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ILO/China South-South Cooperation Project to Expand Employment Services and Enhance Labour Market Information in Cambodia and Lao PDR The project will support two conferences: • Part I: ASEAN+3 Meeting on Employment Services, which shall be under the responsibility of ILO DWT-Bangkok. The outcome of the PES meeting is the strengthened ASEAN+3 network on PES and the output is the improved knowledge on the operations and functioning of PES in the ASEAN region. PES are government institutions which plan and execute labour market policies that governments use to help workers enter the labour market facilitate labour market adjustments and to cushion the impact of economic transitions. This definition is consistent with the ILO Employment Services Convention, 1948 (No. 88) and ensure the maintenance of a free PES. The ILO has been integrating employment services promotion into its Programme and Budget (P&B Outcome 1 – cover page). • Part II: ILO/China International Conference on Building Social Protection Floors for All, which shall be under the responsibility of the Social Protection Department of the ILO. Outcome of this component is the strengthened capacity of ILO constituents from the ASEAN countries and China to build and reform their social protection policies and strategies in line with ILO Recommendation No.202, Convention No. 102 and other ILO social security standards, including Maternity Protection Convention (No.183). More specifically, the Conference will produce three outputs: Output 2.1: Experiences and knowledge on social protection policies and strategies exchanged among ASEAN countries; Output 2.2: China’s experiences from universalising social protection shared with ASEAN countries; Output 2.3: Increased SSTC and partnership on SPFs among ASEAN countries, China and the ILO.
Strengthen the capacity of Pacific Island Countries to manage the impact of climate change in migration The overall objective of the project is to develop the capacity of Pacific Island Countries (PICs) to address the impacts of climate change on migration through well-managed, rights-based migration schemes and policy frameworks, supported by comprehensive research and knowledge building. In particular, the action will target the countries in the region most vulnerable to the effects of climate change: Kiribati, Tuvalu and Nauru. The project’s key objectives are: 1. Review of legislation, practices and policies relating to migration in the Pacific region; 2. Formulation of recommendations on improvement of the management of climate change induced migration; 3. Development of migration indicators and collection and sharing of information on current labour migration in Kiribati, Tuvalu and Nauru; 4. Enhanced national capacities to effectively participate in regional, bilateral and global schemes on migration (Kiribati, Tuvalu and Nauru); 5. Development of well managed bilateral and regional labour migration schemes
Youth for Change Joint Initiative - Provision of social and economic alternatives to crime and violence for children and youth Expected CP Outcome(s):1-4 through providing a comprehensive approach to promoting peace and good governance, supported by strengthening the economic sector and providing employment opportunities, all while mainstreaming gender issues. Expected Project Outcome (s): Outcome 1: Increased ability of administrations to identify and address crime and insecurity associated with anti-social behavior of children and youth at risk. Outcome 2: Targeted children and youth (of which minimum 30% are women) gain social skills to enable them to positively contribute to society. Outcome 3: Employability of target group enhanced through economic reintegration for youth above 18 years of age (male and female). Expected Project Output(s): Output 1.1: Youth and children are identified as per the agreed criteria for selection in the target districts. Output 1.2: Systems (for registration) and services (case management) for rehabilitation are developed, tested and implemented. Output 1.3: Capacity Building is provided for Government counterparts and Implementing Agencies for the planning, management and monitoring of rehabilitation services. Output 2.1: Social and civic development and rehabilitation is facilitated and supported for 380 adult youth (to include a minimum 30% women) in 4 Resource Centres for Peace. Output 2.2: 350 children (of which minimum 30% are girls) are selected (from the community; and diverted from the juvenile justice system), are provided with life skills based education ensuring their development. Output 3.1: Targeted socially rehabilitated graduates are provided with livelihood and income generation opportunities
Support institutional building of Employers and Workers organizations to deliver WISE
Decent Work in Global Supply Chains Country studies on good practices by multinational enterprises for the promotion of decent work in global supply chains.
Programme development, resource mobilization and operationalizing of a joint livelihood programme document under the UNDP – ILO partnership pertaining to host communities and refugees in Lebanon UNDP and ILO agreed to partner in developing a holistic programme on livelihoods support for Lebanese host communities and refugees. This programme will take advantage of each agency’s comparative advantage and existing strategic relationships and build on existing projects. The new joint programme will center around the ILO’s Employment Intensive Investment Programme (EIIP) approach. Consultancy: It is proposed to recruit a consultant to assist the UNDP – ILO partnership in the design and resource mobilisation of a joint program, addressing livelihoods of Syrian Refugees and host communities in Lebanon. Three specific activities are envisaged: • Guide the development of a Joint Livelihoods Programme Document that will encapsulate the ongoing work that both organisations are pursuing in this field. • Articulate in detail how the Joint Programme would be operationalized and scaled up • To act as a focal point and engage with key donors (i.e Germany, UK and others) on the potential funding for the Joint Livelihoods Programme.
