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Priority Implementation actions of the AU-ILO-IOM-ECA Joint Programme on Labour Migration Governance for Development and Integration in Africa (JLMP Priority) The proposed intervention –JLMP Priority Implementation Actions (JLMP Priority) -foresees a series of coordinated and simultaneous interventions implemented across two main thematic domains: governance and operational implementation. The governance domain addresses the critical need to develop in concert the four cardinal pillars of labour migration governance: 1) laws and regulative frameworks based on international labour standards, 2) viable and comprehensive policies developed in coherence across various sectors such as overall development, migration, employment and education, 3) strengthening core institutions responsible for labour migration governance such as relevant government Ministries (e.g. Ministries of migration, of labour, education, of justice, foreign affairs etc.), and 4) engaging stakeholders in a whole of society approach, including social or “World of Work” actors (Ministries of labour, and employers and workers’ organizations);migration organizations and associations, cooperation among the main employment and labour market institutions, diaspora associations, academia, media etc. The operational implementation component covers key inter-dependent technical operational areas: decent work and social protection for migrant workers and their families with effective application of labour standards and ethical recruitment, addressing the key constraints of skills shortages and increasing recognition of qualifications, and obtaining relevant and comparable labour migration and labour market data and knowledge for governance of labour migration and protection of migrants. Each of these reflects a specific area of standards, policies and technical competences, each addresses distinct institutions and constellations of stakeholders, and each intersects with different international actors and distinct migration, employment and labour market structures.
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Unemployment Protection in Indonesia - Quality Assistance for Workers Affected by Labour Adjustments This project aims to strengthen support mechanisms for the unemployed by designing Employment Insurance system, expanding re-skilling training and improving Public Employment Services (PES). As a result, workers who are affected by labour adjustment are systematically supported by a temporary income replacement (i.e. unemployment benefit offered by EI), re-skilling training and employment placement services. The expected results are: 1) The capacity of government agencies and social partners is built to design an EI scheme suitable for Indonesia and review overall social security system 2) Support mechanism to jobseekers is reinforced by generating a more integrated package of income protection (EI), re-skilling training and employment placement services 3) Re-skilling training courses are designed and piloted, facilitating jobseekers to gain skills that are in high demand (e.g. digital skills) 4) A training package on job search assistance and career counselling is designed targeting PES staff members. This will help implement EI smoothly in the future 5) Tripartite stakeholders learn policy lessons from countries that face similar challenges relating to workers’ protection in the TGF sectors.
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Strenghtening Social Dialogue The action aims to increase the effectiveness of social dialogue and its relevance as a means for democratic governance. After having laid the foundation for high quality social dialogue, the project focuses on increasing the participation of social dialogue institutions and social partners in policy making at national and local levels. It aims to introduce the practice of regular consultations through the national and local economic and social councils as an integral part of policy making in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. The overall objective of the project is to improve social dialogue with a view to creating more and better jobs. In order to achieve this, the project is structured around three components: 1) improving the functioning and visibility of the tripartite Economic and Social Council through devising methods for increasing its influence over national economic and social policy making ; 2) improving social dialogue at the local level, by improving the structure and functioning of the Local tripartite plus Economic and Social Councils, with prospects of reviving the ones that are not functioning; 3) promoting the visibility, and relevance and enhancing the capacity of the Trade Unions and Employers’ Organizations. The project assists the government and the social partners to achieve fair working conditions for all, equal opportunities and access to the labour market and social protection and inclusion through effective social dialogue and improved compliance with international labour standards and European good practice. The project thus supports the delivery of more effective labour rights for citizens in line with the European Pillar of Social Rights. Ultimately, the project supports the country’s advancement in the EU accession process and contributes to the achievement of the goals set in the Government’s Employment and Social Reform Programme 2020, the ILO Decent Work Country Program 2015-2018 and 2019-2022, and the Partnership for Sustainable Development - United Nations Strategy 2016-2020.
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Strengthening social dialogue through capacity building of workers’ organizations and employers’ organizations 2019 The project ‘Strengthening social dialogue through capacity building of workers’ organizations and employers’ organizations’ will contribute to developing and reinforcing quality and effectiveness of social dialogue in the Member States and candidate countries. The project is organised in two parallel actions as follows: 1. The European Youth Academy on the Future of work: a training and knowledge-sharing action designed by the Programme for Workers’ Activities (ACTRAV) of the ITCILO in partnership with the European Trade Union Confederation. In 2019 the Action will be implemented also in cooperation with the ETUC Youth Committee and the ETUI Education. The Action aims at strengthening trade unions’ capacity to protect young workers during the processes of change that are currently transforming the world of work. 2. The Employers Young Professionals’ Academy which is the 8th edition of one of ITCILO flagship initiatives, run in collaboration with BusinessEurope, and aiming at strengthening the capacity of young staff members of employers’ organisations (EOs) in their core functions, notably advocacy, social dialogue and understanding of economic policy. Both components will use the ITCILO’s “Turin Learning Approach” (TLA), a training methodology for the design, implementation and evaluation of learning activities based on the following principles: I. relevance: methods are learner-centred; diversity adds value; design is flexible; II. quality: the learning environment is state-of-the-art; global values are promoted; learning is experiential; knowledge is shared and created; III. impact: competencies are embedded; networks are established; professional learning management is standard. These principles are well adapted to the world of labour, in line with the international dimension and the values of the EU and ILO such as social dialogue and participation, a rights-based approach to development, equality, non-discrimination, and results-orientation.
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ACTION/Portugal (Phase 2): Strengthening of the Social Protection Systems of the PALOP and Timor-Leste - Global component The project has four immediate objectives: Governments have developed and implemented policies, plans and programmes to extend social protection (including health) coverage and/or modified the legal framework to extend social protection in line with the guarantees of social protection systems and floors, within the framework of the SDGs of the United Nations 2030 Agenda; The countries, and in particular their social protection institutions and workers’ and employers' organizations, have developed, through training activities, their capabilities and skills for implementing, monitoring and evaluating policies, strategies and programmes related to strengthening and extension of social protection systems and programmes; The countries have improved their social protection statistics, including the collection, preparation, analysis and dissemination of reliable and quality data to monitor their progress in achieving the SDGs;Social protection actors have improved access to knowledge and their ability to participate in the global campaign for the extension of social protection, and have transferred good practices to other countries in the field of South-South and Triangular Cooperation.
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Integrated Programme on Fair Recruitment (FAIR) - Phase II - Global and Hong Kong components This global project seeks to consolidate and expand the achievements produced by ILO’s FAIR I project, through the upscaling of the pilots tested under FAIR I as well as the implementation of new fair recruitment interventions across migration corridors in North and West Africa, the Middle East and South and South-East Asia. The project strategy is based on a three-pronged approach: 1) implementing fair recruitment processes in selected migration corridors and sectors, 2) providing reliable information, improved services including facilitating access to justice, to migrant workers in the recruitment process and 3) producing and disseminating global knowledge and guidance about fair recruitment, including through the media. Target countries are China (Hong Kong SAR), Jordan, Nepal, Philippines and Tunisia. This integrated project has been developed and is implemented jointly by the ILO’s Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work Branch (FUNDAMENTALS) and the Labour Migration Branch (MIGRANT), as an integral part of the ILO Fair Recruitment Initiative.
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strengthened capacity of member states to ratify and apply international labour standards and to fulfil their reporting obligations The project aims at assisting Kazakhstan in addressing concerns raised by the ILO supervisory bodies concerning the application of the Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87), and the Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98). For the past 10 years, the supervisory bodies have made observations on legal and practical gaps related to the application of these Conventions, ratified in 2000 and 2001 respectively, in the country. The concerns raised by the supervisory bodies relate to restrictions, in law and practice, of the freedom to associate for workers as well as for employers. In May 2018, the Government presented a Road Map of measures to implement the recommendations of the supervisory bodies. The project assists the Government, the social partners and other relevant stakeholders in the implementation of the Road Map and develops the capacity of independent workers’ and employers’ organizations to promote compliance with international labour standards and to take up their respective roles, once freedom of association rights are respected. This project contributes to the country’s efforts to advance on the realization of SDG target 8.8 (Protect labour rights and promote safe and secure working environments for all workers, including migrant workers, in particular women migrants, and those in precarious employment), as well as SDG target 16.3 (Promote the rule of law at the national and international levels and ensure equal access to justice for all).
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Orientación vocacional y fortalecimiento de habilidades transversales a víctimas del conflicto armado interno en Colombia The project consists of cooperation and technical assistance from the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Organization of Ibero-American States for Education, Science and Culture to the actions of the Ministry of Labour (MINTRABAJO) in the development of a strategy aimed at vocational guidance and strengthening the skills of young people who have been victims of the armed conflict and who are in the process of compensation in order to facilitate their transition to training processes, and/or income generation under the terms of Article 3 of Law 1448 of 2011. The Ministry of Labour requires support in the technical structuring and implementation of a strategy that proposes the implementation of four lines of development, which will enable the victims of the armed conflict who access the project to equalize their opportunities with those of the country's population in general, as well as being in a better position to access and remain in the labour market under decent working conditions. To this end, the development of mechanisms involving a set of services will be promoted so that 650 beneficiaries from different regions of the country can have access to vocational guidance processes - occupational profiling, identification of aptitudes and attitudes, identification and consolidation of life vocation -, as well as to develop transversal and soft skills, such as assertive communication, continuous learning, preparation of tools to be incorporated into a job, which will allow them to be inserted into the job or generate entrepreneurial initiatives in the formal economy.
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Industry Skills for Inclusive Growth (InSIGHT) Phase 2 The project aims to explore and show that a skills-driven approach is a suitable ‘pathway’ to support and maintain inclusive growth in Asia. This growth should inclusively create value and opportunities for productive employment and livelihoods, without compromising environmental sustainability and ultimately improving the lives for all, especially young women and men, and vulnerable people in the region. The project will look into the most appropriate configuration to strengthen skills development mechanisms, taking into account best practices and sharing the lessons from Japan, and other ASEAN member countries, who have advocated a similar track. It will show strategies and pro-active response measures to best address the transitions in the labor market, including adapting to future skills requirements. Finally, it will also look deeply and articulate the constructive linkages that skills development have with other established systems like Industrial Relations, Social Protection, Human Resource and capacity development, among others.
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Appui à la jeunesse tunisienne à travers l’entrepreneuriat social et solidaire L’objectif central (de développement) est la création d’emplois décents pour les jeunes (homme et femme) dans les régions défavorisées à travers la promotion de l’économie sociale et solidaire et de ses organisations. A cette fin, en complémentarité avec les actions du BIT actuellement en cours en Tunisie, le projet visera à mettre en œuvre les deux composantes suivantes. Composante 1 : Cette composante vise l’amélioration de la gouvernance régionale de l’ESS à travers la mise en place d’une plateforme régionale de coordination des acteurs de l’ESS; Composante 2 : Au niveau du gouvernorat cible identifié en étroite collaboration avec les parties prenantes, le projet mettra en place une démarche entrepreneuriale pour favoriser la création de projets d’économie sociale et solidaire. Dans ce cadre, le projet fournira l’appui technique et financier pour la création d’au moins 10 projets d’ESS impliquant majoritairement des femmes et/ou des jeunes soit en tant que membres majoritaires des organisations de l’ESS à l’origine des projets sélectionnés soit en tant que bénéficiaires directs de ces projets.
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Improvement of Water Supply Equipment Management Capacity for the Establishment of Peace in Mindanao The project contributes to poverty alleviation in areas prone to conflict in the new Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) through improved access to safe and reliable water supply and sanitation services. The project areas include selected municipalities of the new BARMM from the provinces of Basilan, Lanao del Sur, Maguindanao, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi, where returning combatants, vulnerable youth and women, and the IPs and civilians displaced by the armed conflicts are re-establishing communities as they transition to a peaceful life. Over 1,800 workers and almost 12,000 households benefit from this project which contributes to improved access to safe and reliable water supply for domestic consumption and agricultural production. Water supply projects integrate environmental standards and conservation measures promoting green jobs and providing immediate income. These measures specifically include spring development, overhead water tanks, sanitation and hygiene facilities, irrigation systems, drainage systems and constructed wet lands. Activities include organizing communities, providing skills training, creating jobs, and promoting better working conditions as well as active involvement of the local communities in the development, construction, operation and maintenance of water supply, sanitation and hygiene facilities.
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Skills 21 – Empowering citizens for inclusive and sustainable growth The project builds on the earlier Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Reform Project, funded by the EU, which successfully established new systems for skills development in Bangladesh, including reforms in the formal TVET system. However, the nascent National Skills Development System (NSDS) still needs strengthening, promotion, adoption/adaption, and replication by stakeholders. The Skills 21 project aims at strengthening the NSDS by continuing reforming the system and improving the national qualifications frameworks. It works with TVET institutions to introduce the entire reform package of new quality assured programmes, newly trained instructors and management and services for career guidance and job placement. The project aims also to support alliances between companies and relevant training providers to develop and implement demand-driven education and training programmes. In doing so, it places specific emphasis on the transition to a greener, more sustainable economy. The Skills 21 Project provides inputs for the creation of adequate opportunities to integrate migration-related approaches in skills development systems and assist in the implementation of the policy for (a) skilling and reintegrating migrants returning form the destination countries, and (b) those aspiring to migrate legally with skills needed in the destination countries. The project also address skills development-related challenges faced by the indigenous and other groups in the areas affected by climate change including the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT).
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ACTION/Portugal (Phase 2) – Strengthening Social Protection Systems in Sao Tome and Principe The project has four immediate objectives: 1. Governments have developed and implemented policies, plans and programmes to extend social protection (including health) coverage and/or modified the legal framework to extend social protection in line with the guarantees of social protection systems and floors, within the framework of the SDGs of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development; 2. The countries, and in particular their social protection institutions and workers’ and employers' organizations, have developed, through training activities, their capabilities and skills for implementing, monitoring and evaluating policies, strategies and programmes related to strengthening and extension of social protection systems and programmes; 3. The countries have improved their social protection statistics, including the collection, preparation, analysis and dissemination of reliable and quality data to monitor their progress in achieving the SDGs; 4. Social protection actors have improved access to knowledge and their ability to participate in the global campaign for the extension of social protection, and have transferred good practices to other countries in the field of South-South and Triangular Cooperation.
