International Child Labor Program

International Child Labor Program - Transcript

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Bureau of International Labor Affairs 
International Child Labor Program
FY 2006 Child Labor Education Initiative
Bidders’ Meeting
April 21, 2006

1. Researching and reporting information to
inform U.S. foreign policy, trade policy,
and development projects

2. Raising awareness among the U.S.
public to increase their understanding of
the issues related to child labor and
efforts to combat the problem
ICLP combats the worst forms
of child labor by:
International Child Labor Program Overview
3. Supporting technical assistance projects
worldwide

$109 million;
47 projects;
18 countries
$133 million;
43 projects;
32 countries
LATIN AMERICA/
CARIBBEAN
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
MIDDLE EAST/
EUROPE/ EURASIA
NORTH AFRICA
$46.5 million;
15 projects;
13 countries
ASIA/PACIFIC
$118 million;
38 projects;
12 countries
GLOBAL
$74 million;
36 projects
Technical Assistance
USDOL funded child labor technical cooperation projects (1995-2005)

INTERNATIONAL
PROGRAM
TO ELIMINATE
CHILD LABOR
(IPEC)
EDUCATION
INITIATIVE
(EI)
Technical Assistance
Projects are funded through the:
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5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005
IPEC
EI
IPEC $38
Million

The United States is the leading donor to
IPEC. Since FY 1995, USDOL has provided
approximately $300 million to support over
125 IPEC projects in nearly 70 countries, as
well as 31 global initiatives.
Technical Assistance
International Program to Eliminate Child Labor (IPEC)
To promote the
political will and
commitment of
individual
governments to
eliminate child
labor, in
cooperation with
employers,
workers, NGO’s
and others.
IPEC’s Mission:

IPEC uses a multi-strategy approach to combat
exploitive child labor, including:
Rehabilitative services and meaningful alternatives to
child labor – including formal/non-formal education,
vocational training, health care and nutritional services,
counseling for children and income-generating/skills
training activities for parents
Workplace and community based monitoring systems
Capacity building of national and local institutions and
organizations
Awareness raising on the hazards of child labor and
benefits of basic education
Technical Assistance
International Program to Eliminate Child Labor (IPEC)
USDOL funded IPEC programs are characterized by their focus or structure.
They include:
Timebound
Programs
Country Programs
Sector Programs
Data collection and
Research
International
Awareness Raising

Most EI projects are competitively bid. Since
the EI began in 2001, USDOL has provided
approximately $154 million to support 37
projects in 45 countries and one global
project.
Technical Assistance
Education Initiative (EI)
EI seeks to
improve access
and quality of
basic education
for child laborers
or children at risk
of engaging in
exploitive work.
EI’s Mission:

Technical Assistance
Education Initiative (EI)
Wherever possible, EI projects complement and support ongoing efforts funded
by USDOL.
EI’s four objectives:
Awareness raising and
mobilization
Stronger education systems
National policy development
Sustainability

In
school
Out of
school
Technical Assistance

Children at
the margins,
are among
the most
difficult yet
critical target
groups to
achieve
Education for
All goals.
Technical Assistance

Critical Steps
Identify
children, causes
of child labor
and barriers to
education
Build capacity of
education
system to
absorb and
nurture children
Withdraw
children and
place in
educational
settings
(transitional,
formal,
vocational)
Strengthen
capacity of
children to
succeed in
educational
settings
(including
through
mainstreaming)
Improve
quality and
relevance of
education
Mo
nito
ring
an
d
Evaluation
Program
and Policy
Applications

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Bureau of International Labor Affairs 
International Child Labor Program
FY 2006 Child Labor Education Initiative
Bidders’ Meeting
April 21, 2006

ICLP Performance Measures
USDOL’s Performance, Strategic,
and Outcome Goals

The President’s Management Agenda,
2002
Performance-based budgeting would mean that
money would be allocated on the basis of what is
actually being accomplished;
Identify mismanaged, wasteful or duplicative
government programs with an eye to cutting their
funding, redesigning them, or eliminating them;
Rigorous data or evaluations should be a
prerequisite to continued funding