Enabling job resilience and protecting decent work conditions in rural communities affected by Syrian Refugee crisis in North Lebanon The project addresses two key issues in creating livelihoods for vulnerable Lebanese and Syrians alike: 1. Inefficient and partially ineffective provision of employment services as well as the need for technical assistance to Cash for Work programmes, and 2. the need to create employment due to labour supply exceeding demand and increase income generation opportunities while fostering social cohesion to avoid escalation of tensions between refugees and host communities. The project is based on the Making Markets Work for the Poor (M4P) approach in order to ensure sustainability of economic gains and employment created for the poor and vulnerable. The M4P approach entails enhancing the capacity of local service providers to cater for the needs of market/value chain actors, rather than providing externally arranged services. This allows market or value chain actors to build a sustainable network, which in itself builds resilience and increases preparedness against shocks. The project incorporates institutional strengthening of its partners. It acts as a facilitator, focusing on technical assistance, coordination, networking, and information. By adopting this approach, the project develops its partners’ capacity to do and deliver, rather than to do and deliver directly. The project targets vulnerable groups in North Lebanon who are negatively affected by the Syrian refugee crisis – Lebanese host communities and refugees alike, in particular vulnerable farmers and agricultural, often refugee workers in the selected value chains as well as other vulnerable groups who are part of the selected value chains. These vulnerable groups will be recipients benefitting from targeted value chain interventions such as training or creation of market linkages. The project’s direct recipients are the international and local NGOs and municipalities implementing Cash for Work programmes, employment service providers as well as local economic development stakeholders such as municipalities, local government institutions/representatives and civil society (in particular relevant local NGOs) who benefit through targeted technical assistance, institutional development and capacity building interventions.
Amélioration d l'offre de formation professionnelle qualifiante et du placement à Cité Soleil: Aménagement et construction d'infrastructure et achat d'équippements au Centre pilote de formation professionnelle (CPFP) Ce projet est présentée dans le cadre d’une lettre d’intention signée entre la MINUSTAH et le Bureau international du travail (BIT), le 27 mars 2015, permettant de développer une approche commune et des initiatives de développement économique. En ligne avec cet accord, cet projet vise à renforcer les capacités du Gouvernement et des institutions sociales d’Haïti dans le design et la mise en œuvre de prorogrammes visant la création d’emplois décents pour les jeunes vulnérables, faisant partie du cadre global du Programme pays de Promotion pour le Travail Décent (PPTD) du BIT qui constitue un cadre stratégique et programmatique pour la période 2014-2020.
Change management to achieve impact with insurance - The ILO’s Impact Insurance Facility and Financial Sector Deepening Africa (FSDA) are launching a new partnership to support insurers to provide valuable and scalable insurance solutions to low-income households and SMEs in Sub-Saharan Africa. Through this partnership with FSDA, the ILO’s Impact Insurance Facility will work with five leading insurers and distribution channels distributors and provide technical assistance for product innovation and organisational change management. A preliminary list of interventions includes: - Spur innovation, build capacity and identify and implement the necessary organizational changes -Work with providers to scale the innovations quickly to achieve sustainability, while gradually improving customer and shareholder value. - Develop change management tools and demonstration cases that can be shared with the broader industry to facilitate the generation of innovative insurance solutions for the low-income market.
Support reduction of vulnerability to bondage and ensure respect of workers' rights
EVALUATION Irish Aid 2014-15: Irish Aid-ILO Partnership Programme 2012-15 (Under umbrella GLO/13/35/IRL_EVAL)
Enhanced labour market outcomes in Fiji through a better job information service The development objective of the project is reduced unemployment, underemployment and subsistence activities in Fiji, while its immediate objective is a strengthened job information service in Fiji. In support of the development and immediate objective, the key outputs under the project include: 1. A data-driven robust employment projections model to identify occupations and sectors most likely to grow in the medium-term future. A data-driven approach provides a common reality grounded in facts instead of perceptions. The model will be housed and maintained by MSPNDS and will rely on data from the various Population Censuses, various Employment and Unemployment Surveys, various Household Income and Expenditure surveys, and other establishment surveys. The model will build upon a previous Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model developed for Fiji developed by MSPNDS to include labour market variables and analysis. This quantitative approach will be paired with a qualitative approach, including discussions with the social partners as well as other experts to revise and validate the results; 2. “Outlooks” of a range of occupations, which carefully integrate gender concerns, developed in collaboration with the NEC of MLIRE, Fiji Ministry of Education, the Fiji Higher Education Commission and the social partners. Following the availability of the validated employment projections results, occupational outlooks will be developed that contain information useful to jobseekers in making career choices and to students planning their course of study, such as on the future employment prospects of the a specific occupation, the most common level of educational attainment in the occupation, share of women in the occupation, average earnings and working hours in the occupation, and other information, all contextualized to the average of all occupations (Box 1 provides an example of a possible occupational outlook in the case of accountants). The occupational outlooks, which will contain also the methodology, will also be shared within the ILO and with external partners to support knowledge-sharing.
