Argentina

Chile

Worker Employer Employer Employer

Employer

Worker Worker Worker

Worker Employer Employer Uruguay

Paraguay

Ecuador Suriname

GuyanaColombia

Jamaica

St. Lucia Barbados

Antigua andBarbuda

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Dominican Republic

Trinidad andTobago

Bahamas

Grenada

Mexico

Guatemala

Honduras

Costa Rica

El Salvador

Nicaragua

Peru Brazil

V FACE-TO-FACE

Meeting of Focal Points

Lima, October 22-25, 2019Regional InitiativeLatin America and the CaribbeanFree of Child Labour

Illustrated Report

Government

Workers and EmployersBolivia

SESSION 1 02THE ADDED VALUE OF INTERAGENCY ACTION TO ACHIEVE TARGET 8.7 IN LATIN AMERICA ANDTHE CARIBBEAN

RI: Ideal space to articulate effortsand take advantage of the added

value of interagency action

To connect the various United Nations agencies in achieving

Target 8.7

Interagency approach is considered as crucial for sustainability in the fight for the reduction of child labour

Child labour is a topic of high relevance for the United Nations System

Proposal for the protection and labour insertion of adolescents

TARGET 8.7TARGET 8.7

Juan Felipe HuntRegional Director of the ILO O�ce LAC

Luis Felipe López-CalvaPresident of the UNSDG LAC

Training model on skills for rural adolescents

Risks maps of hazardous rural adolescent labour

Open dialogue

The main challenge is the high level of informality

Employers Workers

Government

Address different types of violence

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Regional InitiativeLatin America and the CaribbeanFree of Child Labour

OPENING SESSIONPointed out the following priority actions:• Creation of new policies• Action plans• Implementation of the Child Labour Risk Identification Model (CLRISK)

Genti Mangroe,Focal Point Representative of Governments

Stated that the tripartism is a good strategy that contributes to a common agenda.

Cecilia Flores, Focal Point Representative of Employers

Emphasized on how informality, ethnical and gender inequalities and the lack of equitable distribution, contribute to infringe the rights of boys, girls and adolescents.

Paola Egusquiza,Focal Point Representative of Workers

Highlighted the main achievements of year 2019:

• The declaration of the year 2021 as the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour.• The Regional Initiative received the ILO Innovation Award 2019, in recognition of its differentiated approach from tripartite collaboration.

Juan Felipe Hunt,Regional Director of the ILO Office for Latin America and the Caribbean

Expressed that the Regional Initiative Latin America and the Caribbean Free of Child Labour (RI) stands out for its relevance to design solutions.

Emphasized the value of the CLRISK as a tool that provides evidence for governments to make decisions.

Rodrigo Baena Soares, Ambassador of Brazil in LimaErnesto de Zulueta Habsburgo-Lorena, Ambassador of Spain in Lima

Javier Palacios,Vice-Minister of Employment Promotion and Labour Training

Make the problem visible

Work on health and education

is a priority

Address child labour in supply chains

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KEY MESSAGES

SESSION 203 04

Countries strengthen their strategies of protection and/or labour reconversion targeting adolescents over the minimum legal age for admission to employment

Countries strengthen their strategies to tackle illegal forms of child labour

The Regional Initiative progressestowards its consolidation and it´s efficiently managed to accelerate the eradication of child labour

Collect information related to the worst forms of child labour

ACHIEVEMENTSACHIEVEMENTS

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Countries strengthen their preventive approach to child labour

Countries intensify the implementation of their strategies to withdraw boys, girls and adolescents below the minimum age for admission to employment from child labour, with special attention to those in hazardous child labour

Implementation of the CLRISKImplementation of the CLRISK A pilot plan was developed in two municipalities of Mexico: Tuxtla Gutiérrez and Villa Victoria

Strengthened interagency action: ECLAC, IOM,UNICEF, UNHCR, FAO

Sub-regional systematization of best practices in the sugar sectorin Central America

