Capacity Building Project: Regional Program on the Worst Forms of Child Labour

30 September 2004

31 December 2007

United States

Objective: The aim of this project is to contribute to the elimination of the worst forms of child labour (WFCL) in Central Asian Countries (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan & Uzbekistan). By the end of the project: (1) governments, workers’ and employers’ organizations will have the technical skills and organisational capacity to facilitate and implement policies, programmes and other initiatives to facilitate prevention, protection, withdrawal, rehabilitation and reintegration of children engaged in the WFCL and (2) knowledge and experience on child labour will have been jointly generated and shared at the sub-regional level and knowledge generation and sharing mechanisms are in place.

Combating the Worst Forms of Child Labour in Central Asia through Education and Youth

Employment

31 August 2005

31 December 2007

Germany

Objective: This project aims to contribute to the elimination of the worst forms of child labour in Central Asian Countries, By the end of the project: (1) awareness and capacity of major stakeholders in the participating countries are in place to mainstream child labour and youth employment issues into relevant national policy frameworks, (2) target groups have access to viable alternatives to child labour through the promotion of measures increasing employability and creating decent work opportunities and (3) knowledge base in place and networking at sub-regional level on-going to generate synergy and contribute to building capacity within central areas of fighting child labour through activities related to youth-employment.

Combating Child Labour in Central Asia. Commitment becomes Action (Phase II)

21 January 2008

31 May 2011

Germany

Objective: This project aims to contribute to the elimination of the worst forms of child labour in Central Asian countries (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan). Bt the end of the project: (1) the issue of child labour will have been further mainstreamed at the national policy development frameworks and the capacity of the governments, workers’ and employers’ organisations will have been enhanced in order to formulate and implement policies, programmes on prevention, protection, withdrawal, rehabilitation and reintegration of children engaged in the worst forms of child labour and (2) knowledge of effective good practice will have been shared at the sub-regional level.