PRO1ECT PROPOSAL ON CHILD LABOUR

ITC-ILO/ACTRAV Training course A3-00847:

Trade Union Training on ILS & the ILO
Declaration on Fundamental Principles &
Rights at Work its Follow up
(29/01-23/02/2007, TurinGVABonn)
/Mongolia/

Project number:

Project title: The combating WFCL in Dornogovi
province oI Mongolia

Tentative duration: 18 months

Starting date: May 2007

Geographical coverage: Mongolia, Dornogobi province

Project site:

Project language: English & Mongolian

Executing agency: Trade Unions` Federation oI the Dornogobi province

Implementing agency: Tripartite project task Iorce (to be stablished)

Other cooperating agencies: Governor`s OIIice oI the Dornogovi province and
Employers Federation oI the province

Contribution by external financing agency:

Preparation date March 2007








1. BACKGROUND & 1USTIFICATION

1.1. Socio-economic situation

Dornogovi aimag is located in the south eastern part oI Mongolia and the territory is 109,500
km
2
. The aimag has 14 soums
1
, and 57 baghs
2
.

The aimag has 51,900 population and oI them 61.7 percent lives in aimag and soum centres.
48.7 percent oI the total population is male and 51.3 percent is Iemale, 40.1 percent are
children aged 0-18 years and 5.4 percent is pension-age population
3
. OI the total number oI
population 60.1 percent is economically active population. In 2005, the aimag had 415
registered unemployed people. Aimag`s average unemployment rate is 2.1 percent. As oI
2005, 22.7 percent oI the total number oI the aimag population lives under the poverty line.

Dornogovi aimag has rich natural resources such as Ilour spar, gold coal, petroleum, copper,
nickel, iron, chrome, tungsten and pewter. Having these rich natural resources give a
possibility to develop the mining industry. Currently, there are Ilour spar mining sites located
in Urgon, Airag, and Ihket, coal mining in Ihket, Dalanjargalan soums. China-Mongolian
joint petroleum company runs its activities in Zuunbayan soum. Flour spar mines have
Russian or Chinese investment and Ilour spar is transported by the railway. However, Aimag
main industry is agriculture mainly livestock. It constitutes 49.4 percent oI the aimag
domestic product
4
. In last years, growth oI the agriculture is lost and number oI livestock and
size oI planted area and gathering crops are decreasing. For instance the aimag has 1,110,200
livestock in 1999 and it decreased into 971,000 in 2005. Also vegetable planting is decreased
by 10.8 percent
5
.

Aimag inIrastructure is quiet well developed and 78.5 percent oI the soums have been
connected with central power system. In coming years remaining soums will be connected
with power resource. The railway connecting two border countries oI the Mongolia runs
through 6 soums oI the aimag. 42.8 percent oI all soums oI the aimag and 54.8 percent oI the
total aimag population lives along this railway.

During 2006-2007 academic year, there are 660 students study in Vocational training and
production centre; 11,323 children in 19 general secondary schools, 1,875 children in 23
kindergarten. It is observed that school eIIiciency is decreasing due to very high number oI
students in Sainshand and Zamiin Uud soums





1
. Administrative unit. Aimag is divided into soum.
2
. Smallest administrative unit. Soum is divided into bagh
3
Aimag statistical inIormation, 2005
4
. Aimag statistical inIormation, 2005
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Aimag statistical inIormation, 2005
Table 1. School coverage by soums (7-16 years old children)
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N Soum names
Total children /aged
7-16 years/
Children attending
schools (7-16 years)
Out oI school
children
1 Airag 822 781 41
2 Altanshiree 342 224 118
3 Dalanjargalan 580 423 157
4 Delgerekh 367 276 91
5 Ihket 457 501 -44
6 Mandakh 400 300 100
7 Urgon 375 292 83
8 Saihandulaan 306 116 190
9 Ulaanbadrakh 357 267 90
10 Khatambulag 704 470 234
11 Khuvsgol 326 241 85
12 Erdene 529 395 134
13 Sainsand 3960 3943 17
14 Zamiin Uud 1917 1782 135
Total 11442 10011 1431
By percentage 12.5

At the end oI 2005, 1431 children aged 7-16 years were out oI school. It might have been
inIluenced by migration.

