INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION THE OFFICE OF THE ILO LIAISON OFFICER

Call for Expression of Interest ILO/YGN/18/22

20 June 2018

National Consultant for Occupational Safety and Health Trainings for Position Title: Construction and Garment Sectors in selected wards

International Labour Organization (ILO) Organization: “ Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (My‐PEC)”

Location: Dagon (Myothit) Seikkan Township, Region

No. of Position: One

Contract Type/ Level: External Collaboration Contract

Duration: 8 days of work during 1.5 months (12 July to 25 August 2018)

Closing Date: 04 July 2018

Applications Details: Applications to: Saw Hsar Ka Baw Project Officer (My‐PEC) 01 2336538, 2336539 Ext: 224 ILO No. 1(A), Kanbae Road, Yangon – Myanmar. or via email to [email protected]

Only short listed candidates will be contacted for interview.

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Background

1. The ILO estimates1 that in a one year period, 106.4 million children, age 5‐17, experience a work‐ related injury. Of these, 15.1 million children suffer injuries severe enough to require medical attention and at least one day lost from work or school. The incidence rates for young workers, ages 15‐24, are even higher. Hazardous child labour is the largest category of the worst forms of child labour with an estimated 73 million children, aged 5‐17, according to the ILO Global Estimates of 2017.

2. In Myanmar, according to the 2015 Labour Force Survey‐Child Labour‐School‐to‐Work‐Transition Survey (LFS‐CL‐STWTS), more than 1 million children are engaged in child labour, with more than half of them in hazardous work. Child workers aged 15‐17 years constitute 75 percent of all working children, with 54 percent boys and 46 percent girls.

3. Limited access to safe work and employment opportunities for the youth means that they are either engaged in hazardous economic activities or unable to access decent employment when needed. Difficult working conditions are caused by inadequate occupational safety and health (OSH) mechanisms in workplaces. This is due to insufficient knowledge of labor rights among employers and youths and the negative attitudes and practices of employers toward child labor. Likewise, existing OSH mechanisms have inadequate systems to check compliance to OSH standards and existing complaints mechanisms have limited functionality to address OSH issues. Youth workers, including migrants, are not fully covered by health insurance. Youths encounter difficulty in accessing decent work due to limited access to vocational, technical and entrepreneurship training. Education and skills are often mismatched with available employment.

4. The ILO’s Myanmar Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (MyPEC) works closely with key government agencies, workers and employers’ organizations, civil society organizations and the communities in its efforts to increase the knowledge base, raise awareness and advocate against child labour, enhance policies and legislation, build technical and institutional capacities to address the issue and develop pilot interventions. The Theory of Change of the project indicates that “To increase older children’s access to safe work, communities must be informed about OSH. Employers, local authorities and other relevant community stakeholders must have increased capacity to address OSH concerns and children of legal working age should be provided with support to improve their OSH conditions.”

5. My‐PEC’s Pilot Interventions aim at developing, implementing and documenting replicable models of interventions in three selected communities of Myanmar. These direct services, are being implemented at village tract/ward level starting 2016, and aim to increase the participation of child labourers and at risk children in quality education, increase access of children above minimum age for employment to safe work, and reduce vulnerability of target households to child labour.

6. A total of 1,200 children (estimated 600 Households) are targeted from Dagon (Myothit) Seikkan Township, ; these services must be able to remove 480 from the worst forms of child labour and to successfully prevent 720 who are at high risk of becoming child labourers. Implementation of direct services has started in 2016 and will continue until April 2019.

1 A Global Estimate of work – related injuries among children – ILO 2013 2

7. During 2016 – 2017 a first phase of implementation of the pilot interventions, awareness raising trainings on Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) were conducted in the 3 selected areas in Yangon, Irrawaddy and Mon. A total of 455 people increased their knowledge on OSH such as 207 community members, 120 Employers and Local Authorities and 128 working children above 14 years old.

8. The second phase of implementation in Dagon Seikkan aims to enhance OSH knowledge and increase access of children above minimum age to safe work.

Objective of the assignment

1. This intervention aims to increase access of children of legal working age to safe work. It endeavors to inform target communities about OSH for youth; increase the capacity of employers, local authorities and other relevant community stakeholders to address OSH concerns; and provide children of legal working age with support to improve OSH conditions.

