domestic and export-oriented garment factories with labour laws and basic international standards; (ii) Improving working conditions for those factories which actively participate in the project, and thus improving workers’ satisfaction and reducing turnover; (iii) Improving productivity of the factories and of the workforce. A. Improving the machinery of the labour administration to effectively provide services to workers and employers, specifically overseeing the application of labour laws and international fundamental standards; providing advice to workers and employers on how to best comply with labour standards, and improving the administrative mechanism and capacity to prevent and resolve conflicts. B. The Project will promote awareness of workers and employers of their rights and obligations and understanding on how best to achieve compliance
Technical support and capacity building on employment This project aims at strengthening Uruguay’s capacity to formulate and implement coordinated strategies for employment promotion and human resources development, involving the social partners, the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, as well as the Office for Planning and Budgeting and the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fishing. The project includes a knowledge component to research the situation of productive development policies and their impact on employment in the country and to map the productive complexity in key economic sectors. It also analyses and disseminates relevant international experiences on productivity, competitiveness and employment, including on clusters development, supply chains and the role of labour institutions.
ILO-China South-South Cooperation Project to Expand Employment Services and Enhance Labour Market Information in Cambodia and Lao PDR The main purpose of this Project is to improve labour market efficiency and participation, reducing unemployment, and enhancing linkages and information flows between job seekers and employers, which will in turn contribute to the reduction of poverty in Cambodia and Lao PDR. Improving the quality of employment services through strengthened client orientation and capacity building of job centres and their officials, and improving the quality and analysis of labour market information will be the core components of this Project. Appropriate methodologies and tools for capacity building will be developed with tripartite partners—governments, employers’, and workers’ organizations. In addition, a wide range of activities including coaching, training, seminars, specific capacity development workshops, study tours and immersion programmes will be carried out enhancing knowledge of employment services, counselling and other key functioning matters. Furthermore the project will be implemented under the ILO South-South cooperation Framework, within which China’s support will combine the provision of financial resources and a wide range of knowledge exchange initiatives based on experiences at both national and provincial levels.
Technical support on employment in El Salvador This project aims at promoting job creation and improving employability, with emphasis on women and youth. In recent years, the ILO has technically assisted constituents in El Salvador to formulate and implement national policies and programmes on youth employment. The ILO is currently promoting the development of innovative intervention models for the productive inclusion of vulnerable young men and women, especially at the local level but in close coordination with the central government and the social partners (workers’ and employers’ organizations). This project seeks to ensure the inclusion of the target population as beneficiaries of public policies on employability and youth entrepreneurship. It also provides technical assistance for the development and consolidation of processes, methodologies and tools for policy implementation, as well as capacity building for national institutions in charge of vulnerable youth and employment-related policies.
Programa para la promoción de un piso de protección social en la región andina El presente Programa propone acciones tendientes a la promoción de un Piso de Protección Social en Perú, Bolivia, Ecuador y Colombia. Para ello, su intervención se basará en la estrategia bidimensional de la OIT de extensión de la cobertura de seguridad social: - La dimensión horizontal, que consiste en la rápida implementación de pisos nacionales de protección social. Aquí se busca garantizar niveles mínimos de protección social que brinden seguridad económica y acceso efectivo a los servicios esenciales como salud, para todos aquellos que necesiten esta protección; - La dimensión vertical, que consiste en proporcionar mayores umbrales de seguridad social conforme a los niveles de cobertura y prestaciones previstas en el Convenio Núm. 102 de la OIT sobre la seguridad social (norma mínima), 1952 (núm. 102) y otras normas más recientes definidas como de tercera generación. En esta dimensión se prestará especial atención a la formalización de la informalidad en línea con la Agenda de Trabajo Decente promovida por la OIT. Siguiendo la mencionada estrategia bidimensional de la OIT, el Programa dará especial importancia a las normas internacionales de la OIT en materia de seguridad social y al piso de protección social, iniciativa conjunta del sistema de naciones unidas. En cuanto a los instrumentos internacionales, la referencia obligada la constituirá el Convenio núm. 102 sobre normas mínimas de seguridad social, la Recomendación Núm. 202 sobre los pisos de protección social y los demás instrumentos usualmente denominados de tercera generación. La intervención del Programa plantea distintas líneas de acción relacionadas, principalmente con: (i) promover entre los mandantes de la OIT la revisión y adopción de políticas públicas tendientes a extender la cobertura de los sistemas de seguridad social obligatorios y contributivos; (ii) promover entre los mandantes de la OIT los pisos de protección social que posibiliten un acceso efectivo a la seguridad social a través de la coordinación de políticas contributivas y no-contributivas; (iii) fortalecer la capacidad institucional de los mandantes de la OIT para debatir y consensuar políticas públicas en torno al diseño, gestión, cobertura y sostenibilidad financiera de los sistemas; (iv) promover el seguimiento de la Recomendación Núm. 202 referida a los pisos de protección social y los planes de acción para su efectiva implementación. Para la consecución de su objeto de desarrollo, el Programa dará especial importancia a las normas internacionales de la OIT en materia de seguridad social y al piso de protección social, iniciativa conjunta del sistema de naciones unidas y objeto de una nueva Recomendación por parte de la última Conferencia Internacional del Trabajo (2012), núm. 202.