1.2. Identification of core problems about "Child labour"

Main child labour sectors oI the aimag are inIormal Ilour spar mining, inIormal sector,
herding in other Iamilies.

There are Iour inIormal Ilour spar mines operating in the aimag. In Airag soum, there are
400 inIormal adult miners and 32 child miners, in Dalanjagralan soum 100 adults and 19
children, in Urgon soum 80 adults and 19 children, in Ihket soum 70 adults and 16 children.
OI these soums, Airag, Dalanjagralan and Urgon soums are connected with the railway.
ThereIore, children vender petty goods and meal, collect dumps and raw materials in the
railway stations.

Zamiin uud soum is the main border soum with China. Regarding to the border and custom
services, many organizations such as custom oIIice, border authority and border service
which work on the national level are located in the soum. Working children in Zamiin Uud
are doing the types oI works such as transIerring load, charging load into railway wagons,
selling meal and other petty goods at the railway station, cooking Ior sale, watching cars and
tracks, and collecting dumps. Several number oI working children in Sainshand soum, the
aimag centre. They collect dumps, vend and work in small scale service manuIactures such as
ice cream, bakery, beverage and Iood processing.


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Primary source is aimag statistical division inIormation 2005 and Aimag Education and culture department
inIormation 2005
There is no speciIic survey and data collection on child herders working in other Iamilies.
The aimag has Iewer number oI livestock comparing with other aimags and there is only 6
herders in the aimag that have over a thousand livestock. Certain number oI school drop-out
children herd in their own Iamilies. Most oI them are provided with non-Iormal education
services. In 2005, 247 school drop-out children have been involved in the non-Iormal
education training
7
.

Child labour in informal flour spar mining: collecting, transIerring, digging, crumbing,
sacking and loading Ilour spar are carried out by children in the inIormal Ilour spar mining.
Sometimes, children sell their Ilour spar. Flour spar is very heavy to load and to transIer even
Ior adults. InIormal Ilour spar miners excavate up to 5 meters deep in the ground and collect
non deep Ilour spars. Children crumb Ilour spar by heavy hammer. Flour spar is harmIul Ior
human lungs.

Child labour in informal sector: Children vend Iood and other small things in the railway
stations. Also they collect dumps and raw materials in the urban areas. Some oI them work in
small scale manuIacture oI bakery, beverage, ice cream and others. In border soum Zamiin
Uud, children carry load, put load into railway wagon. This work is very risky due to
movement oI trains. Also they watch Ior load and loaded track at night time. Some children
sell something in trains between stations.

ThereIore, other challenging problems are weak public understating oI child labour,
insuIIicient capacity oI related organizations to organize activities against child labour and
lack oI linkage between aimag government and Iederation oI trade union on child labour
issues.

In general view, main reasons oI child labour in the aimag are adults` unemployment,
poverty, low level oI wage, poor low reinIorcement and local capacity oI management.

1.3. Child labour analysis and planning

Dornogovi aimag does not have integrated database and complete inIormation on child
labour. In 2005, a survey on working children in the aimag was conducted jointly by the
Aimag ProIessional Inspection Authority, the Aimag Centre Ior Children under the guideline
oI the National ProIessional Inspection Authority. On May-June 2006 Social Policy
Coordination Division oI the Aimag Governor`s OIIice, Aimag employers` organization and
Trade union jointly organized monitoring visit to soums to monitor the state oI child labour,
to ensure implementation oI ILO conventions 182 and 138, and to collect baseline data oI
working children.







