Concept note on Pledges
Introduction
The main objective of the IV Global Conference on the Sustained Eradication of Child
Labour is to accelerate the pace towards the elimination of child labour, in line with the
Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).
Within the framework of the SDG, the IV Global Conference will address different topics
related to child labour, forced labour and youth employment with the aim of identifying
different scenarios and conditions leading, in addition to the elimination of child labour
by 2025, to the elimination of forced labour by 2030 in line with target 8.7; and within
this context to achieve full and productive employment and decent work for young
people, in line with SDG Targets 8.5 and 8.6. The final outcome of the IV Global
Conference will be a declaration (“the Buenos Aires Declaration”) to be adopted by the
Conference.
During the IV Global Conference, the participants will be invited to make public
voluntary pledges to carryout concrete actions, in line with the Buenos Aires
Declaration. Pledges are a flexible tool that will help focus the IV Global Conference
outcomes on specific actions, within their respective areas of responsibility, for instance,
for Governments, to ratify relevant international instruments within a given timeframe,
launch initiatives at national, sub-regional or regional level (see examples at the end of
this document).
Pledges – what is at stake?
Pledges, i.e. a solemn promise or undertaking, have become increasingly popular and
have been used in a wide range of conference settings1. Pledges are widely perceived
as positive additional outcomes of international conferences and as a way to turn good
will into specific commitments through concrete actions.
1. For example, the following International Conferences have used a pledge mechanism:
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Conferences (introduced for the first time pledges in
2003); within the context of the negotiations leading to the “Framework Convention on Climate
Change”, countries first signed on to the notion of pledges (intended nationally determined
contribution -INDCs) at the UN’s 2013 climate negotiations in Warsaw (COP19), similar efforts in
this direction have continued in 2014 in Lima (COP20) and in 2015 in Paris (COP21); the Gavi (the
Vaccine Alliance) pledging conference hosted by Germany on 26-27 January 2015; the Third
International Humanitarian Pledging Conference for Syria, hosted by the State of Kuwait on 31
March 2015; the Anti-Corruption Summit: London 2016, 12 May 2016, hosted by the government of
the United Kingdom; the Fifth Replenishment Conference of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS,
Tuberculosis and Malaria, hosted by Canada on 16-17 September 2016, among other.
GUIDELINES FOR PLEDGES
1. Introduction
Participants in the IV Global Conference on the Sustained Eradication of Child Labour
are invited to undertake specific commitments, acting independently or jointly with
regard to achieving SDG Target 8.7, in particular for the period 2017-2021, in the form of
pledges. Joint pledges, undertaken as a means of building partnerships are also
possible and welcome.
2. Who can make a pledge
The following participants to the IV Global Conference can make a pledge:
■ A member country.
■ A group of member countries and supranational entities.
■ Social partners at national and international level. Tripartite (government and social
partners) and bipartite (social partners) pledges would be encouraged.
■ International organizations and sub-regional and regional organizations, within the
framework of their respective mandates.
■ In addition, business and civil society organizations can also formulate pledges.
3. Content
All pledges should:
■ Be in line with the objectives of the IV Global Conference and the Buenos Aires
Declaration;
■ Be action-oriented, measurable and time-bound (objectives to be reached in the
period 2017-2021);
■ Preferably promote partnerships between participants that involve joint action and
shared goals;
■ Be formulated in one of the IV Global Conference working
languages: English, French or Spanish;
■ Be short, concise and specific (maximum 10 lines);
■ A Tripartite Screening Committee will be set up, under the auspices of the ILO, to
guarantee that pledges are in line with the IV Global Conference objectives and the
Buenos Aires Declaration.
4. Submission
■ Before the IV Global Conference, participants willing to pre-assess the compatibility
of their intended pledges, with the Conference objectives might, at their earliest
convenience, submit them to the ILO for feedback to Ms. Svenja Fohgrub, e-mail:
[email protected] (copying [email protected]) /
Phone : +41 22 799 7695.
■ A pledge stand will be open at the IV Global Conference venue, on Tuesday 14th and
Wednesday 15th November - throughout the working hours of the Conference.
■ During the IV Global Conference, participants are encouraged to submit their final
pledges before the end of the first day (14th of November), in English, French or
Spanish, using the enclosed "Pledge registration form" (Annex 1), so to allow the
Tripartite Screening Committee to review them, provide feedback and, if necessary,
to allow those promoting the pledges for enough time to amend and finalize them.
