IPEC/ILO. IPEC action against child labour 2004-2005: Progress and future priorities. Geneva, ILO, 2006.

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This report is the implementation report of the International Labour Organization's International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC) for the 2004-05 biennium.

Part I reviews the current state of knowledge on child labour and IPEC’s current research and knowledge accumulation from its vast experience. It summarizes IPEC’s response to the problem of child labour and its various strategies to assist ILO member States to prevent and eliminate it. It also focuses on trends in IPEC’s technical cooperation, advisory services and programme management. The Programme’s achievements in terms of the goals set for the biennium in its 2004- 05 Programme and Budget are also reviewed. Part II highlights three themes of current interest to IPEC’s work: Child labour and youth employment: Highlighting the links; International standards concerning child labour statistics: Statisticians agree it is about time; and Child labour in mining: A global call to action. Part III presents the Programme and Budget for the IPEC for 2006-07 as part of the ILO’s overall strategic budgeting framework. The Programme’s workplan follows the operational objectives, indicators and targets as outlined in the ILO’s overall Programme and Budget for 2006-07.

Table of contents

Abbreviations
Executive summary

Part I. Implementation report
1. Child labour update
1.1 Towards a more solid knowledge base on child labour
1.2 IPEC’s response
1.3 IPEC’s key strategies
1.4 Programme challenges
1.5 Working with the ILO’s tripartite constituents
1.6 Intra-ILO collaboration
1.7 Cooperation with UN agencies

2. IPEC’s profile 2004-05
2.1 Technical cooperation
2.2 Support from the donor community
2.3 Technical advisory services at the country level
2.4 Worldwide movement
2.5 Regional perspective

3. Achievements relative to targets
3.1 Target: Ratifications of the Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138)
3.2 Target: Methodologies, research and good practices
3.3 Target: Support to implementation of Conventions No. 138 and No. 182
3.4 Target: Child beneficiaries

4. Programme management and organization
4.1 Programme management
4.2 Programme design, evaluation and knowledge management

Part II. Thematic highlights
Introduction
1. Child labour and youth employment: Highlighting the links
1.1 Introduction
1.2 A simple conceptual framework
1.3 What is to be done
1.4 IPEC initiatives

2. International standards concerning child labour statistics: Statisticians agree it is about time
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Problems associated with lack of international standards on child labour statistics
2.3 Strong call from national statisticians
2.4 From legal concepts to statistical definitions
2.5 IPEC’s preparations for the 18th ICLS
2.6 Conclusion

3. Child labour in mining: A global call to action
3.1 Children working in mines
3.2 Lessons learned from experience propose moving ahead
3.3 From supportive policy to comprehensive global action: The next step
3.4 A call to action against child labour in mining
3.5 Beyond the call to action: the elimination of all child labour in mining through a global time-bound programme

Part III. Programme and Budget 2006-2007
Introduction
1. Strategic overview
2. Operational overview

Annexes
Annex I. Follow-up of the IPEC global evaluation 2004
Annex II. Tripartite meetings held in 2004-05
Annex III. Joint activities with other ILO departments and programmes
during 2004-05
Annex IV. Financial tables
Annex V. IPEC child labour surveys in 2004-05
Annex VI. Selected IPEC products in 2004-05
Annex VII. Progress towards universal ratification
Annex VIII. Evaluations completed in 2004-05

 

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