ECOWAS/ILO Symposium on the West Africa Regional Action Plan to Eliminate Child Labour, Especially the Worst Forms
The West African Regional Action Plan to Eliminate Child Labour Especially the Worst Forms was the subject of a three day symposium, organised jointly by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the International Labour Organisation, held in Accra, Ghana from 27-29 May 2013.
The event brought together 60 senior officials responsible for tackling child labour from governments, and workers’ and employers’ organisations from all 15 Member States of ECOWAS . The Regional Action Plan, adopted by ECOWAS Ministers of Labour and Social Affairs in December 2012, is a framework for intervention in each country, supplemented by supportive mechanisms of the ECOWAS Commission to promote collaboration between Member States.
The objectives of the Symposium were to:
The symposium closed with delegates adopting the DECLARATION of the ECOWAS/ILO Symposium on the West Africa Regional Action Plan to Eliminate Child Labour, Especially the Worst Forms.
The objectives of the Symposium were to:
- familiarise participants with the contents of the Regional Action Plan;
- strengthen participants’ understanding of their roles and responsibilities to implement the Regional Action Plan and the mutual benefits of doing so; and
- discuss next steps and set priorities for moving forward at regional level, using the mechanism of the Regional Action Plan.
The symposium closed with delegates adopting the DECLARATION of the ECOWAS/ILO Symposium on the West Africa Regional Action Plan to Eliminate Child Labour, Especially the Worst Forms.