Logical Model. 7 BASICS to ELIMINATE HAZARDOUS CHILD LABOR in ECUADOR and PANAMA

Logical Model. 7 BASICS TO ELIMINATE HAZARDOUS CHILD LABOR IN ECUADOR AND PANAMA

Strategies / Asumptions

Strengthening the inspection system in Panama and Ecuador, and the related enforcement legislation,
Policies (protocols and agendas or commitments from public and private services) for safe youth employment.
National and local campaigns to inform, prevent hazardous child labor, and mobilize the public about the worst forms of CL.
Generation of knowledge and support to the child labor monitoring systems
Development and implementation of protocols, policies and laws to address the links between child labor and disability at the national level
Exchange of information, knowledge and lessons learnt among government entities, justice officers and NGOs in Ecuador and Panama.
Citizen participation and social oversight to guarantee effective accountability in the policies being implemented

The bodies called to enforce and monitor compliance with the establish laws and policies, the inspection service and officers of the justice system are willing to work in the 9 provinces and to take on the worst forms of child labor in rural areas
The businesses linked to industry, tourism, commerce, agriculture and other economic sectors in the selected locations assume commitments to the Program, based on their corporate social responsibility initiatives.
The content and focus of the project’s campaigns are supported by the awareness-raising initiatives carried out by the MRL in Ecuador and the Road Map in Panama.
Agreements with official institutions and civil society established in each country and in the provinces to generate and disseminate knowledge.
The key stakeholders from both countries facilitate and support the proposal
Availability and need for information from key stakeholders
Willingness of the children and Young people to participate in focus group discussions

Influential factors / Problemas or issue / Desired Results (outputs, outcomes and impact)

Building and coordination interagency spaces and social alliances in each province and countries
Participatory evaluations to identify the worst forms of child labor, update of worst forms list of child labor in each country.
Enhances capacities in local leaders,representatives of grassroots organizations (indigenous, people with disabilities, afro descendent and migrant population)
Child Labor monitoring committees formed and trained to provide input to child labor monitoring system
A public commitment or agenda signed with employers in each province.
Exchange visits between Ecuador and Panama, during the implementation period.
Consultations with children and young people included at the outset, mid-term, and end of the project to inform and guide future programming in child labor.

479.979 niños ecuatorianos en edades de entre 5 a 17 trabajan. De ellos, 160.000 son niñas y niños de 5 a 14 años.
Las provincias que concentran mayor porcentaje de niñas/os trabajadores, hogares en situación de pobreza, población indígena y afro, trabajo doméstico, niñez con discapacidades y población vinculada a flujos migratorios, en las que se propone intervenir, son las de Esmeraldas, Manabi, Sucumbíos, Zamora, Morona, y Pichincha.
Más de 60 mil niñas/os y adolescentes de 10-17 años están trabajando en Panamá. El mayor porcentaje están en las provincias de Darien, Colón, Panamá Oeste y Bocas del Toro.
La pobreza, la exclusión del sistema educativo, el trabajo oculto no remunerado y las condiciones laborales en zonas rurales muestran que la mano de obra infantil sigue siendo una importante fuente para el sustento en las economías agrícolas.

Protocols in compliance with ILO and Children Rights international standards - and laws and regulations designed to rescue and referral of children engaged in the worst forms for inspectors, protection agencies and law operators
Guidelines for employers and self care guides for youth laborers
Local roadmaps (plans) implemented in each province, with government entities, the private sector and grassroots organizations.
Law review proposal submitted to national and local legislative bodies in each country.
Quarterly reports of thenational child labor monitoring systems, fed by child labor monitoring committees operating in 8 provinces and 2 countries
Children in dangerous labor identified, referred to services/for assistance
Outreach and awareness-raising events held at the local and national level targeted toward key stakeholders; key stakeholders made aware of child labor.

International seminar to share lessons and best practices among Brazil, Chile, Ecuador and Panama.

Needs assessment /

Report of occupational risk factors in the agricultural sector and others, for young people of legal working age.
Baseline and Special report on risk factors and disabilities for working children and adolescents
Report on best practices for both countries published.
A project website to share lessons and best practices and mobilize the citizenry to enforce compliance with the protocols and regulations
National public events held in each country, to support social oversight to ensure compliance of policies and norms.
Public events held in each country to provide accountability about the Project performance

Sistemas de inspección laboral de trabajo infantil ilegal, poco consolidados, en ambos países los sistemas son percibidos como intermitentes, poco sistemáticos y desarticulados; centrados sobre todo en zonas urbanas, con limitados recursos económicos, operativos y técnicos; sin vinculación con las entidades responsables de dar respuestas;
Débiles sistemas de información, monitoreo, aprendizaje y rendición de cuentas. Los sistemas de información y monitoreo del trabajo infantil dependen de iniciativas aisladas y poco sostenibles;
La legislación nacional y local sobre trabajo adolescente precisa de respuestas específicas sobre peores formas
La problemática de trabajo infantil y su vinculación con movilidad y discapacidades sigue invisibilizada.