ILAB in the South & Central Asia
Projects
| Title | Amount | Location | Grantee | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Promoting the Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work in Sri LankaTo raise awareness and capacity of workers and employers to understand and exercise their rights and obligations in the workplace, increase the effectiveness of the labour administration/inspection systems, promote tripartite dialogue at different levels, and improve the capacity of the judiciary to process claims related to labour relations. |
$1,402,500 | Sri Lanka | International Labor Organization (ILO) | 09/30/2009 | 09/30/2016 |
Nayo Bato Naya Paila (New Path New Steps) |
$4,673,046 | Nepal | World Education | 09/20/2009 | 04/30/2013 |
Strengthening Labor Law GovernanceThe project aims to prepare a new labor code that conforms with ILO conventions on international labor standards that can be submitted to the Government for passage into law. It also aims to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the labor inspection system, increase knowledge among the social partners of the rights, obligations and services under national labor laws, and improved service delivery by MoLSAMD. |
$600,000 | Afghanistan | International Labor Organization (ILO) | 05/01/2011 | 06/30/2014 |
Occupational Safety and Health Modernization ProjectTo modernize occupational, mine, chemical and occupational medicine training for the Indian Government. |
$600,000 | India | Arlington, University of Texas | 08/31/2012 | 08/31/2015 |
Improving Fire & General Building Safety for Bangladesh's Ready-Made Garment Workers |
$1,000,000 | Bangladesh | American Center for International Labor Solidarity (Solidarity Center) | 09/30/2013 | 09/30/2017 |
Improving Fire & General Building Safety for Bangladesh's Ready-Made Garment Sector |
$1,500,000 | Bangladesh | International Labor Organization (ILO) | 09/30/2013 | 09/30/2017 |
Project to Prevent Child Labor in Home-Based Carpet Production in AfghanistanThis project aims to reduce the worst forms of child labor in the home-based production of carpets in Afghanistan by designing and piloting a sustainable social compliance system in collaboration with at least one carpet company. |
$2,000,000 | Afghanistan | GoodWeave | 09/30/2013 | 09/29/2018 |
Support for the Implementation of the Decent Work Country Programme in UzbekistanThis project built the capacity among national and local stakeholders to advocate for a reduction in child labor and forced labor and to promote fundamental principles and rights at work through the framework of the Decent Work Country Program agreement between the Government of Uzbekistan and the ILO. |
$6,000,000 | Uzbekistan | International Labor Organization (ILO) | 12/19/2014 | 12/31/2020 |
Country Level Engagement and Assistance to Reduce Child Labor II (CLEAR II) |
$7,595,000 | Belize, Burkina Faso, Global, Honduras, Jamaica, Liberia, Nepal, Panama | Winrock International | 09/30/2014 | 07/31/2019 |
Country Level Engagement and Assistance to Reduce Child Labor (CLEAR) |
$7,950,000 | Afghanistan, Armenia, Bangladesh, Côte d'Ivoire, Lebanon, Paraguay, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Uganda | International Labor Organization's International Program on the Elimination of Child Labor (ILO-IPEC) | 11/30/2013 | 01/31/2019 |