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Aimag Education and Culture Department statistic inIormation 2005.
Table 2. Working children by age group and soum

'
Soum names
Working children Working children by age group

total
OI them 8-12 13-14 15-16
In
school
Out oI
school
male Iemale male Iemale male Iemale
1 Airag 32 2 30 1 2 1 19 9
2 Altanshiree 3 3 1 2
3 Dalanjargalan 19 2 17 1 1 3 1 8 5
4 Delgerekh 9 9 1 7 1
5 Ihket 22 4 18 2 1 1 1 12 5
6 Mandakh 16 3 13 1 1 8 6
7 Urgon 3 3 2 1
8 Saihandulaan 19 3 16 2 2 11 4
9 Ulaanbadrakh 38 6 32 3 3 2 19 11
10 Khatambulag 3 3 1 2
11 Khuvsgol 4 4 2 2
12 Erdene 8 8 1 2 4 1
13 Sainsand 6 6 2 3 1
14 Zamiin Uud 4 4 3 1
Aimag total 186 20 166 9 6 15 6 101 49

The collected data is not complete due to non integrated survey methodology and uncommon
understanding oI the researchers and data collectors on child labour and the purpose oI the
survey. According to the Iindings oI this survey, there are around 186 working children in
Dornogovi aimag. But, it is, again, uncompleted data. OI the total number oI working
children, 89.2 percent are children out oI school. Most oI children who have integrated school
and work, usually work aIter school hours and during school vacation periods. OI the total
number oI the working children, 67.2 percent is male and most oI them aged 15-16 years old.
57.3 percent works in mining sector, 26.2 percent in agriculture, and 16.5 percent in inIormal
sector. Working hours oI the working children are: 20-30 hours per week Ior 62.2 percent,
35-40 hours Ior 27.8 percent, and 45-50 hours per week Ior 9.8 percent.

Against child labour, the aimag`s sub programme on combating the WFCL has developed a
Iramework oI tripartite partnership mechanism which was approved by the decree No.33 oI
the Aimag People`s khural Representatives on 17 April 2006 and its implementation started.
UnIortunately, we don`t have suIIicient Iinancial contribution to Iully implement the aimag
sub programme.

1.4. Definition of a strategy

Strategies for capacity building: Number oI training oI trainings to TU members and
collaborating organizations on child labour issues will be organized. TU trainers oI trainee
will be prepared though trainings. Special handbook on guidelines to organize activities
against child labour Ior TU members and oIIicers will be developed and distributed to soum
and organizations` trade union Iederations as one oI key reIerences. At end oI the project
liIetime, evaluation seminar among representatives oI soum and organizations` trade union
Iederations, collaborating agencies will be undertaken and Iurther tasks, objectives and inputs
to address combating WFCL will be identiIied.

Strategies for direct actions to working children and children at risk of child labour and
their family members: In total 80 working children and children at risk oI child labour Irom
inIorm mining and inIormal sector will be selected as project direct beneIiciaries. The will be
provided with education and training services such as NFE, vocational skills and reIer to
Iormal school and non education services such as legal and psychological counseling,
providing school items and etc. 20 parents oI the working children will be meditated into saIe
job and provided with income generation support.

Strategies for awareness raising: Printed materials, leaIlet, newspaper to raise public
awareness on negative consequence oI child labour will be developed and distributed to
communities. Short video documentary about the aimag child labour conditions and its
negative consequence will be made and burned into CD and distributed to soum TUF to use
as awareness raising material.

1.5. Description of the main partners:

The aimag Governor`s OIIice, its related agencies and the Aimag Employers` Federation will
be main partner to implement the project.

The mandate oI the Aimag Governor`s OIIice are to develop aimag`s mid-term and long-term
development policies, to increase aimag`s economic competitiveness in the region, to
improve human development and living standards, to provide quality services to the
population, to reduce poverty and improve livelihood through supporting individual
initiatives and businesses. It is aim is to provide comIortable living conditions and quality
government and social services to home residents and people who have been selected to live
in this land, though sustainable socio economic development oI the aimag within
implementation Iramework oI main three policy documents The action programme oI the
Aimag Governor, The action programme on sustainable development oI Dornogovi aimag
and The action programme on regional development oI Dornogovi aimag.
The mandate oI the Aimag Employers` Federation are to protect rights oI employers, provide
technical assistance including kinds oI trainings to them, negotiate with Government and TU
about labour standards, wage and occupational saIety and health.

