Programmes and projects

Technical cooperation programmes and projects implemented are one of the main means of action to support constituents in promoting decent work in the African region and to give effect to the Decent Work Agenda in Africa 2007-15.

Since 2002, a total of 560 technical cooperation programmes and projects have been approved for the African region, with a total budget of US$545.2 million. Practically all countries in the region have benefited from such interventions. As of December 2011, there were 205 active technical cooperation projects being managed by the ILO in the African region.

2016

  1. Trade Sector Development Programme: Market Value Chains Relating to Horticultural Products for Responsible Tourism Market Access Project

    1 April 2014 - 31 December 2016

    Strengthening Capacity of Social Partners to Improve Training Quality in the Tourism Sector

  2. UN Joint Programme on Gender Based Violence

    1 August 2013 - 31 December 2016

    This Programme is developed to support the Government of the Republic of Zambia (GRZ) under Ministry of Gender and Child Development in implementing the support for institutional transformation to facilitate the implementation of Zambia’s Anti-GBV Act.

  3. Building National Floors of Social Protection in Southern Africa

    1 January 2014 - 31 December 2016

    This project will assist in bringing ILO expertise to strengthening basic social protection systems in Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique. The project will provide technical support to constituents through assistance to on-going processes of national dialogue, in harmony with coordinated efforts by UN and bilateral cooperating partners.

  4. UN Joint Programme on Local Governance and Decentralized Service Delivery (JPLG)

    1 January 2008 - 31 December 2016

    The overall objective of the programme is that local governance contributes to peace and equitable priority service delivery.

  5. Unleashing African Entrepreneurship Initiative Youth Entrepreneurship Facility, Uganda.

    1 May 2014 - 30 November 2016

    Youth unemployment is a serious and growing challenge in developing countries, especially in the African continent. It is no doubt a real threat to socio-political and economic stability in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. Some of the underlying causes of youth unemployment include lack of supportive business environment; lack of entrepreneurial culture; lack of requisite entrepreneurship skills; lack of access to affordable finance; lack of evidence-based information upon which policy makers can make informed decisions; and limited involvement of the youth in matters pertaining to their livelihood.

  6. Improving the governance of labour migration and the protection of migrant workers’ rights in Tunisia, Morocco, Libya and Egypt

    1 March 2013 - 30 November 2016

    In the North Africa region, unemployment, underemployment, informality of employment and decent work deficits triggered the social unrest leading to the 2011 revolutions and contributed to the ongoing political transformation processes.

  7. HIV & AIDS and the World of Work

    1 June 2005 - 30 September 2016

    The HIV&AIDS and the world of work project in Uganda commenced in 2005 in response to the need to mitigate the socio-economic impact of HIV&AIDS on labour.

  8. Law-Growth Nexus III: Labour Law and the Enabling Business Environment for MSMEs in Kenya

    1 December 2013 - 30 August 2016

    Currently LGN III is focusing on promoting decent work agenda through the use of the labour law, policies and legal and regulatory reforms .It also focused on removing social prejudice and stereotype on transport subsector

  9. Global Action Programme on Migrant Domestic Workers and their Families

    1 February 2013 - 31 July 2016

    Promoting decent work for migrant workers worldwide

  10. Enhancing implementation of labour standards in an effort to promote decent work and productivity benefits for employers and workers in the United Republic of Tanzania

    30 June 2016

    The project contributes to supporting good governance by promoting social dialogue.