Projects

Project: study "worker rights in globalizing economies: assessment of labour provisions in trade and investment arrangements" Contributing global research into the influence of labour provisions in trade and investment treaties on labour rights Beneficiary: ILO (via flanders - ILO trustfund) Amount: 450.000 euro Duration: July 2014 – November 2017 This project examined the extent to which existing international economic governance arrangements are effective in influencing labour standards, working conditions and the general policy environment with which companies operate when engaging in i

Project: Study 'Decent work and the Care Economy: Recognizing, rewarding and redistributing care work' Beneficiary: ILO (via Flanders - ILO trustfund) Amount: 400.000 euro Duration: January 2016 – June 2018 The need for care is rising worldwide due to increased aging. Yet the care economy is being organized very differently in different parts of the world. This project researched how these are organized according to the division of care tasks between men and women and between informal and formal care tasks.

Project: Scaling up the VCT @ Work Initiative in Mozambique Beneficiary: ILO (via Flanders - ILO Trustfund) Amount: 187.364 euro Duration: February 2017 – Fbruary 2019 There has been a lot of progress worldwide in combating HIV / AIDS, but discrepancies remain. For example, 19 million of the 35 million people living with HIV are not aware of his or her status, this is especially true in sub-Saharan Africa where only 45% are aware of his or her status.

Project: Promoting decent work in tea plantations in Malawi's Thyolo District Beneficiary: ILO (via Flanders - ILO Trustfund) Amount: 275.442 euro Duration: March 2018 – March 2020 The project aims to promote sustainable, rural livelihoods and decent work through improved employment and working conditions in the tea sector in Malawi.

Project: Paving the way for a sustainable natural stone industry in India Beneficiary: ILO ( via Flanders - ILO Trust fund) Amount: 338.630 euro Duration: September 2018 – September 2020 This project focuses on improving labour standards in quarries in the Indian province of Rajasthan, and making the supply chain of natural stone more sustainable.

Project: support to entrepreneurs in the South by making experts available Beneficiary: Ex-Change Duration: 2011-2016 Budget: 3.000.000 Ex-Change gives support to entrepreneurs in the South by making experts available to them. During short expertise assignments they provide assistance to SMEs in the South. Within the framework of the cooperation with the partner countries Malawi, Mozambique and South Africa, the reinforcement of local enterprises, and especially SMEs, is focused on as well. Many small enterprises in the South invest in their own region and create jobs.

Duration: 2013 Budget: 1.000.000 In late 2012 the Government of Flanders decided for the first time to support the development of the SEED initiative in South Africa. The SEED initiative is a global partnership for action around sustainable development and green economy and was established by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Duration and budget The Government of Flanders appropriates an extra 1 million euros in 2013 for the SEED initiative in Mozambique, Malawi and Namibia. Practical implementation SEED supports innovative small-scale and locally driven entrepreneurs arou

Beneficiary: International Partnership for Microbicides Budget: 400.000 euro International Partnership for Microbicides (IPM) is an international NGO that works for safe and effective HIV prevention. IPM focuses on the development of new medical instruments and making them available at an affordable price in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Project: The Sustainable Enterprise Development Facility for Job Creation in South Africa  Partner: International Labour Organisation (ILO) Budget: 3.305.000 euro  Duration: 1.01.2014 –31.12.2016 (extended till 31.06.2017) The development objective of the proposed Sustainable Enterprise Development Facility (SEDF) for South Africa is to create decent jobs for men and women in three provinces through entrepreneurship promotion and development of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in sectors and value chains with employment potential.

Partner: International Labour Organisation (ILO) Duration: 2009-2011 Budget: 1.142.650 euro (151.325 euros from the Flanders Department of Work and Social Economy) The International Labour Organisation’s (ILO) 'Decent Work' country programmes make an inventory of a specific country’s needs in the field of decent work. Based on this, ILO works, in cooperation with the government of the country in question, on a tailored global strategy. Over the past 10 years, the Mozambican economy has been characterized by a significant growth.

Project: Job Creation through SME Development – a knowledge sharing project Partner: International Labour Organisation Duration: 01.01.2015 – 31.12.2017 Budget: 600.000 euro South Africa has a high unemployment rate: approximately 25% of the active population do not have a job. Especially young men and women and people with disabilities are unable to find work. Therefore, the generation of prosperity by promoting decent work is one of the policy priorities of the South African government.

