PHILIPPINE PROGRAM AGAINST CHILD LABOR
VISION
A child labor-free Philippines
MISSION
The Philippine Program Against Child Labor (PPACL) works to transform the lives of child laborers, their families, and communities towards their sense of self-worth, empowerment and development.
It works towards the prevention and progressive elimination of child labor through protection, withdrawal, healing and reintegration of child workers into a caring society, and supports alleviation of extreme poverty, which has been the main cause of child labor in the country.
GUIDING VALUES
- Child-focused approach
- Psychosocial development
- Results-based management
- Gender responsiveness
- Cultural sensitivity
- Sustainable development
- Child and youth participation
- Good governance
- Decent work for all
- Community development
- Inter-agency, tripartite and multi-sectoral collaboration
STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK 2020-2022
Intermediate Outcome 1: Strengthened and localized National Council Against Child Labor towards better coordination of its members and partners at all levels
- Policies and guidelines issued to localize the NCACL and strengthen the regional, provincial, and municipality/city child labor committees
- Inter-agency arrangements made on the implementation of child labor programs at all levels, especially on sharing of resources and information, and arrangements on service delivery, enforcement, and communication and advocacy
- Coordination and partnerships with development partners and local child labor committees for the protection of children strengthened
Intermediate Outcome 2: Improved and inclusive enforcement of anti-child labor laws at the national and local levels
- Capacities of implementers and partners to enforce anti-child labor laws strengthened
- Child labor inspection and monitoring activities intensified
- Mechanisms to improve child laborer identification, rescue, and case prosecution strengthened
Intermediate Outcome 3: Expanded access of child laborers and their families to social protection, including health, education, child protection and decent work.
- Psychosocial interventions, health services, legal support, and other social protection services provided to child laborers and their families
- Access to basic education expanded to reach more children at risk of child labor
- Economic well-being of children and their families enhanced through skills training and employment facilitation for 15 to 17 year-old child laborers, and livelihood assistance to adult members of households with child laborers
Intermediate Outcome 4: Improved generation, dissemination, and use of knowledge on child labor among stakeholders, policymakers, program implementers and the general public
- Child Labor Knowledge Sharing System (CLKSS) updated and mainstreamed
- DOLE 1349 Hotline used as platform to address child labor-related concerns
- Awareness on pressing and emerging child labor issues and innovations heightened
Intermediate Outcome 5: National Child Labor Monitoring and Evaluation System established and maintained
- Monitoring and evaluation (M&E) framework on child labor developed
- Child labor reporting system used by national and local implementers
