Projects
Title | Amount | Location | Grantee | Start | End |
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Enhancing Labor Conciliation in Mexico (ENLACE)The Enhancing Labor Conciliation in Mexico project aims to support the state-level conciliation institutions established by the 2019 Mexican Labor Law Reform to help workers, unions, and employers prevent and resolve labor disputes in a transparent and efficient manner. |
$10,800,000 | Mexico | American Institutes for Research | 12/15/2021 | 06/14/2026 |
Gender Equity in the Mexican WorkplaceThe Gender Equity in the Mexican Workplace project works to empower women to gain representation in union leadership in order to strengthen protections, address discrimination and harassment at work, and augment wages. |
$10,000,000 | Mexico | Partners of the Americas | 12/15/2021 | 06/14/2026 |
Catalyzing Civil Society to Accelerate Progress Against Child Labor (Catalyst)The project aims to build the capacity of civil society organizations around the world to advance the fight against child labor by raising the voices of workers, advocates, and other civil society representatives. |
$4,000,000 | Peru | Global March Against Child Labor | 12/15/2021 | 12/14/2025 |
Strengthening Decent Work in the Fishing Sector in South AmericaThis project aims to address labor abuses in the fishing sector in South America, with a focus on Ecuador and Peru. |
$5,000,000 | Peru | International Labor Organization (ILO) | 12/15/2021 | 06/14/2026 |
Mexico Awareness RaisingThe Mexico Awareness Raising project aims to support the government of Mexico, including the federal and state-level Secretariat of Labor and Social Welfare, to design, execute, and sustain effective communication strategies that inform workers, unions, and employers of the legal ramifications of the country’s labor law reforms. |
$10,000,000 | Mexico | Partners of the Americas | 01/01/2021 | 06/30/2025 |
Improving Workers’ Occupational Safety and Health in Selected Supply Chains in Mexico – A Vision Zero FundPart of the broader Vision Zero Fund - which aims to promote worker safety and health in global supply chains – this project aims to improve the occupational safety and health of workers in selected supply chains with a focus on COVID-19, female workers, and workers in vulnerable conditions. This project also helps Mexico meet its labor obligations under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). |
$5,000,000 | Mexico | International Labor Organization (ILO) | 01/01/2021 | 12/31/2024 |
Strengthening Workers’ Ability to Exercise their Labor Rights in MexicoTo build the capacity of workers, support worker engagement and organizing, and strengthen democratic worker organizations in the aerospace, mining, and call center industries, such that they become protagonists in fulfilling the potential of Mexico’s historic labor reform. The project will offer workers and their organizations expert technical assistance, ongoing skills development, and pro bono advisory and legal services. Additionally, the project will create spaces for analysis, exchange, reflection, and the development of recommendations to improve labor law reform implementation. |
$10,000,000 | Mexico | Solidarity Center | 12/31/2020 | 06/30/2025 |
Advancing Labor Compliance in Colombia’s Port SectorThe project aims to improve compliance with national laws related to internationally recognized labor rights in the port sector. These include, but are not limited to, the right to freedom of association, the right to collective bargaining, prohibition against discrimination at work, elimination of forced labor and child labor, and rights to acceptable conditions of work with respect to minimum wages, hours of work, and occupational safety and health. |
$5,000,000 | Colombia | Partners of the Americas | 12/20/2020 | 12/20/2024 |
Mexico Auto EmployersThe Mexico Auto Employers project aims to bring automotive sector employers into compliance with the country’s labor law reforms while improving working conditions in the automotive supply sector. The project strives to reach this goal by raising awareness of the labor reforms, supporting employers to implement relevant provisions and proactively adopt policies for compliance, and strengthening industrial relations between employers and workers. |
$7,250,000 | Mexico | Pan American Development Foundation | 11/01/2020 | 10/31/2026 |
Evidence to Action: Increasing the Impact of Research to Mobilize Efforts against Forced LaborThis project aims to promote increased use of forced labor research in policy and programmatic decision-making to help eliminate forced labor around the world. The project will achieve this by increasing knowledge through robust research on forced labor in the textile and garment sector and engaging decision makers and stakeholders to use this knowledge to take actions against forced labor. |
$3,000,000 | Argentina | International Labor Organization (ILO) | 12/15/2019 | 06/14/2024 |
