Child labour: South-South Cooperation Brazil

South-South Cooperation for the promotion of decent work in cotton-producing countries in Africa and Latin America

In the context of the South-South Brazil-ILO Cooperation Programme, this project aims to contribute to the promotion of decent work in cotton-producing developing countries, through the systematization of Brazilian experiences and the sharing and adaptation in interested countries.

The Development Objective of this Project is: to contribute to the promotion of decent work with emphasis on the Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work and the improvement of working conditions in cotton-producing developing countries.

The Immediate Objective is: Based on the Brazilian experience, to develop skills in public institutions in partner countries to design and implement national and sub-regional policies and programs to promote decent work in the cotton production sector, in the themes prioritized in the project.

The Outputs are:
  • Output 1.1: South-South cooperation demand on decent work promotion in the cotton sector identified between Brazil, the ILO and cotton-producing countries in the regions of Latin America and the Caribbean, and Africa.
  • Output 1.2: Work plans developed, agreed and executed between Brazil, the ILO and cotton-producing countries in the regions of Latin America and the Caribbean, and Africa.
  • Output 1.3: Regional seminars on topics of priority interest to the project using different methodologies of exchange carried out.
  • Output 1.4: Best practices of Brazilian policies to promote decent work systematized and documented.
  • Output 1.5: Management tools, methodologies and results of implementation of the different work plans are analysed, systematized and documented to be disseminated in other similar contexts.