Local Development and Decent Work Resource Kit

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1 Local Development and Decent Work Resource Kit RESOURCE INDEX LDDW Tool Number Title and brief description INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW Resource Kit: objectives, users, content Local Development and Decent Work Approach Resource Kit: how to use it ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Part I FRAMEWORK OF LOCAL DEVELOPMENT AND DECENT WORK 1/01 Concept of decent work INFORMATION TOOL: Introduces the concept of decent work, its relevance to local development and the 10 dimensions of decent work 1/02 Decent Work Agenda: How to achieve decent work INFORMATION TOOL: Presents an overview of the 4 strategic ways to achieve decent work, and how these are related to local development 1/03 Fundamental rights at work: Key to local development and poverty alleviation INFORMATION TOOL: An introduction to the fundamental rights at work and their application in local communities 1/04 Attention to gender issues helps local development and poverty reduction INFORMATION TOOL: Describes the influence gender has on local development needs and opportunities and the importance of mainstreaming gender issues into all local development planning processes. 1/05 Decent Work relevance to local poverty diagnosis and planning INFORMATION TOOL: Shows where and how the Decent Work framework and agenda complements and adds value to the Philippine framework for local poverty diagnosis and poverty reduction planning 1/06 Decentralization and local development planning in the Philippines INFORMATION TOOL: Enumerates the legal mandates that entrust the responsibility for local development in the hands of Local Government Units. 1/07 Decent employment the Philippine development goal INFORMATION TOOL: The promotion and achievement of decent employment

2 is a top development goal and policy of the Philippines. 1/08 Minimum Basic Needs (MBN) approach of the Philippine Government INFORMATION TOOL: Presents the MBN approach, a poverty reduction planning framework that has been adopted in the Philippines since 1995 as the framework for targeting government services and programmes at barangay and municipal levels. 1/09 Local Economic Development (LED) approach an overview INFORMATION TOOL: Gives an overview of the basic features and steps of the LED process based on ILO experience. 1/10 Ingredients for successful local economic and social development INFORMATION TOOL: Highlights some of the essential ingredients that underpin successful local development. Part II DECENT WORK ASSESSMENT, POVERTY DIAGNOSIS and TERRITORIAL ANALYSIS 2/01 How to measure and monitor decent work gaps at local level ASSESSMENT TOOL: For selected dimensions of decent work, gives a checklist of information requirements, suggests relevant Philippine statistics and MBN indicators, and cites specific Assessment Tools in this Kit for identifying and monitoring decent work gaps. 2/02 How to assess job quality in work places and enterprises ASSESSMENT TOOL: Provides specific guidelines for assessing needs and aspirations of workers and employers particularly with regards to decent work dimensions. 2/03 Poverty monitoring at local level MBN indicators INFORMATION TOOL: Gives an overview of the MBN indicators used in the MBN-CBPIMS and CBMS, which are systems used by LGUs in the Philippines to diagnose and monitor poverty at local level. 2/04 Territorial analysis and institutional mapping ASSESSMENT TOOL: Suggests the method and two checklists used by the ILO in its Local Economic Development programmes. Territorial diagnosis consists of a preliminary analysis of socio-economic and political data of the area. Institutional mapping reviews the existence, objectives and activities of different stakeholders in the area and the interrelationships among them. 2/05 Integrated Rural Accessibility Planning (IRAP) INFORMATION TOOL: Describes the IRAP methodology, which is used by LGUs in the Philippines for assessing the access of communities and families to basic goods, services and facilities. Part III TECHNICAL FIELDS OF LOCAL DEVELOPMENT INTERVENTIONS Section One GROWING LOCAL ECONOMIES

3 3/01/01 Assessing your local economy ASSESSMENT TOOL: Suggests practical activities and measurements that can be used to assess the local economy. It uses simple explanations that can be understood by people who have no background in economics. For other Assessment Tools, also refer to Part II. 3/01/02 Methods for analysing livelihoods ASSESSMENT TOOL: Explains the sustainable livelihoods framework for understanding and assessing people s livelihoods from the point of view of the individual or family/household. It places emphasis on people s access to resources and assets that are necessary for creating and sustaining livelihoods, and on the importance of the policy and institutional environment. 3/01/03 Strategies for making your local economy grow ACTION TOOL: Describes nine practical strategies that local planners and development practitioners can apply to develop their economies. There is no single approach that addresses all concerns, but local leaders could examine the local situation and priority issues, and assess which strategies are most suitable. 3/01/04 Tips for mobilizing private sector investments for local development ACTION TOOL: Describes practical ways for engaging and attracting private investments into the local economy 3/01/05 The role of cooperatives in growing local economies INFORMATION TOOL: Gives a general description of cooperatives and the main ways that they could promote local development, with two relevant Philippine examples. 3/01/06 Short case studies in local economic development CASE STUDIES: Gives a brief description of four successful cases in local development and main lessons. 3/01/07 Guidelines for supporting livelihoods ACTION TOOL: Provides guidelines and for supporting livelihoods especially of those who live in poverty Section Two CREATING AND PRESERVING LOCAL JOBS 3/02/01 Approaches to local job creation ACTION TOOL: Gives a general overview on the range of job creation strategies that can be used in local communities 3/02/02 Creating local jobs through employment-intensive infrastructure programmes INFORMATION TOOL: Introduces the employment potential of labour-based, equipment supported (LBES) technology in infrastructure development 3/02/03 Creating local jobs through cooperatives INFORMATION TOOL: Defines worker cooperatives (owned and managed by workers) and gives an overview of how worker cooperatives can create and preserve local jobs. 3/02/04 Creating local jobs through small enterprise development