Technical assistance was provided to the Network of Enterprises in Costa Rica and Guatemala

Two new countries adhered to the RI:Antigua and Barbuda and Saint Kitts and Nevis

Greater positioning at regional level

CHALLENGESCHALLENGES

SESSION 2EVERYONE ON THE SAME PAGE: ACHIEVEMENTS AND CHALLENGES OF THE REGIONAL INITIATIVE 2018-2019

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Expand regional knowledge about child labour and related topics

Expand regional knowledge about child labour and related topics

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Creation of a partnership with civil society

Creation of a partnership with civil society

Mobilize technical and financial resources to make

sustainable the progress within the framework of the

Regional Initiative

Transversalize the gender perspective in the policy,

management and action of the Regional Initiative

Increase experiences of South-South and Triangular Cooperation to strengthen

capacities that make national responses sustainable

Diagnostics in 5 countries: Argentina, Chile, Dominican Republic,Guatemala and Peru

Identification of key stakeholders

Successful strategies on communication and awareness rising

More technical and financial sustainability

EVERYONE ON THE SAME PAGE: ACHIEVEMENTS AND CHALLENGES OF THE REGIONAL INITIATIVE 2018-2019

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ALLIANCE 8.7ALLIANCE 8.7

PROGRESS AND CHALLENGES OF THE ALLIANCE 8.7 AND ITS ROLE IN LATIN AMERICA AND THECARIBBEAN

A global alliance committed to the eradication of child labour and forced labour, the contemporary forms of slavery and human trafficking in the world

Boys, girls and adolescents in situation of child labour around the world

Representing several sectors and ILO as Technical Secretariat

million partners

Objectives

How?

Accelerate the actionAccelerate the action Share knowledgeShare knowledge Encourage innovationEncourage innovation Mobilize resourcesMobilize resources

Work better in the whole United Nations System

Work better in the whole United Nations System

Empower Ministries of Labour to work in coordination with other sectors

Empower Ministries of Labour to work in coordination with other sectors

Integrate the RI workwith the work of the Alliance 8.7: local, national and global

Integrate the RI workwith the work of the Alliance 8.7: local, national and global

Get new partnersGet new partners

Accelerate the steps in order to achieve Target 8.7

Accelerate the steps in order to achieve Target 8.7

Define the national strategy Define the national strategy

Develop a roadmapDevelop a roadmap Measure and submit results based on dataMeasure and submit results based on data

Generate strategies on communication and mobilization of resources

Generate strategies on communication and mobilization of resources

Being a pathfinder country is a commitment

Objective: Boost public policies and resources to strengthen

intersectoral coordination

Diagnostic made at the Ministry of Labour

Diagnostic made at the Ministry of Labour

Awareness raised among the stakeholders

Awareness raised among the stakeholders

Strategic workshopStrategic workshop

Strategic partnership made with the Ministry of the Interior

Strategic partnership made with the Ministry of the Interior

Roadmap2019-2021Roadmap2019-2021

Identification of initiativesIdentification of initiatives

Socialization with partnersSocialization with partners

Incorporation of new stakeholdersIncorporation of new stakeholders

Agreement with the Ministry of Development and Social Inclusion (MIDIS) to incorporate the CLRISK

Agreement with the Ministry of Development and Social Inclusion (MIDIS) to incorporate the CLRISK

Chile

Steps:

PATHFINDER COUNTRIES

Objective: Make the efforts visible and strengthen the

national policy

Peru

Objective: Promotes the multiagency support

Mexico

Steps:

Approach with the Alliance 8.7Approach with the Alliance 8.7

AdvocacyAdvocacy Strategic workshop:Representation of the Secretary of Labour and Social Security

Strategic workshop:Representation of the Secretary of Labour and Social Security

Steps:

4 works axes:Information and

knowledgeProtection and

prevention Intersectorial coordination

International cooperation

• It is important to have a tripartite social round table • Involve provinces and syndicates• Face challenges together

