ILAB in the South & Central Asia

South & Central Asia

Projects

Title Amount Sort descending Location Grantee Start End

Setting National Strategies for the Elimination of Girls' Trafficking and Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children Nepal

$170,000 Nepal International Labor Organization's International Program on the Elimination of Child Labor (ILO-IPEC) 09/29/1997 09/29/1999

Women's Employment

$300,000 Afghanistan Vital Global Partnership 09/29/2002 09/29/2003

HIV/AIDS Prevention in the World of Work

  • Integration of HIV/AIDS in the labor policies of the Ministry of Labor and Transport Management.
  • Establishment of comprehensive HIV/AIDS policies and prevention, care and support programs in targeted workplaces, in both the formal and informal economy
  • Conduct meetings with professional organizations and other relevant stakeholders on how to improve worker’s conditions and promote relevant programs supporting workers/employees rights, especially the rights of people living with HIV/AIDS.

$418,594 Nepal International Labor Organization (ILO) 03/01/2004 10/31/2007

HIV/AIDS Workplace Education

$418,623 Nepal International Labor Organization (ILO) 09/29/2004 09/29/2007

HIV/AIDS Workplace Education

$420,000 Sri Lanka International Labor Organization (ILO) 09/29/2004 09/29/2009

HIV/AIDS Prevention in the World of Work

  • Integration of HIV/AIDS in the labor policies of the Ministry of Labor Relations and Foreign Employment.
  • Establishment of HIV/AIDS policies and programs in targeted workplace sectors.
  • An online resource center is established to support the development of HIV/AIDS policy and prevention programs in the workplace. 
  • A tripartite national policy statement, containing key principles to be adhered to with regard to HIV/AIDS in the world of work is adopted and widely disseminated.

$510,000 Sri Lanka International Labor Organization (ILO) 01/01/2005 12/31/2007

Preventing and Eliminating Child Labor in Identified Hazardous Sectors (INDUS) – Migrant Child Labor Addendum

$548,000 India International Labor Organization's International Program on the Elimination of Child Labor (ILO-IPEC) 09/29/2006 09/29/2009

Emergency Response to Child Labor in Selected Tsunami Affected Areas in Sri Lanka

$562,408 Sri Lanka International Labor Organization's International Program on the Elimination of Child Labor (ILO-IPEC) 09/29/2005 09/29/2008

Occupational Safety and Health Modernization Project

To 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

Strengthening Labor Law Governance

The 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