■ All pledges received may be amended and finalized by those making them at the
pledge stand, at the latest, until 6.00 p.m. on Wednesday 15th of November.
5. Publication
Those making pledges, which pass the tripartite screening committee assessment will
have the possibility of publically announce their pledge during a plenary session
provided to that end before the closing of the IV Global Conference on 16th November
2017. These pledges will then be registered.
All registered pledges will be posted on the IV Global Conference website at:
http://www.childlabour2017.org
6. After the IV Global Conference
■ Registered pledges will be considered an integral part of the IV Global Conference.
A publication will compile them and invite those making them to report on their
implementation at the V Global Conference, in 2021.
■ Summary information on these pledges will be provided in the IV Global
Conference Report.
■ Pledge makers will be invited to designate a point of contact regarding
their pledges.
CONTACTS
For questions on the preparation or on the content of your pledge, please contact the
Argentinian authorities and/or the ILO at:
Phone: + 54 11 5555-1457
Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Ms. Svenja Fohgrub
International Labour Office
Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work Branch
Phone: +41 22 799 7695
Geneva (Switzerland)
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Introduction
The main objective of the IV Global Conference on the Sustained Eradication of Child
Labour is to accelerate the pace towards the elimination of child labour, in line with the
Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).
Within the framework of the SDG, the IV Global Conference will address different topics
related to child labour, forced labour and youth employment with the aim of identifying
different scenarios and conditions leading, in addition to the elimination of child labour
by 2025, to the elimination of forced labour by 2030 in line with target 8.7; and within
this context to achieve full and productive employment and decent work for young
people, in line with SDG Targets 8.5 and 8.6. The final outcome of the IV Global
Conference will be a declaration (“the Buenos Aires Declaration”) to be adopted by the
Conference.
During the IV Global Conference, the participants will be invited to make public
voluntary pledges to carryout concrete actions, in line with the Buenos Aires
Declaration. Pledges are a flexible tool that will help focus the IV Global Conference
outcomes on specific actions, within their respective areas of responsibility, for instance,
for Governments, to ratify relevant international instruments within a given timeframe,
launch initiatives at national, sub-regional or regional level (see examples at the end of
this document).
Pledges – what is at stake?
Pledges, i.e. a solemn promise or undertaking, have become increasingly popular and
have been used in a wide range of conference settings1. Pledges are widely perceived
as positive additional outcomes of international conferences and as a way to turn good
will into specific commitments through concrete actions.
Concept note on Pledges
GUIDELINES FOR PLEDGES
1. Introduction
Participants in the IV Global Conference on the Sustained Eradication of Child Labour
are invited to undertake specific commitments, acting independently or jointly with
regard to achieving SDG Target 8.7, in particular for the period 2017-2021, in the form of
pledges. Joint pledges, undertaken as a means of building partnerships are also
possible and welcome.
2. Who can make a pledge
The following participants to the IV Global Conference can make a pledge:
■ A member country.
■ A group of member countries and supranational entities.
■ Social partners at national and international level. Tripartite (government and social
partners) and bipartite (social partners) pledges would be encouraged.
■ International organizations and sub-regional and regional organizations, within the
framework of their respective mandates.
■ In addition, business and civil society organizations can also formulate pledges.
3. Content
All pledges should:
■ Be in line with the objectives of the IV Global Conference and the Buenos Aires
Declaration;
■ Be action-oriented, measurable and time-bound (objectives to be reached in the
period 2017-2021);
■ Preferably promote partnerships between participants that involve joint action and
shared goals;
■ Be formulated in one of the IV Global Conference working
languages: English, French or Spanish;
■ Be short, concise and specific (maximum 10 lines);
■ A Tripartite Screening Committee will be set up, under the auspices of the ILO, to
guarantee that pledges are in line with the IV Global Conference objectives and the
Buenos Aires Declaration.
4. Submission
■ Before the IV Global Conference, participants willing to pre-assess the compatibility
of their intended pledges, with the Conference objectives might, at their earliest
convenience, submit them to the ILO for feedback to Ms. Svenja Fohgrub, e-mail:
[email protected] (copying [email protected]) /
Phone : +41 22 799 7695.
■ A pledge stand will be open at the IV Global Conference venue, on Tuesday 14th and
Wednesday 15th November - throughout the working hours of the Conference.
