Technical cooperation projects

2011

1. Promoting pay equity in Jordan

   07 October 2011

   Through ad hoc RBTC and RB funding the ILO has been working in Jordan since 2010 is to build a knowledge base on pay discrimination that enables decision makers to formulate evidence-based policies to promote pay equity. The work is expected to raise awareness of pay equity issues, propose legislation to support pay equity, advocate for addressing pay equity issues through collective bargaining, and put forward recommendations for policies and procedures to ensure that all women workers receive the minimum wage.

2. Promoting gender equality and non-discrimination in Azerbaijan

   07 October 2011

   During 2011, through the ILO’s Regular Budget Supplementary Account the ILO will undertake work in Azerbaijan as a follow up to two in-depth ILO studies on discrimination and gender which were commissioned in 2009-2010. The findings of two studies confirmed the need for continued legislative reform, especially to prevent discrimination based on sex in Azerbaijan. The studies pointed to a need for awareness on the part of workers and employers on relevant legal norms. In order to validate these studies and discuss the findings with constituents, a tripartite workshop will be convened. The workshop will conclude with the adoption of a development strategy on equality, including an action plan for the strengthening of constituent capacity to exercise the principle of non-discrimination at work. Steps will also be taken to ensure an awareness raising campaign on your rights a work is launched by constituents with a special focus on relevant national legislation. The overall objective of the project in Azerbaijan is to establish new or modify laws, policies, action plans and/or programmes to be adopted and brought into line with international standards on non-discrimination, as well as implementing an awareness raising strategy on non-discrimination to be launched by one or more constituents.

3. Promoting equality at work in China

   07 October 2011

   With a view to strengthening follow-up to the comments of the ILO supervisory bodies, US$200,000 has been allocated from the Special Programme Account by the Governing Body for NORMES and DECLARATION to work together in 2011 to strengthen national capacities to apply international labour standards on non-discrimination in employment and occupation and on freedom of association and collective bargaining. Within this framework, $100,000 has been allocated for work in China.

4. Promoting equality in employment for the Dalit Community in India

   07 October 2011

   With a view to strengthening follow-up to the comments of the ILO supervisory bodies, US$200,000 has been allocated from the Special Programme Account by the Governing Body for NORMES and DECLARATION to work together in 2011 to strengthen national capacities to apply international labour standards on non-discrimination in employment and occupation and on freedom of association and collective bargaining. Within this framework, $100,000 has been allocated for work in India.

5. Promoting equal employment opportunities at the workplace in Morocco

   07 October 2011

   Through the Middle East Partnership Initiative, this pilot program was aimed at promoting employment equality at the workplace in Morocco based on a bottom-up approach.

6. Decent Employment for Women - India (DEW)

   07 October 2011

   With the main objective of improving the employability of poor women in the informal sector in India, the ILO implemented the pilot project “Decent Employment for Women in India Project (DEW)” from 2001 to 2005. This project was funded by the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL). The main target group of this project was poor and often illiterate or semi-illiterate women living in slum areas in the metropolitan areas of Delhi and Bangalore.

7. Women's Empowerment through Employment and Health (WEEH)- Bangladesh

   07 October 2011

   From 2001 to 2005, the ILO with financial support of the United States Department of Labor (USDOL) implemented the Project “Women’s Empowerment through Employment and Health (WEEH)”. The project comprised two sub-projects; 1) Women’s Empowerment through Decent Employment (WEDE), and 2) Micro-Health Insurance for Poor Rural Women in Bangladesh (MHIB). The WEDE sub-project included two components: Gender and Employment (G&E), and Private Sector Initiative (PSI). The G&E component promoted skills development and awareness raising, and provided training for micro and small women entrepreneurs. The PSI component promoted decent work in the formal sector, i.e., tea plantation in particular, through training and awareness on gender and women’s rights at work, and supported local dialogue between employers and employees. The MHIB sub-project also included two components: Micro-Health Insurance Schemes (MHIS), and Knowledge Development and Advocacy (KDA). The MHIS component provided affordable and quality primary health care services to targeted poor rural women and their families through micro-health insurance schemes. The KDA component increased support for MHI policy makers and partner organizations, and promoted the application of MHI best practices and lessons learned.

8. Improvement of Labour Relations and the Promotion of Women's Economic Equality in Colombia, 2001-2005

   07 October 2011

   Funded by the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL), the project “Improvement of Labor Relations and the Promotion of Women's Economic Equality in Colombia” was implemented by the ILO, from November 2001 to September 2005. The project had two components: 1) labor relations and 2) women's economic equality. Labour relations component: The activities undertaken under this component were oriented to the promotion of fundamental principles and rights at work through national and regional fora and training activities. Women's Economic Equality component: Under this component, the project developed a microenterprise/gender training methodology in collaboration with its social partners. The project organized five regional methodology transfer seminars where 133 professionals representing 15 public and private institutions received microenterprise/gender training. Moreover, the Presidential Council on Women's Equity initiated a program using the microenterprise/gender methodology in ten universities, where business and economics students would conduct microenterprise/gender training for women in low-income communities, as part of their curriculum. The major impact of training was the empowerment of female entrepreneurs at the personal as well as the household level. Women's groups learned how to prepare project proposals, including business plans. As a result of this training, some women received funding from the government for the proposals they developed.

