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South-South and Triangular Cooperation

CPLP-ILO Cooperation

The partnership between the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries (CPLP) is anchored in social justice, particularly Decent Work, and promotes tripartite dialogue along with South- South and Triangular Cooperation (SSTC). For more information about CPLP – ILO cooperation, refer to the South-South Meeting Point platform, which provides the latest updates and relevant documents on this partnership.

Ten Year Action Plan on the Eradication of Child Labour, Forced Labour, Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery In Africa (2020-2030): Agenda 2063-SDG Target 8.7

The Action Plan seeks to contribute to and support the acceleration of progress towards the achievement of the Agenda 2063 – SDG 8.7 target. This involves ending child labour by 2025 and forced labour, human trafficking and modern slavery by 2030. The target population are children, women and men who are victims of or vulnerable to the forms of exploitation addressed by the Agenda 2063 - SDG 8.7 target.

Financial Mechanisms for Innovative Social and Solidarity Economy Ecosystems - Executive Summary

This report presents the results of the “Financial Mechanisms for Innovative Social and Solidarity Economy Ecosystems” project, designed to foster a better understanding of the different ways in which financial resources can be made available and accessed to support the growth of social and solidarity economy (SSE) organizations and their ecosystems. The project is supported by the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social and Solidarity Economy of the Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

Financial Mechanisms for Innovative Social and Solidarity Economy Ecosystems - Full Report

This report presents the results of the “Financial Mechanisms for Innovative Social and Solidarity Economy Ecosystems” project, designed to foster a better understanding of the different ways in which financial resources can be made available and accessed to support the growth of social and solidarity economy (SSE) organizations and their ecosystems. The project is supported by the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social and Solidarity Economy of the Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

Wages in Africa

Recent trends in average wages, gender pay gaps and wage disparities

This publication depicts the evolution of real average wages since the global economic crisis of 2008, offering insights into the economic context for Africa and also presenting an overview of existing wage disparities within countries, including those related to gender.

Social Protection Floors. Volume 1. Universal Schemes

The volumes on “Social Protection Floors” present best practices and experiences from countries that are useful for South-South learning, for practitioners and to provide the basis for more informed policy-making.

Technical cooperation activities to Combat Child Labour in Portuguese Speaking Countries in Africa, Brazil and Timor-Leste (CPLP): Public-Private Partnership

In the framework of this programme, the Caixa Geral de Depósitos (CGD) agreed with ILO Lisbon to fund technical cooperation activities to combat child labour in CPLP countries in 2010. Its contribution was used to cofinance other IPEC-related activities in those countries. The goal was to ensure greater coherence between national plans and social dialogue mechanisms to combat child labour and share good practices.

Making Decent Work a Reality for Domestic Workers Swedish funding towards Outcome 5 (Final evaluation summary)

Project: GLO/11/54/SID - Evaluation Consultant: Una Murray

Workers and Employers from Portuguese-speaking countries adopt Brasilia Declaration on combating child labour through South-South cooperation

Representatives from the Business Confederation of the CPLP (CE-CPLP) and the Confederation of Trade Unions of the Portuguese-speaking Countries (CSPLP), signed the Brasilia Bipartite Declaration in August 2013 reaffirming the commitment of the workers' and employers' organizations to combat child labour in the CPLP sphere.

Study on the application of ILO Conventions No. 138 and No. 182 and its recommendations on the national legislation of the CPLP countries

This study aims to analyze the application of ILO Conventions Nos. 138 and 182 in different national policies and plans adopted by the Member States of the CPLP.

Extension de la protecion sociale STEP/Portugal, Phase I (Final Evaluation Summary)

Project GLO/08/60/POR - Evaluation consultants: Javier Jahnsen, Marcos Oliveira & Cristiano Matsinhe

Implementation of the Decent Work Agenda in West Africa:

Study on capacity building

Building the Capacity of Relevant ECOWAS Units for the Elimination of Child Labour in West Africa

The objectives of the study is to understand the child labour situation in the ECOWAS region; analyze and estimate the capacity of the technical units of ECOWAS to work for the elimination of child Labour in the region and build the capacity of the member countries to work for the elimination of child labour in their countries; asses the gaps in the requirement and the existing capacity; and recommend the actions to be taken for filling those gaps and for sustainability.

Fact sheet

Social Protection Floor Initiative: SPF Country Brief Cape Verde

Information on UN support for the Social Protection Floor in Cape Verde

ESS Paper Series No. 15

Extending social security: Challenges for Cape Verde

Cape Verde gained its independence from Portugal in 1975. Initially, it was governed as a one-party state and the economy was largely controlled by the public sector. Social policy followed the welfare state model and in spite of limited natural resources a comprehensive range of social benefits was provided by the State. In 1991, the country underwent radical political change in response to an economic recession. The first multi-party elections were held and economic reform followed political change. The private sector tripled in size so that by 1997 there were over 6,000 private enterprises employing 30,000 workers.

Building the Case for Business Collaboration on Youth Employment: Good Practice from West Africa

This report, which examines eight case studies of intersectoral partnership on youth employment, illustrates the importance of collective action to build partnerships between public and private insitutions, harnessing each of their core capabilities and recognising that they are critical to each others capacity.

Cape Verde - Country baselines under the ILO Declaration Annual Review (2000-2008): Effective abolition of child labour (CL)

Round table discussion on the Ministerial Declaration and Plan of Action against child labour of the Community of Portuguese speaking countries

International Labour ConferencePalais des Nations - Geneva8 June 200618:15 - 19:45