ILO strengthens the project management capacity of partners to address child labour in cocoa and gold mining supply chains in Ghana.
The ILO ACCEL Africa project in Ghana organized a capacity development activity to enhance the skills of tripartite partners and CSOs in monitoring and evaluation, gender inclusion, and knowledge sharing to accelerate the elimination of child labour in cocoa and gold mining supply chains. The training focused on improving project reporting, data collection, and alignment with the ACCEL Africa M&E framework, with participants committing to revise their work plans to ensure greater impact.
8 November 2024
TAKORADI (ILO News)- The International Labour Organization (ILO) builds the capacity of tripartite partners and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in monitoring and evaluation (M&E), gender and knowledge sharing as part of the measures to accelerate the elimination of child labour in cocoa and gold mining supply chains in Ghana.
The ILO provided technical and financial support for the capacity building workshop which is being supported by funding from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and in partnership with the Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations through Phase II of the Accelerating Action for the Elimination of Child Labour in Supply Chains in Africa (ACCEL Africa) Project. The three-days capacity building workshop was held at Raybow Hotel, Takoradi, Ghana.
Through presentations, group discussions and practical demonstrations, the training empowered partners on project monitoring skills to help assess progress towards the project’s objective: "Elimination of Child Labour is Accelerated in Supply Chains in Africa." Specifically, partners were empowered to effectively collect, analyse, report, and utilize project data and information. Angelica, M&E officer for ACCEL Africa RO-Africa underscored the need for the partners to take responsibility for monitoring and evaluation of the activities that the Project entrust them, to ensure accountability.
Furthermore, the workshop provided the partners with a deeper insight into the work of the ILO, its Decent Work agenda and how their reporting on the ACCEL Africa project will contribute to the 2024-2025 plan and budget. To this end, the Senior Programme Officer-CO-Abuja, Emeka-Anuna Chinyere, entreated partners to always ensure clarity about the use of ILO funds in their workplans so that they can report appropriately. With the knowledge gained, partners saw the need and committed to revise their work proposals and plans in order to align their activity indicators with the ACCEL Africa M&E Framework, ensure stronger gender considerations and inclusion as well as strengthen the sustainability and exit strategy components of their work to ensure long-term viability of the Project in Ghana.
The partners indicated their willingness to support the Project achieve its objective by planning, implementing and effectively monitoring and reporting on progress. According to Elizabeth Mutajo, representative of the Ghana Employers Association (GEA) “… the training has given new insights as to how the GEA can revise its proposal and plans to fit into the Project M&E framework and contribute to realization of the Project’s gender strategy”. Bismark Quartey, the National Project Coordinator of the project in his closing remarks reminded partners on the collective plea to end child and forced labour, as a respond to the Durban Call of Action. He entreated them to revise their work plans accordingly to reflect the knowledge gained at the workshop as well as ensure the application of such knowledge during implementation.
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