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Strengthening social dialogue in GAP factories in Bangladesh The ready-made garment (RMG) industry is one of the main contributors to economic growth in Bangladesh, and it is the country's main export industry (83.49% of total export revenue in 2017/18).The RMG industry is also an extremely important provider of employment in the country, in particular low-skilled, entry jobs for young women and men without education or qualifications. While the growth of the RMG sector from a small number of factories in the 1980s to some 5,000 factories by the 2010s is an undoubted success story, the rapid growth must now be matched by a development of working conditions and rights. Following major garment factory accidents in 2012 and 2013, the ILO (International Labour Organization) developed a comprehensive programme to support the country’s efforts to engage in a much-needed reform process, to improve safety, working conditions and rights at work in this sector, including workers’ and employers’ right to organise, bargain and dialogue at the workplace. While notable progress has been made, it is important to realize the industrial relations challenges still being faced by both workers and employers in Bangladesh at enterprise-level, and to build the capacity of factories through the identification of these challenges, and the development of mutually agreeable, practical solutions. This initiative aims to build on the social dialogue and industrial relations factory-facing and capacity building work of the Social Dialogue and Industrial Relations (SDIR) Project and Better Work Bangladesh (BWB), who will closely collaborate to ensure the delivery of smooth, timely and relevant training to further promote social dialogue and harmonious industrial relations in fifty Gap supplier factories and vendors in Bangladesh. Gap supplier factories are partners of BWB and have shown commitment to good workplace cooperation. SDIR and BWB have designed this initiative in consultation with Gap to build on this knowledge in factories and to take social dialogue in these factories to a more advanced level. A comprehensive package of trainings to improve grievance mechanisms, build human resource management systems, improve collective bargaining and negotiation skills and training on ILS and Bangladesh Labour Act is being rolled out in these factories. In order to ensure the sustainability and integration of this training package, and as part of our current partnership intervention with factories, BWB enterprise advisors (EA) regularly follows up on the factories’ progress around social dialogue and industrial relations. This information feeds into the continuous improvement cycle and help to identify gaps, progress and informs the on-going provision of needs based training.
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ACTION/Portugal (Phase 2): Strengthening of Social Protection Systems in Mozambique The project has four immediate objectives: 1. The government has developed and implemented policies, plans and programmes to extend social protection (including health) coverage and/or modified the legal framework to extend social protection in line with the guarantees of social protection systems and floors, within the framework of the SDGs of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development; 2. The country, and in particular its social protection institutions and workers’ and employers' organizations, has developed, through training activities, its capabilities and skills for implementing, monitoring and evaluating policies, strategies and programmes related to strengthening and extension of social protection systems and programmes; 3. The country has improved its social protection statistics, including the collection, preparation, analysis and dissemination of reliable and quality data to monitor its progress in achieving the SDGs; 4. Social protection actors have improved access to knowledge and their ability to participate in the global campaign for the extension of social protection, and have transferred good practices to other countries in the field of South-South and Triangular Cooperation.
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Employment through Labour Intensive Infrastructure in Jordan, Phase III To support the Government of Jordan in their response to the Syrian refugee crisis, the German Government, through the German Development Bank (KfW), has made funds available to the ILO in July 2016 and November 2017 for Phase I and II of the Programme on Employment through Labour Intensive Infrastructure in Jordan. The programme aims to improve the living conditions of Syrian refugees and Jordanians through increased employment and improved infrastructure. Phase I and Phase II of this programme have a total budget of EUR 20 million. Phase I covered the period July 2016 to October 2017 while Phase II will run from November 2017 to December 2018. Workshops with the implementing ministries to take stock of progress thus far and consider what lessons have been learned were conducted in November 2017 and a project evaluation of Phase I has already started. The findings of the workshops and the evaluation will be used to further fine-tune the programme, in close collaboration with KfW. This is Phase III, for the period January 2018 to June 2019 (18 months), for which the ILO has requested an additional budget of EUR 5 million.
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Employment Intensive Infrastructure Programme in Lebanon: Phase III Responding to the continuing Syrian refugee crisis, phase III of the Lebanon Employment Intensive Infrastructure Project (EIIP) will build on the past 2 years of experience of employment intensive work in Lebanon, working in partnership with UNDP in the Framework of Phase I and Phase II of EIIP, to create jobs for vulnerable Lebanese host community members and Syrian refugees. Local Resource-Based Technology and Decent Work strategies will be applied in labour-based construction of locally prioritised productive infrastructure, maintenance and environmental works. Easing the strain on local infrastructure and services, as well as by providing jobs for both refugees and host community members, will strengthen resilience of host communities and reduce tensions within the labour force. Capacity support to the Government of Lebanon (Ministry of Labour and Ministry of Social Affairs) will establish an institutional mechanism to expand such labour-based and decent work approaches in future government and international aid programmes.
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ILO initiative for Labour Migration, Employment and Reintegration in Nigeria and Ghana Labour migration remains a feature of contemporary labour markets requiring effective measures at all stages of the migration process including economic reintegration of returning migrants. In view of the potential benefits labour migration offers to both origin and destination countries, it is increasingly prioritized by national and international agendas, which is highlighted by both the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has adopted a number of migration related instruments including the Free Movement of Persons’ Protocols and is developing a regional migration policy. Nigeria adopted a National Policy on Labour Migration in 2014 and Ghana is currently developing a separate labour migration policy. The project "Initiative for Labour Migration, Employment and Reintegration in Nigeria and Ghana" builds on and works with existing efforts to strengthen labour migration governance, enhance employment prospects of potential or return migrants and support the reintegration of returnees.
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Promoting a model for sustainable livelihoods and social cohesion in Bassikounou Moughataa through on-site construction training This project aims to strengthen livelihoods initiatives and social cohesion of Malian refugees and host communities in Mauritania by promoting labor market integration and value chain development in M’bera Camp and its surrounding villages. The project has three main objectives: Objective 1. Young women and men from different communities, including both refugees and local youth, improve their employability and simultaneously gain work experience by completing on-site training in labor-intensive construction works which focuses on practical exercise and provides certification. Objective 2. Decent work opportunities are created through the promotion of humanitarian-development nexus, the development of economic activities and the construction of basic community infrastructure using the employment-intensive approach and maximizing the use of local materials, as per the needs identified by value chain and market analysis. Objective 3. Local economic development is promoted through entrepreneurship and enterprise development, rural business support and youth insertion services, LED capacity building training and through the strengthening of partnerships with local relevant actors (programs, cooperatives, civil society, enterprises, and local authorities).
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Proyecto de Apoyo a la Iniciativa Regional América Latina y el Caribe libre de Trabajo Infantil (PAIRE V) El Proyecto de Apoyo a la Iniciativa Regional América Latina y el Caribe libre de Trabajo Infantil (PAIRE V) se inserta plenamente en la Fase II (2018 – 2021) de la Iniciativa Regional, centrada en la respuesta nacional de los países, construye su propuesta de acción sobre la base del trabajo conjunto realizado durante la Fase I de la Iniciativa Regional y ajusta su propuesta a nivel de planificación y de estrategia en base a (i) las prioridades definidas por los miembros de la Iniciativa Regional en la Planificación Estratégica de la Fase II; y (ii) las lecciones aprendidas y (iii) las recomendaciones recibidas en el marco de la Evaluación Conjunta del apoyo de la AECID y la AACID (subvenciones I y II de cada socio). Para ello, se avanzará en la implementación del Modelo de Identificación del Riesgo de Trabajo Infantil (MIRTI), tanto aplicando el levantamiento de mapas locales de vulnerabilidad al trabajo infantil en un nuevo grupo de países (fase I), como centrada en articular un diálogo de políticas intersectoriales e interniveles de gobierno, para refocalizar los programas e instrumentos sociales de los países y maximizar el impacto de protección contra el trabajo infantil (fase II).
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UNPRPD Fund-Jobs and skills for persons with disabilities with a focus on ICT-based solutions The first phase of the UNPRPD project, with funding of 350.000 USD, enhanced capacities of relevant organizations (DPOs, NGOs, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Ministry of Social Solidarity, Ministry of Manpower, Ministry of Tourism National Council for Women, National Council for Disability Affairs, NGOs, enterprises) to provide accessible and inclusive services for youth with visual and physical impairments, and helped youth obtain more relevant skills, especially in the ICT and tourism sectors. The project, implemented as a partnership between the ILO, UNDP and the ICT-Trust Fund strongly considered the meaningful participation of people with disabilities and DPOs and gender balance. Specific results include: • NGOs and DPOs now deliver accessible and relevant training in 12 governorates • Public and private training and employment service providers affiliated to MoM, MoSS have become more inclusive and accessible • Two inclusive “Design Thinking” workshops produced six IT solutions supporting the inclusion of persons with visual and physical impairments. • A National Business and Disability Network (NBDN) of private companies was established • Six inclusive job fairs provided job matching opportunities • 26 video training sessions on occupational therapy were developed and made available online. • Awareness campaigns of partners address inclusive training and employment • The 1st competition on accessible tourism awarded prizes to the most accessible hotels and tourism service providers.
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TRANSFORM - Regional core support function for the capitalization of EU-SPS investments into Regional African Social Protection Leadership Curriculum The purpose of the project is to designing, developing and piloting a joint regional core support services function for TRANSFORM, the African Regional Social Protection Leadership Curriculum, with the long term view of making TRANSFORM self-financing. EU-SPS has been a critical partner to the UN and African institutional partners in the development of the TRANSFORM initiative since its origin and during its consolidation. This is the first step of the EU-SPS Exit Strategy from TRANSFORM, a sponsored interim measure towards the long term solution where TRANSFORM can recover its own costs. The governments and international partners working in African countries have to know and be convinced about the high quality and effectiveness of the TRANSFORM trainings, so much so that they will be motivated to budget sufficient resources for staff trainings using the TRANSFORM pedagogy, materials and Master Trainers.
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Improving synergies between social protection and Public Finance Management Improving synergies between social protection and PFM The action supports governments’ efforts to expand or refine life-course risk protection measures including their financing basis and redistributive effects and considering the broader demographic, strategic, economic and fiscal context within which they are to be realised. Consequent improvements are to be expected to legal, policy, fiscal and macroeconomic frameworks through complementary stages of coverage, alignment and better coordination of sectoral social protection instruments, their implementation and assertion of entitlements for the beneficiaries. Integration of the social protection system with other development interventions will broaden coverage further, at the same time as increasing the longer-term resilience of beneficiaries. For a country-owned social protection system to achieve its full potential, it must be developed and regularly revised in concert with national fiscal, health, education, employment, and economic policies. Incorporating social protection policies and programmes into a policy framework that ensures the sustainability and efficiency of social protection systems requires the support of partner countries' policymakers as well as the commitment of development partners to mainstream social protection at both political and technical levels. The Action’s intervention logic refers to the following results chain: 1) Further enhancements to the policy coherence in the design and financing of social protection (specific objective 1) will not only generate improvements in the effectiveness and impact of current and future EU budget support programmes but will also foster collaboration and mutual learning across policy sectors on the social needs, best practices and operational synergies of social protection interventions and their financing to ultimately achieve stable economic growth in a sustainable, equitable and inclusive manner. 2) The increased political recognition of the potential and value of social protection will benefit in turn from the Action’s support to better coordination, implementation and monitoring of different social protection programmes, and to capacity building at all levels (specific objective 2) thereby creating a more coherent and comprehensive overall social protection system. 3) Finally, through demonstrating the potential of social protection systems to meet basic needs and protect households and specifically respond to the differing demands in contexts of emergencies, forced displacement, structural fragility, crises or displacement, and to help creating income generating activities (specific objective 3), the Action will reinforce the importance of integrating social support into broader development and humanitarian policies, including through the participation of forcibly displaced persons in public social protection programmes, in order to achieve greater resilience of poor and vulnerable populations to family level and widespread shocks. The Action is based upon the underlying assumption that low-income economies and fragile countries generally already have co-existing social insurance schemes, covering only a minority of the working population, and a disconnected myriad of fragmented and uncoordinated poverty-targeted safety nets. To develop a comprehensive and inclusive social protection system, the intervention logic also highlights important cross cutting issues, namely the importance of strengthening national capacities, the adoption of a rights-based approach and national, participatory processes including social and national dialogue, gender responsiveness, disability inclusiveness and non-discrimination, paying attention to the environmental dimension, addressing the needs of informal economy and migrant workers and fostering knowledge creation, sharing and partnerships in order to enhance the project’s impact. Finally, the intervention logic mentions potential risks that might arise during the projec
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A comprehensive social security strategy to enhance coverage to Palestinian women and men is developed in line with international labour standards This RBSA-funded intervention is part of the ILO’s flagship programme on establishing sustainable social protection floors for all. It builds upon ongoing ILO support to the establishment of the Palestinian Social Security Corporation (PSSC). Once the PSSC is fully established, it will ensure proper implementation of the social security law and will serve as the backbone of a more comprehensive social protection system for the OPT. The intervention provides support for the second phase of the establishment, administrative set-up and operationalization of the PSSC through: i) assisting its Board of Directors in developing necessary secondary legislation, rules and regulations essential for implementation of the law; ii) providing technical support and oversight in the design and implementation of a national awareness raising campaign; iii) providing technical assistance for developing a comprehensive investment strategy to ensure sustainability of social security funds. A public awareness campaign addresses public concerns over the social security system, aiming to increase awareness of the scheme and its role in reducing poverty, inequality and boosting the capacity of vulnerable segments of society. It also contains information on existing rights, schemes and procedures. By supporting the implementation of the PSSC, this intervention contributes to making the right to social protection a reality for all in the OPT. In addition, the initiative contributes to gender equality and non-discrimination through the implementation of a new maternity insurance scheme; and, supporting equal opportunities for female labour market participation. The project contributes to the territory’s efforts to advance towards the attainment of SDG target 1.3 (Implement nationally appropriate social protection systems and measures for all, including floors, and by 2030 achieve substantial coverage of the poor and the vulnerable), 8.5 (By 2013, achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all women and men, including for young people and persons with disabilities, and equal pay for work of equal value); and target 10.4 (Adopt policies, especially fiscal, wage and social protection policies, and progressively achieve greater equality).
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Constituents have used ILO advice and methodologies for skills anticipation that is responsive to developments in the labour market This project aims at strengthening the resilience of three Small Island Developing States in the Caribbean, namely Dominica, Saint Lucia and Guyana, in the face of climate change challenges. The intervention strategy is guided by the provisions of the Employment and Decent Work for Peace and Resilience Recommendation, 2017 (No. 205). The strategy focuses on improving ILO constituents’ capacity for resilience, adaptation to climate change and for greening of the economy. It includes interventions to build national capacities to prepare for recovery, before a disaster occurs, and to mainstream decent work into early recovery stages. It is implemented with the close involvement of representatives of the Governments, employers’ and workers’ organizations of the three countries. This project contributes to the country’s efforts to advance towards the attainment of SDG target 1.5 (By 2030, build the resilience of the poor and those in vulnerable situations and reduce their exposure and vulnerability to climate-related extreme events and other economic, social and environmental shocks and disasters); target 4.3 (By 2030, ensure equal access for all women and men to affordable and quality technical, vocational and tertiary education, including university); and target 8.2 (Achieve higher levels of economic productivity through diversification, technological upgrading and innovation, including through a focus on high-value added and labour-intensive sectors).
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Development of Internal and International Labour Migration Governance in Myanmar The ILO is requesting an 18 month cost extension of the Development of Internal and International Labour Migration Governance Policy (DIILM) project in order to ensure that the key planned outcomes of the initial project are achieved and to build on the achievements and lessons learnt thus far to harness decent work opportunities and positive migration experiences through strengthened migration and decent work governance frameworks. The cost extension’s Theory of Change maintains the key elements of the first phase of the Project with slight adjustments to recognise the progress made thus far and the gaps and opportunities identified. The first component maintains Policy Outcome 1 focussing on strengthening the governance of international labour migration. The second component builds on the original Policy Outcome 2, by continuing to provide technical input into developing legal protection of domestic workers through national laws and international standards but also adds a new approach with a focus on promoting recognition of the vocational skills needed by domestic workers and advocating for the adoption of a National Competency Standard for domestic workers. The third component develops a new Policy Outcome building on areas which were developed during the first phase including more inclusive social protection, improvement of the Complaints mechanism, and recognising the skills of returned migrants. The fourth component continues to support the contribution of the project to developing greater understanding of labour migration and decent work through the creation of and participation in migration knowledge platforms.
