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Combating Exploitive Child Labor Through Education - Colombia Learning Description The Vivo Jugando program funded by Nike and other agencies is an initiative that enriches QL methodology. It is a program beneficiaries like, and it lays out equality lines of gender in sports. Click here to access the report |
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Combating Exploitive Child Labor Through Education - Colombia Learning Description The subcontractors and the partners, as well as the government staff involved closely with the project, are highly capable and efficient. Outstanding young men and women, who stand out in their duties, take responsibilities seriously, and make the defense of minors their personal fight. Click here to access the report |
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Combating Exploitive Child Labor Through Education in the Dominican Republic (Education/Youth Employment/Public Private Partnerships) Learning Description One of the more notable features of the project is the relatively large number of subcontractors, conceptualized as consortium “partners” or “implementing agents” (gestores). As the midterm review reflects, working with various local organizations allowed the project to take advantage of local knowledge and to contribute to the capacity of several grassroots organizations. That said, not every local organization counted with the same amount of “local knowledge.” While some organizations did indeed have years of experience in a local community, others made the decision to use this opportunity to branch out to new communities where there were no preexisting relationships and often very little existing communal organization, resulting in uneven results across different zones. One lesson from this experience is the importance of taking advantage of existing community relationships and being aware of the social capital available in different communities, a resource that, as discussed later, can be crucial for the sustainability of projects. Click here to access the report |
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Combating Exploitive Child Labor Through Education in the Dominican Republic (Education/Youth Employment/Public Private Partnerships) Learning Description Among the many strengths of working with local partners and grassroots organizations, one of the most valuable assets of the local teams is the participation of young people from the community as project technicians or coordinators. While this was not the case with all local subcontractors, in organizations like Instituto Dominicano de Desarrollo Integral, Inc. (IDDI— Dominican Institute for Integral Development) and Caminante, the active role played by young people—who had themselves often experienced extremely difficult and even dangerous labor conditions—was a powerful example to beneficiaries and their families. These team members were living examples of both the dangers of child labor and the paths toward professional and personal empowerment. Click here to access the report |
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Combating Exploitive Child Labor Through Education in the Dominican Republic (Education/Youth Employment/Public Private Partnerships) Learning Description Echoing one of the findings of the midterm evaluation, the incorporation of NNAs who lack legal documentation and efforts to help these students acquire legal documents remain best practices. Click here to access the report |
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Combating Exploitive Child Labor Through Education in the Dominican Republic (Education/Youth Employment/Public Private Partnerships) Learning Description There are various positive lessons that emerge from these findings. First, there is ample evidence to support the pedagogical strategies associated with the EpC model, including the recognition of the EpC project as a finalist for the WISE Prize in Educational Innovation. As its use across a greater variety of settings, both within and outside the Dominican Republic, suggests, the EpC model provides an effective, attractive, and low-cost supplement to the official school day, one which helps students perform at higher levels. Additionally, EpC and EpE centers also bring greater visibility to the issue of child labor in the community. Though these spaces were successful, a chronic shortage of space forced several EpC into less-than-ideal settings (outside of schools or sharing cramped spaces within schools) which undoubtedly had negative influences on their effectiveness._x000D_ Click here to access the report |
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Combating Exploitive Child Labor Through Education in the Dominican Republic (Education/Youth Employment/Public Private Partnerships) Learning Description Second, even difficulties in program implementation can generate opportunities to progress. The difficulties in implementing EpE, for example, provided an opportunity for INFOTEP to take stock of a preexisting blind spot in its work and allowed it to expand its training to populations of young people that were previously ruled ineligible or unlikely candidates for its highly regarded training programs. Click here to access the report |