1.6. Tripartite consultation

The Dornogobi aimag has been established tripartite consultation mechanism. The Aimag
Governor`s OIIice, the Aimag TUF and the Aimag Employers` Federation are members oI
the consultation mechanism. Every two year, the consultation makes a contract. Objectives to
elimination WFCL in the aimag was included in the aimag tripartite consultation contract.
UnIortunately, Iinical contribution to implement this objective not solved yet. Thanks to the
consultation mechanism, the project will be implemented successIully.

1.7. Institutional framework

The Aimag Trade Unions` Federation will be executing agency oI the project. The TUF will
organize tripartite project implementation task Iorce including representatives oI the
collaborating agencies. Education services will be organized with collaboration the Aimag
Education and Culture Centre as well as social welIare services with collaboration the Aimag
Social WelIare and Labour Division. Those agencies are under the Aimag Governor`s OIIice
organizations. Other government organizations will be participated into project activities
based on the Governor`s OIIice guidelines.The Aimag Employers` Federation will
collaborate to organize awareness raising activities and capacity building on child labour
issues among its members.

1.8. Link with International Labour Standards

The project strategies and objectives are closely linked with the International Labour
Standards including mainly ILO convention #138, #182, its recommendations and etc. Also
ILO Iundamental principals and rights at work will be introduced to public through the
project implementation.

1.9. Environmental implications

There are no environmental implications to implement the project.

2. OB1ECTIVES

2.1 Development objective

To contribute to the prevention and elimination oI child labour, especially WFCL in
Dornogobi aimag oI Mongolia.

2.2 Immediate objectives

By the end oI the action programme:
1. Capacity oI the Aimag TUF and the collaborating agencies to eliminate WFCL and
public awareness and attitude on child labour will have been strengthened.
2. Integrated interventions to prevent and withdraw children Irom the WFCL will have
been implemented.

3. INDICATORS OF ACHIEVEMENT

Indicators Means of verification
Immediate objective 1:
1. Number oI soums which have a tripartite unit capable to
work against WFCL
Monitoring and evaluation report oI
soum activity
2. Percentage oI working children as the total number oI
children
Aimag statistical inIormation
3. Number oI persons who participated in capacity building
trainings
Progress reports oI the action
programme
4. Number oI produced awareness raising materials Project report
Immediate objective 2:
1. Enrolment rate oI basic education Education and Culture Centre
statistical data and its annual report
2. Number oI children withdrawn Irom child labour Project report
3. Number oI children prevented Irom child labour Project report
4. Number oI children mediated to saIe work and improved
working condition
Project report
5. Number oI parents to receive project support Project report

4. LIST OF KEY OUTPUTS

1.1Capacity oI the Aimag TUF and the collaborating agencies to eliminate WFCL in the
aimag built and objectives to combat WFCL are integrated into policy and programmes oI
the Aimag TUF
1.2Public awareness on child labour raised and they mobilized into community based
activities against child labour

2.1In total 80 working children and children at risk oI CL are withdrawn, prevented and
rehabilitated Irom the WFCL
2.2Integrated social services to 20 parents and Iamily members oI targeted children will be
provided

5. LIST OF KEY ACTIVITIES

1.1.1 To organize training to discuss child labour issues and aimag TUF`s role to eliminate
WFCL in the province to representatives oI TU branches and collaborating agencies
1.1.2 To establish tripartite project task Iorce
1.1.3 To organize trainings on methodology to combat WFCL to representatives oI TU
branches and collaborating agencies
1.1.4 To conduct regular meetings and consultations among relevant agencies on
mainstreaming oI child labour issues into relevant policies and programmes and
integration in their activities
1.1.5 To prepare TU trainers oI trainee on child labour
1.1.6 To develop training materials on child labour Ior partners and use them as key
materials Ior implementation oI activities against WFCL
1.1.7 To organize evaluation seminar oI the project and identiIy Iurther TU`s objectives,
tasks and resources to combat WFCL in the province
1.1.8 To document good practice and lessons leant oI the project and share to other
provinces` TUFs

