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Global Action Program (GAP) on Child Labor Issues Learning Description Building on existing ILO experiences and programs and collaborating and coordinating with them have proven essential to successful implementation. This type of collaboration and coordination is key to enhancing impact and making GAP models viable. Click here to access the report |
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Global Action Program (GAP) on Child Labor Issues Learning Description GAP 11 is providing an excellent opportunity to explore how child labor and forced labor can be addressed jointly, which, in the current ILO restructuring process, is highly important. However, child labor and forced labor might be a delicate issue to address in some countries, especially when linked to specific goods with trade implications. Click here to access the report |
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Global Action Program (GAP) on Child Labor Issues Learning Description The multi-stakeholder coalition created to steer research on child labor in domestic work in Haiti is also a good practice implemented by GAP11. The issue of the restaveks, children in Haiti who are sent by their parents to work for a host household as domestic servants, has garnered significant attention in the media, often being described as a version of modern day slavery. Even so, the practice only became more common in the wake of the 2010 earthquake near Port au Prince. In 2013, the ILO, UNICEF, International Organization for Migration (IOM) and several large, international NGOs came together and agreed to support in-depth research to support updated information about the magnitude and characteristics of the practice. There are several good practices associated with the multi-stakeholder coalition that merit highlighting. The first is the relevance of coordinated action among NGOs, international organizations and government representatives in a country like Haiti which is highly dependent on aid but which does not have a strong central government that is able to adequately coordinate the actions of its partners. In these situations, organizations are often left to coordinate themselves, but this is seldom done effectively. In the case of the multi-stakeholder coalition on domesticité 41 the research project brought together more than 30 organizations to debate and eventually to agree on the main recommendations coming out of the research. Ten of them actually contributed funds to the study, which should have reinforced their ownership for the process and results. Stakeholders in Haiti are very hopeful this will lead to more effective and coordinated work on the issue. Secondly, the findings of the research were interesting because it brought about a more nuanced appreciation of the situation that children engaged in domestic work in Haiti find themselves, which should lead to more relevant interventions that respond to the full gamut of needs and opportunities to improve the welfare of the children involved. Click here to access the report |
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Measurement, Awareness-Raising, and Policy Engagement (MAP 16) Project on Child Labor and Forced Labor Learning Description Those working on MAP 16 learned to be innovative and adaptable to respond to the urgent needs of the most vulnerable children during a sanitary crisis such as COVID-19 in Morocco. It was learned that more awareness-raising sessions and top-ups for children equal less school dropout and child labor. The context of the state of emergency due to COVID-19 brought a strict population lockdown from 20 March. Morocco closed all schools and training centers, which will undoubtedly generate an increased school dropout rate, especially between sessions and for girls, and a real risk of seeing more child labor after the COVID-19 crisis and losing the progress made. MAP 16 is implementing different distance support tools to protect children from hazardous domestic labor and from child labor. Among them are awareness-raising sessions with beneficiaries via WhatsApp groups. Topics covered included the importance of children continuing their studies, the causes and risks of school dropout, and the dangers associated with child labor in domestic work. The WhatsApp groups were created in collaboration with schoolteachers. Internet top-ups for three months of Internet connection were provided for the most-at-risk students, to guarantee the commitment of the students and their participation in support courses and awareness-raising sessions. Click here to access the report |
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Global Action Program (GAP) on Child Labor Issues Learning Description Sharing national staff with other ILO projects has allowed GAP11 to minimize costs and create various synergies. In particular, in the Philippines the national staff was co-funded with 10% by GAP11, and 90% by the CLEAR project. This staffing arrangement contributed to a coherent approach, avoided disruptions in stakeholder relationships, and facilitated progress towards achieving project outputs in an efficient manner. These benefits of sharing the national staff were also confirmed by an ILO CLEAR project manager. Given that there was consensus among the national stakeholders that work on developing a coherent policy framework on child domestic work was a time-consuming process and still in the early stages, linking the two projects allowed for extending the timeline for interventions on child domestic work, and avoided hastily pushing through any given agenda. Having the same national staff responsible for both projects was a necessary precondition for this process. Click here to access the report |
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Global Action Program (GAP) on Child Labor Issues Learning Description The ILO and UCW are uniquely qualified to develop “global” projects because they have substantial experience and technical capacities in the area of child labor and forced labor; possess extensive knowledge of the needs and support required by countries; and maintain excellent relations with ILO constituents (e.g. governments, trade unions, employers’ organizations, and civil society organizations). The support provided by ILO national structures, labor ministries, ILO departments and experts, and ILO regional and sub<regional offices have proved to be an essential element to successful project implementation. Click here to access the report |
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Project Title | Evaluation Type | Learning Type |
