Accelerating action for the elimination of child labour in supply chains in Africa (ACCEL-Africa) - Phase II
Project properties
RAF/22/10/NLD Africa Ghana Kenya Uganda Mali Nigeria Netherlands In progress This project is part of the Global Flagship Programme on Building Social Protection Floors for All
Description
The ACCEL Africa Project has the overarching goal to accelerate the elimination of child labour in Africa, through targeted actions in selected supply chains. It adopts an innovative systems-approach to tackling child labour that moves away from project-based downstream interventions towards strengthening existing systems that are critical to tackle root causes of child labour. The Mid-term Evaluation of the Project’s first phase (2019-2023) confirmed the relevance and effectiveness of this approach and design. Consequently, in its second phase, the Project will expand and scale up its successes and innovations in Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, and Uganda, in the cocoa, gold, cotton, tea, and coffee supply chains. The ACCEL Africa Phase II theory of change is based on achieving three outcomes at the sub-national, national, regional and global level: 1) Policy, legal and institutional frameworks are improved and enforced to address child labour in global supply chains; 2) Innovative and evidence-based solutions that address the root causes of child labour in supply chains are institutionalized; and 3) Strategies to address the root causes of child labour in global supply chains are upscaled through knowledge sharing, partnerships and financing. At each level, it targets root causes of child labour that were identified as key priorities in the Durban Call to Action, including access to social protection, decent work for adults/improved livelihoods, transition from school-to-decent work for youth, and a safe and healthy work environment. The interventions are grounded in the experience of the first phase and informed by the ILO’s specialized expertise, previous and ongoing initiatives to end child labour across Africa, and partnerships with actors along global supply chains (GSCs). It is implemented in close cooperation with ILO tripartite constituents and other relevant partners including Development Partners and other UN agencies, as well as NGOs and networks working in the areas of child labour in supply chains globally, in the Africa region, and in the target countries. In addition, the Project advances the vision of ILO’s 8.7 Accelerator Lab, which aims to accelerate progress towards the elimination of child labour and forced labour by optimizing the effectiveness of development cooperation interventions. In a global context of accelerating environmental and climate change, the project seeks to leverage, relevant national-level investments and efforts to develop green jobs and energy transition strategies that can generate opportunities for youth and livelihood diversification. It maximizes synergies with ongoing initiatives on GSCs and existing public and private initiatives on child labour in the region, particularly in the target countries.SDG
Goals
- Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
Time
30.06.2023 - 30.06.2028
Budget
1,920,122 / 29,702,970
Development Cooperation