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Tawdif: Skilling youth for work In response to the national challenges described in the previous chapter, an integrated set of strategic interventions will be deployed, largely focusing on the same pilot wilayas targeted by TAWDIF I. For example, with regard to academic institutions and ANEM structures at the wilaya level, TAWDIF II plans to work with the same 6 pilot wilayas as TAWDIF I (though adding an additional wilaya for objective 4). The project’s strategy also puts an emphasis on the promotion of women’s economic empowerment and employment across all project interventions. This entails a systematic analysis of barriers to employment for women, of gender stereotypes that need to be addressed and feasible strategies to overcome the identified barriers. The project will include the following wilayas: Algiers, Béjaïa, Biskra, Guelma, Mostaganem, Tlemcen and a southern wilaya for the 4th objective on the green economy).The project's immediate objectives are: Education and training systems gear young people towards job opportunities with job potential, including green jobs; Public employment services generate greater integration of young women and men people, particularly in green jobs; Entrepreneurship and business development services cater better for the promotion of economic diversification and innovative businesses, particularly in the green economy; and Sustainable businesses and jobs in the green economy are created.
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Better Work Jordan and GAP Inc. collaboration in delivering P.A.C.E. in Jordan’s garment industry (pilot) Better Work Jordan (BWJ) and GAP Inc. collaborate to deliver P.A.C.E (Personal Advancement and Career Enhancement) training to female garment workers (FGWs) in Jordan. The core objective of this collaboration is to contribute to the empowerment and skills development of female workers in Jordan’s garment industry. Beneficiaries of this six-month pilot will include Jordanian garment workers in satellite units and the larger garment industry. Specific objectives include increasing participants’ awareness, knowledge and skills specified topics. Other objectives include improvements in factory productivity. The training aims to benefit the participants as well as their communities in the long term. The pilot will also help Better Work Jordan and GAP, Inc. / P.A.C.E. to better customise the training modules to fit the Jordanian context, and explore ways to scale-up P.A.C.E. in Jordan’s garment industry in an effective and sustainable manner.
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Formal employment is promoted for inclusive and diversified economic growth The project aims at facilitating the transition to the formal economy in line with the Transition from the Informal to the Formal Economy Recommendation, 2015 (No. 204). It supports the Government of Mongolia in responding to the 2018 direct request of the ILO’s Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations in respect of the Employment Policy Convention, 1952 (No. 122). The project also promotes the strengthening of the normative framework to ensure compliance with national laws and regulations by supporting progress towards the ratification of the Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) and the Labour Inspection (Agriculture) Convention, 1969 (No.129). The interventions include the areas of business environment, skills development, occupational safety and health, access to social services and social protection, gender equality, labour law enforcement, promotion of quality employment for young people, and democratic participation in public policy debates. ILO Mongolian constituents, with the support of the Office and in cooperation with other UN entities and development partners, establish frameworks for jointly analyzing, monitoring and learning from transformational changes to facilitate the effective and sustainable transition to the formal economy. The ILO delivers the following outputs: (i) knowledge-based strategy to promote the sustainable transition to the formal economy, (ii) increased capacity of employers’ and workers’ organizations to design and implement outreach services; (iii) increased efficiency of labour and workplace inspection; and (iv) increased visibility and participation of the social partners in policy development. This project contributes to the country’s efforts to advance towards the attainment of SDG targets 8.3 (Promote development-oriented policies that support productive activities, decent job creation, entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation, and encourage the formalization and growth of micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises, including through access to financial services), 8.5 (By 2030, achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all women and men, including for young people and persons with disabilities, and equal pay for work of equal value) and 16.3 (Promote the rule of law at the national and international levels and ensure equal access to justice for all).
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Promoción del trabajo decente y la competitividad a través del fomento de la asociatividad y el fortalecimiento de nuevos emprendimientos y empresas consolidadas del sector turístico en Colombia The project consists of cooperation and technical assistance from the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Organization of Ibero-American States (OEI) to the actions of the Ministry of Labour (MINTRABAJO) in the development of a strategy aimed at strengthening the productive initiatives of the victims of the armed conflict in order to facilitate their transition to training and/or income generation processes under the terms of article 3 of Law 1448 of 2011. The actions that will be developed within the framework of the strategy are divided into six components that encompass the general object of the Convention and that seek to improve the capacities with which the beneficiary victim population undertakes its business initiatives as follows: 1) selection and characterization; 2) training in entrepreneurship and marketing strategies; 3) formulation of business plans; 4) strengthening and delivery of assets; 5) accompaniment and monitoring of productive units in 2018; and 6) cross-cutting and support activities. The duration of the ILO intervention is 12 months.
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Building a Generation of Safe and Healthy Workers: Safe & Healthy Youth_Phase 2 The purpose of this Cooperative Agreement is to increase the capacity of countries to address occupational safety and health, with particular attention to addressing those safety and health issues that affect working youth. The project will combine global, regional, and country-specific interventions that focus on improving relevant policy and legislation and strengthening enforcement efforts; increasing knowledge and dialogue on safety and health issues; and contributing to the sustainability of impact. A special focus of the project will be on protecting young workers by improving their access to information, education and training about occupational safety and health. The project will develop pilot programs in two to three countries where an OSH strategy could be successfully implemented to target high-risk sectors for youth, such as mining, construction and agriculture, and to improve workplace safety and health. These pilot countries will serve as models for replication in other countries and/or regions. In addition, the project will establish the foundation for and provide support to a new ILO global flagship initiative to improve safety and health at work.
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ADA Promoting Inclusive Labour Market Solutions in the Western Balkans This project’s overall objective is to make national and local labour markets more inclusive. The project seeks to ensure that labour market institutions at the national and local levels have improved capacities to design and implement, in partnership with the private sector and the civil society, inclusive policies and programme for those individuals at risk of social and labour market exclusion. This outcome is underpinned by four major outputs: (1) Public Employment Services (PES) and Centres for Social Welfare (CSWs) have institutionalized models of integrated and user-centred provision of services for marginalized groups, (2) A mutual learning programme (MLP) among public employment services (modelled on the EU’s MLP and focused on inclusiveness approaches) is delivered, (3) Local multi-stakeholder partnerships have capacities and resources to develop and implement inclusive employment initiatives; (4) An Inclusiveness Facility (IF) for public employment agencies to implement inclusiveness adjustments to their practices (services and programmes) is established.
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Decent Jobs for Egypt’s Young People – Tackling the Challenge in Damietta The ‘Decent Jobs for Egypt’s Young People (DJEP) – Tackling the Challenge in Damietta’ project aims to create decent employment opportunities for young women and men in the governorate of Damietta. The 24 months project extends the most successful components of the ILO/Canada “Decent Jobs for Egypt’s Young People” project to the governorate of Damietta. It implements entrepreneurship promotion and business skills development interventions as well as facilitate job matching processes. Moreover, the project will build the capacity of key stakeholders within government institutions, employers, trade unions and civil society organisation to implement effective and sustainable youth employment interventions. Gender and women’s empowerment as well as inclusion of people with disability will be cross-cutting areas of the project. The project builds on strong partnerships and aims to institutionalise ILO youth employment interventions with national entities to ensure sustainability.
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Support to strengthening the inter-institutional governance in the field of labour exploitation in Italy Labour exploitation is defined by the Italian legislation as payment of salaries below the national standards and disproportionate to the hours worked; repeated long working hours or denial of weekly rest, annual paid leave and/or paid sick leave; systematic violation of workplace safety and health; and the use of degrading methods to supervise workers. In Italy, exploitation of this kind can be seen in several economic sectors, including agriculture, construction, private transport and domestic work. It is particularly acute in the agriculture sector where, according to recent estimates, it involves between 400,000 and 450,000 workers, of which between 100,000 and 145,000 (2.4 victims per thousand people) are considered to be working under coercion in conditions of forced labour and modern slavery. Among the latter, about 80 per cent are migrant workers. The Action contributes to the reduction of the number of women and men that are currently victims of labour exploitation and forced labour through the improvement of the institutional capacity to design, implement, monitor and evaluate coherent and coordinated policy interventions to tackle labour exploitation and forced labour in agriculture. An enhanced capacity of developing and implementing the said policy interventions in the agriculture sector can also allow for expanding the measures to sectors other than agriculture.
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Making skills visible: Improving career guidance, apprenticeship and skills recognition in Tunisia L’objectif général du projet est de renforcer les éléments clés du système de développement des compétences du pays en le rendant plus pertinent, efficace et inclusif. Premièrement le projet aidera le ministère de la Formation Professionnelle et de l'Emploi et les partenaires sociaux à examiner l'état actuel du système d'apprentissage en tenant compte des recommandations d'études de diagnostic antérieures menées par le BIT. Le projet appuiera des consultations aux niveaux national et régional ainsi qu’une conférence nationale pour débattre des résultats et élaborer une note de stratégie nationale. Le renforcement des capacités des acteurs clés sur la thématique est prévu. Deuxièmement le projet appuiera la valorisation des compétences techniques et professionnelles par la reconnaissance des acquis et des systèmes de co-certification pilotés par les partenaires sociaux. Le projet fournira une assistance technique pour la sélection des professions en fonction de la demande du marché du travail, pour la mise en œuvre de projets pilote pour les professions sélectionnées et pour renforcement des capacités afin de tirer des enseignements et reproduire les projets pilote.
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An integrated model for the elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour (WFCL) in seasonal agriculture in hazelnut harvesting in Turkey (phase 3) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY An Integrated Model for the Elimination of Worst Forms of Child Labour (WFCL) in Seasonal Agriculture in Hazelnut Harvesting in Turkey (Phase 3) The project is jointly implemented by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Services of Turkey in target provinces of Ordu (Eastern Black Sea Region), Düzce, Sakarya (Western Black Sea Region) and Sanliurfa (Southeast Region). The overall objective of the project is to contribute elimination of worst forms of child labour (WFCL) in seasonal agriculture in line with the Government’s strategy drawn by the National Employment Strategy (2014-2023) and the National Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (2017-2023). A strategic intervention model has been developed in prior phases of project within the harvesting seasons of 2013-2018. This new phase of the project aims at contributing to the withdrawal of children from work and prevention of at-risk children to be engaged in seasonal hazelnut agriculture through expanded implementation of the strategic intervention model in target areas; a sustainable child labour monitoring mechanism in seasonal agriculture; and strengthening national and local ownership with regards to the elimination of WFCL in seasonal agriculture with the help and better use of policy tools. In this respect, the project focuses on three outputs: capacity building towards local and national institutions, direct interventions towards all actors of harvesting process- children, families, intermediaries and garden owners for withdrawal/prevention and awareness-raising towards all actors of the harvesting process and the public.
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Mandates sensibilizados sobre la dinamica de la informalidad, las politicas efectivas de formalizacion y el cumplimiento de las normas This project aims at increasing formal employment and extending social protection coverage, as well as reducing unacceptable forms of employment in Paraguay. The intervention strategy is guided by the provisions of the Transition from the Informal to the Formal Economy Recommendation, 2015 (No. 204). It comprises three main components: i) supporting the design of a national employment plan validated by tripartite constituents; ii) improving compliance with international labour standards and the effectiveness of the labour inspection system; and iii) strengthening public employment services, social protection institutions as well as constituents’ capacity to advocate and support policies that promote formalisation. The strategy is implemented with the close involvement of representatives of the Government of Paraguay (in particular the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security), and with employers’ and workers’ organisations and places special emphasis on employment formalisation in rural and peri-urban areas. This project contributes to the country’s efforts to advance towards the attainment of SDG target 8.3 (Promote development-oriented policies that support productive activities, decent job creation, entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation, and encourage formalization and growth of micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises including through access to financial services); target 10.2 (By 2030, empower and promote the social, economic and political inclusion of all, irrespective of age, sex, disability, race, ethnicity, origin, religion or economic or other status); and target 10.4 (Adopt policies especially fiscal, wage, and social protection policies and progressively achieve greater equality).
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Enhancing the role and engagement of the world of work actors, including ministries of labour, employer and worker organisations in SAICM Beyond 2020 The overarching goal of the project is to enhance the role and engagement of the labour sector and its world of work stakeholders, including ministries of labour, employer and worker organisations, as well as occupational safety and health institutes in Beyond 2020. To meet this objective, the ILO proposes a series of mutually reinforcing activities to enhance the multi-sectoral and multi-stakeholder nature of the Beyond 2020 process. Three key action areas with related outputs are proposed: 1. To support the promotion and ratification of ILO Conventions, and related labour standards, ILO Codes of Practice and tools on chemical safety, the project will develop a promotional brochure. 2. To define priorities, responsible partners and a timeline of action for the engagement of world of work actors in Beyond 2020, the project will develop an ILO Chemicals Action Plan. 3. To mobilise ILO constituents, the project will support their participation in key discussions and planning meetings of Beyond 2020.
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Revenue Budget for Better Work Ethiopia This intervention is a comprehensive and coordinated ILO response to a need expressed by the Ethiopian constituents and other key industry stakeholders to advance decent work and inclusive industrialization in key priority sectors identi-fied in the Second Ethiopian Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP II). A commitment to the textile and apparel sector is part of Ethiopia’s broad Industrial Development Strategic Plan (2013-2025) to propel the country to middle-income status over the next decade. Despite the progress there are challenges affecting textile and garment sector. Productivity in the sector is still very low. Low productivity is often associated with low wages, underdeveloped working culture and poor working conditions, which are making the sector less desirable for workers. High labour turn-over and absentee rates perpetuate and com-pound these challenges. The supporting value chains are also challenged by low productivity and decent work deficits. Between 2015 and 2018, the ILO – in collaboration with tripartite constituents – partnered with the Swedish Internation-al Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) and H&M to implement a pilot project entitled “Improving Industrial Re-lations for Decent Work and Sustainable Development of Textile and Garment Industry in Ethiopia” (hereinafter re-ferred as “IR project”). The IR project aimed to contribute to national development by supporting the development of socially sustainable textile and garment industry through improved labour relations, productivity, wages and working conditions. The mid-term independent evaluation of the IR project indicated that, despite the challenging environment, the IR project demonstrated good achievements towards reaching the anticipated results. The evaluation recommended to develop a new comprehensive and coordinated projectfor the following reasons: (1) project’s stakeholders strongly requested to have continued support in order to achieve greater impact; (2) to ensure proper sustainability of the project financed by Sida and H&M; and (3) to scale up ILO’s support to strengthen industrial relations, working conditions and productivity in the sector, given the increasing number of industrial parks that are being established in different parts of the country (Mekelle, Kombolcha, Adama, etc.). The evaluation summary, with key findings, recommendations and les-sons learned from the IR project’s mid-term independent evaluation is included as Annex 1. Accordingly, this comprehensive intervention is proposed to advance decent work and inclusive industrialization in Ethi-opia’s garment and textile sectors by building on the recommendations and lessons learned from the IR project, as well as from ILO’s extensive experience in other countries, including through the implementation of ILO’s Better Work, Vi-sion Zero Fund and SCORE (productivity improvement training) programmes. The Better Work Programme is a unique partnership between the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC). It was launched in August 2006 in order to improve labour standards and competitiveness in global supply chains. The programme assists enterprises improve practices based on core ILO labour standards and national labour law. It does this with a strong emphasis on improving worker-management cooperation, working conditions and social dialogue. En-hancing respect for labour standards helps enterprises meet the social compliance demands of global buyers, improves conditions for workers, and helps firms become more competitive by increasing productivity and quality. The Vision Ze-ro Fund (VZF), an initiative of the Group of Seven (G7) countries, aims at preventing work-related deaths, injuries and diseases in sectors operating in or aspiring to join global supply chains (GSCs). VZF’s main objective is to increase collec-tive public and private action aimed at fostering and enhancing concrete occupational safety and health (OSH)
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Better Work Bangladesh - Phase II Better Work, a partnership between the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group (WBG), has proven that it is possible to simultaneously improve working conditions and boost competitiveness in the global apparel industry. Building on its extensive experience and understanding of what drives change in supply chains, the programme now seeks to significantly scale its impact. Better Work’s vision is of a global garment industry that lifts millions of people out of poverty by providing decent work, empowering women, driving business competitiveness and promoting inclusive economic growth. During its next phase, Better Work will leverage existing and new partnerships to expand its impact from 3 to 8 million workers and to 21 million family members. In addition, ILO and WBG will support garment producing countries to strengthen the policy and enabling environment for decent work and competitiveness to drive positive outcomes on a much larger scale.
