Lesson-110807-1

The Mexican legal framework doesn’t allow governmental agencies to use data gathered by other non-governmental parties. One key lesson that emerged through the working session with partners is that in addition to the pandemic and the complexity of the project’s relationship with Secretaria del Trabajo y Previsión Social (Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare), it was important to take into consideration the existing legal barriers for non-governmental organizations to collect data and share it. This barrier limits the data available to governmental agencies as part of the labor inspection process. Since this approach was part of SENDEROS’ original implementation strategy, this unforeseen legal challenge contributed to implementation delays in activities under Outcome 1 ("Increased capacity by government officials to enforce labor laws specifically related to child labor, forced labor, occupational health and safety and other acceptable working conditions in the agricultural sector").