1.2.1 To develop printed materials, leaIlets, newspapers to raise public awareness on child
labour issues and to distribute them to public
1.2.2 To develop a short video documentary Ior advocacy about the situation with child
labour in the aimag and to distribute it to soums
1.2.3 To organize a public campaign and activities in observance oI the World Day Against
Child Labour each year throughout the aimag

2.1.1 To provide NFE training to working children and children at risk oI child labour
2.1.2 To provide vocational skill training to working children and children at risk oI child
labour
2.1.3 To reIer young age working children and children at risk oI child labour into regular
schools
2.1.4 To provide legal and psychological counselling to working children and children at
risk oI child labour
2.1.5 To provide health services to working children and children at risk oI child labour

2.2.1 To provide skills and livelihood training to parents and Iamily members oI project
selected working children
2.2.2 To organize meetings and discussions with employers and to mediate parents and
Iamily members to temporary employment and permanent jobs
2.2.3 To support Iamily income oI parents and Iamily members oI working children or
children at risk oI child labour through participation in public work (by local
resource)

6. PRESENTATION OF CORE COMPONENTS

The project will Iocus the Iollowing core components:

O Mainstreaming child labour issues into the TU programmes, and strengthening
coordination mechanism on child labour;
O Raising awareness oI trade union members, parents and communities, changing their
attitude on child labour issues, and improving their commitment and participation in
activities against WFCL;
O Building the capacity oI the aimag and soums` TUFs , and collaborating organizations
to address the issue oI elimination oI child labour,
O Promoting social partnership against child labour and improving commitment and
participation oI the employers` and workers` organizations in actions against child
labour,
O Withdrawing, rehabilitating and preventing children Irom the WFCL,
O Ensuring tripartite mechanism against child labour

7. LIST OF MA1OR INPUTS

Donor will contribute 12,000.00 USD as Iollowing:

O Management cost 5,000.00 USD
O Output 1.1 3,200.00 USD
O Output 1.2 1,500.00 USD
O Output 2.1 2,100.00 USD
O Output 2.2 200.00 USD

Executing agency will provide in kind contribution as Iollowing:

O OIIice
O StaII
O Vehicle
O Coordination
O Income generation activities to parents oI working children and children at risk oI
child labour

8. MONITORING AND EVALUATION AND REPORTING

O Monitoring visit to project sites will be organized every quarter
O Technical and Iinancial progress reports will be prepared every Iour months.
O Final reports will be submitted within one month aIter the project implemented
O External monitoring will be conducted end oI the project

9. PRELIMINARY BUDGET ESTIMATION (in USD)


Input Items 2007 2008 Total
Management cost
1 - StaII cost 500.00 750.00 1,250.00
2 - Monitoring travel 750.00 750.00 1,500.00
3 - OIIice equipment 1,500.00 1.500,00
4 - Project admin cost 300.00 450.00 750.00
Sub total 3,050.00 1,950.00 5,000.00
Direct cost
1 Activity 1.1.1 500.00 500.00
2 Activity 1.1.2 0
3 Activity 1.1.3 750.00 250.00 1,000.00
4 Activity 1.1.4 0
5 Activity 1.1.5 500.00 500.00
6 Activity 1.1.6 500.00 500.00
7 Activity 1.1.7 500.00 500.00
8 Activity 1.1.8 200.00 200.00
9 Activity 1.2.1 500.00 500.00 1,000.00
10 Activity 1.2.2 300.00 300.00
11 Activity 1.2.3 100.00 100.00 200.00
12 Activity 2.1.1 600.00 600.00 1,200.00
13 Activity 2.1.2 250.00 250.00 500.00
14 Activity 2.1.3 100.00 100.00 200.00
15 Activity 2.1.4 50.00 50.00 100.00
16 Activity 2.1.5 50.00 50.00 100.00
17 Activity 2.2.1 100.00 100.00 200.00
18 Activity 2.2.2 0
19 Activity 2.2.3 0
Sub total 4,300.00 2,700.00 7,000.00
Grand total 7,350.00 4,650.00 12,000.00