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See also: Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor in Latin America & the Caribbean

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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 Apprenticeships 

The 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 Haiti 

Better 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 Nicaragua 

Better 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 Nicaragua 

Better 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 Panama 

The 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 Colombia 

This 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 Sector  

The 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

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