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Building a generation of safe and healthy workers: Safe & Healthy Youth - Midterm Evaluation

eval_number:

2361

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/2361

location:

country:

Uruguay

region:

Americas

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country:

Mongolia

region:

Asia and the Pacific

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country:

Myanmar

region:

Asia and the Pacific

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country:

Philippines

region:

Asia and the Pacific

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country:

Inter-Regional

region:

Inter-Regional

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country:

Viet Nam

region:

Asia and the Pacific

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country:

Ecuador

region:

Americas

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country:

Côte d'Ivoire

region:

Africa

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eval_title:

Building a generation of safe and healthy workers: Safe & Healthy Youth - Midterm Evaluation

recommendations:

date:

2018-10-12 00:00:00.0

themes:

theme:

Organizational issues

category:

Planning and programme design

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comments:

A primary purpose of the ILO Flagship programmes was to increase the resources available to the ILO to meet the unmet needs for technical assistance sought by ILO member states and social partners due to lack of sufficient RB and RBTC resources. As expressly set out in the OSH flagship programme document this includes the needs in countries to advance improvements in their OSH systems, including reform of laws and regulations, mechanism for social dialogue, enforcement and compliance services, capacity of workers and employers, employment injury insurance protections, occupational health services, OSH data and increasing the demand for OSH. The flagship programme then identifies sectors, types of employers and groups of employees, including young workers for targeted attention.

action_plan:

The Project provides training directly to young workers through OSH-enhanced TVET curriculum in four countries (Viet Nam, Myanmar, Cote D’Ivoire and Uruguay). The Project also provides OSH training and awareness to young agricultural workers in Myanmar by increasing the OSH capacity of agricultural extension agents, and to young agricultural workers in Colombia through direct training and capacity building. The Project conducted an extensive global OSH awareness campaign as part of World Day on Safety and Health at Work, including the publication of the first-ever ILO technical brief on OSH for young workers and the development of an Action Plan on OSH for young workers. These efforts were replicated and amplified at country level through national OSH fora, workshops, and awareness initiatives. The Project is conducting research on the incidence of occupational injury to young workers in three countries (expected results: Viet Nam-Dec 2018, Myanmar-July 2019 and the Philippines-Jan 2019). The Project is also preparing a multi-country study in Latin America on OSH for young workers (expected results-July 2019), including what is known about the incidence of young worker injury.

management_response:

Partially Completed

progress:

Partially achieved

admin_units:

LAB/ADMIN

title:

Narrow the project scope, placing greater emphasis on activities that are likely to have a direct and more immediate impact on the safety and health of young workers. Given the time and resources remaining in the project, SY@W should focus attention on training young workers on safety and health, mounting broad awareness campaigns directed to young workers, and conducting research on the relative vulnerability of young workers. It should lend support to addressing issues specifically related to young workers, but not lead, ILO efforts in countries to advance OSH legal reforms (including the ratification of the ILO labor standards), prepare National OSH Profiles and Action Plans, build the capacity of labor inspectorates, and strengthen OSH recording and notification systems. Lead responsibility for these conventional ILO activities should rest with other LABADMIN/OSH projects (funded through XBTC or regular budget). Additional detail with respect to these three suggested components follows: - OSH training for young workers - Awareness campaigns directed to young workers - Research on the vulnerability of young workers

project_symbols:

GLO/14/20/USA

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/recommendations/12728

information_source:

Head Quarters

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