Panel of commentators

PROGRESS AND CHALLENGES OF THE ALLIANCE 8.7 AND ITS ROLE IN LATIN AMERICA AND THECARIBBEAN

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Regional InitiativeLatin America and the CaribbeanFree of Child Labour

SESSION 507 PERSPECTIVES AND CHALLENGES OF THE SOUTH-SOUTH AND TRIANGULAR COOPERATION(SSTC)

TRANSFORMATIVESPRACTICES

The South-South and Triangular Cooperation is identified as the cooperation between two or more countries for achieving joint goals

It promotes the exchange

It involves various actors

Knowledge

Personnel

Financing

Joint projects

Private sector

Cvil society

Government

Multilateralorganizations

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Daniel Castillo

Ibero-American Program for the Strengthening of South-South Cooperation (PIFCSS)

21 member countries

Objective: Capacity building

Production of information

Comprehensive data system

Exchange activities

Knowledge and instruments

Brazilian Cooperation Agency(ABC)

ABC partnerof the RI

Mónica Salmito

Objective:Connect with

other countries

Resources for cooperation

Experiences

Andalusian Agencyfor International Development Cooperation(AACID)

Started their contribution in

2017

Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation(AECID)

AECID since 2005 in Triangular Cooperation Horizontality

in leadership

Approaches:

Effectiveness and efficiencyin results

Mutual responsability

in the distribution of resourcesJosé Luis Pimentel

ADELANTE Program – European Union

Enhances regional dialogue

Results and impact on development

effectively and closely

Promotes partnership

between peers

Francisco Montero

Successful experience with

Morocco and Senegal

Policies

Decentralized cooperation

Technical support

Extension of topics

Leticia Casañ Jensen

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Results

Three aspects stand out as and added

value of the Triangular

Cooperation for the EU

PERSPECTIVES AND CHALLENGES OF THE SOUTH-SOUTH AND TRIANGULAR COOPERATION (SSTC)

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Regional InitiativeLatin America and the CaribbeanFree of Child Labour

SESSION 5.109 10SESSION 6PANEL ON MANAGEMENT OF SUCCESSFUL EXPERIENCES OF THE SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION (SSC) TO ACCELERATE THE ERADICATION OF CHILD LABOUR

BALANCE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MODEL FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF CHILD LABOUR RISK (CLRISK) PHASE I: LESSONS LEARNT AND CHALLENGES

• Inter-agency tool designed by ILO and ECLAC • Identify territories with higher risk of child labour and associated factors• Implemented in 8 countries, adapted according to the political and institutional context

Design and/or strengthening of preventive policies for child labour

Erika Stancioli,Focal Point

Government Brazil

• Special attention to the selection of the variables

2010 Census and 2015 Household Survey

• Define the variables that cause child labour

• Technical understanding by all the involved institutions

• Registry should be unified

• Implement new questions

Strengthen inter-institutional, intersectoral and intergovernmental articulation

Territorialization of Target 8.7 of the SDG

Measure the impact on the sustained reduction of child labour 

Focal Point GovernmentArgentina

Focal PointGovernmentJamaica

Focal PointWorkers

Focal PointGovernmentDominicanRepublic

Exchange with:

Exchange with:

Objective: Improve inspection

Focal PointEmployers

Cecilia Garau

Sasha Deer-Gordon

Federico Gomera

Susana Santomingo

Juliana Manrique

LearnedLessons

Maintain the coordination from the ILO

Do virtually monitoring

Cooperation between Trade Union

Organizations in the Southern Cone

Implementation of a work plan

Installation of capacities to address child labour

Political decision is fundamental

Allocation of abudget

Consolidation of a base group withspecialization to execute the work plan

CLRISKCLRISKSupport ILO

Fernando Aguirre,Focal Point

Government Colombia

Module on Child Labour of the GEIH and SISBEN records

• Articulation

• Feedback

• CLRISK is sustainable

Esmirna Sánchez,Focal Point

Government Costa Rica

ENAHO and administrative registries of Public Institutions

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Bahamas

Peru(2017-2018)

