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A lesson learned from the Philippine experience indicates sustainable livelihoods, combined with awareness raising, is an effective way for children to be assured of proper care and education.

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Building the capacity of government agencies within the scope of their mandate and within the context of the convergence program while advocating for continued prioritization for funding bodes better for sustainability as compared to supporting NGOs in the same role, as was done in Masbate and Northern Samar.

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In addressing a social phenomenon like child labour, the Philippine experience demonstrates the importance of coordination, collaboration and convergence of development efforts.

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Long-term investment and support to the barangay level is needed to ensure achievements ‘stick’ and are fully realized.

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The ILO IPEC program placed staff in each of the provinces to assist stakeholders in their coordination efforts and to support service delivery. The evaluation team identifies this as a good practice, enabling on-the-ground involvement and knowledge sharing among stakeholders and ILO IPEC staff, as well as good coordination between provincial based ILO IPEC staff and their colleagues based in Manila.

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The barangay-based CLM and service delivery systems in Quezon and Northern Samar are considered a good practice –- both by the evaluation team and the project4 -- that can be replicated in other municipalities. In particular, the coordination and perseverance demonstrated by DOLE and DSWD in Quezon Province to support barangays in linking and forming ties with the private sector within their municipality to provide support to families of child labourers was noted. The coordination and cooperation achieved across ministries in Quezon illustrated how effectively it can be done.

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The private sector initiatives that yielded positive outcomes are identified as good practice and can be replicated in other areas. These include the Sifi Foundation’s work in the sugar industry, and the voluntary codes of conduct and Coca-Cola’s work on education in Bukidnon.

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Project capacity strengthening through training, frequent refresher sessions, and frequent meetings contributed to project outcomes on withdrawing children from and preventing them from entering child labor; education quality improvement; and awareness, commitment, and ownership of CAs, mentors, and local authorities. The consistent and, particularly, often-repeated input from the project team thus contributed to a well-integrated result.

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The Model Farm Schools (MFS) and agriculture clubs have promise for further scaling up in Rwanda and in countries with similar conditions. The MFS initiatives have good potential for sustainability although, given time needed to fully realize benefits, comprehensive benefits will likely only be evident 1–2 years after the end of the project.

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The Information and Communication Technology techer resource center was successful, in part, because it was implemented in close collaboration with local authorities and local government, which will continue to take responsibility for the center after the end of the project.