4 ACTION TOOL: Suggests strategies for developing and strengthening small enterprises. 3/02/05 Skills development, employability and poverty reduction INFORMATION TOOL: Discusses the importance of orienting local skills development strategies towards employability and key competencies. It identifies barriers to skills development that the poor and poor women usually face and should be dealt with by local initiatives. 3/02/06 Community-based training approach ACTION TOOL: Describes the steps in a community-based training approach, and presents an example of a project in Mindanao that uses this approach. 3/02/07 Assessing the potential for local microfinance ASSESSMENT TOOL: Helps local planners and development practitioners assess the demand and supply of finance services in the area, and assess whether a micro-finance scheme is a real need. 3/02/08 Improving local access to financial services ACTION TOOL: Gives an overview of micro-finance and two most important financial services savings and loans. Section Three IMPROVING EMPLOYMENT: Working Conditions, Health and Safety at the Workplace 3/03/01 Overview of the key elements of job quality INFORMATION TOOL: Introduces the concept of job quality and its relevance to local economic and social development. Briefly explains the key elements of job quality working conditions, work environment, health and safety at the workplace. 3/03/02 Twelve ways to improve local jobs ACTION TOOL:. Suggest broad types of actions that local planners and development practitioners can do to improve the quality of local jobs. 3/03/03 Improve working conditions and productivity of small enterprises ACTION TOOL: Based on experiences in many countries, including the Philippines, presents the Work Improvement in Small Enterprises (WISE) method, which shows practical, low-cost and effective ways of improving working conditions and productivity in small enterprises. 3/03/04 Simple, low-cost ways of improving working conditions in the informal sector ACTION TOOL: Proposes an integrated approach to improving productivity and working conditions, shows innovative and simple ways of preventing occupational hazards and diseases, and presents two practical instruments (I- WEB and WISH) that can be used by local development people, micro entrepreneurs, owner-operators, own-account workers, and home-based workers. 3/03/05 Health, safety and working conditions in agriculture ACTION TOOL: Gives an overview of occupational health and safety hazards in agriculture, proposes national and local actions to prevent health and safety risks, and presents the WIND manual as practical instrument t than can be used at local level.

5 Section Four REDUCING VULNERABILITY IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES 3/04/01 Basic concepts and the need for social protection in local community INFORMATION TOOL: Explains basic concepts of risks, vulnerability and social protection, and how social protection contributes to income security, preservation and creation of employment, and poverty reduction at the local level. 3/04/02 Developing social protection in your local community ACTION TOOL: Provides a framework for planning local strategies for strengthening social protection, especially for those exposed to high risks. 3/04/03 Assessing social risks and vulnerabilities in the local community ASSESSMENT TOOL: Guides local planners and development practitioners in identifying risks, and assessing which groups in the local community face the highest risk and are most vulnerable. Gives an overview of types of risks, and suggests indicators for assessing risks and vulnerability. 3/04/04 Providing better social protection for women ACTION TOOL: Gives information on women-specific issues wioth respect to social protection, suggests ways of incorporating these in local initiatives and ways that local women can also help to reduce their vulnerabilities. 3/04/05 Extending social protection to local communities ACTION TOOL: Guides implementation and monitoring of strategy and local measures by giving tips, practical ideas. 3/04/06 Sample of a community survey for health micro-insurance ASSESSMENT TOOL: Health risks are among the most common risks to income, and health insurance is one of the most important forms of social protection. This tool is an example of a survey questionnaire for determining the need and capacity for a health micro-insurance scheme. Section Five RESPONDING TO LOCAL EMPLOYMENT CHALLENGES: Special Issues 3/05/01 Gender: The challenges of women and work INFORMATION TOOL: Describes the influence of gender on the employment and the workplace. 3/05/02 Local development issues affecting indigenous peoples INFORMATION TOOL: Calls the attention of local planners and development practitioners to the issues and concerns specific to indigenous peoples and ethnic minority communities, where poverty is often very high. Cites the Philippine national policy and legal framework on indigenous peoples, and suggests the broad issues and principles for integrating their concerns in local development. 3/05/03 Child labour in the fishing sector ASSESSMENT TOOL: Cites the fishing technologies where child labour is

