overview why? how? key findings –job creation –rights at work –social protection –social...
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Overview
• Why? • How? • Key findings
– Job creation – Rights at work – Social Protection – Social Dialogue– The multilateral system
• Impact?
A decent job? DFID and Decent Work
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Why?
Decent Work is: • “something we’re already doing”• “not relevant for the poorest” • “too vague”But Decent Work is also facing: • “a very large deficit” under the MDGs
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How?
• Developed 14 criteria based on the ILO’s Decent Work Agenda
• Each graded on a scale of 1 to 4• Survey of DFID staff, desk research• Follow-up interviews with DFID staff• Latest research making case for each
pillar
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14 Criteria
A decent job? DFID and Decent Work
Decent Work in the multilateral system
13. Support for the ILO 14. Other key actors
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How do we score?
Score Key
0 - No work done
1 - Unsatisfactory A sole project or sporadic country-level work
2 - Weak Broader range of activities but with significant gaps
3 - Good Department wide work with some room for improvement
4 - Strong Department-wide commitment and action
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DFID’s score 25/56
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Pass mark
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Job creation (6/16)
• No overall Decent work MDG target (1)
• Some promising country-level work (3)
• Private sector support not linked to decent jobs (2)
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Rights at work (5/12)
• Patchy work on corporate responsibility (2)
• Allergic to supporting labour administrations (1)
• Little on tackling discrimination or child labour (2)
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Social protection
• Supporting “social protection” in 17 countries (3)
• Limited linkages with work and public services (2)
• Contradictory work on tax collection capacity (2)
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Social dialogue (4/12)
• “We do not recognise the concept of social dialogue” (1)
• Almost no support for trade unions (1)• Limited union role in “holding governments to
account” (2)
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Decent work in the multilateral system (3/8)
• DFID ranks 22 out of 23 in levels of development cooperation support to the ILO (1)
• Support for non-binding labour standards in trade deals etc (2)
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What impact?
• Minister “surprised and disappointed”• Labour party “excellent contribution” (?!?) • Some take-up from union affiliates• Debate in the development community • The global union movement?
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For more information
Blog: Is DFID allergic to Decent Work? https://bitly.com/SNoqW1+
The full report: www.tuc.org.uk/tucfiles/394/A_Decent_Job.pdf
Ben Moxham: [email protected] international officer
A decent job? DFID and Decent Work