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Moving towards a child labour free Jordan - Final evaluation

eval_number:

2685

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/2685

lessons_learned:

themes:

theme:

Child labour

category:

Child labour, forced labour, human trafficking and slavery

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comments:

Children (girls and boys) who are of legal working age but who are engaged in hazardous child labour.

challenges:

• The challenge of developing workable models on linking child labour issues with youth employment. • The relatively higher costs of pilot activities/projects. The apprenticeship projects need to involve a mentor or qualified trainer, who visits the work site on a regular basis, develops a training plan for the apprentice together with the employer and the youth in a participatory manner, monitors and provides advice on the progress of the training. • The challenge of engaging participants in non-traditional skills training or apprenticeships for example, e.g. for girl, such as making them interested in occupations other than traditional girl/women occupations, i.e. going beyond tailoring, handicraft etc. and received training in ITC, retail, food production, carpentry, mechanics, printing, hospitality and more.

success:

The International Youth Foundation (IYF) in Jordan developed a successful model of linking child labour and youth employment through upgrading informal apprenticeships and implementing a programme targeting 120 youth between the ages of 16 and 24. Through a scientifically developed training curriculum, 120 situations of child labour and/or potentially exploitative situations were converted into apprenticeships where the youth engaged in a learning process leading to better career and employment opportunities.

context:

Traditional child labour programmes in Jordan have mainly provided life skills and vocational training to children in an ad hoc manner. Bringing in advanced methods and tools such as market analysis, development of occupational standards, the use of DACUM processes etc. significantly increased the quality of the programme, increased its relevance to the local context and strengthened the motivation and commitment of the participants and employers.

description:

Upgrading informal apprenticeships is an effective way of tackling child labour, particularly in situations where the child is of legal working age but is engaged in hazardous child labour. This can be done by ensuring the child is not engaged in any dangerous tasks and by converting the work place into a safe and healthy learning environment through training and increasing the awareness of not only the child but also the employer and the co-workers about workplace hazards and risks.

administrative_issues:

ILO has much experience from many countries in this area and should ensure that apprenticeships programmes are carefully designed and implemented through (preferably) Civil Society Organisations. If possible pilots should be arranged involving both the private sector and governments – i.e. through some kind of Public Private Partnership, with careful monitoring and support by the ILO.

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/lessons/188851

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location:

country:

Jordan

region:

Arab States

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eval_title:

Moving towards a child labour free Jordan - Final evaluation