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Andalucía - Apoyo a la Iniciativa Regional América Latina y el Caribe libre de trabajo infantil – Cooperación Sur-Sur para mejorar la respuesta nacional de países miembros (PAIR V) El proyecto se inserta en la Fase II (2018 – 2021) de la Iniciativa Regional América Latina y el Caribe libre de trabajo infantil, centrada en la respuesta nacional de los países, y construye su propuesta de acción sobre la base del trabajo conjunto realizado durante la Fase I. Ajusta su propuesta a nivel de planificación y de estrategia en base a (i) las prioridades definidas por los miembros de la Iniciativa Regional en la Planificación Estratégica de la Fase II; (ii) las lecciones aprendidas; y (iii) las recomendaciones recibidas en el marco de la Evaluación Conjunta del apoyo de la AACID y la AECID. En esta línea, se planifica orientar el partenariado para el desarrollo para contribuir al desarrollo y aplicación de instrumentos y metodologías que permitan a los países territorializar la meta 8.7 de la Agenda 2030. Para ello, el proyecto 1) avanza en la implementación del Modelo de Identificación del Riesgo de Trabajo Infantil (MIRTI) en países priorizados, 2) continua el trabajo con las organizaciones de la Sociedad Civil, 3) genera conocimiento sobre temas emergentes y transversales como género y trabajo infantil y degradación ambiental y desastres naturales y trabajo infantil peligroso, 4) promove la cooperación sur-sur entre los países miembros y a nivel intermunicipal.
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BDS4GROWTH - Support the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Development Agency and affiliates by developing their capacity to analyse and address business development services The overall objective of the action is to enable high quality BDS provision to Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the agrifood and tourism sectors to boost their contribution towards economic growth and employment. The specific objectives of the action are to i) Enhance the capacity of the MSME Development Agency to play a facilitative role in enabling governmental and non-governmental institutions to provide quality business development services (BDS); ii) Enable MSMEs in target sectors to access BDS to increase their competitiveness, productivity and internationalisation Business improvement of at least 300 businesses will be implemented and at least 300 new or improved (income, working conditions) jobs will be created in the enterprises supported by the action. The action is expected to have spill-over benefits into the surrounding industrial, service and trade areas, benefitting communities at large.
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EU-MPTF Spotlight Initiative to reduce femicide and eliminate violence against women and girls in Argentina La Iniciativa Spotlight se propone como objetivo global general prevenir, atender y sancionar la violencia contra las mujeres y las niñas. Se trata de un Fondo de la Unión Europea, para ser ejecutado a través del Sistema de Naciones Unidas. Para garantizar que todas las mujeres y niñas vivan una vida libre de violencia y reducir el femicidio, la estrategia de intervención de la Iniciativa se organiza en seis pilares interconectados: 1) Legislación y política; 2) Fortalecimiento institucional; 3) Prevención de la violencia; 4) Servicios de calidad, disponibles y accesibles; 5) Datos fiables y de calidad; 6) Apoyo a organizaciones de la sociedad civil y movimientos de mujeres. El objetivo de la Iniciativa Spotlight en Argentina es reducir la violencia contra las mujeres y niñas y, su manifestación más extrema, el femicidio. A partir de los lineamientos globales y regionales, y de un amplio proceso participativo de intercambio y consulta en el país se definieron como prioridades: i) garantizar que la comunidad esté informada sobre los derechos de las mujeres y niñas y ii) promover la disponibilidad, calidad y accesibilidad de servicios para la prevención, atención y reparación. Para ello, se planea trabajar en: i) transformar pautas culturales, actitudes y comportamientos favorables a la igualdad de género; ii) implementar acciones orientadas a promover políticas sobre violencia de género con mirada integral e integrada y iii) garantizar la correspondencia entre el derecho legislado y política implementada. La estrategia definida para la implementación de la Iniciativa plantea la importancia de una activa participación de la sociedad civil, organizaciones de trabajadores, organizaciones de empleadores y academia, así como una mirada centrada en mujeres y niñas atravesadas por múltiples discriminaciones (indígenas, con discapacidad, transgénero, entre otras).
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Addressing labour market challenges to equal opportunities and treatment for women in Tunisia The overall objective of this project is to promote Tunisian women’s participation in the economy. Achieving impact on such an issue requires a long term engagement. This note describes a one-year project with specific outputs to be achieved during this duration. Further work, beyond this initial phase is foreseen subject to the availability of further resources from Norway (and/or other donors). This work will build in particular on the design of Tunisia’s National Employment Policy that the ILO is currently helping with (with Norway’s financial support). The project will pursue this overall objective through three complementary pillars. First, the low participation rate of women in Tunisia is a factor of its economic policy environment. In the first year the project will focus on the private investment regime, and to which extent fiscal incentives are conducive to employment creation including for women. Secondly, the project will appraise from a gender perspective the package of public services and subsidies that are made available in Tunisia to support the unemployed. Thirdly, the project will support key organisations involved in women’s entrepreneurship.
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Initiative pilote de développement local intégré. Dans son principal objectif, le projet est basé sur l’appui à la création d’emplois et l’amélioration des revenus, autour de la réalisation d’infrastructures et l’accompagnement à la maîtrise d’ouvrage des nouvelles communes. La formation dans l’action aura aussi une place importante dans les activités, à tous les niveaux : la communauté, particulièrement les jeunes et les femmes, les équipes communales, le secteur privé (PME), les partenaires régionaux, ou les autres programmes. Sur le terrain, le projet aura trois antennes techniques (1 à Jendouba, 1 à Kasserine et Gafsa, 1 à Tataouine) composées chacune de 2 experts, assurant un suivi rapproché des activités, ainsi qu’une équipe technique mobile (1 ingénieur en technologies alternatives et en formation et économiste statisticien). La coordination sera assurée par un Coordonnateur national. Des comités techniques devraient être mis en place au niveau régional afin d’assurer une meilleure coordination de l’appui aux communes.
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Support to Resettlement and Reconciliation through the United Nations Joint Programme for Peace Under the framework of the UN’s Joint Programme for Peace (JPP), this proposal aims to provide timely and strategically focused assistance towards two peacebuilding priorities that tackle core grievances of the minority Tamil community. The interventions contribute towards securing and sustaining the peacebuilding process, through helping to build trust and confidence amongst the Tamil community in the direction in which the country is moving.The JPP is a new and innovative initiative, launched in April 2019 by the Government of Sri Lanka and the UN. The two selected interventions under this proposal each capitalise on work already underway, draw on lessons learned from earlier interventions, and build on well-established partnerships between the UN and the Government. Within the time frame of eighteen months, the UN will look to deliver high impact results by supporting the two interventions below: i) Scaling-up ongoing livelihood support through engaging cooperatives and the private sector, as part of a holistic package of resettlement assistance designed to enable dignified and sustainable returns for lands released by the military; and ii) Kickstarting the process of working in a joined-up way on reconciliation, through the introduction of an innovative service tracking tool to monitor and incentivise improvements in ability of front-line institutions to deliver public services in the Tamil language.
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INAMU - Ampliación de oportunidades para el crecimiento inclusivo, reducción de la pobreza y la desigualdad de mujeres y hombres en Costa Rica El proyecto busca contribuir en la ampliación de oportunidades para que las mujeres y los hombres de Costa Rica consigan un trabajo decente y productivo, por medio de un esfuerzo combinado de la política económica y social, y de los sectores público y privado, que fomente el crecimiento inclusivo y la reducción de la pobreza y la desigualdad. El gran marco de trabajo será el establecimiento de un Sistema de Intermediación y Promoción de la Empleabilidad (SIPE), que además de realizar labores de orientación e intermediación laboral, será clave para la generación y difusión de información para la toma de decisiones. El proyecto asegurará que se tome en cuenta la situación y necesidades diferenciadas de hombres y mujeres y la diversidad de situaciones en que se encuentran. Este servicio tendrá a su disposición políticas complementarias diseñadas e implementadas de manera tripartita, para la mejora de las competencias laborales y la calidad del empleo con un enfoque de género.
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EU-ILO collaboration in the monitoring of labour aspects in the implementation of the EU’s rules of origin initiative for Jordan – Phase II (COMPONENT - Syrian) On July 19, 2016, Jordan and the European Union signed a trade agreement that simplified the rules of origin (RoO) requirements stated in the existing EU-Jordan Association Agreement. The 10-year simplified RoO initiative for Jordan was a component of the EU’s broader response to the ongoing Syria crisis and support to Jordan. The trade agreement expected to facilitate Jordanian companies’ access to the EU market, thereby diversifying exports, boosting investment and generating decent work opportunities for Jordanians and Syrians. In response to the provisions set forward under the simplified RoO and in support of the objectives of the Jordan Compact, the Ministry of Labour (MoL), the EU and the ILO signed a collaboration agreement to implement the scheme and ensure decent working conditions in the appropriate production facilities. The first phase provided an overall framework for the ILO to support, monitor and provide technical assistance to Jordan in context to the simplified RoO and its response for the Syria crisis. The current project constitutes a second phase to this collaboration. During Phase I, the ILO partnered with national stakeholders and the private sector to strengthen capacity and facilitate decent job creation for Jordanians and Syrians. Actions were taken to build communication networks between job seekers and private sector companies through employment services. The action also built on the existing cooperation between the ILO and the MoL and supported Better Work Jordan’s expansion to non-garment sectors. In Phase II, the ILO is scaling up work done in Phase I, with a view to advance opportunities under the ROO agreement. Five Employment Centres across Jordan are continuously operated and facilitate more efficient job matching through introduction of the E-Counselling platform. Opportunities for Jordanian companies qualifying for export under the ROO are facilitated. Better Work Jordan, in collaboration with the MoL, monitors the RoO authorised enterprises using the assessment tools customised during the first phase. In addition, phase II builds on other ongoing initiatives, such as the annual Buyers’ Forum, to raise awareness and enhance communication with buyers and investors.
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Access to justice in labour disputes through mediation and conciliation The overall objective of the project is fair, fast and inclusive access to justice in labour disputes for all, including vulnerable categories of workers (youth, old, informal, women, low skilled). The intervention strategy focuses on the following outcomes: 1) increased effectiveness of labour dispute mediation and conciliation services, 2) increased use of alternative resolution of labour disputes by workers, employers and their organizations; 3) increased application of international labour standards by national judges dealing with labour litigations; 4) dispute prevention policies developed and introduced at enterprise level; and 5) improved negotiations and dispute prevention skills of would be workers and employers. Albania has made efforts to improve the system of prevention and out of court resolution of labour disputes, however several legal and practical challenges of the existing system limit its effectiveness, use and outreach. The project supports the Albanian stakeholders (government, social partners, National Labour Council, labour dispute mediators and conciliators and other relevant dispute resolution institutions, including the judiciary) to revisit the current system and devise measures to increase its effectiveness and outreach. The project also builds the capacity of the government and the social partners to operationalize an independent, impartial, free of charge, and speedy extra-judicial mechanism for labour dispute resolution and create a specialized corpus of labour mediators, conciliators and arbitrators. Furthermore, it assists the Government and the social partners to promote the advantages of amicable settlement of labour disputes and improve negotiation and dispute prevention skills of would be workers and employers. At the same time, the project enhances the knowledge and application of international labour standards by national judges handling labour disputes. Gender equality, non-discrimination and workplace harassment policies and measures are cross-cutting the project goals and activities so as to advance workplace equality between men and women through social dialogue. The project is aligned with the second priority of the 2017–2021 Decent Work Country Programme for Albania and the third outcome of the 2017–2021 One UN Programme of Cooperation for Sustainable Development and it contributes toward the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 8.
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Improving social health protection for refugees UNHCR works closely with partners who implement health programs in line with the organization’s Public Health Strategy 2014-2018. While UNHCR often works with partner organizations to ensure health care for refugees, the agency advocates for the inclusion of refugees in national health systems and encourages governments to allow refugees to access available health services, on par with what nationals use. There may often initially be barriers to accessing public services though: cost, ineligibility to benefit from social protection services, or exclusion from services. The integration of refugees into national systems is generally regarded as a win-win, as it fosters peaceful coexistence, self-reliance and resilience. Through its Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework (CRRF), UNHCR strives to reach from the New York Declaration in 2016 to the Global Compact on Refugees, thereby bringing together State and non-state stakeholders to deliver an integrated response to refugees and host communities, driving forward the agenda of the SDGs in an equitable and predictable way. On 1 July 2016, UNHCR and the ILO signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), at ILO headquarters, designed to engender a new and deeper phase of collaboration between the two organizations in eight common priority areas, including the extension of social protection. The agreement focuses on long-term solutions for refugees and others displaced by conflict and persecution. A Plan of Action in order to implement the MoU is currently under development.
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United Nations Joint Programme on Social Protection in Zambia “UNJPSP-II” The social protection sector in Zambia has grown significantly in recent years, guided by a comprehensive National Social Protection Policy (NSPP) framework whose implementation supported by the UN Joint Programme for Social Protection (UNJPSP) 2016-2019. Under the UNJPSP, the ILO and other UN agencies provided support to constituents to strengthen governance and administrative systems of the social protection programmes in Zambia. The current successor UN Joint Program for Social Protection (UNJPSP-II) in Zambia builds on the lessons learned from the first programme, and includes ambitious targets for streamlining benefits and service delivery through single-window service centres, support for disability inclusion across the whole of the social protection sector, strengthening state institutions responsible for administering and regulating soical protection programmes, and promoting greater citizen and beneficiary voice in the governance of the social protection system.