■ During the IV Global Conference, participants are encouraged to submit their final
pledges before the end of the first day (14th of November), in English, French or
Spanish, using the enclosed "Pledge registration form" (Annex 1), so to allow the
Tripartite Screening Committee to review them, provide feedback and, if necessary,
to allow those promoting the pledges for enough time to amend and finalize them.
■ All pledges received may be amended and finalized by those making them at the
pledge stand, at the latest, until 6.00 p.m. on Wednesday 15th of November.
5. Publication
Those making pledges, which pass the tripartite screening committee assessment will
have the possibility of publically announce their pledge during a plenary session
provided to that end before the closing of the IV Global Conference on 16th November
2017. These pledges will then be registered.
All registered pledges will be posted on the IV Global Conference website at:
http://www.childlabour2017.org
6. After the IV Global Conference
■ Registered pledges will be considered an integral part of the IV Global Conference.
A publication will compile them and invite those making them to report on their
implementation at the V Global Conference, in 2021.
■ Summary information on these pledges will be provided in the IV Global
Conference Report.
■ Pledge makers will be invited to designate a point of contact regarding
their pledges.
CONTACTS
For questions on the preparation or on the content of your pledge, please contact the
Argentinian authorities and/or the ILO at:
Phone: + 54 11 5555-1457
Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Ms. Svenja Fohgrub
International Labour Office
Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work Branch
Phone: +41 22 799 7695
Geneva (Switzerland)
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Introduction
The main objective of the IV Global Conference on the Sustained Eradication of Child
Labour is to accelerate the pace towards the elimination of child labour, in line with the
Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).
Within the framework of the SDG, the IV Global Conference will address different topics
related to child labour, forced labour and youth employment with the aim of identifying
different scenarios and conditions leading, in addition to the elimination of child labour
by 2025, to the elimination of forced labour by 2030 in line with target 8.7; and within
this context to achieve full and productive employment and decent work for young
people, in line with SDG Targets 8.5 and 8.6. The final outcome of the IV Global
Conference will be a declaration (“the Buenos Aires Declaration”) to be adopted by the
Conference.
During the IV Global Conference, the participants will be invited to make public
voluntary pledges to carryout concrete actions, in line with the Buenos Aires
Declaration. Pledges are a flexible tool that will help focus the IV Global Conference
outcomes on specific actions, within their respective areas of responsibility, for instance,
for Governments, to ratify relevant international instruments within a given timeframe,
launch initiatives at national, sub-regional or regional level (see examples at the end of
this document).
Pledges – what is at stake?
Pledges, i.e. a solemn promise or undertaking, have become increasingly popular and
have been used in a wide range of conference settings1. Pledges are widely perceived
as positive additional outcomes of international conferences and as a way to turn good
will into specific commitments through concrete actions.
GUIDELINES FOR PLEDGES
1. Introduction
Participants in the IV Global Conference on the Sustained Eradication of Child Labour
are invited to undertake specific commitments, acting independently or jointly with
regard to achieving SDG Target 8.7, in particular for the period 2017-2021, in the form of
pledges. Joint pledges, undertaken as a means of building partnerships are also
possible and welcome.
2. Who can make a pledge
The following participants to the IV Global Conference can make a pledge:
■ A member country.
■ A group of member countries and supranational entities.
■ Social partners at national and international level. Tripartite (government and social
partners) and bipartite (social partners) pledges would be encouraged.
■ International organizations and sub-regional and regional organizations, within the
framework of their respective mandates.
■ In addition, business and civil society organizations can also formulate pledges.
3. Content
All pledges should:
■ Be in line with the objectives of the IV Global Conference and the Buenos Aires
Declaration;
■ Be action-oriented, measurable and time-bound (objectives to be reached in the
period 2017-2021);
■ Preferably promote partnerships between participants that involve joint action and
shared goals;
■ Be formulated in one of the IV Global Conference working
languages: English, French or Spanish;
■ Be short, concise and specific (maximum 10 lines);
■ A Tripartite Screening Committee will be set up, under the auspices of the ILO, to
guarantee that pledges are in line with the IV Global Conference objectives and the
Buenos Aires Declaration.
4. Submission
■ Before the IV Global Conference, participants willing to pre-assess the compatibility
of their intended pledges, with the Conference objectives might, at their earliest
convenience, submit them to the ILO for feedback to Ms. Svenja Fohgrub, e-mail:
[email protected] (copying [email protected]) /
Phone : +41 22 799 7695.
