Title | Location | Grantee | Start | End |
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Audits of Selected USDOL-Funded IPEC Projects-Round VI (2011 - 2013) |
Global | International Labor Organization's International Program on the Elimination of Child Labor (ILO-IPEC) | 12/31/2011 | 12/31/2015 |
Better Utilization of Skills for Youth (BUSY) through Quality ApprenticeshipsThe Better Utilization of Skills for Youth (BUSY) project will help build the capacity of government, employers, workers’ organizations, and civil society actors to establish and expand workplace-based training programs for vulnerable youth, including by identifying gaps in relevant laws and policies. |
Kenya | International Labor Organization (ILO) | 09/30/2016 | 09/30/2020 |
Better Work HaitiBetter Work is a comprehensive program that brings together all levels of the apparel industry to improve working conditions and respect of labor rights for workers, while boosting the competitiveness of apparel businesses. As a result of their participation with Better Work, export apparel factories in Haiti have improved compliance with labor law including issues of compensation, contracts, occupational safety and health and working time. By enhancing working conditions, Better Work Haiti increases the factories’ productivity and profitability. |
Haiti | International Labor Organization (ILO) | 01/01/2009 | 12/31/2019 |
Better Work NicaraguaBetter Work is a comprehensive program that brings together all levels of the apparel industry to improve working conditions and respect of labor rights for workers, while boosting the competitiveness of apparel businesses. As a result of their participation with Better Work, export apparel factories in Nicaragua have improved compliance with labor law including issues of compensation, contracts, occupational safety and health and working time. By enhancing working conditions, Better Work Nicaragua increases the factories’ productivity and profitability. Midterm Evaluation |
Nicaragua | International Labor Organization (ILO) | 01/01/2009 | 12/31/2018 |
Better Work NicaraguaBetter Work is a comprehensive program that brings together all levels of the apparel industry to improve working conditions and respect of labor rights for workers, while boosting the competitiveness of apparel businesses. As a result of their participation with Better Work, export apparel factories in Nicaragua have improved compliance with labor law including issues of compensation, contracts, occupational safety and health and working time. By enhancing working conditions, Better Work Nicaragua increases the factories’ productivity and profitability. Final Evaluation |
Nicaragua | International Labor Organization (ILO) | 01/01/2009 | 12/31/2018 |
Building a Generation of Safe and Healthy Workers: SafeYouth@Work |
Argentina, Colombia, Uruguay, Burma, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Global, Cote d'Ivoire | International Labor Organization (ILO) | 12/31/2014 | 12/31/2019 |
Building Effective Policies Against Child Labor in Ecuador and PanamaThe Project will use a research and knowledge enhancement strategy to identify and asses the existing gaps in current policies to combat child labor. It will also focus on the social protection programs in the two countries, especially those that relate to indigenous peoples, Afro-descendants, migrants and persons with disabilities. Midterm Evaluation |
Ecuador, Panama | International Labor Organization's International Program on the Elimination of Child Labor (ILO-IPEC) | 12/27/2012 | 12/31/2018 |
Building the Capacity of Civil Society to Combat Child Labor and Improve Working Conditions in ColombiaThis project will build the capacity of civil society organizations to more effectively detect and combat child labor and unacceptable working conditions in artisanal and small-scale mines in Colombia. It will form networks of civil society organizations and empower local communities to build a grassroots movement to improve working conditions and reduce the risk that children will be used in this harmful work. |
Colombia | PACT, Inc. | 12/15/2017 | 12/31/2020 |
Building the Capacity of the MAST to Ensure Labor Law Compliance in the Haitian Apparel SectorThe International Labor Organization (ILO) is implementing the MAST capacity building component of the Better Work program to increase labor law compliance in the apparel sector. |
Haiti | International Labor Organization (ILO) | 11/15/2013 | 06/30/2017 |
Building the Capacity of the Peruvian Labor Inspectorate |
Peru | Capital Humano y Social Alternativo (CHS) | 12/15/2014 | 12/14/2018 |
⚠ Scheduled Maintenance – Presidents Day Weekend
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