Projects

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.

Project: Building a policy framework for social economy in South Africa Partner: Economic Development Department of South Africa and the International Labour Organisation Budget: 1.324.367 euro Duration: 2017-2020 Flanders supports the Economic Development Department of South Africa in the development of a policy framework for social economy. The sector is developing fast in South Africa. It is an economy that offers innovative solutions to social challenges and aims for an inclusive, sustainable and social society.

Project: Employment creation through small and medium scale enterprise development in Free State Partner: International Labour Organisation Duration: 2011-2014 Budget: 4.500.000 euro Free State Province is faced with an alarming unemployment rate, especially among young people. Many young people try their fortune as entrepreneur, but often lack the necessary skills and support to make their small businesses profitable.

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%.

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%.

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: 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.

Summary: The MoU formalises the partnership between the three parties for a project on the development of a social economy policy for South Africa. Signed: 30/01/2017 pdf file1164_Ondertekende akte in het Engels.pdf (926 KB)

Summary: Framework agreement Flanders - ILO Signed: 21/03/2011 pdf file947_Ondertekende akte in het Engels.pdf (446 KB)  

Summary: Extension and amendment of the agreement on Flemish - ILO cooperation funding of 2001 Signed: 12/07/2005 Termination: 21/03/2011 pdf file729_Ondertekende akte in het Nederlands en het Engels.pdf (130 KB)

Summary: Arrangement Flanders-ILO concerning financing of the cooperation Signed: 11/12/2001 Termination: 10/12/2006 pdf file514_Ondertekende akte in het Engels.pdf (167 KB)

Summary: Cooperation Agreement Flanders- ILO (1997) Signed: 02/10/1997 Termination: 21/03/2011 pdf file77_Samenwerkingsakkoord in het Engels.pdf (299 KB)

Summary: The Convention extends basic labor rights to domestic workers worldwide. Adopted: 16/06/2011 Sanctioned and promulgated: 31/01/2014 International ratification: 10/06/2015 pdf file1039_Akte in het Engels.pdf (187 KB) pdf file1039_Decreet.pdf (36 KB)

Summary: The Convention helps to ensure decent working conditions on board fishing vessels and allows for minimum requirements to be enforced through labour inspections in foreign ports. The standards of this Convention can also play a preventative role in addressing unacceptable forms of work in the sector, including forced labour and child labour. Adopted: 14/06/2007 Sanctioned and promulgated: 09/06/2017 pdf file1016_Akte in het Engels.pdf (105 KB)  

Summary: ILO-convention n° 184 concerning safety and health in agriculture Signed: 21/06/2001 Sanctioned and promulgated: 27/06/2008 International ratification: 10/11/2015 Entry into force: 10/11/2016 pdf file513_Agreement in English.pdf (250 KB) pdf file513_Recommendation n° 192 in English.pdf (102 KB) pdf file513_Decreet.pdf (67 KB)    

Summary: The only international treaty open for ratification that deals exclusively with the rights of these peoples. Adopted: 27/06/1989 pdf file476_Agreement in English.pdf (148 KB)    

Summary: The convention provides for the adoption of a coherent national occupational safety and health policy, as well as action to be taken by governments and within enterprises to promote occupational safety and health and to improve working conditions. Adopted: 22/06/1981 Sanctioned and promulgated: 04/07/2008 International ratification: 28/02/2011 Entry into force: 28/02/2012 pdf file475_Agreement in English.pdf (89 KB) pdf file475_Decreet.pdf (80 KB)  

Summary: The Convention sets minimum requirements for seafarers to work on a ship and contains provisions on conditions of employment, hours of work and rest, accommodation, recreational facilities, food and catering, health protection, medical care, welfare and social security protection. Signed: 23/02/2006 Sanctioned and promulgated: 04/05/2012 International ratification: 20/08/2013 Entry into force: 20/08/2014 pdf file474_Agreement in English.pdf (1.07 MB) pdf file474_Decreet.pdf (35 KB)  

Summary: ILO Convention concerning the recruitment and placement of seafarers.   Adopted: 22/10/1996 Sanctioned and promulgated: 19/03/2004 pdf file456_Agreement in English.pdf (74 KB) pdf file456_Decreet.pdf (67 KB)  

Summary: The convention recognizes the importance of protecting fundamental rights at work for this particular category of workers, which often finds itself in situation of inequality and lack of protection. Adopted: 24/06/1994 Sanctioned and promulgated: 19/03/2004 International ratification: 08/06/2016 Entry into force: 08/07/2017 pdf file455_Agreement in English.pdf (51 KB) pdf file455_Decreet.pdf (64 KB)