2. Specifically, the implementation shall: a. provide awareness raising on OSH at the community level and in workplaces particularly targeting children above legal working age, their parents, community leaders, and employers using the adapted ILO Safe Work for Youth kit; and b. Build the capacity of employers and supervisors of children of legal working age and local authorities (from all pilot areas) on developing actions to improve OSH in the workplace.

Scope of Work

1. Implementation of the activities will be conducted in My‐PEC pilot communities, namely: Wards 87, 93 and 168 in Dagon (Myothit) Seikkan Township, Yangon.

2. Conduct two OSH trainings to employers, supervisors, local authorities and other relevant community stakeholders in target pilot communities. The OSH training will focus on the following sector in this area and include age verifications, monitoring and the identification of personal protective equipment.

3. Organize two OSH trainings with child labour and working children in the area. The training should also include labour laws.

4. Coordinate and consult with the Village Development Committees2 about the implementation strategies, activities and confirmation of target beneficiaries.

Expected Outputs

The consultant is expected to deliver the following outputs:

1. Inception report including the work‐plan, training agenda, methodology, training materials;

2 This is a sustainability mechanism at the local level where the community development committees learn in the actual implementation and builds their capacity to enable them to continue implementing some of the interventions in the future even without external support. 3

2. Detailed strategy presented and accepted by the target communities through the Village Development Committees including trainings; 3. Four trainings promoting OSH and safe work for youth. 4. Detailed training reports including recommendations (including the identification identified follow up actions and needed Personal Protective Equipment). 5. Distribution of Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs)3 to youths workers (where applicable)

Targeted Participants

 At least 100 Employers, local authorities and other relevant community stakeholders targeted for training on OSH and child labour.  At least 300 Child Labour and working children above minimum age targeted for trainings on OSH

Timeline

Tentative start date of contract is 12 July 2018. Proposed end date should not exceed 25 August 2018.

Budget

 The budget for this contract will cover professional fees, travel costs, mobilization expenses of the external collaborator;  A tentative schedule of payments shall be indicated in the Contract, but any single payment shall be limited to a maximum of 30 per cent of the total contract amount and be subject to the condition that the ILO quality standards are met satisfactorily. By ILO financial rules, the first (advance) payment cannot exceed 30 per cent, and a minimum of 20 per cent of the total contract amount shall be retained as the final payment which may be paid only after satisfactory completion of all activities and providing to the ILO all outputs/ reports as stated in the contract;  It is important to note that should there be any problem in the delivery of outputs pertaining quality and schedule, the Contractor is expected to make the necessary corrective actions without affecting the overall project delivery deadline dates. This will be at no additional cost to ILO.

Schedule

The final training report for all the trainings are expected by 25 August 2018. Following are the key activities and work duration:

Activity Estimated Trainer’s working days Contract start for Consultant Gather background information and orientation with MY‐PEC 1 Adaptation of the training modules for the specific areas 2

3 Consultancy is requested to purchase PPE through consultation with ILO‐My‐PEC 4

Conduct Trainings 4 Final Training Report 1 Total 8

Coordination

The consultant’s work will be monitored by ILO – Myanmar Chief Technical Advisor against the expected deliverables as indicated in the ToRs. He/she will work in close relationship with National Officer of My‐PEC.

Requirements

Minimum qualifications for consultant are the following:

 Education:  Degree in Economic, Social Science, Development studies, Agriculture, natural resource , or equivalent experience;  Experience:  Experience in Safety and Health at Work, Labour Inspection  Experience in providing trainings in on Safety and Health at Work.  Experience working in the field of child labour, child rights, child protection an advantage  Experience working on development issues in post crisis context  Experience working in multi‐ethnic and multi‐language context  Experience in targeted areas an advantage  Skilled in technical reporting and in MS Office especially MS Word and Excel;  Strong leadership and organizing skills;  Good oral and written communication skills, preferably both English and Myanmar.

 The consultant must submit the curriculum vitae, application letter which must clearly state the previous trainings and/or assessments related with Safety and Health at work that were conducted and provide references’ agency names and contact details.

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