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Combating Exploitive Child Labor Through Education in the Dominican Republic (Education/Youth Employment/Public Private Partnerships) Learning Description Third, one good practice that emerged in the management of coordinating a large program with a relatively high number of subcontractors was organizing the regular meetings of local coordinators. In workshops and retreats, local coordinators were able to share experiences, provide advice, and generate feedback to the DevTech–EDUCA–INTEC management team. Additionally, it was in these spaces that the evaluator was able to get the most palpable sense of the existence of an EpC consortium. The collegiality, professionalism, and camaraderie of the various local coordinators from different institutions provided a clear sense of a shared purpose and collective effort to address the problem of child labor in the country. Click here to access the report |
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Combating Exploitive Child Labor Through Education in the Dominican Republic (Education/Youth Employment/Public Private Partnerships) Learning Description While the cost-effectiveness of the program is clear, it does not come without its potential drawbacks. As noted by project personnel and local coordinators, the low monetary compensation offered to project facilitators brings with it the potential for a high turnover rate among EpC facilitators. Though many facilitators noted the positive benefits of their participation in trainings, they also noted that additional compensation would help support themselves and their families, as many are single mothers. While the evaluator did not interview facilitators who had left their positions, it is a reasonable supposition that economic necessity or family obligations, among other factors, played a role in their decision to leave what was essentially a volunteer position. Click here to access the report |
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Combating Exploitive Child Labor Through Education in the Dominican Republic (Education/Youth Employment/Public Private Partnerships) Learning Description Several good practices deserve mention. In San Juan de la Maguana, the volunteer nature of the facilitator position seemed to generate fewer problems than in other zones. Indeed, despite the very small monetary compensation, there were some communities where teams of two or three facilitators shared the modest stipend and decided to work together in their teaching. These facilitators found that it was more rewarding to work in teams and, in doing so, lowered the individual burdens. The communities in which the evaluator observed such team teaching were also distinguished by their relatively more dense associational networks, with multiple community groups existing and representing a high amount of social capital. Though more research would be needed to confirm this for the areas in which the project works, such associational patterns tend to be found more often in rural communities than in urban ones, where migration patterns often disrupt communal bonds. Click here to access the report |
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Combating Exploitive Child Labor Through Education - Colombia Learning Description The Vivo Jugando program funded by Nike and other agencies is an initiative that enriches QL methodology. It is a program beneficiaries like, and it lays out equality lines of gender in sports. Click here to access the report |
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Combating Exploitive Child Labor Through Education - Colombia Learning Description The subcontractors and the partners, as well as the government staff involved closely with the project, are highly capable and efficient. Outstanding young men and women, who stand out in their duties, take responsibilities seriously, and make the defense of minors their personal fight. Click here to access the report |
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Combating Exploitive Child Labor Through Education in the Dominican Republic (Education/Youth Employment/Public Private Partnerships) Learning Description One of the more notable features of the project is the relatively large number of subcontractors, conceptualized as consortium “partners” or “implementing agents” (gestores). As the midterm review reflects, working with various local organizations allowed the project to take advantage of local knowledge and to contribute to the capacity of several grassroots organizations. That said, not every local organization counted with the same amount of “local knowledge.” While some organizations did indeed have years of experience in a local community, others made the decision to use this opportunity to branch out to new communities where there were no preexisting relationships and often very little existing communal organization, resulting in uneven results across different zones. One lesson from this experience is the importance of taking advantage of existing community relationships and being aware of the social capital available in different communities, a resource that, as discussed later, can be crucial for the sustainability of projects. Click here to access the report |
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Combating Exploitive Child Labor Through Education in the Dominican Republic (Education/Youth Employment/Public Private Partnerships) Learning Description Among the many strengths of working with local partners and grassroots organizations, one of the most valuable assets of the local teams is the participation of young people from the community as project technicians or coordinators. While this was not the case with all local subcontractors, in organizations like Instituto Dominicano de Desarrollo Integral, Inc. (IDDI— Dominican Institute for Integral Development) and Caminante, the active role played by young people—who had themselves often experienced extremely difficult and even dangerous labor conditions—was a powerful example to beneficiaries and their families. These team members were living examples of both the dangers of child labor and the paths toward professional and personal empowerment. Click here to access the report |
