ECLT’s country partners are the organisations that carry out and coordinate the programme in the field.

ECLT partners recruit multi-stakeholder steering committees to provide oversight and guidance to their projects. The steering committees consist of tobacco companies and growers, unions, government representatives, non-governmental organisations, international development agencies and the ILO.  Partners may also take on other non-governmental organisations to implement core aspects of their programme. Below you can see a list of ECLT’s country partners and their project steering committees.

Malawi – Child Labour Elimination Actions for Real Change (CLEAR)

Implementing partner: Save the Children Federation Malawi

Steering committee comprises:
Ministry of Labour, Limbe Leaf (Universal), Alliance One, Africa Leaf (Tribac), Growers Association (TAMA), Unions (MCTU and Totawum), ILO/IPEC Malawi

Field implementing partners are:

• Inc.Creative Centre for Community Mobilization (CRECCOM)
• Total Land Care (TLC)
• Youth Net and Counselling (YONECO)

Find out about the project in Malawi.

Mozambique – Reducing Exploitative Child Labour in Mozambique (RECLAIM)

Implementing partner: American Institutes for Research (AIR), RECLAIM/AIR local branch

Find out about the project in Mozambique.

Tanzania – Promoting Sustainable Practices to Eradicate Child Labour in Tobacco (PROSPER)

Implementing partner: Winrock International

Steering committee comprises:
Growers association (APEX), Association of Tanzania Tobacco Traders, Western Tobacco Cooperative Union (growers’ cooperative), TPAWU (union), Urambo District Council, Ward representatives, ILO, Winrock International (NGO), ILO-IPEC.

Field implementing partners are:

• Tanzania Association of Women Leaders in Agriculture and the Environment (TAWLAE);
• Tabora Development Foundation Trust (TDFT)

Find out about the project in Tanzania.

Uganda - Community Empowerment for Elimination of Child Labour in Tobacco (COMEECA)

Implementing partners:  Community Development and Conservation Agency (CODECA) and Platform for Labour Action (PLA).

Steering committee comprises:
Uganda Tobacco Growers’ Association; British American Tobacco Uganda; National Organisation of Trade Unions; Masindi district ILO/IPEC; Trade Union movement; Federation of Uganda Employees; Ministries of Education & Sport, Gender, Labour & Social Development, Local Government and Agriculture; Uganda Beverage, Tobacco & Allied Workers’ Union.

Find out about the project in Uganda.

Find out about CODECA  and PLA.

Zambia – Eliminating Child Labour in Tobacco

Implementing partner: Hodi  

Steering committee comprises:
Zambia Leaf Tobacco Company (Universal); British American Tobacco Zambia; Tobacco Association of Zambia; Zambia Federation of Employers; National Union of Plantation and Agricultural Workers; Hodi ILO Regional Office; Representatives from the Ministry of Labour and Social Security.

Find out about the project in Zambia.

Find out about HODI.

Kyrgyzstan – Elimination of child labour in the tobacco industry in Kyrgyzstan.

Implementing partner: Working Group on the Elimination of Child labour in Kyrgyzstan

Steering committee comprises:
Agricultural Workers’ Union; Dimon/AllianceOne; Reemtsma/Imperial; Kyrgyz National Company; New Generation Programme (inter-ministerial body dealing with child labour); UNICEF; ILO/IPEC.

Find out about the project in Kyrgyzstan.

The Philippines – Elimination of Child Labour in the Tobacco Industry (ECLTI)

Implementing partner: The Philippines Government Department of Labour and Employment

Steering committee comprises:
Department of Labour and Employment, Education, Labour, Local Governance, Social Welfare & Development Ministries; local government units; National Tobacco Administration; Phillip Morris International; Trans-Manila; NTRCI; Conleaf; Universal leaf; Unions (NTRCI-NAFLU and TUCP); ILO/IPEC; UNICEF.

Find out about the project in the Philippines.