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Combatting unacceptable forms of work in the Thai fishing and seafood industry (Better Fisheries Programme) - Final evaluation

eval_number:

2547

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/2547

location:

country:

Thailand

region:

Asia and the Pacific

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eval_title:

Combatting unacceptable forms of work in the Thai fishing and seafood industry (Better Fisheries Programme) - Final evaluation

recommendations:

date:

2020-05-22 00:00:00.0

themes:

theme:

Organizational issues

category:

Tripartism & constituent partnerships

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comments:

Ultimately, success in terms of legal reforms is dependent on Government's commitment thus the capacity building support and advocacy to government under the new and first ever Thailand DWCP (see above for specifics).

action_plan:

All follow up actions are contained in DWCP, specifically in relation to priority 3 outcome 3.1 and 3.2 and in relation to the work in support of the constituents under 4.1.1 on partnerships and coordination. More specifically in the follow on next generation Ship to Shore Project (due to start June 2020) there will be a focus on campaigns including: giving visibility to the Action and its impacts over its 48 months lifespan at national, European and international levels; ensuring consistent communication to all stakeholders, and to promote ownership and investment in the Action; sharing lessons learnt and promising practices on labour migration governance, particularly for migrant fishers, and fair recruitment models in the fishing and seafood processing industry that are identified and tested in partnership with stakeholders; promoting national, regional and international dialogue on labour migration governance, particularly for sea-based workers, in order to facilitate access to safe, orderly and regular migration channels and decent work opportunities; ensuring wide-ranging access to, and use of action knowledge products, documents and other relevant information.

management_response:

Partially Completed

progress:

Partially achieved

admin_units:

CO-Bangkok

title:

Develop an explicit strategy to achieve legal reforms that takes advantage of leverage points and mobilizes constituents to undertake coordinated activities (Objective 1). Efforts undertaken by ILO, trade unions, CSOs and other advocates need to be coordinated and directed toward key policymakers as well as individuals outside government who have substantial political influence. Public awareness campaigns should be integrated with political advocacy. Campaigns should be directed toward a specific audience, convey key messages and aim to motivate specific actions. To be effective, campaigns need to be sustained. While reform has a technical dimension, it is inherently political. That said, ILO operates under certain limitations: it does not typically become involved in reform efforts unless it is requested to do so by government and cannot be involved in partisan politics.

project_symbols:

THA/15/03/EUR

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/recommendations/14189

information_source:

Country Office

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