IMPLEMENTING PARTNER
Implemented by the Dept. of Labour and Employment of the Government of the Philippines
STEERING
COMMITTEE COMPOSED OF
DOLE, Central ministries (Education, Labour, Local governance, Social Welfare & development and
others), local government units, NTA (National tobacco administration), tobacco companies (PMI,
Trans-Manila, NTRCI, Conleaf, Universal leaf), Unions (NTRCI-NAFLU and TUCP), ILO/IPEC.,
UNICEF
LOCATION
5 priority regions (in Northern Luzon area)
BUDGET
Phase 1, June 2003 to March 2006: 105’735 USD
(10% contribution by local stakeholders)
Phase 2, January 2007 to March 2009: equiv. 572’042 USD
40% (=228’816 USD) by local stakeholders; ECLT share 350’049 USD
OBJECTIVE
Phase 1:
- Organise a sub-committee on eliminating child labour in tobacco (SECLTI)
- Raise the awareness and capacity of local communities (2’015 parents and guardians, special
trainings for teachers)
- Organization/strengthening of the Barangays Councils for the protection of children
- Income generating activities (goat, swine and poultry raising): Provide training and support
for alternative livelihood to 100 parents/guardians (100% achieved)
- Provide educational assistance to 100 children in child labour (100% reached) Educational
assistance has proved efficient in preventing child labour (all the supported children attend
school and do not work)
Phase 2:
- Intensify awareness-raising campaigns (great success of the World day against child labour-
WDACL)
- Reorganise and revitalise 113 BCPC -Barangays Councils for Protection of children - (5’750
people)
- Responsive SECLTI
- Pursue education assistance and vocational training (86+200 children)
- IGA for families and entrepreneurial capacity (100+200 parents; also prevention for siblings)
- Effective and efficient M&E system
ACHIEVEMENTS PHASE 2
- Provincial and local authorities commitment has proved to be very high. Convergence of
resources from national government, local government units, labour sector, and private
sector
- Excellent partnership with local authorities and central government representative
- Active participation in the national policy development (Ph. Programme against child labour)
- Pursuance of the SECLTI reorganization/ strengthening (quarterly meetings of SECLTI,
training for its members, constitution of working groups- ex WDACL
- Increased M&E (child monitoring system, at the local level monitoring every month)
- Baseline survey undertaken
- Education assistance: 279 children supported during school year 2007/08, 211 children
supported during school year 2008/09.
- IGA for families (Review of the livelihood project management scheme)
- 160 families supported (100 from phase 1 (100 from phase 1 and 60 from phase 2)
- In 4 areas (Balaoan, Alcalà, San Juan, and Pinili) the local governmental unit (LGU)
intervenes as “accredited co-partners” (support for 20% of the initial capital)
- Local councils for the protection of children strengthened and awareness raising workshop
organised:
- Municipal council for the protection of children (MCPC): 5 municipalities, 203
participants (140 members, 46 teachers, 27 leaf technicians)
- Barangay Council for the Protection of children: 1’273 participants
- Orientation workshop for the Barangays chairpersons and secretaries: 251 participants
- Awareness raising meeting with parents and teachers associations: 1’457 participants
- Empowerment of parent beneficiaries as well as development of group cohesiveness and
leadership capability
- E.g. Balaoan the beneficiary association developed on its own linkages with
different line agencies which can help better and sustain their income-generating
activities
- San Emilio ECLTI Parents Association acts as the accredited co-partner for the
income-generating activities in the site.
CONCERNS:
- Regular collection of consistent data difficult
- Reorganisation of the BCPC delayed (elections in May 07)
- Long-term sustainability of the educational assistance and IGA
- Project of limited scale, but good influence on the national debate (good practice).
Quick facts last updated: March 2009 |
