Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Years of mechanism: 2008 2009

Details for Mechanism ID: 3924
Country/Region: India
Year: 2009
Main Partner: International Labour Organization
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: Multi-lateral Agency
Funding Agency: enumerations.USDOL
Total Funding: $200,000

Funding for Health Systems Strengthening (OHSS): $200,000

CONTINUING ACTIVITY - NEW ACTIVITY NARRATIVE

SUMMARY

The International Labor Organization's (ILO) sub-regional office in Delhi will partner with the USG HIV/AIDS

workplace program to provide technical assistance (TA) in the development of workplace policies and

programs, advocacy, and sharing of lessons learned. TA will be provided to the National AIDS Control

Organization (NACO), the Ministry of Labor (MOL), the State AIDS Control Societies (SACS) and USG

partners.

BACKGROUND

The ILO's office in Delhi, in consultation with government, employers' and workers' organizations, NACO,

and organizations of People Living with AIDS (PLHA) developed a three-phased project, "Prevention of

HIV/AIDS in the World of Work." Phase I of the project (January 2003-December 2005) and Phase II (June

2005-September 2008 were supported by grants totaling $2 million from the US Department of Labor

(USDOL). In addition the ILO received $300,000 from UNAIDS under the Program Acceleration Fund

(PAF). The overall goal of the program is to contribute to the prevention of HIV/AIDS in the workplace, to

enhance workplace protection and to reduce adverse consequences on social, labor, and economic

development.

USG/PEPFAR started partnership with the ILO in the FY06 Country Operational Plan (COP). The grants

are administered through the US Department of Labor. USG/India requested ILO's technical assistance in

the workplace/private sector components of the USG program in order to harmonize partnership, reduce

duplication, and benefit from ILO's experience to strengthen USG-supported workplace programs in the

states of Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh. The activities listed below will be

achieved with the combined resources of the USDOL and the PEPFAR grants.

ACTIVITIES AND EXPECTED RESULTS

ACTIVITY 1: Technical Assistance to NACO, Ministry of Labor (MOL), SACS and USG Partners for

Development/Implementation of HIV/AIDS Workplace Policies

In FY09, ILO will provide TA to NACO and the MOL to develop HIV/AIDS workplace policies and programs.

This will include assisting the MOL in finalizing and launching the National Policy on HIV/AID in the World of

Work and using appropriate strategies to involve the Education department of MOL in sensitizing and

training human resource managers from public sector organizations. The ILO will support short-term

consultants to assist in developing operational guidelines, and will hold meetings and discussions to share

global experience in integrating HIV/AIDS workplace initiatives into ministry programs.

The ILO will provide TA to eight SACS and eight TSUs in high-prevalence states. In FY09, the ILO will

continue to provide TA to other USG partners involved in workplace initiatives. This support will include

conducting periodic experience-sharing workshops and visits by ILO consultants to selected projects to

improve the quality of interventions and strengthen scale-up.

ACTIVITY 2: Model HIV/AIDS Workplace Projects for Demonstration and Learning

In FY09, the ILO will support three employers' organizations, five labor organizations, 15 corporate groups,

and ten public-sector enterprises to implement HIV/AIDS workplace policies and programs. These projects

will function as demonstration and learning centers for the SACS and agencies involved in HIV/AIDS

workplace initiatives. ILO will also train 50 master trainers in corporate partners.

ACTIVITY 3: TA to USG Partners

The ILO will assist the CONNECT project in forming Project Advisory Committees, in building the capacity

of the SACS in Karnataka and AP, and in supporting advocacy meetings with business associations (FICCI,

KCCI, KEA, and FKCCI) to reach to their member companies to establish and implement workplace

policies. ILO will also invite CONNECT to participate in the UN Thematic Group on Health Insurance and

HIV.

ILO will also train the workplace coordinator of the Avert Society, assist in developing a research agenda for

Avert pertaining to workplace programs, and provide advocacy and TA for work with large corporates and

industrial associations in the State of Maharashtra.

New/Continuing Activity: Continuing Activity

Continuing Activity: 14685

Continued Associated Activity Information

Activity Activity ID USG Agency Prime Partner Mechanism Mechanism ID Mechanism Planned Funds

System ID System ID

14685 6606.08 Department of International Labor 6906 3924.08 $200,000

Labor Organization

11509 6606.07 Department of International Labor 5794 3924.07 $250,000

Labor Organization

6606 6606.06 U.S. Agency for International Labor 3924 3924.06 $80,000

International Organization

Development

Emphasis Areas

Workplace Programs

Human Capacity Development

Public Health Evaluation

Food and Nutrition: Policy, Tools, and Service Delivery

Food and Nutrition: Commodities

Economic Strengthening

Education

Water

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