Technical Support on Social Protection in Malawi This project aims at an enhanced and extended coverage of social protection for vulnerable groups in Malawi. Government’s ownership of social protection and its capacity to drive, coordinate, and oversee social protection programmes will be increased through the introduction of a new strategic framework for social protection. The Malawi National Social Support Policy (MNSSP) will be reviewed to inform the design of the new MNSSP II. Policy options on reforming the Farm Input Subsidy Programme will be identified to inform the design of new programmes under MNSSP II. Advocacy initiatives targeting the social partners and other stakeholders will be conducted to increase awareness and knowledge of social protection. Social protection sector governance and operational systems will be strengthened to increase cost effectiveness in the delivery of social protection services. A study on the coordination of social protection programmes will be conducted and a nationally defined Employment Injury Insurance Scheme established. Social protection reform plans will be informed by an analysis of trade-offs of alternative scenarios with the help of the social budgeting tool.
Improved workplace health and security in the mining sector and informal economy, and improved capacities of labour administration and tripartite public institutions to provide better services
Support the strengthening of workers organizations' capacity to develop services for workers in the informal economy against their precarious conditions
ILO/Regional Skills Programme/Japan Skills Development in Asia and the Pacific 2014 With the booming economic growth in many countries across the Asia and Pacific region (AP), the availability of a highly skilled human resource base has become a crucial determinant of maintaining the growth for many countries. Under this circumstance, governments and other stakeholders are paying closer attention to developing the requisite technical capabilities through Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), a primary instrument used to meet the labour market needs emerged from rapid technological changes and economic growth. In order to ensure the quality of TVET, it is critical to strengthen the quality assurance mechanism as it supports the quality status of TVET products, providers and systems, and provides a strong link between institutions and the needs of the labour market. The ILO has long recognized the importance of quality assurance and has therefore integrated it into the overarching framework of skills development in line with the ILO Recommendation concerning Human Resources Development: Education, Training and Lifelong Learning, 2004 (No. 195). The fundamental role of quality assurance in TVET system was also reflected in the ILC 2008 the Conclusion on Skills for improved productivity, employment growth and development which stated that the improvement of quality assurance “will enhance the connection between skills development and productivity and employment growth in developing and developed countries.” In this connection, the proposed theme for the ILO/Japan Skills Programme for 2014-15 (2014 Programme) is designed to respond to the need of improving the quality of TVET provision through the enhancement of the quality assurance mechanism. Through capacity building and knowledge sharing among participating countries on the adaptable approaches of quality assurance, the project aims to ensure that the provision of TVET is qualified and relevant to labor market needs and will contribute to the delivery of a sufficient quantity of skilled workers.