Partner: LifeCo Unltd South Africa Grant: 2.398.970 euro Duration: October 2016 - October 2019 LifeCo UnLtd South Africa is working hard to support, create and enhance social entrepreneurship. LifeCo itself is also a social enterprise which uses business principles for social impact to realise a more inclusive society. Flanders supports LifeCo to enhance the social enterprise ecosystem and to allow the businesses to grow and become more sustainable.

Project: Support of the IDC Social Enterprise Programme Partner: Industrial Development Corporation Periode: April 2017 – March 2022 Budget: 3.000.000 euro The programme of the Industrial Development Corporation promotes social entrepreneurship in South Africa. By fostering the creation of companies with a clear social or environmental purpose, they integrate the most vulnerable groups into the economy. The programme focuses on the allocation of funding to social entrepreneurs who wish to develop a proven business model.

Partner: Government of South Africa - National Treasury with support of the Bertha Centre of the Universiteit of Cape Town Grant: 1.250.041 euro Duration: start in 2017 (3,5 years) The National Treasury of South Africa joins forces with the Bertha Centre of the University of Cape Town to test a new financing model for public contracts. In outcomes-based contracts the government no longer pays for the implementation of activities but only for the actual impact in the field, like for instance the Social Impact Bond.

Project: Building an ecosystem for Social and Environmental Entrepreneurship in South Africa Partner: SEED, hosted by Adelphi Research Duration: 1.01.2016 – 31.12.2018 Budget: 1.000.000 euro This project further supports the development of the SEED programme in South Africa. It is aimed at the development of social and environment-friendly entrepreneurship to stimulate the creation of sustainable development for vulnerable and disadvantaged groups and subsequently contribute to a green and sustainable economy. This is the second phase of the SEED project.

Project: Monitoring of parliamentary committees Partner: Parliamentary Monitoring Group Duration: 8.11.2012 – 7.11.2017 Budget: 200.000 euro With the support of the Parliamentary Monitoring Group, Flanders wants to help monitor the government policy on employment and agriculture and promote the participation of civil society around these themes in the relevant government policies. In this way attention is devoted to good governance in South Africa and the accountability towards citizens is increased. The Parliament of the Republic of South Africa consists of 52 parliamentary committees.

Project: Building the Eco-system for Social Entrepreneurship and Enterprise in South Africa to Catalyse Socio-economic Growth and Promote Job Creation Partner: Gordon Institute of Business Science, University of Pretoria Budget: 702.000 euro Duration: 01.01.2015 – 31.12.2017 The project wants to help promote social entrepreneurship by disseminating the principles of social entrepreneurship, training existing and starting social entrepreneurs and informing policy makers through research. Three result areas were identified for realising a stronger eco-system for social entrepreneurship:

Project: Supporting Social and Environmental Entrepreneurship in South Africa, with a special focus on KwaZulu-Natal, Free State and Limpopo Province Partner: WCMC, which hosts the SEED Initiative (from 2013: Adelphi Research) Duration: 24.12.2012 – 23.08.2016 Budget: 771.047 euro The general objective of the project is to contribute to advancing a green and sustainable economy in South Africa, in particular KwaZulu-Natal, Free State and Limpopo, by enhancing social and environmental entrepreneurship, thereby strengthening local capacities, delivering green jobs, and promoting sustainable

Project: Public procurement and the social economy Partner: International Labour Organisation Duration: 2012-2013 Budget: 630.000 euro This programme wants to examine and test possibilities for using public procurement to stimulate the social economy in South Africa. Unemployment is a huge problem in South Africa. The unemployment rate among young people aged between 16 and 30 exceeds 40%.

Project: Public and private procurement and the Social Economy Begunstigde: International Labour Organisation Periode: 01.01.2014 – 31.12.2016 (extended till 31.06.2017) Budget: 1.735.926 euro This programme of the International Labour Organization (ILO) seeks to support the social economy in South Africa through targeted use of public procurement. Unemployment is a huge problem in South Africa. The unemployment rate among young people aged between 16 and 30 exceeds 40%.