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Combating Exploitive Child Labor Through Education in the Dominican Republic (Education/Youth Employment/Public Private Partnerships) Learning Description Echoing one of the findings of the midterm evaluation, the incorporation of NNAs who lack legal documentation and efforts to help these students acquire legal documents remain best practices. Click here to access the report |
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Combating Exploitive Child Labor Through Education in the Dominican Republic (Education/Youth Employment/Public Private Partnerships) Learning Description There are various positive lessons that emerge from these findings. First, there is ample evidence to support the pedagogical strategies associated with the EpC model, including the recognition of the EpC project as a finalist for the WISE Prize in Educational Innovation. As its use across a greater variety of settings, both within and outside the Dominican Republic, suggests, the EpC model provides an effective, attractive, and low-cost supplement to the official school day, one which helps students perform at higher levels. Additionally, EpC and EpE centers also bring greater visibility to the issue of child labor in the community. Though these spaces were successful, a chronic shortage of space forced several EpC into less-than-ideal settings (outside of schools or sharing cramped spaces within schools) which undoubtedly had negative influences on their effectiveness._x000D_ Click here to access the report |
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Combating Exploitive Child Labor Through Education in the Dominican Republic (Education/Youth Employment/Public Private Partnerships) Learning Description Second, even difficulties in program implementation can generate opportunities to progress. The difficulties in implementing EpE, for example, provided an opportunity for INFOTEP to take stock of a preexisting blind spot in its work and allowed it to expand its training to populations of young people that were previously ruled ineligible or unlikely candidates for its highly regarded training programs. Click here to access the report |
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Combating Exploitive Child Labor Through Education in the Dominican Republic (Education/Youth Employment/Public Private Partnerships) Learning Description Third, one good practice that emerged in the management of coordinating a large program with a relatively high number of subcontractors was organizing the regular meetings of local coordinators. In workshops and retreats, local coordinators were able to share experiences, provide advice, and generate feedback to the DevTech–EDUCA–INTEC management team. Additionally, it was in these spaces that the evaluator was able to get the most palpable sense of the existence of an EpC consortium. The collegiality, professionalism, and camaraderie of the various local coordinators from different institutions provided a clear sense of a shared purpose and collective effort to address the problem of child labor in the country. Click here to access the report |
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Combating Exploitive Child Labor Through Education in the Dominican Republic (Education/Youth Employment/Public Private Partnerships) Learning Description While the cost-effectiveness of the program is clear, it does not come without its potential drawbacks. As noted by project personnel and local coordinators, the low monetary compensation offered to project facilitators brings with it the potential for a high turnover rate among EpC facilitators. Though many facilitators noted the positive benefits of their participation in trainings, they also noted that additional compensation would help support themselves and their families, as many are single mothers. While the evaluator did not interview facilitators who had left their positions, it is a reasonable supposition that economic necessity or family obligations, among other factors, played a role in their decision to leave what was essentially a volunteer position. Click here to access the report |
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Combating Exploitive Child Labor Through Education in the Dominican Republic (Education/Youth Employment/Public Private Partnerships) Learning Description Several good practices deserve mention. In San Juan de la Maguana, the volunteer nature of the facilitator position seemed to generate fewer problems than in other zones. Indeed, despite the very small monetary compensation, there were some communities where teams of two or three facilitators shared the modest stipend and decided to work together in their teaching. These facilitators found that it was more rewarding to work in teams and, in doing so, lowered the individual burdens. The communities in which the evaluator observed such team teaching were also distinguished by their relatively more dense associational networks, with multiple community groups existing and representing a high amount of social capital. Though more research would be needed to confirm this for the areas in which the project works, such associational patterns tend to be found more often in rural communities than in urban ones, where migration patterns often disrupt communal bonds. Click here to access the report |
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