Technical support on SMEs in Jordan & Lebanon The interventions in Lebanon and Jordan focus on implementing enterprise-support programmes to enhance productivity, working conditions and competitiveness in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Latest statistics show that SMEs constitute the bulk of the private sector in Arab economies and contribute significantly to their GDP and employment. However, they require adequate non-financial and financial support to be able to grow and provide their current and future employees with decent work opportunities. The effectiveness of such support requires an integrated approach combining workplace improvement and business management capacity building of SMEs. The project will test and replicate this integrated approach in Lebanon and Jordan. The project will focus on improving working conditions in selected enterprises using WISE (Work Improvement in Small Enterprises) and SCORE (Sustaining Competitive and Responsible Enterprises) methodologies. It is designed as a pilot to test the efficiency of an integrated approach combining workplace improvement with business management capacity building for SMEs and its impact on productivity. A potential replication could be foreseen in other parts of the region, subject to the interest of project partners.
Technical support to strengthen employability of vulnerable groups in Lebanon This project aims at improving productive employment and decent work opportunities through the promotion of sustainable enterprises and by strengthening the employability of vulnerable groups. The project is part of the UN Inter-Agency Lebanon Crisis Response Plan (2016) and supports the Government of Lebanon’s five-year programme on education and economic opportunities. The interventions seek to enhance the resilience of entrepreneurs, including farmers, and workers affected by the Syrian crisis in Lebanon focusing on rural areas that have the highest poverty incidence and host very high numbers of refugees. By using the Local Economic Development (LED) approach, the project will focus on building the capacity of local stakeholders and the need to strengthen social dialogue. Based on the results and recommendations of the value chains analysis of two agriculture sub-sectors (potato and leafy greens) in 2014 and2015, interventions will strengthen the effectiveness of key market actors and institutions in addressing and improving market underperformance, developing and sustaining local economic opportunities along the value chains, as well as reducing decent work gaps in the two value chains, in particular with regard to women empowerment and child labour.
Improving indigenous peoples’ access to justice and development through strategic monitoring Overall objective: Indigenous peoples’ access to justice and development is monitored and enhanced at a global scale Specific objective: 1. Indigenous peoples’ access to justice and development is enhanced in a number of pilot countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America, through community-based monitoring and reporting of violations of indigenous peoples’ rights, as enshrined in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, ILO Convention No. 169 and other relevant instruments 2. Indigenous peoples’ rights and aspirations for development are included in the post-2015 development agenda
FORCED LABOUR-ASIA: Irish Aid-ILO Partnership Programme, Phase II, 2014-15 The overall goal of this strategy is a sustained reduction in the number of victims of forced labour. Most of the 21 million women, men and children in forced labour are exploited in the informal economy or through informal employment arrangements. More than half have migrated within their country or across borders. Children account for about 25 per cent of all victims of forced labour. In 2014–15, the strategy will focus on reducing the number of people in unacceptable forms of work by: • strengthening national capacity to enforce compliance with laws against forced labour and human trafficking and to promote complementary approaches to criminal and labour justice; and • promoting decent recruitment and employment practices in the context of migration and across global value chains. This strategy is grounded in the effective application and ratification of the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29), and the Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 (No. 105), and includes follow-up to the comments and conclusions of the ILO supervisory bodies. The strategy will contribute to the follow-up to the 2012 Conference resolution concerning the recurrent discussion on fundamental principles and rights at work. It also takes into account the resolution and conclusions resulting from the 2011 Conference general discussion on labour administration and labour inspection, as well as the non-binding ILO Multilateral Framework on Labour Migration.
