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Social Protection Sector
Implementation report 2000-2001
Strategic Objective No. 3: Enhance the coverage and
effectiveness of social protection for all
Operational
Objective 3a:
International Labour Standards
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Indicator
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Target
and Outcome
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3a.1.
The number of member States ratifying one of a selected
group of safety and health Conventions.
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Target:
20 member States.
Outcome:
20 member States
Belarus,
Cape Verde, El Salvador, Lesotho, Luxembourg and Republic
of Moldova: C.155.
Czech
Republic, Lebanon, Poland, South Africa and United
States: C.176.
Azerbaijan,
Benin, Lesotho, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan: C.81.
Azerbaijan,
Kazakhstan: C.129.
Colombia,
Russian Federation: C.162.
Brazil,
Estonia: C.174.
Bangladesh,
Guyana, India and Sri Lanka: OSH legislation revised
to reflect ILO OSH standards.
Bangladesh
and Pakistan: national tripartite bodies on OSH
put in place.
Colombia
C.161
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3a.2.
The number of members States with new national legislation
reflecting ILO standards on the recruitment and treatment
of migrant workers.
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Target:
5 member States.
Outcome:
5
Madagascar:
ratified C.97 in June 2001
Indonesia:
Following ILO’s advisory services and workshop, the
government submitted a “Manpower Protection Bill”
to Parliament which includes comprehensive framework
for protection of Indonesian migrant workers
Republic
of Korea: the Government requested ILO/MIGRANT
advice in finalizing a bill to open a legal door to
unskilled temporary foreign workers and to correct
for weaknesses of the trainee system.
Mauritius:
specialized migrant worker supervisory office established
in Ministry of Labour to oversee implementation of
policies based on ILO C.97, ratified by Mauritius
Belgium:
in Flanders, legislation, regional policy proposals
and administrative measures were explicitly inspired
by findings of ILO research on discrimination in employment
in Belgium.
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3a.3.
The number of member States newly applying one of
the ILO’s codes of practice and guides on safety and
health.
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Target:
20 member States.
Outcome:
27
India:
new company policies in 25 companies based on the
ILO Code of practice on management of alcohol- and
drug-related issues in the workplace.
China
and India: tripartite seminars on mine safety
resulted in social dialogue being applied on this
issue.
Madagascar:
Code of practice on mine safety in use.
Australia,
China, Mongolia and Slovenia: Code of practice
on safety and health in forestry work (adopted by
a sectoral meeting in 1997) is being used.
Russian
Federation: the revised Code of practice on accident
prevention on board ship at sea and in port was translated
into Russian.
Bahrain,
Bangladesh, China, Colombia, Egypt, Guyana, India,
Iraq, Japan, Jordan. Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, Oman,
Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Thailand,
Viet Nam, West Bank and Gaza Strip, and Yemen
using Codes of Practice and Guidance as guidance,
in training or for drafting legislation, regulations
and guidelines.
European
Parliament: the conclusions of the ILO’s Tripartite
Meeting on Safety and Health in the Fishing Industry
(December 1999) are being taken into account in preparing
new EU legislation.
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Strategies,
Results and Lessons Learned
The
first two indicators under this operational objective were
related to the ratification of occupational safety and health
conventions and to the inclusion of ILO standards into new
national legislation regarding migrant workers. The expected
targets were reached for the first of the two indicators
in member States at all levels of development, primarily
in Europe and Central Asia. Progress was made toward the
second, although legislation is being enacted at a much
slower pace than projected.
During
the biennium, it was increasingly understood that indicators
had to encompass implementation of conventions and legislation.
This understanding was reflected in the revised indicator
for 2002-03, which expands the definition to include monitoring
of implementation.
That
decision reflected the many cases during 2000-01 in which
member States used safety and health Conventions to update
or strengthen their legislation. For example, countries
as diverse as India, Barbados, Malawi, Poland and Ecuador
all improved their legislation that governs systems to help
protect workers from hazards. In much the same way, member
States as diverse as Argentina, Bahrain, Finland, Malaysia
and Lesotho drew on ILO Conventions and Recommendations
in their health and safety training and promotional efforts.
The
importance of implementation was also demonstrated through
the indicator on the use of Codes of Practice and Guides
on Safety and Health. Strategies under this indicator were
based on national and regional opportunities. For example,
the translation of these Guides and Codes of Practice into
national languages was an important step for Russian-speaking
countries and the Arab States. That basic step helped to
facilitate other work with stakeholders, particularly employers’
and workers’ organizations that led to the ratification
of occupational safety and health Conventions and Recommendations
and to their application down to the enterprise level.
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