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Technical cooperation project in Qatar - Final evaluation

eval_number:

3207

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/3207

location:

country:

Qatar

region:

Arab States

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eval_title:

Technical cooperation project in Qatar - Final evaluation

recommendations:

date:

2022-10-28 00:00:00.0

themes:

theme:

Conditions of work & equality

category:

Gender equality

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action_plan:

Activities related to gender equality and greater female labour force participation were included in the design of Phase 2 of the project. To mark International Women’s Day in March 2022, the ILO and MoL organized a discussion on the topic of women and the world of work with participation from the Ministry of Social Development and Family, Shura Council, Qatar Financial Center, National Human Rights Committee of Qatar, and Qatar’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The outcome of the discussion was a decision to establish a working group to facilitate research and the exchange of good practices on the integration of women into the labour market. The ILO and MoL have rolled out a training programme for joint labour-management committees on Conventions No. 111 on Discrimination and No. 190 on Violence and Harassment at Work. The programme will target at least 60 companies by mid-March 2023. A key component of the training is to undertake risk and gap assessments, including of company protocols and procedures and to align them with Conventions 111 and 190 and Qatar Labour Law. To strengthen referral procedures relating to discrimination and to violence and harassment at work, the ILO and the MoL, together with the ITC-ILO, have developed self-paced online courses on the topics of discrimination and violence and harassment with tailor-made case studies for each of the labour relations, labour inspection, and recruitment departments. In the context of the trilateral MoU between ILO, MoL and the UK, the ILO facilitated knowledge sharing sessions between the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS) and different departments at the MoL to discuss the detection and management of cases of discrimination and violence and harassment. The exchanges took place in in March 2022. Following the establishment of a central labour management consultation committee in the hospitality sector in May 2022, CLMCC members – workers’ and management – have identified the development of guidelines for addressing discrimination and violence and harassment in hotels as one of three priorities for action by the newly established body. Consultations to propose related sectoral guidelines are foreseen in early 2023. A program on a gender-responsive labour inspection was developed in cooperation with the Swedish Work Environment Authority (SWEA). A delegation from Sweden visited Doha to observe inspections, deliver seminars with inspectors, and participate in high-level coordination meetings with MOL. The work with SWEA is continuing, with follow-up coordination meetings, and an exchange visit to Sweden, tentatively scheduled for the second quarter of 2023.

management_response:

Partially Completed

progress:

Partially achieved

admin_units:

NORMES

title:

Recommendation 2: Give gender equality a more visible role as complementary driver of labour reform MADLSA and the ILO Doha Project Office, with ROAS support, should promote an increased participation of women in the Qatari workforce, and advocate for an equal treatment of women and men in the workplace. Additionally, the GOQ, with support of the TCP, could target the ratification of gender related international labour standards which have not yet been ratified by Qatar, notably conventions Nos. 100 (equal remuneration), 156 (workers with family responsibilities) and 183 (maternity protection).

project_symbols:

QAT/17/01/QAT

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/recommendations/16189

information_source:

Country Office

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