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Ampliación de oportunidades para el crecimiento inclusivo, reducción de la pobreza y la desigualdad de mujeres y hombres en Costa Rica (MTSS) El proyecto busca contribuir en la ampliación de oportunidades para que las mujeres y los hombres de Costa Rica consigan un trabajo decente y productivo, por medio de un esfuerzo combinado de la política económica y social, y de los sectores público y privado, que fomente el crecimiento inclusivo y la reducción de la pobreza y la desigualdad. El gran marco de trabajo será el establecimiento de un Sistema de Intermediación y Promoción de la Empleabilidad (SIPE), que además de realizar labores de orientación e intermediación laboral, será clave para la generación y difusión de información para la toma de decisiones. El proyecto asegurará que se tome en cuenta la situación y necesidades diferenciadas de hombres y mujeres y la diversidad de situaciones en que se encuentran. Este servicio tendrá a su disposición políticas complementarias diseñadas e implementadas de manera tripartita, para la mejora de las competencias laborales y la calidad del empleo con un enfoque de género.
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Enhanced capacity for evidence-based macro economic and employment policies and programmes that place youth employment at the center of national development Evidence from the 2018 SIDA-funded Employment Diagnostic Analysis (EDA) suggests that the Ugandan economy has experienced decades of ‘jobless growth’—growth accompanied by insufficient job creation. Uganda urgently needs to create high-quality, productive, decent jobs that will foster new economic opportunities for the rapidly expanding young population, boost growth (which has lately waned), reduce poverty (which has recently increased to 21.4%) and increase social cohesion. The 2011 Government of Uganda’s National Employment Policy (NEP) has 10 key priority focus areas which provide a guiding framework for all Ministries, Departments and Agencies, Workers and Employers as well as Development Partners to create conditions for decent employment. ILO support was being provided to government and social partners to finalize the EDA (funded by SIDA Uganda) and the NORAD funded skills work which has supported the development of a National Apprenticeship Framework. As prescribed by Employment Policy Convention, No. 122 which is ratified by Uganda, these programmes are being developed in a consultative manner with tripartite participation. Government has also already committed some resources to implementing of some of these policies and programmes, albeit with some challenges in sectoral planning and coordination as well as with limitations of funding. The EDA has so far provided the Government of Uganda and social partners with vital situational analysis and indicative proposals / recommendations on inclusive growth and productive employment which are being considered as possible areas of focus in order to review the 2011 NEP as well as areas for consideration in developing the third generation of Uganda’s National Development Plan (NDP III) and Employment Strategy. ILO’s continued support will be in the form of technical support for the review of polices for decent job creation, capacity building of tripartite partners to design and implement pro- employment programmes as well as on facilitating dialogue for employment creation (as prescribed by C122). The ILO will provide capacity enhancement to foster the accomplishment and implementation of these vital macroeconomic and policy frameworks, programmes and plans. Some of the Sida-targeted Outcome-based funding support will go towards development of a roadmap for the implementation of the policy suggestions of the EDA. More support will also be availed to increasing dialogue and dissemination of the Employment Diagnostics Analysis study as well as to finalization and implementation of the pilot apprenticeship programme in one key sector as guided by the NDP II.
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Skills Development for the Renawable Energy Sector (SKIDRES) Pilot Project for a Public-Private Development Programme (PPDP) The pilot project for skills development in the renewable energy and energy efficiency sub-sectors in Zambia is driven by market needs. With strong engagement by the private sector, it aims to contribute to Zambia having the necessary skilled people to be able to tap into the rapid development of technology in renewable energy and energy efficiency. The intervention contributes to creating a cadre of youth and women with skills for employability in the sector, and to speeding up and decreasing costs for access to universal clean and sustainable energy, which in turn will contribute to poverty reduction and improved livelihoods through increased access to affordable, reliable and sustainable energy. This one-year pilot project serves to develop and build partnerships with the private sector, assess market needs, develop and test demand-driven training, and prepare for a three-year Public-Private Development Partnership, possibly with sub-regional coverage in Africa that will enable Kafue Gorge Regional Training Centre to be the sustainable centre of excellence in provision of skills training in renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies for the energy sector in the region.
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Les mandants de l'OIT membres du G5 Sahel intègrent le travail décent dans leurs programmes d'investissement prioritaires G5 Sahel member countries – Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Tchad - face natural and economic challenges that make them vulnerable to poverty and trigger fragility. In search for an integrated response to root causes of fragility, this group is implementing a Priority Investment Programme (PIP) covering the period 2019-2021, as a cornerstone of a regional strategy for sustainable development and security. This RBSA-funded intervention aims at strengthening the capacity of the G5 Sahel Secretariat to engage in a dynamic response to the prevailing crisis through the implementation of the components of the PIP focusing on employment and decent work. The intervention strategy includes capacity building for the ILO tripartite constituents, policy advice on structural change in order to make job creation central in macro-economic policies, and engagement in partnerships with other UN agencies and major donors of the G5 Sahel for the construction of a large sub-regional programme on decent jobs. At country level, this intervention aims at supporting constituents of Niger and Mali in applying the technical approaches of the ILO’s flagship programme “Jobs for Peace and Resilience” (JPR), including employment intensive investments and green jobs.
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Increase capacities of employers' and workers' organisations to participate effectively in the development of social and labour policy This RBSA-funded intervention addresses the critical gap in the capacities of employers’ and workers’ organizations in South East Asia and Pacific for a just transition to environmental sustainability. It promotes strategies that build their institutional capacities, collectively and individually, to engage in social dialogue and prepare them for their engagement in national and regional policy dialogues and for taking action on issues of common interest to support the achievement of the SDGs, climate resilience and a just transition to environmental sustainability through decent work. It implements country-level activities that promote employment and a just transition for youth, establish disaster-resilient and worker-responsible enterprises and foster the exchange of good practices and lessons learned amongst employers’ and workers’ organizations in the sub-region. This multi-country intervention builds on the ILO’s work through the Climate Action Pacific Partnership Working Group on Decent Work and Just Transition, and contributes to the implementation of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. The intervention delivers the following outputs: (i) institutionalized capacity building programmes for employers’ and workers’ organizations and their members engaged in social dialogue on the SDGs and related issues; (ii) an evidence-based information and knowledge repository for social partners on SDGs achievement, including on a just transition to environmental sustainability; and (iii) gender-responsive policies, innovative practices and business models supporting SDGs achievement. The intervention contributes to SDG targets 16.7 (Ensure responsive, inclusive, participatory and representative decision-making at all levels), 8.3 (Promote development-oriented policies that support productive activities, decent job creation, entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation, and encourage the formalization and growth of micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises, including through access to financial services) and 13.1 (Strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards and natural disasters in all countries).
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Improving labour market governance through effective social dialogue over labour reforms Social Dialogue is one of the four pillars of the Decent Work Agenda and it plays an important role in advancing the European Social Model and delivering benefits for employers, workers, and for the economy and society as a whole. Therefore, strengthening the actors and institutions of social dialogue is a way to ensure that reforms of the labour market and social protection systems are fair and effective. Fundamental principles and rights at work as laid down in ILO core conventions, namely Freedom of Association and the effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining, non-discrimination in employment and occupation, prohibition of forced labour and of child labour, and tripartite social dialogue are also embedded in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) and constitute an important part of the EU acquis. The principle of social dialogue is at the heart of the ILO, as well as a core element of the TFEU and the newly established European Pillar of Social Rights. Both ILO and EU take the view that social and economic reforms should be devised and implemented through genuine tripartite social dialogue between the government and the national social partners. This project is closely connected with the legislative agenda of the Government of Montenegro to align the Labour Code and secondary legislation to international labour standards and EU Directives. The ILO intervention facilitates tripartite agreement over controversial subject matters and enhances technical capacity of the tripartite drafting group through enhanced understanding of international labour standards and exposure to European comparative law and practice. The action also strengthens the capacities of actors and institutions of social dialogue, namely social partners, especially those of trade unions and the Social Council to play a more effective role in labour market governance. The project thus contributes to fulfilment of the government`s obligations established under the Action plan for Chapter 19 Social Policy and Employment, Programme of Accession of Montenegro to the EU (PAMNE) 2018 – 2020, Mid-term Government Work Programme 2018 – 2020 and the Programme of Economic Reforms (PER 2018-2020), the National Strategy for Employment and Development of Human resources 2016-2020. The project contributes to the goals set out in the United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) 2017-2021, under Social inclusion and Democratic Governance pillars.
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Revue générale du système de protection sociale au Sénégal et Appui à la mise en oeuvre de la stratégie nationale de Protection Sociale Au Sénégal, la protection sociale été placée au centre des politiques et programmes qui ensemble, constituent le cadre de développement social que traduit l’axe 2 du Plan Sénégal Emergent (PSE) intitulé «Capital humain, protection sociale et développement durable». Le pays a adopté une Stratégie nationale de Protection sociale (SNPS), cadre de référence pour atteindre une protection sociale universelle sur un horizon de vingt ans (2015 -2035), garantissant dans un premier temps une protection sociale et couverture maladie de base tout au long du cycle de vie qui se développeront pour donner progressivement accès à des niveaux de prestations plus élevés. La SNPS prévoit aussi une assistance et un appui permettant d’améliorer la résilience des personnes aux chocs et aux crises. La Délégation Générale à la Protection Sociale et à la Solidarité Nationale (DGPSN), en charge de coordonner avec tous les acteurs la mise en œuvre de la SNPS et du système de protection sociale, a fait appel à l’Union Européenne (UE) et à l’Organisation internationale du Travail (OIT) pour mener un projet d’appui à la mise en œuvre effective de la SNPS. Ce projet, qui se déroulera sur vingt mois, vise, d’une part, à réaliser une revue globale du système de protection sociale permettant de déterminer des scénarios de croissance du système, faisant l’objet d’une budgétisation et identification de sources et modalités de financement, et d’autre part, à appuyer la conduite de certaines réformes jugées prioritaires pour la mise en œuvre de la SNPS, notamment sur les aspects juridiques.
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YOUTH ENGAGEMENT, SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AND EMPLOYMENT FACILITATION IN SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA: CAPACITY-BUILDING OF TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING (TVET) INSTITUTES IN INDONESIA As part of the United Nations’ engagement with countries in the South and Southeast Asian region, the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Centre of the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism is working in partnership with the ILO to bridge the gap between technical training systems and industry needs through capacity building and the strengthening of a select group of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions. The project’s activities include organizing a series of capacity-building workshops in Indonesia to train managers and principals of technical and vocational education institutes on leadership development, management, curriculum enhancement industry linkages and entrepreneurship. By improving the capacity of TVET institutions through a focus on enhancing and updating their skills development programs and delivery services, this joint UN project is prioritising the well-being of young people, particularly those from vulnerable groups, by promoting their access to socioeconomic opportunities.
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Ruta de inclusión laboral para mejorar las condiciones de empleabilidad de la población víctima del conflicto armado interno This project proposes the achievement of four major results that, taken together, will enable victims of the armed conflict to match their opportunities with those of the country's population and to be in a better position to access and remain in the labour market under decent working conditions. To this end, a route will be promoted that not only focuses on the mitigation of human capital barriers related to the lack of technical training, but also recognizes other conventional and non-conventional individual barriers to access to employment and, in this context, through a set of services, reduces or closes the gap that exists between the job seeker, who has been a victim of the armed conflict, and a vacancy. This set of services will involve: i) the levelling of key competences, ii) the strengthening of soft skills; iii) the provision of transport and food aid so that people can attend learning environments to receive training; iv) training in fundamental rights at work and social protection, which allows an effective apprehension of the concept of decent work and promotes respect for international labour standards; v) training in entrepreneurship with a focus on the creative industry, among other aspects.
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LAND ALLOCATION ACTIVITY Mali - Alatona Irrigation Project - LAND ALLOCATION ACTIVITY (the "Land Activity"): The Alatona Irrigation Project will improve rural land tenure security in Mali by allocating newly developed, irrigated land to family farmers, women market gardeners, and farming companies in private ownership. These land recipients will purchase the land by making annual payments over a 15-20 year period. This Project Activity consists of land parcel creation, land rights education, registration system upgrade, land parcel allocation and titling, and management of land revenues. Through the sale of irrigated land under the oversight of a selection commission, land will be allocated to small-, medium-, and large-scale farmers. MCC Funding will support education and dissemination of information about land rights, benefits and responsibilities, and the allocation process in order to execute land allocation in an effective manner and for long term land management. In addition, the Alatona Irrigation Project will establish year-round market gardens for growing vegetables, to provide the women of the Alatona zone with an independent source of family income.
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Mali-Compact From 2006 to 2012 MCC and the Government of Mali worked in close partnership to develop and implement a $460 million compact investment in the economic future of Mali. The compact was scheduled to conclude on September 17 2012. MCC takes seriously its partner countries' commitment to democratic governance and the rule of law. The recent military coup in Mali was in direct conflict with these principles. Consequently on May 4 2012 the Board authorized the termination of the Mali Compact no later than August 31 2012. MCC officially terminated the compact on August 24 2012. On November 13 2006 the Millennium Challenge Corporation signed a five-year $461 million compact with the Government of Mali aimed at increasing agricultural production and productivity and expanding Mali's access to markets and trade. The compact is intended to serve as a catalyst for sustainable economic growth and poverty reduction through key infrastructure investments that capitalize on two of Mali's major assets: The Bamako-Senou International Airport gateway for regional and international trade and the Niger River for irrigated agriculture. The compact entered into force (EIF) in September 17 2007 initiating the five-year timeline for project implementation. The compact has been restructured due to escalating global construction costs and currency fluctuations. Funds formerly designated for an Industrial Park Project have been allocated to the Airport Project.
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AIRSIDE INFRASTRUCTURE ACTIVITY Mali - Bamako-Senou Airport Improvement Project - AIRSIDE INFRASTRUCTURE ACTIVITY: This Project Activity will improve the design parameters (geometry and bearing strength) of the airside infrastructure and improve safety and security operations such that the Airport can more efficiently accommodate a greater volume of air traffic, a wider range of destinations and heavier aircraft and payloads in the future. Improvements will include reinforcement and resurfacing of existing runway, taxiway and apron area pavements, including stabilization and reinforcement of the shoulders associated with the airside pavements; extension of the runway by roughly 480 m to the northeast in order to allow long-range aircraft to take off with maximum payloads; expansion of the aircraft parking apron area; transfer/replacement and upgrading of air navigation aids following the runway extension; refurbishing and extension of the airfield lighting systems; reinforcement of airside security equipment and facilities, as needed, in order to satisfy International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) standards and recommended practices and complement other security works and equipment; improvements to the earthworks and drainage of the airport airside, as needed, in order to satisfy relevant Malian standards; extension of the taxiway system by construction of a stub taxiway connecting the runway and the aircraft parking apron, a partial parallel taxiway and an aircraft turnaround at the northeast end of the runway.