Mexico (2019)

Brazil (2016)

Guyana

Governments + +Private sector

Exchange with:

Peru

Childlabour

Forcedlabour Learned

Lessons

LearnedLessons

Data used Challenges Leasons learnt

• Institutionalized instrument through the Public Policy for the Prevention and Eradication of Child Labour and the Comprehensive Protection of Working Adolescents 2017-2027

• Limitations were found in the information

Objective: Implementation of the National Strategy for the Prevention and Eradication of Child Labour in the regions of Peru (ENPETI)

Objective: Design of the National Plan

Objectives: Implementation of the second stage of the CLRISK and improvement of adolescent labour protection focused on labour inspection

Engage different key stakeholders and generate greater articulation with tripartite bodies for the sustainability of public policies

LearnedLessons

Objective: Strengthen capacities and exchange knowledge in terms of an effective labour inspection focused on child labour

Involved stakeholders of:

Creation of the Global Learning Network (GAN): Partnership: companies + international organizations + public entities in Colombia, Argentina, Costa Rica, Guatemala and Mexico

Generate actions for youth employment

Have a good technical and administrative tracking system

Exchange experiences

Present advances

More site visits and build relationships with local employers´ and workers´ organizations

LearnedLessons

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TARGET

SDG 8

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SESSION 6.111 12SESSION 7 THE CHALLENGE OF THE LOCAL RESPONSE TO THE CLRISK – PHASE II: MEXICO CASE MAKE IT POSSIBLE! IMPROVING OUR ADVOCACY CAPACITIES

STAGES CLRISK – PHASE II ADVOCACY WORKSHOP

Part II: Neuro-linguistic programming and negotiation

11Selection of local terrritory: Identify relevant elements, such as the institutional capacity to operate the strategy, institutional incentives and times

22Institutional liaison to implement the strategy: Consider the technical/political profile and the inter-institutional capacity. Requires training and formal agreements

33Territorial characterization: Take into account the legal and operational definition of child labour and identify other statistical methodologies

44 Mapping of institutional services and competencies: Identify organizations and prioritize programs

55Intervention design: Define the objectives, the target population, action lines, focus and prioritization of the territory, the supply and demand capacity, the costs and the monitoring scheme

Tuxtla Gutiérrez,is an urban district with lowrisk, interest and has institutional capacity

Duration of the process:8 - 10 months

Municipal Memorandum of Understanding - ILOMunicipal Secretariat

of Economy

Census Administrative records

Existing regulation

Inter-secretarial Commission for the Prevention and Eradication of Child Labour (CITI)

Reduce the cost of opportunity of attending school

Strengthen the visits to households

Creation of the CITI at national, state and municipal level

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Documental researchthrough websites

Public transparency

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Coordination space

Self-knowledge and self-awareness: Keys to negotiation

Negotiation is an interpersonal relationship

Unconscious bias: Stereotypes

EmpathyAction plan

What do I have? With what weapons

do I go to a negotiation?

Become aware

Look for possibilities

Avoid judgments

Build a relationship

11 How to begin the negotiation?

22 What to do when a conflict arises?

33 How to know how to negotiate with one person?

44 Considerations before a negotiation:

Separating the problem from the people

Look for different options for mutual benefit

To prevent To planIdentify principal

actors

Contain the crisis

Solve the crisis

Identified learned lessons

Type of institution

Type of actors and their

capacity of decision

Cultural factors

Content (political, social,

legal, labour) Strategy

www

Part I: How to negotiate through tactical empathy?