What is GPRA and why is it important?
In 1993, United States Congress passed the Government Performance
Results Act (GPRA) to establish strategic planning and performance
measurement in the federal government to ensure that tax payers’ dollars
were being used efficiently and effectively for the public good.
The act requires federal agencies to develop and submit strategic and annual
performance plans that include performance goals and indicators.
Each year all federal government agencies receiving appropriated funds are
required to submit to Congress a performance and accountability report.
Congress uses these reports to make informed assessments surrounding
program effectiveness for future funding decisions.
For more information on GPRA, you may also visit:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/mgmt-gpra/gplaw2m.html.

Strategic Goal #3
Foster Quality Workplaces that are Safe, Healthy, and Fair
• Outcome Goal 3.3Reduce the exploitation of child labor, protect the basic rights of
workers, and strengthen labor markets internationally
Outcome Goal 3.3a
Contribute to the international elimination of child labor
USDOL-ICLP measures Outcome Goal 3.3a through selected indicators from data
collected by its technical assistance projects that have direct action components.
USDOL’s Strategic & Performance Goals #3:
Foster Quality Workplaces that are Safe, Healthy, and Fair

ILAB’s GPRA Indicators for Outcome
Goal 3.3a
1. Number of children prevented or withdrawn from
exploitive child labor provided education and/or training
opportunities as a result of DOL-funded child labor
elimination projects.
2. Number of countries with increased capacity to address
child labor as a result of DOL-funded child labor
elimination projects.

Children withdrawn from exploitive work:
This refers to those children that were found to be
working in exploitative child labor and no longer work
under such conditions as a result of a project
intervention. This category includes:
children that have been completely withdrawn from work, such as
those involved in forms (a) – (c) of ILO Convention 182, and
children that were involved in hazardous work (part (d) of C.182) or
work that impedes a child’s education (C. 138) but are no longer
working under exploitative conditions because they are now working
under improved working conditions (i.e. fewer hours or under safer
conditions) or in other acceptable forms of work. Each child must also
be benefiting or have benefited from direct educational or training
opportunities/services, as defined below, provided by the project.
What is ILAB’s Definition of “Withdrawn”?

What is ILAB’s Definition of “Prevented”?
Children prevented from exploitive work:
This refers to children that are either siblings of (ex-) working children or those children
not yet working but considered to be at high-risk[1] of engaging in exploitive work (see
definition 1.3 below). In order to be considered as “prevented” these children must
benefit (or have benefited) from educational or training opportunities/services, as
defined below (see Section 3.1), provided by the project.
[1] A “high risk” situation refers to a set of conditions or circumstances (family
environment or situation, vicinity of economic activities prone to employ children, etc.)
under which the child lives or to which it is exposed. Usually a clear definition of “high-
risk” is provided in the project document or can be defined as part of baseline data
collection.

Defining “Exploitive” Child Labor
Source: International Labour Office (2002). A Future Without Child Labour: Global Report
under the Follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work.
Geneva, Switzerland
Unconditional Worst
Forms of Child Labor
(5-17):
Children must be completely
withdrawn from work, with no
exception.
Conditional Worst
Forms of Child Labor
(15-17):
Children must be prevented
from working in hazardous
conditions.
Conditional Worst
Forms of Child Labor
(5-14):
Children must be withdrawn
or prevented depending on
minimum age legislation and
workplace hazards. In cases
where children are permitted
to work, tasks must be non-
hazardous.
Non- hazardous work
that may interfere with
a child’s schooling (5-
14):
Children must be prevented
from workplace barrier that
interfere with schooling.

How does ILAB define “increased
capacity”?
Increased capacity in a country will be measured by one or
more of the following:
a) The adaptation of the legal framework to the
international standards
b) The formulation of specific policies and programs at the
national, regional, or sectoral level within a country
dealing with the worst forms of child labor (WFCL)
c) The inclusion of child labor concerns in relevant
development, social and anti-poverty policies and
programs
d) The establishment of a child labor monitoring
mechanism

Thank You