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LANDSIDE INFRASTRUCTURE ACTIVITY Mali - Bamako-Senou Airport Improvement Project - LANDSIDE INFRASTRUCTURE ACTIVITY: This Project Activity will expand the size, quality, and operational efficiency of the Airport's landside infrastructure so that it can accommodate the significant increases in passenger and cargo traffic forecast for Mali in the future. Improvements will include construction of a new passenger terminal building with a floor area of approximately 15,000 square meters and a capacity of approximately 1.5 million passengers per annum at a Category "C" Level of Service according to International Air Transportation Association (IATA) standards; construction of other related landside facilities, including access and internal circulation roads and vehicle parking lots; construction of an integrated central utilities plant; construction and installation of water supply and distribution systems; construction and installation of wastewater drainage and treatment facilities, storm water and solid waste disposal systems; demolition of the existing air freight terminal and blast fences; demolition, replacement and enlargement of the ground service equipment facilities adjacent to the apron area.
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Water Sector Projects At present, India spends over USD 6 billion on energy subsidies
annually, and it is estimated that farmers pay only 13 percent
of the true cost of electricity. Electricity subsidies have enabled
farmers to access electricity at prices below the marginal
cost of supply, thereby lowering the cost of irrigation and
groundwater extraction. However, these benefits have come at
an environmental cost through groundwater exploitation and a
financial burden on distribution companies (DISCOMs).
By connecting solar-powered irrigation pumps to the grid and
incentivizing farmers to evacuate surplus solar power and sell it
back to the utilities, farmers are incentivized to not only use a
cleaner form of energy for pumping, but to use the power more
efficiently. This will benefit utilities as well since many utilities
are under financial stress. To allow farmers to feed in to the grid
they must first abstain for a certain period of time from their
right being connected to the grid, which would be financially
beneficial for the DISCOMs as each farmer entails a significant
annual farm power subsidy burden. Assess the business case for establishment of a Water
Conservation Fund that will solarize irrigation schemes for
farmers who use scarce groundwater sources.
Create incentives for farmers to increase water-use efficiency in
irrigated agriculture.
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Green Growth Strategic assessment of the Economic and Social National Plan 2.0 The project will through the Green Growth Strategic assessment review the 4 new axes of the PNDES 2021-2025 : institutional reform and modernization of the public administration : This focus area aims increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of interventions by the state and its partners so as to foster new economic and social dynamics. human capital development: This aims to respond to human capital challenges by rapidly improving the quantity and the quality of human capital and ensuring the possibilities and conditions for employing and using that capital are place. Boost sectors with strong economic and employment potential : This aims to have a positive influence on the structural dynamics of the economy through sectors with strong and sustainable potential to push economic and social development, and Resilience, peace, security and development: This aims to focus the rebuilding and promoting human rights in the regions as well as guaranteeing peace, security, justice. This project is huge opportunity as its time bound happening once every five years and its well aligned with Global Operational Priority 2 which focuses on supporting GGGI members in strengthening policy planning, regulatory frameworks, and institutional capacity to achieve green growth outcomes by mainstreaming green growth and low emission development strategies into national policy to create the enabling policy and regulatory environment for green growth implementation.
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World Bank - Enabling Environment for RE integration The development objective is to increase the capacity of the transmission line to provide an enabling environment for renewable energy integration and to improve the institutional capacity of Mongolia's Power Sector.
GGGI is willing to be part of this project initiated by the World Bank by taking a portion of responsibility to prepare the Environmental Impact Assessments.
The global picture of the project involves US$ 38m envelope which includes US$ 17m from World Bank, US$ 17m from GCF, and the Government of Mongolia's US$ 4mln contribution which it aims a project approval date of March 2023, which it shall prepare ground studies to illustrate the project viabilities.
The important part of the project itself is GEIA and DEIA preparation - that needs the involvement of local expertise to conduct on-site evaluation, which then needs to be approved by the Ministry of Environment and Tourism of Mongolia to validate the study - which then shall be used as a ground to start the construction of 188km long transmission line.
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Building Energy Efficiency Global Program Building Energy Efficient Global Program (BEEGP) seeks to create enabling environments in GGGI member countries to cost-effectively deploy large amounts of energy efficiency upgrades in buildings, with the longer-term vision of reaching typically hard-to-reach segments such as low-income housing and multi-family units. In five years, GGGI aims to deploy at least $100 million of building energy efficiency upgrades through a mix of public and private funds, across five different countries. GGGI will develop a consistent framework, methodology, and tools for evaluating and linking in-country building stocks with potential energy savings measures. This will allow governments, development partners, and private sector to have agreed upon market standards, with greater transparency on measurement and verification, allowing the more efficient use of capital to achieve the greatest impact. The BEEGP aligns with GOP 4, Programmatic Solution 8. Energy efficiency is an essential first step towards green buildings and net zero buildings, both of which are gaining momentum as climate change mitigation initiatives. Through the multi-sectoral approach of the BEEGP, an enabling environment can be created to support mainstreaming of energy efficiency in buildings across sectors.
The program contributes to GGGI’s strategic outcomes, particularly:
SO1: Improved energy efficiency in space heating, cooling and lighting in buildings reduce energy consumption from the main areas of building energy usage. These translate directly to GHG emission reductions in countries where energy supply is not fully decarbonized. The actual attributable GHG reduction depends on the extent of program implementation as well as the degree of dependency on fossil fuels for power generation. With increasing temperatures globally, improved thermal comfort in buildings, especially affordable housing, contributes directly to increased resilience of vulnerable populations to climate change.
SO2: Investing in building energy efficiency also creates jobs in manufacturing, construction and standardization and certification. The initial investments create a first stimulus in job creation, with the goal to develop a stable marketplace for implementing energy savings.
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Scaling up Biomass Waste-to-energy in Viet Nam Viet Nam’s GHG inventory (2010) reveals a 602% increase since 1990, with emissions per unit of GDP surpassing all other Asia-Pacific developing countries except China. This is fueled by domestic coal consumption which has increased by 21% between 2013 and 2014 alone. Coal currently accounts for 36% of total electricity supply and is projected to increase to 56% by 2030. Over 98% of the population is connected to the grid and demand will increase by a further 10% a year until 2030 with renewable energy accounting for only 6% of total national energy production. The Government of Viet Nam’s (GoV) Green Growth Action Plan (GGAP) developed with the support of GGGI seeks to develop new non-renewable energy sources with a focus on biomass energy development. The GoV has adopted a Renewable Energy Development Strategy and Revised National Power Development Master Plan 7 which respectively set biomass energy targets at around 6% and 2% of the national energy mix by 2030. Increase the share of electricity produced by biomass wasteto-energy through strategic policy advice to the government and the development of bankable projects. Increase in biomass to waste-to-energy in Viet Nam’s energy mix resulting in GHG emission reduction from BAU.
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Thailand EE Program The Industry GHG Reduction Roadmap, which was developed with GGGI support during 2014-2016, focuses on three high impact industrial sectors: automotive parts, palm oil, and frozen seafood. All these sectors are crucial to consider in NDC implementation and have significant GHG reduction potential. Developing green projects (e.g. energy efficiency, renewable energy) in these sectors could effectively contribute to national effort in meeting NDC targets. Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in these sectors lack the technical and financial capacity to develop and implement the green projects. Reduce GHG emissions by approximately 3-5 MtCO2e in three selected manufacturing sub-sectors (i.e., auto parts, palm oil, and frozen seafood), which will result in up to THB 4.3 billion in cost savings. Operationalize an EE risk-sharing facility established by the Royal Thai Government and/or local FIs that will mobilize private sector investment; Operationalize an OBR/OBF mechanism established by a utility in Thailand (i.e., PEA) that will mitigate credit risk and streamline loan repayment through cost savings; and Mobilize a minimum of USD 30 million in financing for EE investment in the SME auto parts sector.
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Narmada Landscape Restoration Project (NLRP) NLRP aims to demonstrate the interdependency of enhanced sustainable landscape management practices and improved livelihoods on water resources in the catchment of select Narmada tributaries. The project area of up to 10000 hectares is predominantly forest in the north bank and cropland (agricultural) in the south bank. Specific project interventions will be ascertained after the baseline assessment and factor the contrasting extremes of the mixed landscape continuum of the catchment. The impact of these interventions on water resources will be periodically analyzed to establish the causal effect.
Based on the measured impacts of the project interventions, an incentivization mechanism will be developed, linking local communities and end users like the Indore Municipal Corporation, organic markets and private corporate entities benefitting from the ecosystem services (ES) of the catchment. A scheme design based on this incentivization mechanism will be submitted to the sub-national government. It is anticipated that model could be adopted and replicated across other catchments of Narmada tributaries. The project seeks to improve quantity and quality of water in select Narmada tributaries through inclusive and sustainable landscape management intervnetions.
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Cambodia Thematic Bond Pilot Issuance This Project Idea Note is prepared to request a bridge funding for the on-going support for issurance of Thematic Bond on track till March 2023. The project is currently underway with the consultant jointly selected by UN ESCAP and GGGI. The project will enable the issuance of thematic bonds in the long term through the development of Cambodia’s thematic bond market through the pilot issuance. The project will enable the issuance of thematic bonds in the long term through the development of Cambodia’s thematic bond market through the pilot issuance. The pilot issuance would kick start the thematic bond market and propel future issuances in the sustainable finance space. The planned project activities to pilot Minimum $50 million green private sector issuance in 2024 include:
Output 1: Preparation for issuing a thematic bond (from a regulatory perspective)
Output 2: Identifying the thematic bond Issuer
Output 3: Support for credit enhancement (optional)
Output 4: Technical assistance provided to issue thematic bonds
Output 5: Thematic bond communication campaign developed and implemented to create demand and share Cambodia’s experience
Output 1 of the project has been submitted to the Ministry of Economy and Finance.
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Development and enhancement of GGKP knowledge platforms This project is part of Amendment No. 3 of the GGGI-UNEP PCA on GGKP which introduces a new contribution of USD 100,000 from UNEP for a third phase of project implementation. Phase 1 was executed in 2019, while Phase 2 was completed in May 2020. Of the total USD 100,000, USD 86,957 will go to direct project costs, and USD 13,043 (15% of direct project costs) will go towards GGGI ovehead.
Phase 3 of project implementation covers the 1) development of Green Forum, 2) enhancement and tool development of the Green Industry Platform, and 3) enhancement of the Green Growth Knowledge Platform.
The GGKP's knowledge platforms - the Green Growth Knowledge Platform, the Green Industry Platform, and the Green Finance Platform - offer quick and easy access to the latest research, case studies, toolkits, learning products, and protocols to empower policymakers and advisors, SMEs, and banks, and insurance, and investment firms to make evidence-based decisions about how to green operations.
In addition, GGKP is in the process of developing a new online interactive community space called the Green Forum, which will enable professionals to share and discuss insights from specific sectors, themes, and issues in the pursuit of a sustainable economic transformation.
*The Amendment has already been signed by GGGI and UNEP (attached with previous amendments and original PCA for reference) This project is part of Amendment No. 3 of the GGGI-UNEP PCA on GGKP which introduces a new contribution of USD 100,000 from UNEP for a third phase of project implementation. Phase 1 was executed in 2019, while Phase 2 was completed in May 2020. Of the total USD 100,000, USD 86,957 will go to direct project costs, and USD 13,043 (15% of direct project costs) will go towards GGGI ovehead.
Phase 3 of project implementation covers the 1) development of Green Forum, 2) enhancement and tool development of the Green Industry Platform, and 3) enhancement of the Green Growth Knowledge Platform.
The GGKP's knowledge platforms - the Green Growth Knowledge Platform, the Green Industry Platform, and the Green Finance Platform - offer quick and easy access to the latest research, case studies, toolkits, learning products, and protocols to empower policymakers and advisors, SMEs, and banks, and insurance, and investment firms to make evidence-based decisions about how to green operations.
In addition, GGKP is in the process of developing a new online interactive community space called the Green Forum, which will enable professionals to share and discuss insights from specific sectors, themes, and issues in the pursuit of a sustainable economic transformation.
*The Amendment has already been signed by GGGI and UNEP (attached with previous amendments and original PCA for reference)
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Support for accreditation of direct access entities,
pipeline development and private sector mobilization in Burkina Faso FIE was nominated for accreditation by the Government of Burkina Faso on March 18th, 2018 and CBI is an entity applying for on-lending and/or blending fiduciary functions. So this project will : (i) provide accreditation & work programme alignment support to the Environment Intervention Fund (FIE) and Coris Bank International (CBI), (ii) implement capacity building activities to government agencies and candidate entities for accreditation in the preparation and management of climate projects, and through the development of 4 GCF concept notes for mitigation and/or adaptation projects, and (iii) reinforce the private sector engagement strategy to be developed under IUCN’s program through the identification of private sector stakeholders and the organization of a workshop to inform about GCF financing opportunities for mitigation and adaptation, to better understand the challenges towards enhanced private capital involvement in climate projects, and to discuss innovative solutions to overcome investment barriers, including the introduction of the GCF’s Private Sector Facility. The Project is structured arround 2 outcomes : (i) ensure the Burkina faso's direct access to climate finance and, (ii) strengthen Climate finance strategies and project pipeline. These 2 outcomes will be achieved through: (i) Accreditation of direct access entities, (ii) Direct Access Entity’s (DAE) Work Programme alignment with Country Programme, (iii) Project Concept Notes development and, (iv) Private Sector Engagement and Awareness Raising.
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Mid-Term and Terminal Evaluations of GCF and Adaptation Fund Projects GGGI country program and Ethiopia Ministry of Finance are entering into an agreement to collaborate on GCF funded project mid term evaluation and final evaluation of Adaptation funded project that is implemented by the ministry. GGGI will be undertaking the delivery of the evaluation reports ensuring the quality and the agreed terms of the assignments.
In order to ease consultancy service procurement process and benefit from GGGI's track record technical support, the ministry has requested GGGI Country Program to lead the execution of both the Mid-term Independent Evaluation for the GCF Project and the Terminal Evaluation for the AF Project. This project will be implemented as per the financial commitment from the Ministry as per the agreed terms and conditions in the sub-grant agreement. GGGI country program and Ethiopia Ministry of Finance are entering into an agreement to collaborate on GCF funded project mid term evaluation and final evaluation of Adaptation funded project that is implemented by the ministry. GGGI will be undertaking the delivery of the evaluation reports ensuring the quality and the agreed terms of the assignments.
In order to ease consultancy service procurement process and benefit from GGGI's track record technical support, the ministry has requested GGGI Country Program to lead the execution of both the Mid-term Independent Evaluation for the GCF Project and the Terminal Evaluation for the AF Project. This project will be implemented as per the financial commitment from the Ministry as per the agreed terms and conditions in the sub-grant agreement.
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Global and Regional Knowledge Sharing The GGKP was established in January 2012 by the Global Green
Growth Institute, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation
and Development, the United Nations Environment Programme
and the World Bank as a vehicle for promoting green growth at
a global level by providing a collaborative platform for leadership
in knowledge sharing and policy research. Since then, the GGKP
partnership has grown to 58 partners ranging from international
and nongovernmental organizations to academic institutions and
think tanks. It represents the world’s largest global community of
institutions and experts committed to collaboratively generating,
managing, and sharing green growth knowledge and data for
policymakers and practitioners. Drawing together these partners,
the GGKP initiates and coordinates green growth research and
analysis resulting in increased access to green growth knowledge
and strengthened international cooperation.