• People who avoid the risk and are distrustful• Demanding and aggressive people• People who take the risk• People who bet for collaboration

Identify how people focus on risk management

MEXICO CASE

+Other methodologies to cross the information

Sustainability Involve and articulate

other stakeholders of the government

Include a design for strengthening the municipality

Take into account the already existing

coordination spacesCLRISK

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SESSION 813 14SESSION 9 AND 10PRESENTATION GLOBAL MARCH ON THE PROGRESS OF TARGET 8.7 IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 2021: INTERNATIONAL YEAR FOR THE ELIMINATION OF CHILD LABOUR

Findings of Child Labour Regional Mapping

Challenges and recommendations

Latin America: The region with the greatest progress in child labour reduction

At national level: Progress in legal framework and public policy implementation

Hazardous work represents the highest proportion

Men do dangerous agricultural activities

Women are invisible in the domestic labour

Agricultural sector and unpaid family labour

Informal economy in supply chains

There are no clear figures about human trafficking or forced labour

Political priority to the eradication of forced labour

Provide the corresponding public budget allocation

Territorial focus in municipalities

To improve child labour measurement and monitoring

Multi-stakeholder work perspective at national, sub-regional and regional level

Engage civil societyorganizations

• Budget cuts and investment in policies• Programs and the switch-o� of National CommissionsSetbacks

112021 REGIONAL CAMPAIGN

22 What do I want them to hear?

• NGOs• Cooperation Agencies• National and International Trade Union Organizations• Agricultural Producer Organizations• Community Leaders• Institutions and Religious Leaders

• Decision makers and public policy implementers• Governments and political authorities at national, provincial and local level• Committees for the Eradication of Child Labour

• Boys, girls and adolescents of the world• Most vulnerable families• Media and journalists

• World leaders• Workers• Schools• Academy

• Business organizations• Relevant actors in supply chains

Civil Society

Others

Governments Private Sector

Child labour affects present and future generations, families and countries

Boys, girls and adolescents have the right to survival and development, to participate and to be heard

The State must guarantee the protection of the rights of children and adolescents

We must all get involve in the prevention of child labour

The promotion of decent work and the construction of a welfare and inclusive society are key aspects to combat child labour

33 How 2021 benefits the Regional Initiative?

Strengthens the image and credibility of the Regional Initiative worldwide

Opportunity to be a leader

Significantly increases support

Position of CLRISK as a key tool

Raises awarenessand promote commitment

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Who do I want to hear me?

Strengthens the network of strategic partners

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CLOSING SESSION

Kathia Romero,Alternate Focal Point representative of Governments

Goretti Paul,Focal Point representative of Employers

Susana Santomingo,Focal Point representative of Workers

Philippe Vanhuynegem,Director of the ILO Office for the Andean Countries

• Highlighted the approach of fundamental issues, such as South-South Cooperation and CLRISK, for the implementation of future strategic actions.• Expressed the expectation of Peru as a Pathfinder Country of Alliance 8.7 and valued the common points identified through the exchange of experiences in the meeting.

• Strengthened her ongoing commitment with ILO, as a representative of the employer sector, to guarantee that the opinions, queries and suggestions of the labour workers of those considered in the various

• Called to generate and make visible more information that responds to the reality of the Caribbean, with the objective of having data that facilitate the most appropriate commitments to reach the goal in 2025.

• Valued the meetting as an important space for integration, where proposals were agreed between the

• Emphasized the relevance of the tripartite nature that provides significant contribution at a technical and

• Stressed, in quantitative terms, some of the main results of the meeting: 740 ideas to improve the

• Greeted the collective and tripartite voice of the Regional Initiative and the cohesion of its commitment to end child labour.• Expressed that for the ILO, being responsible for the Technical Secretariat of a platform with these characteristics, regional, multilingual and tripartite, is a challenge that has not only enriched the way the organization works, but has also kept it in an constant learning.

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activities oriented to eliminate child labour.

different stakeholders.

methodological levels.

and 100 inputs to address the challenges, 88 barriers and 38 solutions to promote more SSC processes.monitoring system of the Regional Initiative, 102 challenges identified to strengthen the local response