Preet Verma National Project Manager, Convergence Project, ILO , New Delhi

1. Linking of Child Labour with Education and Families with Poverty Alleviation and Social Protection Schemes: The India Model Preet Verma National Project Manager, Convergence Project, ILO , New Delhi

2. Convergence: The Strategy • India: A vigorousenabledembarkation to implement the strategy of “convergence” which brings the resources of the country’s major educational and poverty alleviation programmes to bear on the problem of child labour. • The rationale, as promoted by the ILO worldwide, is that educational rehabilitation of child workers must be accompanied by economic rehabilitation of their families. • It becomes, in effect, a concerted effort of several ministries and levels of government to benefit the child worker and her/his family in the best possible and most sustainable and replicable way. • This multi-pronged, integrated approach – referred to as the “Convergence Model” in this document – constitutes the programmatic framework for the Child Labour project in India.

3. Convergence: The Strategy • Using existing infrastructure and ‘resources’ of the national, state and local (district, block level) governments ‘converge the benefits’ on the target group through ‘vertical and horizontal linkages’. • Converging is materialized through: • Coordination: • Between the concerned Ministries and Departments • Between the three levels of governance and administration – The National, The State and the Local Government for each Ministry • Inter-linkage/feedback loops within the above officials at various levels • Concentration: • Of the resources, benefits, schemes of all the concerned ministries on the target group

4. Convergence: The How? • India is a federal structure – Some subjects allocated to the National Government (Central List), some to States (State List) and some to Center and State both (Concurrent List) • Each Central ministry has its own • mandate • schemes • target beneficiaries • Geographical concentration or thrust locations • Each state has the right to • Accept/adopt/add-on to the central schemes • Frame its own schemes for different or same set of beneficiaries • Centre and State also have their own machineries to implement the programs/schemes

5. Scheme Scheme Scheme Scheme Scheme Converging For Elimination of Child Labour: The Process Stakeholders Government Employers Trade Unions NGOs/CSO Academia Media Enforcement Agencies …… Administrative Structures Stake- holders Stake- holders Stake- holders Stake- holders MoLE Beneficiaries Wage Employment/ Poverty Alleviation/ Income Generation/ Skill Training/ Social Security Schools – 6-14yrs Scheme Scheme VT – 14 -17 yrs Scheme VT – 18+ years – siblings and family members of CL families State Local National Linking of schemes – family members of CL families Policies, Schemes and Programming Resources Educational/Vocational Training Resources Human and Monetary Resources

6. Converging For Elimination of Child Labour: The Process Administrative Structures Stakeholder buy in and participation Setting up Institutional Mechanisms District NCLP Society/TF – Implementing Agency National Project Steering Committee - All concerned Central Ministries + TU, Empl. State Project Steering Committee - All concerned State Depts + TU, Empl. 2..Administrative Heads – National + State Level District Project Staff – Implementing Hands 1.Meeting with MoLE -ILO Focal Point MoLE 3.Stakeholder Workshops –State + District – All concerned departments 4.Meeting (MoLE led) - All concerned Ministries District Skills Committee – Tech Support for Skills Schools – 6-14yrs State Resource Centre –Supports SPSC CL Prevention and Elimination VT – 14 -17 yrs Inter-Ministerial Project Review Committee - Under MoLE VT – 18+ years – siblings and family members of CL families Linking of schemes – family members of CL families National State Local Policies, Schemes and Programming Resources Educational/Vocational Training Resources Human and Monetary Resources

7. Converging For Elimination of Child Labour: The Capacity Requirement Administrative Structures Drawing up action plans Implement Action Plans Objective Setting Build and Manage Partnerships Developing Strategies Implementing Policies MoLE Manage Resources Schools – 6-14yrs CL Prevention and Elimination VT – 14 -17 yrs Regulatory and Legal Framework Involve Constituents Monitor Progress VT – 18+ years – siblings and family members of CL families Linking of schemes – family members of CL families State National Local Policies, Schemes and Programming Resources Educational/Vocational Training Resources Human and Monetary Resources

8. National Steering Committee (NSC) (Government Departments, Social Partners, Civil Society, NGO’s, Academics, State Governments) Inter Ministerial Project Review Committee (Government Departments) State Project Steering Committee (SPSC) (Government Departments, Social Partners, Civil Society, NGO’s,Academics, District Representatives) State Labour Institutes (SLI) State ATIs State Resource Cell (SRC) District Level Task Force/Society (Line Departments, Social Partners, Civil Society representatives, NGOs, Academics, Block Representatives) Block level Coordination Committee (Line Departments) Gram Sabha Convergence framework Institutional Framework-National, State and local level

9. Convergence: The Process • Bringing ‘horizontal’ and ‘vertical’linkages • Bringing actors together – simultaneously following ‘top-down’ and ‘bottom-up’ approach • Mapping of schemes • National Level: Listing of schemes that can be converged on target group • Some Education Schemes • Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA)– Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Human Resources and Development (MoHRD) • Mid-Day Meal Scheme- Department of School Education and Literacy, MoHRD • Residential Hostel Schemes – Department of School Education and Literacy; Ministry of Tribal Affairs; Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

10. Convergence: The Process (Cont.) • National Level: Listing of schemes that can be converged on target group • Some Skill Development/Poverty Alleviation / Income Generation Schemes • Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) - Ministry of Rural Development • Swarna Jyanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY) – Ministry of Urban Development • Prime Minister Rozgar Yojana (PMRY) – Deptartment of Industries • Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNNREGs) – Dept. of Rural Development • Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojna (SGRY) - Ministry of Rural Development • SDIS for Modular Employable Skills (MES) -Ministry of Labour & Employment • Support to Training and Employment Programme for Women (STEP) – Ministry of Women and Child Development

11. Convergence: The Process (Cont.) • National Level: Listing of schemes that can be converged on target group (Cont.) • Some Social Security/Social Protection schemes • Public Distribution System (PDS) – Ministry of Consumer Affairs • Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna (RSBY) – Ministry of Labour and Employment • Indira Awaas Yojana – Ministry of Rural Development • National Old Age Pension Scheme (NOAPS) -Ministry of Rural Development • National Family Benefit Scheme (NFBS) - Ministry of Rural Development • Building and other Construction Workers Welfare Board Scheme – Ministry of Labour & Employment • Beedi Workers Welfare Board Scheme - Ministry of Labour & Employment • Indira Gandhi Matritva Suraksha Yojana, IGMSY, and other ‘maternity’ care –programmes like Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) Ministry of Women and Child Development ; Ministry of Health and Family Welfare • State Level:Several state level schemes

12. Linking of Families to Schemes: Activities Wage Employment Schemes Poverty Alleviation Schemes PRA for awareness and sensitization Breaking gender stereotypes Child Labour Families Skills Training for Employment Link to Social Protection/ welfare measures Child Labour (P+W) Enabling Environment for Families Poverty Reduction/ Promotion of livelihood Sustaining Children in Schools Sustaining efforts to prevent & eliminate CL 12

13. Thank You Preet Verma preet@ilo.org