GGKP provides a global platform for GGGI to promote thought
leadership, knowledge generation, management, and sharing,
and knowledge partnerships in 2017. The GGKP is on track to be
accessed more than 275,000 times within 2017, reflecting 10%
growth in web traffic from 2016. Provide a global platform through green growth
knowledge generation, management, and sharing, and
knowledge partnerships.
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Climate Action Enhancement Package: Burkina Faso The project aims to enhance Burkina Faso NDCs revision, including by raising ambition, as part of the Paris Agreement’s NDC update process, by giving enough tools and knowledge to prepare the next generation of NDC. Under this PIN, GGGI will cover critical technical aspects of NDC revision and update. The country would be carrying out several activities, either in direct response to its NDC targets, or independent of these targets but with an unevaluated climate change mitigation or adaptation component attached. By targeting these range of stakeholders involved across several layers of activities and stages of the NDC development and implementation, the project will create the necessary long-term capacity of these institutions to participate this and future iterations of NDC. To raise the ambition of the NDC in future iterations, the country, and the key stakeholders must be in a position to not just understand their own sectoral emissions but their future trajectories and potential mitigation choices, with a capacity to make the choice between options based on own technical, human and financial capacity and evaluate opportunities for climate finance, such as any Article 6 mechanisms that could be made available to them. The project will therefore synergize with other transparency related activities beineg carried out in the country through other funding sources (SIDA and the CBIT) to facilitate this exchange of knowledge and sustenance of human and technical capacity.
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Mainstreaming Investment in green energy in the Pacific Building upon work carried out in 2018-2019 (FJ1-3GIS and VU1-2000-1), green energy projects in the Pacific (Fiji and Vanuatu) are designed and demonstrated to be financially viable, maintaining an active pipeline of over $20m USD in green energy projects in the region.
This project will include the following activities:
- Financial analysis for potential projects and design a business case/financial model for identified projects;
- Support projects access to relevant funding entities (mobilizing finance);
- Provide support to the national development bank and potentially other financial institutions in the design of distinct financial instruments for green energy (taking into consideration social inclusion, gender and pro-poor instrument design in order to open up access to finance).
The following green energy proposals will fall under this Project:
1. Support Fiji Rice and the Sugarcane Growers Fund in accessing finance to access solar energy,
2. Developing a financial instrument with Fiji Development Bank (FDB) to support MSMEs access solar energy,
3. Mobilizing finance for rooftop solar for social housing in Fiji,
4. Savusavu solar for off-grid hotels (Blue Town Model- Fiji)
5. Off-grid solar for hotels and other businesses in Vanuatu
6. Other projects as they are identified and enter the pipeline This project aims at improving the penetration of solar PV in Fiji and Vanuatu in the following sectors: tourism sector, residential sector and off-grid MSMEs, including but not limited to grid-connected rooftop solar, solar with storage and off-grid solar technologies and applications.
This project and its components focusing on Fiji and Vanuatu’s tourism sector have become especially timely as a result of the on-going COVID-19 crisis. In the case of the tourism sector in Fiji and Vanuatu, it has entered an important economic crisis due to the travel restrictions that are currently in place in the context of the pandemic. In Fiji, tourism contributes, directly and indirectly, an estimated 38% of GDP[1] and employs about 150,000 people. Due to the current travel restrictions in place a 40% drop in hotel bookings has been recorded for the next 3 months[2].
[1] World Bank, 2020
[2] https://www.fbcnews.com.fj/news/tourism/tourism-number-drop-by-40/
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Readiness Support for Developing Myanmar’s Green Cities Investment Plans Since 2011, Myanmar has engaged in a process of institutional and political reform leading to democratization and is gearing towards rapid socio-economic change and development. Myanmar's INDC (2015) confirmed its commitment to climate change mitigation, by pursuing a balance between socio-economic development and environmental sustainability objectives. The country will require support from the international community for capacity building and financial resources to implement the INDC actions. Myanmar recognizes a number of important themes for addressing both future emission reductions and adaptation to climate impacts, including the need for sustainable urban development and socially inclusive investments. The number of people living in urban areas will increase to 34.7% by 2030, and 50% by 2040 (MoNREC, 2017). The project objective is to support subnational climate change action through development of investment plans for two national priority cities and two secondary cities (to be identified), including policy assessment, stakeholder engagement and assessment of best practices in the ASEAN region. To facilitate implementation of inter-sectoral investment plans and improve Myanmar's access to climate finance, the project will raise awareness of the private sector and facilitate nomination of national potential direct access entities. This project is aligned with IO1. Strengthened national, sub-national and local green growth planning, financing and institutional frameworks and IO3. Improved multi-directional knowledge sharing and learning to empower local and external agents necessary to drive green growth processes in partner governments.
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Business Case for Solar PV (Energy) Investment at the Adama Industrial Park The Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has been promoting structural transformation of the economy, with the aim of becoming a middle-income country by 2025. The growth trajectory aims to follow an environmentally sustainable growth path for which the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) developed the Climate-Resilient Green Economy (CRGE) Strategy in 2011. The CRGE shows that Ethiopia’s GHG emissions under business-as-usual would increase up to 400 Mt CO2e by 2030 of which the industrial sector is expected to contribute the highest increase in emissions, rising from 4 Mt CO2e in 2010 to 71 Mt CO2e by 2030. However, the government intends to limit its net GHG emissions from all sectors to 145 Mt CO2e by 2030, according to its INDC. As part of the CRGE implementation, the GoE established the Industrial Park Development Cooperation (IPDC) in 2014 with the mandate to champion the construction, management and operation of 17 industrial parks across the country (Five industrial parks are currently operational). This project is aligned with IO2. Increased green growth investment flows which enable partner governments to implement green growth policies.
The Adama Industrial Park (AIP) is in Adama township, about 100km from the federal capital, Addis Ababa with an area of 365 hectares of land and the first phase, which has 19 manufacturing sheds, is built on 102 hectares of land. Phase one of AIP is expected to create about 25,000 new jobs and generate about USD40 million in export revenue per year. The park is focused on textile and garment manufacturing, and currently depends on hydro-powered electricity. AIP has a design capacity of 33MW of electricity for full operation. However, only 9MW is been supplied to the park from the national grid due to electricity shortage. Fossil-fuel powered generators are currently in use to meet the energy demand of the industries in the park. The use of diesel-powered generators is not only unsustainable but also not in line with the long-term aim of the CRGE because of the high emissions of GHG. Therefore, renewable energy alternatives such as solar power could address the park’s electricity requirements. The overall objectives of the project are:
To conduct a technical and economic assessment to evaluate the solar PV investment, including elements such as evaluation of the least cost power supply options, asses interconnection arrangement and complaint of AIP with T& D grid codes of Ethiopia Power Authority (EEA); and the long-term (at least 20 years) energy production yields from the proposed solar PV system.
To review energy laws, energy policies and draft PPP law to identify and evaluate the bottleneck to the regulatory framework and industrial setup for delivery of reliable power supply to the industrial park; and evaluate energy supply options and the reliability of the existing power supply systems, considering the ongoing projects of EEP and EEU; identifies operational structure/modality and O&M agreements.
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Readiness Support to Strengthen PNG's Engagement with the GCF PNG is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Although
its absolute emissions level is very low, the NDC for PNG is to achieve
100.00% renewable energy by 2030. Thus, the country has an
increasing need for climate financing to address its adaptation and
mitigation obligations, but there has been no attempt in accessing
climate finance yet.
PNG has to address the challenges through its mandated government
organization, the Climate Change Development Authority (CCDA). It
is therefore important to build the capacity of CCDA in its role as the
National Designated Authority (NDA) to the GCF and its processes to
support stakeholders in PNG to access climate finance.
Against this backdrop, the project aims to support the readiness to green climate financing for PNG through strengthening the country's engagement with the GCF. The project will support the readiness to green climate financing for PNG through strengthening the country’s engagement with the GCF with three key
outcomes, including 1) Strengthening country capacity; 2) Consultative stakeholder engagement; and 3) Private sector mobilization.
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Waste to Resources: Improving Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) and Hazardous Waste Management in Rwanda In several countries, waste is used to produce energy providing municipalities with valuable financial resources to more equitably distribute their services. Challenges identified include: 1) lack of waste segregation systems, 2) limited capacity of existing landfills, 3) urgent need of remediation of landfills currently in operation, 4) lack of incentives for private sector engagement, and 5) gaps in available data and information on current waste profile of key urban centers. Access to sustainable solid waste management as well as the concept of managing waste as a resource is central to GGGI’s green cities thematic area. Overall, the project aims to alleviate barriers that lead to the landfilling of high volume of organic waste, plastic and e-waste from ending up in the landfill. The barriers include high initial costs, low capacity of local actors, lack of knowledge of new technologies, lack of funding sources, and other barriers linked with lack of capacity, knowledge and issues in the current policy environment.
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SIDS Climate Action Program GGGI has signed a grant agreement with the Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg to deliver a five-year program addressing the climate needs of SIDS in the Pacific and the Caribbean on June 8th 2023. The GGGI SIDS Climate Action Program (SIDS-CAP) aims to achieve impactful climate adaptation and mitigation results and contribute significantly to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), each country’s Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement as well as to objectives of countries’ National Adaptation Plans.
The five-year program will be delivered under a program earmarked approach where it will fund GGGI’s entire program in the Pacific and Caribbean which currently consists of a portfolio of earmarked projects funded by bilateral and multilateral partners. The intervention will provide crucial tailored, embedded, on the ground support to SIDS on climate resilient, low-carbon development, planning activities, providing advice directly to and jointly implementing activities with key government ministries across the 19 target countries. The scope of interventions will complement funding from other partners, while always maintaining alignment with the strategic objectives and funding thematic areas of the 2021-2025 International Climate Finance (ICF) Strategy of Luxembourg, with all deliverables aligning to at least one of the funding themes. Each year the annual workplan and budget will be defined by GGGI and submitted to Luxembourg and other members of the management committee for review and no-objection.
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State of Green Growth Campaign GGGI’s proposed new flagship annual report, the State of Green Growth, will serve as a core part of GGGI’s initiative to promote the model of green growth and to showcase successful country experiences and approaches, supplemented by data, analysis, and stakeholder engagement. Through the report, GGGI will share strategic approaches, best practices, case studies, and practical examples of successes across the GGGI value chain and in GGGI’s four thematic and to describe broader insights and innovations for successfully achieving green growth. The Report will describe “why” green growth is a necessary approach to addressing global challenges and national development priorities, and “how” green growth is successfully achieved. The objective of the project is to provide a high-level platform for explaining, promoting, and ultimately advancing the model of green growth, built on a foundation of practical experience and robust, data-driven, and evidence-based analysis. Through both print and web-based content, the Report will illustrate the current state of green growth adoption and progress within GGGI’s partner countries – summarizing the fundamentals of green growth and highlighting successful approaches and case examples of green growth transformation.
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India - Green Growth through INDC India’s INDC emphasizes the government’s goal of ensuring
Electricity for All. The Indian government has promised to
provide 24x7 electricity to all by 2019. At present, close
to 50 million Indian households have little or no access to
power. India has an electrification rate of 78.7%, with a large
proportion of the underserved households concentrated in
rural areas. The government has designed several policies to
support rural electrification over the past 10 years, focusing on
decentralized models.
However, most of the schemes and projects have not been able to
address the quality, availability, affordability, and legality of energy
access. It is also difficult to capture the level of energy access
in terms of capacity to support different appliances, number of
hours of supply, and the associated social and economic impacts
(CEEW, 2015).
GGGI, seeing that off-grid-energy(OGE) companies can play an
important role in improving access to energy for un-electrified
households in India, conducted a market study. The demand for
OGE systems from end-consumers is high and there are close
to 100 companies operating within the different off-grid-energy
market segments. However, most of the existing companies are
small and are not able to grow their operations profitably due to
unavailability of debt capital at appropriate terms and conditions
from domestic lenders. Support India to achieve its INDC commitments by mobilizing
fund to adequately finance the off-grid energy sector and
increasing south-south collaboration on green growth.
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NDC Implementation Planning in Lao PDR The NDC Partnership is calling for proposals to support NDC implementation planning in selected countries, including Lao PDR, under NDC's newly launched "Partnership Action Fund" (PAF).
For Lao PDR, the government has requested support with a) NDC multisectoral implementation planning and b) transport sector resilience and mitigation planning. GGGI Lao PDR supported the government, MONRE, to prepare its enhanced NDC, and has a portfolio of projects in place with the ministry covering a wide range of climate action activities. MONRE has confirmed its interest in GGGI preparing a concept note/proposal for the NDC PAF opportunity, as the PAF activities are a natural extension of GGGI's ongoing work in this area with MONRE.
Additionally, GGGI is preparing a NZ MFAT proposal which will complement and contribute to the work undertaken with NDCP support. So GGGI Laos is brining both MFAT and NDCP together, clubbing resources to deliver a broad range of comprehensive NDC implementation and planning activities during 2022.
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UAE National Air Emissions Monitoring Project While the emirates of Abu Dhabi and Dubai have achieved considerable progress in building their own local inventories, the other emirates are lagging behind due to lack of technical capacity. Moreover, a difference in methodologies used by Abu Dhabi and Dubai calls for a more unified approach on air quality monitoring across the country. To address this problem, GGGI worked with MOCCAE for the Phase 1 of the project in 2018, which involved finalizing a unified inventory methodology for all seven emirates. In Phase 2, GGGI provided technical assistance in building the air pollutants emissions inventory covering all seven emirates (local governments). GGGI led the development of the inventory by managing the overall project activities, performing analytical work, leading the delivery of outputs, supporting data collection and processing, facilitating stakeholder engagement and communication, and doing quality checks of the technical deliverables from consultants. The project also involved the preparatory work for the development of the Air Quality Strategy, a federal policy document that will outline the UAE's strategic priorities in tackling air pollution. The project objectives are to i.) track the sources and volume of key pollutants to guide policy making on air quality monitoring and management and ii.) lay the groundwork for developing the UAE National Air Quality Strategy.
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Enhancing Access to Climate Finance in Fiji Fiji, as Small Island Developing State, faces extreme climate vulnerability is already experiencing the negative impact of climate change because of changing weather patterns, including droughts and flooding events, and increasingly damaging natural disasters. The current average asset losses due to tropical cyclones and floods are estimated at more than FJD 500 million per year which is 5% of Fiji’s GDP. Climate change will affect all areas of life for the people of Fiji, and the expected impacts include reduced agricultural and fisheries productivity, declining health outcomes, eroding shorelines and riverbanks, shortage of water and higher infrastructure costs.
The Fijian government recognizes the importance of adapting to climate change and coordinating climate change related adaptation policies, strategies, plans, and activities to reduce the vulnerability and enhance the resilience of Fiji’s communities to the impacts of climate change and disasters.