Creating a conducive environment for the effective recognition and implementation of fundamental principles and rights at work in Egypt Overall objective: Create a conducive environment for the effective recognition and implementation of fundamental principles and rights at work. Immediate Objective 1: Expand awareness and understanding of fundamental principles and rights at work and their linkages with democracy and sustainable development. The project’s first immediate objective will be to expand awareness and understanding on the effective recognition and implementation of these rights. This will be primarily done through a national public awareness raising campaign combining social market strategies and media advocacy in Cairo, Alexandria and several urban cities in Gharbiya and Upper Egypt. Immediate Objective 2: Enhance the capacity of the labour administration to promote and implement public policies, national labour legislation, and sound industrial relations. The project’s second immediate objective will be devoted to enhance the capacity of the labour administration to promote and implement labour policies, standards and sound industrial relations. To do so, the project will give initial priority to strengthen the implementation of good governance principles in the labour administration. Immediate Objective 3: Enhance the institutional capacity of independent unions and employer’s organizations to effectively exercise the rights of freedom of association and collective bargaining. The third immediate objective will focus on enhancing the capacity of employers’ and worker’s to exercise the rights of freedom of association and collective bargaining. The project will support the design and implementation of a plan of action on organizational development for all the newly created unions and their Federation
DISABILITY-CHINA: Irish Aid-ILO Partnership Programme, Phase II, 2014-15 PROPEL-China Phase 2 will continue to support capacity building, and policy development in promoting training and employment opportunities for people with intellectual disabilities in particular as well as providing support to the fostering of non-discrimination against people with disabilities in employment and occupation in general, in line with the provisions of the ILO Convention No. 111. The programme will also contribute to strengthened media capacity to report on the rights of persons with disabilities, including those with intellectual disabilities and portray their working capacities. It will expand its collaboration with other UN Agencies in China, local governments and Chinese employers, and increase the outreach and effectiveness of its interventions. Meanwhile, this programme will draw on the lessons learnt and take into account the recommendations of the Mid-term Evaluation of the programme in 2012-2013. This PROPEL-China Phase 2 document summarises the activities and results sought in China and focuses in particular on the outcomes and outputs envisaged through this project .
TRAINING ON PARTICIPATORY GENDER AUDIT FOR UN IN TANZANIA AND DEVELOPING A COMMON APPROACH TO GENDER AUDIT In order to deepen the understanding and commitment to gender equality and women empowerment, the UN system in Tanzania has established an Inter-Agency Gender Group (IAGG). The IAGG provides technical advice to the UN on matters pertaining to gender equality and women empowerment and advises the Programme Working Groups under the UNDAP. To achieve its objective, the IAGG has developed a framework to support gender mainstreaming across the UNDAP; and capacity building to coordinate initiatives on gender equality and women's empowerment. In its workplan for 2012/13, IAGG has planned to build the capacity of selected Gender Focal Points (GFPs) and leaders of the UNDAP Working Groups on Participatory Gender Audits with a view to assessing the extent to which gender equality and women empowerment issues have been mainstreamed across individual agencies, UNDAP and resources allocated. This will also help UN to develop a common approach to gender audits, to ensure consistency and application of results. The UN system has requested ILO to undertake the training on gender audit and allocated resources from the ONE FUND.
Livelihood Restoration & Protection and Sustainable Empowerment of Vulnerable Peasant Communities in Sindh Province The goal of the Project is to restore and protect the livelihoods and empower the poor and vulnerable peasants dependent on feudal and tribal landholding and farming systems and affected by droughts, floods and insecurity. The goal of the Project will be achieved through the following three objectives: 1. To improve the livelihoods and economic security of rural communities through in-kind support to restore and/or protect the farm production capacities and off-farm income generating activities of vulnerable peasant families and well-targeted progressive landlords – which, in turn, would have a positive impact on their disaster reliance. 2. To enhance the skills and knowledge base of men and women peasant farmers, landless people and unemployed youth through technical support in GAPs, post-harvest management and vocational skills. 3. To empower peasant organisations, farmers organisations, WUAs, farmers and women groups, etc and their constituent hari members to enhance their natural resource base (land, water, vegetation, etc) while strengthening their resilience to future shocks. The Project would benefit the human security of some 11,800 rural families of 120 target villages located in the command areas of the Daulat Pur, Minor-Jamrao and Gorki Minor-Mithrao Canal of Mirpurkhas District and “tail-end” of the command area of the Dadu “Rice Canal” of Dadu District, both in Sindh Province.
Provide technical assistance to tripartite constituents to develop a strategy for the formalization of vulnerable employment