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The Hague Global Child Labour Conference 2010 – Towards a World without ChildLabour, Mapping the Road to 2016 – Conference Reporteducation, including secondary school and youth vocational education and skills training,the highest development priority. It has also put in place a National Action Plan,mainstreamed the elimination of child labour into its growth and poverty reductionstrategy, and passed legislation to protect children from the worst forms of child labour. Inaddition, it has formed monitoring mechanisms at the national and district levels. Theprogramme is now being scaled-up to cover even more districts.Minister Mahanga concluded by stating: “Child labour is a problem of a large magnitude. Itis difficult to eliminate it completely but not impossible. If we have effective mechanisms,strong will-power and everyone contributes, elimination of child labour is within ourreach.”Ms. Wambui Njuguna from the African Network for the Prevention and Protection againstChild Abuse and Neglect (ANPPCAN), on behalf of the African NGOs participating in theConference, explained that despite the involvement of actors at all levels, numerous pilotprojects and considerable donor funds, "child labour, especially its worst forms, continuesto thrive unabated on the continent" and the age at which children enter child labour isgetting lower.Ms. Njuguna stated that the lack of African ownership ofthe problem impedes the success of child-labourelimination efforts. Though policies and laws have beencreated, governments rarely allocate a sufficientbudget for their implementation. A lack of consistentand persistent effort has led to "uncoordinated efforts,parallel programmes and ad hoc responses." A furtherproblem is that in many countries child labour does notform part of the development agenda. In addition, thereis a "fragmentation of efforts". Programmes are shortterm,"yet the issue being addressed is really related tosocial issues, which take time to change." Another problem is experimentation withoutfollow through. These experiments lead to "success stories, which we abandon as soon asthey become successful. We have good practices which we are keen to document, butrarely replicate or upscale." This is tied into the fact that these efforts are not budgeted forby the governments, but rather are reliant on fickle donor funding and conditions."Children and their families...are sporadically consulted and are very much affected by thedisorder described above."Ms. Njuguna ended her presentation with the following conclusions andrecommendations. It is necessary for Africa to take ownership and start driving theinitiatives, including actively implementing national action plans and budgetingaccordingly. Experiences that work need to be replicated and implemented on a largerscale. Governments should effectively monitor and evaluate initiatives. Programmesupport should be on a consistent and long-term basis, donors need to work with, not for,governments, and to take stock of what happens after they leave.14
The Hague Global Child Labour Conference 2010Political Awareness“Many countries in the world have ratifiedConventions that are important in thefight against child labour, such as the UNConvention on the Rights of the Child andthe ILO Conventions. But there is still a lotof work to do to really implement theseconventions.” In his opening speech,Parliamentary State Secretary of GermanyMr. Andreas Storm underlined theimportance of accelerating the efforts ofthe world community: “We will need newimpulses. In the case of child labour, poverty is cause and consequence in one. The viciouscircle must be broken.” The Decent Work Agenda set by the ILO shows us how this can bedone by providing parents with decent work, including social insurance, and children witheducation and training by well-qualified teachers. As reflected in the Global Jobs Pact,overcoming the global economic crisis and combating child labour are objectives that gohand in hand.After showing a short film showcasing the progress being made in Panama, Minister AlmaLorena Cortés Aquilar from the Ministry of Labour and Labour Relations described theprogress being made in Panama in institutionalizing the fight against child labour. On theregional level it participates in the Hemispheric Agenda on Decent Work, which includesthe elimination of the worst forms of child labour by 2015 and all child labour by 2020, anda regional plan focusing on the eradication of child labour in indigenous areas. At thenational level, Panama has developed a country roadmap and a National Action Plan thatincludes a system of accountability and transparency for completing the plan. TheMinister also highlighted the involvement of numerous stakeholders and the recruitmentand training of actors. An inter-institutional protocol was created to coordinate actionbetween all institutions involved in the protection of children from child labour, as well asa plan developed by the unions to eliminate child labour in the workplace. As a memberof the UN Global Compact (on corporate social responsibility) Telefónica is implementingits Pro Niño programme in Panama. The Attorney General and Judiciary are alsointensifying the fight against child labour. Inspectors are being trained in the issue, anddegrees in child labour studies have been created at the universities.Minister Cortés also drew attention to the holistic approach being taken. In addition to theprovision of free primary education, the educational curriculum is being transformed toprepare workers in the professions most needed in Panama, and the ‘My First Jobprogramme’ was created to ease the school-to-work transition for 18 to 29 year olds. Toease the fiscal constraints of families, a minimum wage was established, as well as an adultschool so parents can better support their children. A grant for the elderly helps themprovide for their grandchildren, and a conditional cash transfer programme enables andencourages families to keep their children in school and to get regular health check-ups.15
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