DISABILITY-ETHIOPIA: Irish Aid-ILO Partnership Programme, Phase II, 2014-15 The ILO-Irish Aid Partnership Programme (ILO/IA PP) has over the last decade worked in Ethiopia to promote decent work and a better life for people with disabilities through effective legislation and entrepreneurship development. Since 2002 the Programme has contributed to changes in policy, laws and programmes related to rights and employment of persons with disabilities. Ethiopia has put in place a National Plan of Action (NPA 2012-2021) for disability inclusion in all socio-economic and political spheres. The NPA requires setting up structures that coordinate the provision of inclusive programmes and services with particular focus to the employability and employment of persons with disabilities. In 2012-2013, the ILO Project ‘Promoting Rights and Opportunities for Persons with disabilities in Employment through Legislation’ (PROPEL - Ethiopia) contributed towards the formulation of the NPA, and to its implementation through supporting the establishment of implementing structures in selected regions in Ethiopia. PROPEL -Ethiopia (2014-2015) aims at strengthening the implementation of the CRPD/NPA in regions where Implementation and Coordinating Committees (ICCs) are already functional and in supporting the establishment of similar structures in the remaining regions where ICCs are not yet in place. The Project aims at enabling the Ethiopian Government, social partners and disability advocates to be actively engaged in the implementation of the UN CRPD/NPA with focus to employment, skills development and media capacity building. PROPEL -Ethiopia works with government and non-government partners, disabled persons organisations, technical and vocational training colleges, trade unions and others. Attention will be paid throughout to the need for affirmative action to ensure that women with disabilities have access to the opportunities on an equal basis with disabled men, as called for in the provisions concerning women and girls with disabilities in the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. This is of particular importance since women with disabilities are often overlooked in policy and programme measures.
Technical on employment in Rwanda This project aims at more and better jobs for young men and women. The ILO will support the revision of the National Employment Policy, aligning existing policies and programmes in order to achieve employment targets set under the Economic Development and Poverty Reduction Strategy (2013-2018) and National Employment Programme (NEP) in close partnership with other stakeholders. Through training on skills gaps and income-generating opportunities in selected trades, young people will acquire skills for employment and livelihoods under the NEP. The labour market information system will take into account new international statistical standards and regularly capture reforms in labour statistics. ILO’s entrepreneurship development and delivery tools will be integrated into local structures to enhance business support services for potential and existing entrepreneurs, including women and young people. Key officials of district business development services will be trained as trainers and certified in Start and Improve Your Business (SIYB) and post- entrepreneurship training services delivery. National and local employment interventions will be coordinated in a comprehensive manner and informed policy and decision making will be enhanced through data generation, studies, trainings and employment services.
Supporting Women Owned Micro Enterprises for Growth in Algeria and Morocco - “WOMEN for Growth”– Female unemployment remains high in North Africa, at 18.9% versus a world average of 6.4%, and female employment rates remain very low at 19.7% in North Africa versus a world average of 47.8%. In addition, per the OECD, across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), only 12% of women run their businesses, compared with 33% of women world-wide. While low, these figures show that further enhancing and supporting women’s entrepreneurship and self-employment in the North African region can provide a rich opportunity to engage more women in the economy and harvest more economic and social returns for these countries. The present project aims to help support women’s entrepreneurship development in Algeria and Morocco as a means of helping bridge the employment gap as well as the difference in male/female ownership of micro and small enterprises. To do so the project aims to support key financial and non-financial service providers in the country to i) identify their gaps in service provision to women, ii) identify measures to overcome these and iii) build their capacities and available services to support women entrepreneurs. The project will build on the ongoing SME work of the ILO in the two countries by helping to build a network of certified trainers in business management training and follow up services tailored to the needs and responsibilities of existing and potential (micro and small) women entrepreneurs. The project will work with between 10 to 20 service providers, certify an estimated 40 trainers and reach out to 1500-2000 women entrepreneurs within its one year of activities (September 2015-September 2016). Work will also be carried out as a means of setting the stage for possible future work beyond 2016 in specific sectors. By the end of the one year project it can be expected that: I. National stakeholders will be better aware of areas where further work to support women’s entrepreneurship development is needed, as well as specific sectors where efforts could have a stronger multiplier effect based on in-country research studies and needs assessments. II. Key service providers will be more aware of their delivery ability to women, better equipped and start to respond to certain needs of women particularly in the area of business training and practices. Within these, 40 trainers will be certified in ILO business management training packages and gender-sensitive implementation approaches. III. Last but not least 1500-2000 women entrepreneurs in Algeria and Morocco will be better equipped in terms of concepts and practices for the creation and start-up phases of business management. They will have had the opportunity to attend tailored business management training but also have follow up contact with trainers.