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Global Action Program (GAP) on Child Labor Issues Learning Description Building on existing ILO experiences and programs and collaborating and coordinating with them have proven essential to successful implementation. This type of collaboration and coordination is key to enhancing impact and making GAP models viable. Click here to access the report |
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Global Action Program (GAP) on Child Labor Issues Learning Description GAP 11 is providing an excellent opportunity to explore how child labor and forced labor can be addressed jointly, which, in the current ILO restructuring process, is highly important. However, child labor and forced labor might be a delicate issue to address in some countries, especially when linked to specific goods with trade implications. Click here to access the report |
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Global Action Program (GAP) on Child Labor Issues Learning Description The multi-stakeholder coalition created to steer research on child labor in domestic work in Haiti is also a good practice implemented by GAP11. The issue of the restaveks, children in Haiti who are sent by their parents to work for a host household as domestic servants, has garnered significant attention in the media, often being described as a version of modern day slavery. Even so, the practice only became more common in the wake of the 2010 earthquake near Port au Prince. In 2013, the ILO, UNICEF, International Organization for Migration (IOM) and several large, international NGOs came together and agreed to support in-depth research to support updated information about the magnitude and characteristics of the practice. There are several good practices associated with the multi-stakeholder coalition that merit highlighting. The first is the relevance of coordinated action among NGOs, international organizations and government representatives in a country like Haiti which is highly dependent on aid but which does not have a strong central government that is able to adequately coordinate the actions of its partners. In these situations, organizations are often left to coordinate themselves, but this is seldom done effectively. In the case of the multi-stakeholder coalition on domesticité 41 the research project brought together more than 30 organizations to debate and eventually to agree on the main recommendations coming out of the research. Ten of them actually contributed funds to the study, which should have reinforced their ownership for the process and results. Stakeholders in Haiti are very hopeful this will lead to more effective and coordinated work on the issue. Secondly, the findings of the research were interesting because it brought about a more nuanced appreciation of the situation that children engaged in domestic work in Haiti find themselves, which should lead to more relevant interventions that respond to the full gamut of needs and opportunities to improve the welfare of the children involved. Click here to access the report |
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Measurement, Awareness-Raising, and Policy Engagement (MAP 16) Project on Child Labor and Forced Labor Learning Description Those working on MAP 16 learned to be innovative and adaptable to respond to the urgent needs of the most vulnerable children during a sanitary crisis such as COVID-19 in Morocco. It was learned that more awareness-raising sessions and top-ups for children equal less school dropout and child labor. The context of the state of emergency due to COVID-19 brought a strict population lockdown from 20 March. Morocco closed all schools and training centers, which will undoubtedly generate an increased school dropout rate, especially between sessions and for girls, and a real risk of seeing more child labor after the COVID-19 crisis and losing the progress made. MAP 16 is implementing different distance support tools to protect children from hazardous domestic labor and from child labor. Among them are awareness-raising sessions with beneficiaries via WhatsApp groups. Topics covered included the importance of children continuing their studies, the causes and risks of school dropout, and the dangers associated with child labor in domestic work. The WhatsApp groups were created in collaboration with schoolteachers. Internet top-ups for three months of Internet connection were provided for the most-at-risk students, to guarantee the commitment of the students and their participation in support courses and awareness-raising sessions. Click here to access the report |
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Global Action Program (GAP) on Child Labor Issues Learning Description Sharing national staff with other ILO projects has allowed GAP11 to minimize costs and create various synergies. In particular, in the Philippines the national staff was co-funded with 10% by GAP11, and 90% by the CLEAR project. This staffing arrangement contributed to a coherent approach, avoided disruptions in stakeholder relationships, and facilitated progress towards achieving project outputs in an efficient manner. These benefits of sharing the national staff were also confirmed by an ILO CLEAR project manager. Given that there was consensus among the national stakeholders that work on developing a coherent policy framework on child domestic work was a time-consuming process and still in the early stages, linking the two projects allowed for extending the timeline for interventions on child domestic work, and avoided hastily pushing through any given agenda. Having the same national staff responsible for both projects was a necessary precondition for this process. Click here to access the report |
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Global Action Program (GAP) on Child Labor Issues Learning Description The ILO and UCW are uniquely qualified to develop “global” projects because they have substantial experience and technical capacities in the area of child labor and forced labor; possess extensive knowledge of the needs and support required by countries; and maintain excellent relations with ILO constituents (e.g. governments, trade unions, employers’ organizations, and civil society organizations). The support provided by ILO national structures, labor ministries, ILO departments and experts, and ILO regional and sub<regional offices have proved to be an essential element to successful project implementation. Click here to access the report |
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