Programmes and projects

Technical cooperation programmes and projects implemented are one of the main means of action to support constituents in promoting decent work in the African region and to give effect to the Decent Work Agenda in Africa 2007-15.

Since 2002, a total of 560 technical cooperation programmes and projects have been approved for the African region, with a total budget of US$545.2 million. Practically all countries in the region have benefited from such interventions. As of December 2011, there were 205 active technical cooperation projects being managed by the ILO in the African region.

2012

  1. Eliminating child labour in Lusophone countries Project

    31 December 2010 - 31 December 2012

  2. Engaging Tunisian youth to achieve the MDGs

    1 January 2009 - 31 December 2012

    Since before the revolution, ILO and the MDG project focused on Tunisia’s high unemployment rates, particularly for women and in most disadvantaged areas such as the larger Tunis, Le Kef and Gafsa governorates. Despite suffering from a period of instability and absence of counterparts, the project has seen its areas of focus brought to the fore of the national agenda in the wake of the revolution.

  3. Decent work Country Programme Support Project - Improving Social Dialogue - Mozambique

    1 November 2008 - 30 November 2012

    In line with Mozambique’s emerging Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP) priority areas, the project will focus on improving social dialogue in the country.

  4. Role of private sector in combatting HIV/AIDS in Somaliland

    1 March - 31 August 2012

  5. Microfinance for Decent Work: Action Research

    1 March 2008 - 30 June 2012

2011

  1. UN Joint Programme Strengthening HIV/AIDS responses

    1 September 2008 - 31 December 2011

  2. The World of Work effectively responds to HIV and AIDS through Recommendation 200 with emphasis on social protection

    1 January - 31 December 2011

  3. Strengthening the world of work response on HIV/AIDS – AIDS Capacity building and Technical Support

    1 October 2009 - 30 September 2011

2010

  1. Strengthening the Creative Industries in Five ACP Countries through Employment and Trade Expansion

    1 January 2008 - 31 December 2010

  2. Trade and Employment in the Global Crisis

    1 June 2009 - 1 June 2010

    What began as a financial crisis in industrialized countries has rapidly become a global jobs crisis. Trade and FDI are two of the main channels through which the financial crisis has been transmitted to developing and transition economies. In this context, the ILO has conducted a range of country level studies to evaluate the employment impact of changes in trade and FDI flows during the global crisis and at providing policy guidance to policy makers on how to address those impacts. Relevant work has been conducted in the following countries: Brazil, Egypt, India, Liberia, South Africa, Uganda and Ukraine. The findings of this country level work are summarized in a publication co-published with Academic Foundation: “Trade and Employment in the Global Crisis”. Key topics covered include how changes in trade flows affect the labour market, the role of price volatility and demand shocks in the recent crisis and how export concentration makes countries more vulnerable.