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Joint work on project implementation planning with government helps ensure close coordination and institutionalization of planned actions into government work plans.

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The creation of dedicated committees or working groups to adapt local CL legislation to ILS offer a platform to enhance stakeholder knowledge and skills related to CL and legislative reform and to advance legislative reform efforts. The LRCs made substantial progress in assessing existing legis

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Supplies provided to children can be sufficient to help them return to school in the short term. Sometimes, however, it can also be seen as a rather reductionist strategy if the situation of underlying poverty is not addressed and in cases when the Promise Pathways project does not provide all services for each child, such as in Ichmraren where there are no services available to which the project can refer beneficiaries. The supplies could also be adapted to individual needs for better effectiveness; for example, providing gender-specific services in order to improve girls’ attendance in secondary school. In addition, the quality and durability of the materials supplied must be monitored.

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It is necessary to ensure continuous monitoring and assessment of project strategies during the implementation process in order to adapt to shifting needs and realities. In particular, early adaptation to a changing institutional environment would be beneficial. Therefore, the ability to quickly design or reallocate strategies and/or to act quickly on needs would be advantageous, such as school feeding programs or health insurance. Whatever the decision (further remedial program activities/interruption; allow/do not allow payment of the school feeding program and health insurance for the project beneficiaries), it is important to reach a solution quickly in order not to burden the implementation and allow new strategies to evolve as a response to the initial decision. _x000D_

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It is important to monitor children’s work on weekends and school holidays, to ensure that they are not relapsing into exploitative work, long working hours, or work that affects their access to education. In the evening when they come home from school, parents may ask them to help in housework or farm work, especially in rural areas. It is important to sensitize parents on the importance of doing homework after completing the school day in the classroom.

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Relying on free services or complementary funds/projects, financed by different donors, can result in difficult situations with regard to financing and coordination. If the need for services is not identified early, some organizations cannot provide these services because there is no budget allocated for such purpose; they must wait until the following year to integrate the need in their budget.

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Research activities can often take longer than originally planned. To date, no agreement with the University has been reached. The academic year is like the school year and there are periods when it is not in session. The project plans to tailor the scope of research to the project’s remaining timeframe.

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It can be time consuming to come to an agreement with the government to implement activities, and this can result in a shortened duration of project implementation. During this time new opportunities, information, legislation, resources or obstacles might occur.

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Creative is working at multiple levels to address the needs of government and regional authorities, as well as district and sector authorities. It is also working at school and community levels. This strategy multiplies the venues for awareness-raising and increases the likelihood of an impact.

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There is a strong contribution made by the case managers and community activists as change agents in monitoring beneficiaries and raising awareness about the child labor situation in the community through the Direct Beneficiary Monitoring System. This is an effective way of involving local authorities in both surveillance and the child labor situation at the local level.