Fiji’s national CO2 equivalent emissions make up a mere 0.006% of global emissions.SO, the Fijian Government and other non-government stakeholders have already taken steps to achieve decarbonization in the Fijian economy. Fiji has developed its NDC Roadmap setting a clear pathway to achieve its NDC targets and also launched the Fiji Low Emission Development Strategy (LEDS) 2018-2050 at COP24, through which Fiji aims to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050 across all sectors of its economy. This project is aligned with IO1. Strengthened national, sub-national and local green growth planning, financing, and institutional frameworks, IO3. Improved multi-directional knowledge sharing and learning to empower local and external agents necessary to drive green growth processes in partner governments and IO3. Improved multi-directional knowledge sharing and learning to empower local and external agents necessary to drive green growth processes in partner governments. The objectives of the projects are i.) Establish a coordination mechanism to govern and coordinate climate action and finance and strengthen the capacity of the NDA – Climate Change Division (CCD) of the Ministry of Economy – to take the lead role. ii.)Prepare the Entity Work Programme of a national accredited direct access entity (DAE) – Fiji Development Bank (FDB) – aligned with the Country Programme which is being developed this year with assistance from WRI - which aims to result in a number of project concept notes to be submitted to the GCF iii.) Prepare and submit the nomination of the Ministry of Economy (MoE) as DAE and support in their submission of application for accreditation to the GCF and facilitate Stage I accreditation. This will include carrying out gap assessment and preparing action plan for accreditation, followed by institutional and capacity building support, as required iv.)Provide Institutional and capacity building support to accredited and nominated DAE – FDB and MoE – to ensure compliance policies and procedures are in-place and capacities to manage, implement and oversee climate change projects and programs in line with the GCF fiduciary standards, environmental and social safeguards (ESS) and gender policy are built.
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Biogas Acceleration Project Lao PDR's NDC includes a target for biogas and biofuel generation, to substitute for LPG consumption domestically.
As a landlocked country with no fossil fuel resources, all LPG is imported, and consumption is rising. The production of bioCNG or biogas from agricultural, livestock and/or municipal waste streams, presents an opportunity to reduce emissions from LPG consumption, foster sustainable waste management and improve the circular economy. To date, biogas operations in Lao PDR have been largely home/community scale, with some industrial facilities connected to beer production facilities, a large big farm etc. These facilities have consumed the gas onsite.
GGGI Lao PDR would like to assess the sector in more detail, and identity opportunities for biogas generation, refinement, bottling and sale onto the domestic market, either for use in industrial facilities that use LPG (direct substitution), or though other applications that may involve some retrofitting.
The goal is to identify green investment opportunities, and unlock what has so far been an under-developed segment of the Lao energy sector. To scope, identify and prepare an investment opportunity(ies) for commercial grade biogas production as well as industrial biogas production and utilization.
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Development of the National Green Growth Index and pipeline of projects The objective of this PIN is two folds. Firstly, the Green Growth Performance Measurement and Potential Assessment (GGPM/PA) will identify the country’s green growth priorities and guide GGGI and the Government of Kenya by measuring country’s performance in achieving sustainability targets including Sustainable Development Goals, Paris Climate Agreement, and Aichi Biodiversity Targets for four green growth dimensions: efficient and sustainable resource use (ESRU), natural capital protection (NCP), green economic opportunities (GEO) and social inclusion (SI). This will provide an evidence-based support in the development of the GGGI Kenya Country Programme Framework (CPF). Secondly, to support the Government of Kenya to unlock access to climate finance through the development of pipelines of projects. The results of the assessments will be integrated into the development of the National Green Growth Strategy and Implementation Plan and the eventual establishment of the GGGI country program.
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Solar PV electricity for agricultural development This proposal is part of the actions developed by GGGI to support the government in the development of ecovillage in Burkina Faso. This PIN will focus on the development of a pre-feasibility study on Solar PV electricity as an economically attractive and environmentally - friendly alternative to hydrocarbon burning irrigation pumps for the development of the agriculture sector. This will support the implementation of the Ecovillages National strategy and the investment program. Indeed, the national strategy for the creation of ecovillage in Burkina Faso has been validated on March 2018 and the investment program has been validated on August 2019. The document of national strategy for the creation of ecovillage is structured in five strategic axes:
- Improving local governance;
- Strengthening sustainable food security;
- Promotion of renewable energies and the preservation of the environment;
- Development of local green entrepreneurship; and
- Increasing access to innovative financing mechanisms by local actors.
In order to operationalize the national strategy, the GoBF with the support of GGGI, has translated it into concrete investment projects, within an investment program. The investment program is structured in four components.
- Good governance,
- Improving livelihoods,
- Improving access to social needs,
- Preservation of natural capital.
The “Solar PV electricity for agricultural development” will implement the component 2 related to the “Improving livelihoods” Project developers identified and secured funding commitments for solar PV irrigation systems to be introduced to rural households to build resiliency, increase food and nutrition security, improve their welfare and generate climate mitigation effects.
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Enhancing Adaptation Actions through the National Adaptation Plan Support the Vanuatu Ministry of Climate Change/GCF NDA to access and deliver GCF Readiness resources for Adaptation Planning in order to:
- strengthen adaptation planning governance and institutional coordination
- enhance the generation and quality of climate change evidence produced in order to design adaptation solutions for maximum impact
- assess national and sectoral policies, projects, plans, and budgeting systems and capacity of policy- and decision-makers to align them with the NAP process
- catalyze private sector engagement in adaptation actions, including finance and investment for adaptation solutions
The NDA has indicated that it will implement a small portion of the Readiness grant, though GGGI will manage overall at the Delivery Partner. GGGI will require the NDA to sign a sub-grant agreement with GGGI. The GGGI Vanuatu team has discussed with GLU and the ADG, who has instructed the Legal team to develop a draft sub-grant template for this purpose.
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Mobilizing Int Climate Finance and Private Investments for Low-Carbon Development in Nicaragua The proposed Readiness grant aims to enhance the strategic frameworks and institutional capacity of the Government of Nicaragua to increase the mobilization of national and international climate finance and private investments for the implementation of the nationally determined contribution (NDC) and resilient, inclusive, and low-carbon development.. The proposed Readiness grant will contribute to the creation of financing mechanisms through development of a National Climate Finance Roadmap (Output 2.2.1) to guide, enable and plan the access and use of domestic and international climate finance to increase flow of finance towards low-carbon resilient sectors prioritized by the NDC. Additionally, the Readiness grant will directly contribute to the achievement of the policy objective through the design of an innovative debt for climate swap mechanism (Output 2.2.5 and 2.2.6) and GSS Bond (Output 2.2.2 and 2.2.3) helping the Government of Nicaragua secure long-term capital to finance environmentally sustainable projects and programs, including forest ecosystems. The Government of Nicaragua is seeking GCF Readiness grant resources to build the country’s sustainable and climate finance technical and institutional capacity to develop climate frameworks, develop innovative sustainable finance instruments and incentive the financial sector’s contribution to the country’s climate change adaptation and mitigation plans. The proposed Readiness grant tackles the identified barriers through four complimentary workstreams that were conceptualized, developed and validated in close consultation with the MHCP, BCN, and SCCP:
❖ Workstream 1: Development of a climate finance roadmap.
❖ Workstream 2: Accessing the green bond market to raise affordable long-term finance earmarked to priority mitigation and adaptation projects.
❖ Workstream 3: Development of Nicaragua’s debt for climate swap strategy to free fiscal space to pursue NDC priority programs and projects.
❖ Workstream 4: Greening Nicaragua’s banking sector.
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Facilitating
investment to
restore and protect
priority natural
ecosystems leading
to improved water
security for 10
million people in
Lima Building on Peru’s innovative PES policy that earmarks a percentage of the water tariff for ecosystem restoration and conservation, GGGI will identify funding options for SEDAPAL to raise the funds needed to implement the PES scheme. During
the Scoping Phase of this project (January to May 2019) the project team will engage with key stakeholders and assess viable funding options with the aim of developing a fundraising strategy to close the USD 10m short-term and USD 412M long-term gap hindering the implementation of PES scheme by SEDAPAL. For this purpose, GGGI will work alongside PROFONANPE, Peru’s GCF Direct Access Entity (DAE) which is set to administer the PES funds and develop a PES-aligned project pipeline. GGGI will pursue a blended finance approach aimed at mobilizing public, private and ODA resources. The project objective is to support SEDAPAL, the public water utility of Lima, close the financing gap that limits the implementation scope of the PES scheme. This project will be delivered with a two-phase approach i.) Scoping Phase (5 months): Fundraising Strategy document outlining viable options to close SEDAPAL financing gap will be developed ii.) Delivery Phase (19 months): External funding from sources identified during the Scoping Phase will be secured.
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UKPACT extension: Accelerating Green Finance Flows through a Stronger Regulator (CNBV) Mexico can request additional/ancillary funding to UKPACT in order to implement an extended programme during an 12-month window over March 2022 – February 2023. As it is a closed process to current implementers, chances of securing funds are significantly higher than last year.
Mexico team will liaise with our main/current government counterpart (CNBV or the Mexican Securities and Banking Commission), prioritize potential extension scopes and come up with a high-level, high-quality implementation plan which needs to be submitted before September 17th. Mexico can request additional/ancillary funding to UKPACT in order to implement an extended programme during an 12-month window over March 2022 – February 2023. As it is a closed process to current implementers, chances of securing funds are significantly higher than last year.
Mexico team will liaise with our main/current government counterpart (CNBV or the Mexican Securities and Banking Commission), prioritize potential extension scopes and come up with a high-level, high-quality implementation plan which needs to be submitted before September 17th.
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Accelerating development of new bioeconomy businesses and enhanced capacities for green jobs promotion and increased climate action ambition from policy implementation and integration DNP is designing a CONPES document, to be approved before the end of 2020, which aims to “Establish monitoring and follow-up mechanisms for the economic emergency measures generated by COVID-19 and promote the gradual reactivation of the economy”. This policy includes a strong component of sustainability and resilience aligned and complementary with the GGP, within six strategic lines:
1. Sustainable infrastructure and smart cities
2. Renewable energy and sustainable mobility
3. Nature-based solutions
4. Industry mobilization towards a circular economy
5. Bioeconomy promotion
6. Sustainable use of marine-coastal ecosystems 1. Project preparation facility has structured/accelerated/strengthening new bioeconomy/circular economy/renewable energy projects.
2. Key labor competencies and their associated curricula have been duly adopted by SENA to boost climate-friendly economic development on strategic sectors for COVID19 recovery, such as supplies for reforestation, energy efficiency audit on buildings, and maintenance/installation skills on renewable energy and electric mobility.
3. Enhanced monitoring capacities to track and evaluate progress on the implementation of the Green Growth Policy and the 2030 agenda
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Mobilizing international climate finance and private investments for low-carbon development in Saint Lucia The Government of Saint Lucia has developed a Private Sector Engagement Strategy and NDC Financing Strategy to develop an enabling environment for private sector investments, with the goal of having the private sector contribute an estimated US$ 218 million in mitigation investments by 2030[1] (that is 90% of the total). The proposed Readiness grant supports these efforts by:
1. Supporting Saint Lucia’s capital market’s readiness assessment for a sovereign green bond issuance and debt for climate swap transaction to raise long-term funds earmarked to climate change adaptation and mitigation projects.
2. Providing technical assistance to local financial institutions to integrate environmental and social standards into their processes, procedures, and instruments in order to increase the availability of green finance for private-sector led climate change adaptation and mitigation projects.
3. Increasing the Government of Saint Lucia’s institutional capacity to design and structure Public-Private Partnerships.
4. Advancing the development of a PPP flagship project: Saint Lucia’s Green Affordable Housing project. The Government of Saint Lucia has adequate institutional capacity to promote private sector participation and investments in climate change mitigation and adaptation through increased availability of climate finance and improved PPP enabling environment
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Mainstreaming Green growth in Development Planning The Philippines’ decentralized governance structure and cyclical changes in Government Administrations – six years for national government and three years for local government- have impacted the continuity of government plans and projects. Recognizing these institutional constraints, NEDA, the lead socio-economic planning agency of the Philippines, has developed a National Long-Term Vision (NLTV) to give continuity to government programs across ensuing administrations. The NLTV embodies the aspirations of the Filipino people and provides the basic framework in the formulation of national, sectoral and local development plans, such as the Philippine Development Plan. The NLTV serves as a strategic platform to introduce new approaches in national development planning. However, a critical gap remains in the operationalization of the NLTV, particularly in its ability to be cascaded with appropriate climate goals and adopted by the Local Government Units to eventually influence the formulation of their respective local development plans. Strengthening the national, regional and local government planning nexus, and harmonizing the sectoral and thematic planning, strategies and targets through the use of a green growth lens would be a critical element in ensuring that SDG targets are achieved as envisioned by the NLTV, and inclusive growth and climate resilience are promoted. Support the government in ensuring that green growth is incorporated into national, regional and provincial development planning. Facilitate the improvement of development guidelines for adoption and the development of a replication plan in order to scale up the use of the guidelines.
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Green Urban Development Program, Phase II Cambodia’s urban areas account for around 30% of the total population of 15 million and is expected to rise to an estimated 44% of a total population of around 18.4 million by 2030. The population increase of its capital city, Phnom Penh, has been driven by a shift from a rural to urban economy, and currently represents around 41% of the country’s urban population. Likewise, Cambodia’s secondary cities such as Battambang, Siem Reap, Sihanouk Ville, Kampot, Kep, Soung (the newly established city), and Bavet (Border city) are also undergoing rapid urban growth. The rapid pace of unstructured urbanization is generating significant social, economic and environmental challenges in the country. Further, the country’s secondary cities face a severe lack of systematic development planning, and financial resources for green infrastructure and services. This will exacerbate a number of urban challenges the country is already facing in the form of: Unstructured urbanization and privatization of infrastructure development; under supply of urban infrastructure, including transport infrastructure and traffic management measures; increased urban vulnerability in the form of urban flooding and air pollution; insufficient municipal solid waste management; Housing shortages and informal settlements Green and sustainable secondary cities in Cambodia, which will provide higher opportunities for economic growth, ecological resilience and increased
Poverty Reduction and Social Inclusion (SPRSI).
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Pacific Capacity Building Initiative for Transparency (CBIT) Project Pacific CBIT aims to supporting Pacific Islands Countries to build institutional and technical capacity to meet enhanced transparency requirements as defined in Article 13 of the Paris Agreement. The CBIT will play a key role to assist countries with tools and training as they prepare their Biennial Transparency Reports (BTR), due by Dec 2024.
CBIT has three aims:
· Strengthen national institutions for transparency-related activities in line with national priorities
· Provide relevant tools, training and assistance for meeting the provisions stipulated in Article 13 of the Paris Agreement
· Assist in the improvement of transparency over time
In the Pacific, GGGI is executing first CBIT in Fiji with UNEP as Implementing Agency under GEF. Fiji’s CBIT led an idea on developing Pacific sub-regional CBIT and replicate Fiji’s. GGGI will work with UNEP to develop full CBIT proposals under Project Preparation Grant under a one-step process and will seek funding from GEF. Each Pacific country is expected to secure around 1.5m USD over three years.
Initially 11 Pacific Islands countries are targeted knowing current CBIT’s in Fiji, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. As part of the first batch, following countries are considered – Tonga, Cook Islands, PNG, FSM, Palau and RMI. GGGI has already secured CBIT support letters from Palau, Tonga and Cook Islands. Discussions are continuing with Samoa and Kiribati. GGGI has also provided support to remaining Pacific countries – Niue, Nauru and Tuvalu. Hence there is a greater possibility to club remaining countries into second batch.
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