Projects

2014

1. Pacific Growth and Employment Project

   25 November 2012 - 25 November 2014

   The project supports industry led action plans that enhance economic growth, deliver skills development and employment opportunities for youth, and sustainable and decent jobs for local workers.

2. Labour Governance & Migration

   1 June 2012 - 1 June 2014

   This multi-country technical cooperation project has two main components: strengthening labour market governance and improving the development impact of labour migration.

3. The Solomon Islands Human Security project

   1 May 2012 - 1 May 2014

   The goal of the initiative is to enhance human security for the selected communities and ex-combatants in the Solomon Islands by reducing tensions and promoting peaceful and sustainable measures for their survival and dignity.

4. Climate Change & Migration project

   1 January 2013 - 1 January 2014

   The ILO works with partners to provide technical assistance and build the capacity of its constituents to protect migrant workers and manage migration flows effectively. Recently, the ILO, in partnership with ESCAP and UNDP, successfully secured $5 million in EC funding to enhance the capacity of Pacific Island Countries (Nauru, Kiribati, and Tuvalu) to address the impacts of climate change on migration through well-managed, rights based migration schemes and policy frameworks supported by comprehensive knowledge building and knowledge sharing in the Pacific Islands Region.

5. Pacific Enable

   17 October 2012 - 1 January 2014

   The “Pacific Enable” project is the product of a joint UN collaboration between ILO, UNICEF, WHO, UNESCAP, UNV, the Pacific Disability Forum (PDF) and the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS). The two-year initiative (2013-2014), with funding provided by the United Nations Partnership to Promote the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNPRPD) and targets persons with disabilities in Fiji, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea and Cook Islands.

2013

1. Pacific Island Work Places Combating HIV/AIDS

   1 October 2012 - 1 October 2013

   The overall objective of this project is to develop policies and programmes to protect workers against HIV related discrimination, develop comprehensive prevention programmes at the enterprise level and ensure awareness and uptake of available services for HIV testing, treatment, care and support.

2012

1. TACKLE FIJI: Tackling Child Labour through Education in Fiji

   1 March 2008 - 1 July 2012

   The purpose of TACKLE is to strengthen capacity of the national and local authorities in the formulation, implementation and enforcement of policies to fight child labour, in coordination with social partners and civil society.