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Enhanced capacity of government and social partners to reduce child labour and improve occupational safety and health in Syria - cluster evaluation with RBSA components

eval_number:

3079

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/3079

lessons_learned:

themes:

theme:

Government - capacity building

category:

Constituents

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comments:

National OSH Tripartite Bodies, Ministries of labour, Labour Inspectorates, Labour inspectors, OSH inspectors, Unions, Employers’ organisations, Enterprises

challenges:

• Key informants and focus group discussants stated that although they appreciated the rich technical content of the workshops, they found it challenging to apply this knowledge without practical follow up – either practical application exercises during the workshops, or participation in study tours. Theory needs to be combined with practical application for effective capacity building. • It took several months to get visas for Egypt, so the planned study tour was postponed and ultimately took place outside the project timeline. In the end, visas were not obtained for the social partners, so only MOSAL representatives took part in the study tour, so was unable to be undertaken on a tripartite basis.

success:

The capacity building workshops promoted awareness raising about international labour standards, technical advice on compliance of Syrian laws with international labour standards • The projects worked with tripartite constituents to ensure that the safety and health of workers is afforded greater priority and that national OSH policies and practices are aligned with international labour standards such as: o Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155), o Occupational Health Services Convention, 1985 (No. 161), o Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 2006 (No. 187), o Safety and Health in Construction Convention, 1988 (No. 167), o Safety and Health in Agriculture Convention, 2001 (No. 184), o Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81), o Labour Inspection (Agriculture) Convention, 1969 (No. 129). • The study tours to Jordan and Egypt provided participants with practical follow up to the theory they learned in the capacity building workshops. Tripartism • Working together with social partners - Labour inspection systems need to develop mechanisms and areas of cooperation with their social partners and their representative organizations, which will improve their acceptance and enhance the economics of labour inspection at the enterprise level. o Where possible, capacity building workshops and study tours were undertaken on a tripartite basis, involving the constituents at all levels. For example, the study tour to Jordan was conducted on a tripartite basis, encouraging MOSAL, DCI and unions to see how they could work together to improve workers’ safety and health.

context:

Safety and health at work context • Globally each year, 2.78 million workers die from work related injuries and illnesses, of which 2.4 million are disease related • Another 374 million suffer from non fatal work related injury and illnesses • The recent Covid-19 pandemic has made the issue of safety and health at work more relevant than ever before • In addition to incalculable human suffering, lost work days represent almost 4 percent of the world’s GDP per year Capacity building undertaken by the three projects • The projects carried out a series of capacity building workshops focusing on various aspects of OSH and labour inspection, particularly equipping labour inspectors to detect and deal with situations which are not in conformity with international labour standards or national legislation on child labour and labour inspection. • The RBSA OSH project planned to complement the capacity building workshops with two study tours – one to Jordan and one to Egypt – for tripartite participants to visit countries who have also experienced periods of protracted conflict and have moved forward, and to observe and be inspired by the automation of these labour inspectorates in neighbouring countries, and measures for voluntary compliance.

description:

Capacity building workshops combined with tripartite South-South study tours are an effective method of capacity building for OSH and labour inspection

administrative_issues:

• Apply for visas and other necessary permissions well in advance of planned study tours • Do capacity building workshops incorporate practical as well as theoretical sessions? • Do workshop sessions allow for adequate participation of workshop participants, so they can apply the theoretical knowledge?

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/lessons/246454

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location:

country:

Syrian Arab Republic

region:

Arab States

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eval_title:

Enhanced capacity of government and social partners to reduce child labour and improve occupational safety and health in Syria - cluster evaluation with RBSA components