■ A pledge stand will be open at the IV Global Conference venue, on Tuesday 14th and
Wednesday 15th November - throughout the working hours of the Conference.
■ During the IV Global Conference, participants are encouraged to submit their final
pledges before the end of the first day (14th of November), in English, French or
Spanish, using the enclosed "Pledge registration form" (Annex 1), so to allow the
Tripartite Screening Committee to review them, provide feedback and, if necessary,
to allow those promoting the pledges for enough time to amend and finalize them.
■ All pledges received may be amended and finalized by those making them at the
pledge stand, at the latest, until 6.00 p.m. on Wednesday 15th of November.
5. Publication
Those making pledges, which pass the tripartite screening committee assessment will
have the possibility of publically announce their pledge during a plenary session
provided to that end before the closing of the IV Global Conference on 16th November
2017. These pledges will then be registered.
All registered pledges will be posted on the IV Global Conference website at:
http://www.childlabour2017.org
6. After the IV Global Conference
■ Registered pledges will be considered an integral part of the IV Global Conference.
A publication will compile them and invite those making them to report on their
implementation at the V Global Conference, in 2021.
■ Summary information on these pledges will be provided in the IV Global
Conference Report.
■ Pledge makers will be invited to designate a point of contact regarding
their pledges.
CONTACTS
For questions on the preparation or on the content of your pledge, please contact the
Argentinian authorities and/or the ILO at:
Phone: + 54 11 5555-1457
Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Ms. Svenja Fohgrub
International Labour Office
Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work Branch
Phone: +41 22 799 7695
Geneva (Switzerland)
Concept note on Pledges
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Introduction
The main objective of the IV Global Conference on the Sustained Eradication of Child
Labour is to accelerate the pace towards the elimination of child labour, in line with the
Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).
Within the framework of the SDG, the IV Global Conference will address different topics
related to child labour, forced labour and youth employment with the aim of identifying
different scenarios and conditions leading, in addition to the elimination of child labour
by 2025, to the elimination of forced labour by 2030 in line with target 8.7; and within
this context to achieve full and productive employment and decent work for young
people, in line with SDG Targets 8.5 and 8.6. The final outcome of the IV Global
Conference will be a declaration (“the Buenos Aires Declaration”) to be adopted by the
Conference.
During the IV Global Conference, the participants will be invited to make public
voluntary pledges to carryout concrete actions, in line with the Buenos Aires
Declaration. Pledges are a flexible tool that will help focus the IV Global Conference
outcomes on specific actions, within their respective areas of responsibility, for instance,
for Governments, to ratify relevant international instruments within a given timeframe,
launch initiatives at national, sub-regional or regional level (see examples at the end of
this document).
Pledges – what is at stake?
Pledges, i.e. a solemn promise or undertaking, have become increasingly popular and
have been used in a wide range of conference settings1. Pledges are widely perceived
as positive additional outcomes of international conferences and as a way to turn good
will into specific commitments through concrete actions.
GUIDELINES FOR PLEDGES
1. Introduction
Participants in the IV Global Conference on the Sustained Eradication of Child Labour
are invited to undertake specific commitments, acting independently or jointly with
regard to achieving SDG Target 8.7, in particular for the period 2017-2021, in the form of
pledges. Joint pledges, undertaken as a means of building partnerships are also
possible and welcome.
2. Who can make a pledge
The following participants to the IV Global Conference can make a pledge:
■ A member country.
■ A group of member countries and supranational entities.
■ Social partners at national and international level. Tripartite (government and social
partners) and bipartite (social partners) pledges would be encouraged.
■ International organizations and sub-regional and regional organizations, within the
framework of their respective mandates.
■ In addition, business and civil society organizations can also formulate pledges.
3. Content
All pledges should:
■ Be in line with the objectives of the IV Global Conference and the Buenos Aires
Declaration;
■ Be action-oriented, measurable and time-bound (objectives to be reached in the
period 2017-2021);
■ Preferably promote partnerships between participants that involve joint action and
shared goals;
■ Be formulated in one of the IV Global Conference working
languages: English, French or Spanish;
■ Be short, concise and specific (maximum 10 lines);
■ A Tripartite Screening Committee will be set up, under the auspices of the ILO, to
guarantee that pledges are in line with the IV Global Conference objectives and the
Buenos Aires Declaration.
