Achieving Elimination of Worst Forms of Child Labour as Priority

1. Towards Achieving the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour as PriorityACHIEVE Project 29 February 2016 Bipina Sharma NPC, ILO IPEC ILO ACHIEVE

2. Project Goal • To contribute to the elimination of child labour with a priority on its worst forms by 2016. • Immediate Objectives (IO) • Integrated area-based models for child labour-free communities are tested in selected communities in two districts and are made available for scaling-up in others. • By end of the project, the policy environment is conducive and institutional capacities are strengthened for the prevention and elimination of child labour, with a priority on its worst forms. ILO ACHIEVE

3. Project Districts Bhaktapur, Kavrepalanchowk (Kavre) and Lalitpur (scaling up the Kavre model) ILO ACHIEVE

4. Direct Recipients • Government officials from the concerned Ministries and their district line agencies, local bodies. • The social partners (employers’ and workers’ organisations) at the central level and their affiliates in the project communities and selected districts. • Staff of non-governmental agencies working on the issue in the project localities, Media personnel, NGOs. ILO ACHIEVE

5. Beneficiaries • Children- child labourers and children at risk of child labour ILO ACHIEVE

6. Project Implementation and Cooperation Partners • MoLE-Focal Ministry • Implementation Partners • DCWB-Kavrepalanchowk • Banepa Municipality (Cooperation with DCWB and civil society) • DDC- Bhaktapur ( Cooperation with Anantalingeshwore and Suryabinayak Municipality) • Lalitpur Sub-Metropolitan City Office (Cooperation with civil society) • Social Partners – NTUC, ANTUF, GEFONT (trade unions) • Nepal Administrative Staff College (NASC) • World View, NGO • New partners- Dhulikhel and Panauti Municipalities • Coordination- FNBI- (employer); Government, SAIEVAC, Civil Society ILO ACHIEVE

7. Table1. Review Framework Methodology: Review Framework ILO ACHIEVE

8. Methodology: • Consultations with the ACHIEVE Project Management Team • Bi-lateral meeting with the ILO constituents and partners • Consultation Workshop • Field Visits- Kavre ILO ACHIEVE

9. Findings • Relevance: Timely intervention ; Child Labour still a widespread problem; • Project has become more relevant in the context of the earthquakes of April and May 2015. ILO ACHIEVE

10. Findings: • Efficiency: Use of resources, technical expertise; efficient; value for money • Maximum outputs from the given resources- • The projects implemented by different partners should have the same objectives or outcomes but should be made responsible for different outputs- : ILO ACHIEVE

11. Findings • Effectiveness: The involvement of diverse stakeholders including local Government bodies, ward citizen forums, social mobilisers, trade unions, employers, teachers, students and individual houses has contributed in ensuring projects’ effectiveness. • Information, communication; increased linkages, sharing- IEC ILO ACHIEVE

12. Findings • Project’s Progress Status: At the time of the Mid-Term Review, there were nine projects ongoing and four projects under pipeline; delays due to external factors-earthquake; crisis ILO ACHIEVE

13. Integrated Area-Based Model Adopted • 6 wards declared child labour free • 200 vehicles declared child labour free • Direct Support: • 21 (10 girls,11 boys (15-17) years); attending skills and vocational training • 291 children (145 boys and 146 at risk of child labour) benefited from CFS and TLC, post earthquake • School support through Dhulikhel municipality- 37 and 48-Panauti municipality (total 85) to children at risk of child labour ILO ACHIEVE

14. Key Achievements; Child Labour Mainstreaming Strategy Developed and adopted- • Child Labour integrated in the 14 steps planning processes- Panauti, Dhulikhel, Lalitpur, Bhaktapur • Child Labour Desks Established • Child Labour related Budget, programmes • Child labour mainstreamed in the training sessions of trade schools for workers-GEFONT ILO ACHIEVE

15. Social mobilization • Social mobilization strategy developed and adopted • Green Flag Campaign in all three Districts with a possibility to replicate • IEC materials developed ILO ACHIEVE

16. Capacity Building • 50 National master trainers produced • More than 500 people trained and mobilized on child labour related issues since August 2013 to October 2015 ILO ACHIEVE

17. Policy Reform ongoing • Child Labour Elimination Policy • Act • HCL • NMP ILO ACHIEVE

18. Findings Partners’ Capacity: • Capacity has been significantly enhanced in understanding the core issues of child labour; • Need to improve in monitoring and documenting the lessons learnt in the form of reports. ILO ACHIEVE

19. Findings • Innovations & Good Practices: • Child Labour Desks with focal persons at the local bodies • Green Flags at homes and workplaces • Declaration of child labour free zones • Use of “social mobilisers” and members of “ward citizen forums” as advocates on child labour issues • Linkages & Synergy ILO ACHIEVE

20. Findings • Use of Project Outputs: IPEC materials-Green Flag, mainstreaming, Capacity Development Training Manual-for common understanding and standardization • Status of Child labour: Case profiles developed of each child identified as child laborer and recorded at the municipalities for follow up of services, referrals and monitoring ILO ACHIEVE

21. Findings Sustainability and Ownership: • Mainstreaming; integration in the planning processes in two municipalities with separate budgetary allocation; • integration in the institutional level-training curricula ILO ACHIEVE

22. Key Recommendations • Additional support required: capacity building, Policy advocacy, mainstreaming in sectoral programmes social protection, education • Extension of the project duration: process oriented and would require more time ILO ACHIEVE

23. Recommendations • Quality assurance: The standards and quality of the project outputs needs to be reviewed to ensure quality assurance. Mainstreaming Strategy ; Steps to Green Flag; definitions- training content; IEC materials ILO ACHIEVE

24. Recommendations • Common understanding of child labour: The implementing partners as well as other stakeholders that can influence the status of child labour should be well informed of the nature and magnitude of child labour and its vicious circle of poverty • Reducing administrative layers: Direct agreement with Municipalities for project implementation in future. ILO ACHIEVE

25. Recommendations • Two most critical concerns (i) the need to ensure that the legal policy framework to address child labour issues are endorsed by the GoN; and (ii) child labour issues are mainstreamed at the institutional level; in key policies, plans, mechanisms and systems both at the national and local levels. ILO ACHIEVE

26. Thank You ILO ACHIEVE