Title | Amount | Location | Grantee | Start | End |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Enhancing Labor Conciliation in Mexico (ENLACE)The Enhancing Labor Conciliation in Mexico project aims to support the state-level conciliation institutions established by the 2019 Mexican Labor Law Reform to help workers, unions, and employers prevent and resolve labor disputes in a transparent and efficient manner. |
$10,800,000 | Mexico | American Institutes for Research | 12/15/2021 | 06/14/2026 |
Gender Equity in the Mexican WorkplaceThe Gender Equity in the Mexican Workplace project works to empower women to gain representation in union leadership in order to strengthen protections, address discrimination and harassment at work, and augment wages. |
$10,000,000 | Mexico | Partners of the Americas | 12/15/2021 | 06/14/2026 |
Catalyzing Civil Society to Accelerate Progress Against Child Labor (Catalyst)The project aims to build the capacity of civil society organizations around the world to advance the fight against child labor by raising the voices of workers, advocates, and other civil society representatives. |
$4,000,000 | Peru | Global March Against Child Labor | 12/15/2021 | 12/14/2025 |
Strengthening Decent Work in the Fishing Sector in South AmericaThis project aims to address labor abuses in the fishing sector in South America, with a focus on Ecuador and Peru. |
$5,000,000 | Peru | International Labor Organization (ILO) | 12/15/2021 | 06/14/2026 |
Mexico Awareness RaisingThe Mexico Awareness Raising project aims to support the government of Mexico, including the federal and state-level Secretariat of Labor and Social Welfare, to design, execute, and sustain effective communication strategies that inform workers, unions, and employers of the legal ramifications of the country’s labor law reforms. |
$10,000,000 | Mexico | Partners of the Americas | 01/01/2021 | 06/30/2025 |
Improving Workers’ Occupational Safety and Health in Selected Supply Chains in Mexico – A Vision Zero FundPart of the broader Vision Zero Fund - which aims to promote worker safety and health in global supply chains – this project aims to improve the occupational safety and health of workers in selected supply chains with a focus on COVID-19, female workers, and workers in vulnerable conditions. This project also helps Mexico meet its labor obligations under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). |
$5,000,000 | Mexico | International Labor Organization (ILO) | 01/01/2021 | 12/31/2024 |
Strengthening Workers’ Ability to Exercise their Labor Rights in MexicoTo build the capacity of workers, support worker engagement and organizing, and strengthen democratic worker organizations in the aerospace, mining, and call center industries, such that they become protagonists in fulfilling the potential of Mexico’s historic labor reform. The project will offer workers and their organizations expert technical assistance, ongoing skills development, and pro bono advisory and legal services. Additionally, the project will create spaces for analysis, exchange, reflection, and the development of recommendations to improve labor law reform implementation. |
$10,000,000 | Mexico | Solidarity Center | 12/31/2020 | 06/30/2025 |
Advancing Labor Compliance in Colombia’s Port SectorThe project aims to improve compliance with national laws related to internationally recognized labor rights in the port sector. These include, but are not limited to, the right to freedom of association, the right to collective bargaining, prohibition against discrimination at work, elimination of forced labor and child labor, and rights to acceptable conditions of work with respect to minimum wages, hours of work, and occupational safety and health. |
$5,000,000 | Colombia | Partners of the Americas | 12/20/2020 | 12/20/2024 |
Mexico Auto EmployersThe Mexico Auto Employers project aims to bring automotive sector employers into compliance with the country’s labor law reforms while improving working conditions in the automotive supply sector. The project strives to reach this goal by raising awareness of the labor reforms, supporting employers to implement relevant provisions and proactively adopt policies for compliance, and strengthening industrial relations between employers and workers. |
$7,250,000 | Mexico | Pan American Development Foundation | 11/01/2020 | 10/31/2026 |
Evidence to Action: Increasing the Impact of Research to Mobilize Efforts against Forced LaborThis project aims to promote increased use of forced labor research in policy and programmatic decision-making to help eliminate forced labor around the world. The project will achieve this by increasing knowledge through robust research on forced labor in the textile and garment sector and engaging decision makers and stakeholders to use this knowledge to take actions against forced labor. |
$3,000,000 | Argentina | International Labor Organization (ILO) | 12/15/2019 | 06/14/2024 |