4. Submission
■ Before the IV Global Conference, participants willing to pre-assess the compatibility
of their intended pledges, with the Conference objectives might, at their earliest
convenience, submit them to the ILO for feedback to Ms. Svenja Fohgrub, e-mail:
[email protected] (copying [email protected]) /
Phone : +41 22 799 7695.
■ A pledge stand will be open at the IV Global Conference venue, on Tuesday 14th and
Wednesday 15th November - throughout the working hours of the Conference.
■ During the IV Global Conference, participants are encouraged to submit their final
pledges before the end of the first day (14th of November), in English, French or
Spanish, using the enclosed "Pledge registration form" (Annex 1), so to allow the
Tripartite Screening Committee to review them, provide feedback and, if necessary,
to allow those promoting the pledges for enough time to amend and finalize them.
■ All pledges received may be amended and finalized by those making them at the
pledge stand, at the latest, until 6.00 p.m. on Wednesday 15th of November.
5. Publication
Those making pledges, which pass the tripartite screening committee assessment will
have the possibility of publically announce their pledge during a plenary session
provided to that end before the closing of the IV Global Conference on 16th November
2017. These pledges will then be registered.
All registered pledges will be posted on the IV Global Conference website at:
http://www.childlabour2017.org
6. After the IV Global Conference
■ Registered pledges will be considered an integral part of the IV Global Conference.
A publication will compile them and invite those making them to report on their
implementation at the V Global Conference, in 2021.
■ Summary information on these pledges will be provided in the IV Global
Conference Report.
■ Pledge makers will be invited to designate a point of contact regarding
their pledges.
CONTACTS
For questions on the preparation or on the content of your pledge, please contact the
Argentinian authorities and/or the ILO at:
Phone: + 54 11 5555-1457
Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Ms. Svenja Fohgrub
International Labour Office
Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work Branch
Phone: +41 22 799 7695
Geneva (Switzerland)
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Concept note on Pledges
ANNEX 1
PLEDGE FORM
For the years 2017-2021, we hereby pledge (max. 10 lines):
PLEDGE MAKER:
Full name:
Organization:
Place: Date:
Signature:
Contact point
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ANNEX 2 |
These examples are illustrative.
Governments commit to ratification of relevant international labour standards: C.29, P29, C.105, C.138, C.182 as well as other pertinent International Labour Standards (ILS), including of course, Fundamental and priority ILS.
Government to take action on drafting or amending legislation in consultation with social partners and in line with relevant international labour standards.
Governments commit towards taking action to address the implementation of gaps identified by ILO supervisory bodies with regard to ratified international labour standards, such as:
• the adoption or updating of national child labour / forced labour policy,• prohibition of hazardous work and/or determination of hazardous work through adoption or updating of the hazardous child labour list,• adoption of relevant plans of action on child labour / forced labour, • legislative prohibition of: trafficking, child soldiers, forced labour and bondage, slavery; pornography of children, prostitution of children, the use of children for illicit activities (worst forms of child labour),• adoption of measures to ensure free universal basic education,• adoption or amendment of legislation on minimum age,• definition and regulation of light work…
Adoption of a multi-pronged strategy or action plan for youth employment with a budget of $XXX for the period 2018-2021.
Adoption and implementation of school-to-work transition programme allowing disadvantaged young people to access education, skills and quality jobs from 2019 onwards.
Financially support development assistance: knowledge base enhancement (research, data and statistical studies), development of pilot intervention models, etc.
Government and social partners (in a conflict or disaster-prone state) to include productive and decent work in their conflict prevention, disaster risk reduction and recovery measures.
Commitment of Government and social partners to take action on national social protection policy, including the development or revision of existing social protection policies and programmes to include and / or better protect child labour and forced labour victims and their families.
Government, through national institutions, to take action to improve statistical databases and monitoring mechanisms to better track child labour and / or forced labour, including human trafficking.
Government and social partners to undertake or continue to undertake, as relevant, evidence-based research on child labour and / or forced labour with a view to inform policy and practice.
Commitment of Governments, social partners, businesses, civil society organizations to promote awareness-raising initiatives addressing child labour and / or forced labour in particular sectors during the period 2018-2021.Commitment of Government and social partners to take action to mainstream child labour and / or forced labour concerns into relevant migration policies and legislation and into the work of relevant labour market institutions to support fair labour migration frameworks and to provide decent work for migrant workers.
Examples of pledges
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