9. Convention de Partenariat entre l’Organisation Internationale du Travail (OIT) et la haute autorité de lutte contre les discriminations et pour l’égalité (HALDE) 2008

   07 October 2011

   En 2008, l’OIT et la HALDE ont signé une convention de partenariat dont l’objectif a été de développer, dans la limite des ressources disponibles, des initiatives de recherche, d’études et d’échanges afin d’observer, évaluer et comparer les pratiques des entreprises françaises à l’égard de la non-discrimination et la promotion de l’égalité.

10. Programme d'appui à la mise en oeuvre de la Déclaration de 1998 (PAMODEC)

    07 October 2011

    Financé par le gouvernement français, le Programme d’appui à la mise en œuvre de la Déclaration de 1998 (PAMODEC) a été lancé en 2000, il se trouve maintenant à la fin de sa seconde phase d’exécution qui a commencé en 2006. Une troisième phase pour la période 2011-2013 est envisagée. PAMODEC II couvre 17 pays situés en Afrique Centrale, en Afrique de l’Ouest et à Madagascar : Bénin, Burkina Faso, Cameroun, République Centrafricaine, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Gabon, Guinée Bissau, Guinée Conakry, Guinée Equatoriale, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritanie, Niger, Sénégal, Tchad et Togo. La troisième phase vise en plus de ces 17 pays, 6 pays de l’Union pour la Méditerranée.

11. Reducing Vulnerability to Bondage in India through Promotion of Decent Work

    01 April 2011

    The overall objective of the project is to reduce vulnerability of workers to bondage situations in brick manufacturing and rice mill sectors in Tamil Nadu by achieving a significant improvement in living and working conditions for women and men workers and their family members.

2010

1. Prevention of trafficking in persons through improved management of labour migration in Sri Lanka

   24 September 2010

   The overall goal of the project is to promote decent work in “conditions of freedom, equity, security and human dignity” for women and children employed as domestic or unskilled workers abroad, reducing their vulnerability to rights violations as victims of trafficking for labour exploitation.

2. Business Case Studies on Forced Labour

   20 September 2010

   The overarching theme is that business can and must play a central role in fighting coercive labour practices. The broader aim of the project is to showcase the effective engagement of companies (both MNEs and their suppliers) as they address challenges that are faced by many companies in the global economy.

3. Eradicating forced labour from global supply chains through social dialogue

   17 July 2010

   The project will strengthen management capacity of Brazilian suppliers and U.S. buyers to reduce risks of trafficking and forced labor, while enhancing the National Pact to Combat Forced Labor, launched in 2005.

4. Development of a comprehensive anti-trafficking response in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia - Second Phase

   22 June 2010

   The project seeks to contribute to the progressive reduction of trafficking in human beings in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia through capacity building and provision of protection and assistance to actual and potential victims.

5. ESF/XENOS-Project "Berlin Alliance against Human Trafficking into Labour Exploitation"

   28 May 2010

   Joint project between the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the Confederation of German Trade Unions (DGB), the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Berlin Senate Department for Integration, Work and Social Issues (SenIAS)

2009

1. Support to the Government of Zambia for the Implementation of Policy and the National Plan of Action against Human Trafficking

   04 November 2009

   Recognising the value of coordinated and collaborative programmes of support to the Government of Zambia, the UN Country Team has established a joint programme against human trafficking, involving ILO, IOM, and UNICEF. The objective of this programme is to contribute to the protection of people (especially children and women) from the harmful effects of trafficking by supporting implementation of Government’s policy and action plan against trafficking.

2. Eliminating Forced Labour and Trafficking in Jordan

   01 March 2009

   The project seeks to strengthen government law enforcement capacity to identify, investigate and prosecute offences for forced labour and human trafficking; and support the establishment of an efficient and regulated recruitment mechanism.

3. Forced Labour and Trafficking In Jordan - A Pilot Programme on the Qualified Industrial Zones

   01 March 2009

   The project seeks to improve the law enforcement capacity of the government against trafficking for labour exploitation, with a particular focus on the export-oriented factories in Jordan’s Qualified Industrial Zones (QIZ), where there have been recent reports of severe labour exploitation which in the worst cases could amount to criminal trafficking.

2008

1. Promoting fundamental principles and rights at work in Jordan

   27 November 2008

   Development Objective: A strengthened labour relations environment for economic development and social stability.