International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC) in Bulgaria

The ILO’s International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC) has been working in Central and Eastern Europe to provide technical and financial assistance to eliminate the worst forms of child labour and to implement the ILO’s child labour conventions: Minimum Age Convention (1973) No.138 and Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention (1999) No.182. Since March 2004, Bulgaria is part of the projects implemented in the region under the common programming framework Project of Technical assistance for the Elimination of Child labour, including Trafficking, in countries of Central and Eastern Europe (PROTECT CEE) that also includes Albania, Kosovo (UNMIK), Moldova, Romania and Ukraine.