A young male child labourer pulling bricks in a wheel barrow

Child Labour

Tackling Child Labour Through Education (TACKLE) – Guyana and Jamaica

Project aimed at helping to reduce poverty by providing access to basic education and skills training for disadvantaged children and youth.

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Project details

Duration

1 January 2009 - 31 August 2013

Development partner(s)

European Commission (EC)

Additional details

Intended Beneficiaries: Children involved in child labour, government, employers, and labour unions in Guyana and Jamaica.

Objectives:
  1. To help reduce poverty by providing access to basic education and skills training for disadvantaged children and youth.
  2. To strengthen the capacity of national and local authorities in the formulation, implementation and enforcement of policies to tackle child labour in coordination with social partners and civil society
Expected Results:
  1. Country level legal framework prepared or strengthened where already in existence.
  2. Strengthened institutional capacity leading to improved ability to formulate and implement child labour strategies.
  3. Targeted actions to combat child labour designed and implemented.
  4. Improved advocacy and dissemination of good practices to enhanced knowledge base and networks on child labour and education.