6 frequently used, describes the risks and dangers children face, and suggests a checklist for assessing the prevalence and child labour. 3/05/04 Child labourers in the footwear sector ASSESSMENT TOOL: Provides a checklist that local development practitioners, planners and concerned groups could use to determine the presence of child labour in the footwear sector and to review the conditions of child labourers in that sector. 3/05/09 Child labour in small-scale surface mining ASSESSMENT TOOL: Focusing on occupational safety and health (OSH) issues, provides way of assessing the prevalence and OSH conditions of child labourers in the small-scale surface mining sector. 3/05/10 Safety and health of child labourers in the pyrotechnics industry INFORMATION TOOL: Provides guidelines as to how owners and workers in the pyrotechnics industry may protect themselves and in particular, working children who continue to be engaged in this hazardous work. 3/05/11 Child labour in the tourism industry INFORMATION TOOL: Provides local planners and development practitioners with findings on the state of child labour in the tourism industry so that these may guide actions in protecting child labourers. 3/05/07 Reducing child labour in your community ACTION TOOL: Provides a framework for devising strategies to reduce the incidence of child labour in the community. It suggests actions that Local government units (LGUs), local planners and leaders, employers and business organizations, and community organizations could implement at local level. 3/05/08 Planning a conference or workshop about reducing child labour ACTION TOOL: Presents the Training Package on the Design, Management and Evaluation (DME) of Action Programmes on Child Labour, which shows how to plan, organize and conduct such a workshop or conference. Part IV Broad-based Participation and Social Dialogue in Local Development Processes 4/01 The role of key stakeholders in local development INFORMATION TOOL: Highlights the importance of broad-based participation in local development, and suggests the roles of government, private sector and business community, worker organizations, CBOs and NGOs, and external development agencies. 4/02 The added value of social dialogue INFORMATION TOOL: Explains what social dialogue is and how it adds value to local development processes. 4/03 Assessing local social dialogue institutions and processes ASSESSMENT TOOL: A checklist of questions for assessing the strengths and weaknesses in the capacity of the community to engage in meaningful social dialogue and participatory planning processes 4/04 What unions and worker organizations can do to promote local development

7 local development ACTION TOOL: A tool that is meant for trade unions and other worker organizations, it suggests some actions that these organizations can take to promote local development. 4/05 Techniques and approaches to better negotiations by indigenous peoples ACTION TOOL: Suggests ways of how indigenous peoples organizations and representatives can effectively express their concerns in local development planning. Also addresses LGUs and suggests what they can do to ensure the participation of indigenous peoples organizations in the local development process. 4/06 Community mobilization strategies ACTION TOOL: Successful local development strategies depend on the support, commitment and contributions of the different members of the community. How do local planners and leaders mobilize community support and participation? This tool identifies seven key elements of a good community mobilization strategy. 4/07 Tips for improving collaboration and social dialogue in local development ACTION TOOL: A tool for Local planners and development practitioners, it describes the critical factors in the area that affect successful collaboration and social dialogue among local stakeholders. By looking at these factors, one can assess the quality of collaboration in the area and identify ways of facilitating and improving it. 4/08 Advocacy and representation in local development processes ACTION TOOL: A tool that is meant for LGUs and other local stakeholders, it describes the process of social justice advocacy and lists the necessary knowledge, skills and attitudes of a good social justice advocate. 4/09 Some examples of Philippine planning experiences clustered planning CASE STUDIES: Describes cases where some municipal LGUs have banded together to do clustered planning. PART V TECHNICAL ISSUES IN IMPLEMENTATION 5/01 Logical framework for programme/project formulation INFORMATION TOOL: Gives a logical framework for formulating and designing a programme or project. 5/02 Impact evaluation ASSESSMENT TOOL: Stresses the importance and uses of impact monitoring and assessment in implementation and planning. Provides guidelines for evaluating impact. 5/03 The 7 Cs of Implementation: Putting plans and projects into action INFORMATION TOOL: Provides key principles in putting plans and project into action. 5/04 Tips for dealing with external factors INFORMATION TOOL: Gives some tips as to how Local Government Units (LGUs) and local communities can anticipate external factors or conditions that

8 are beyond their control and orient their plans accordingly. 5/05 Tips in budgeting for local development INFORMATION TOOL: Brings to the attention of LGUs and other local stakeholders key issues and possible actions that could make LGU budgets and expenditures contribute better to local development. 5/06 Overview of Local Government Unit financing options for local development INFORMATION TOOL: Describes some of the options that can be used by Local Government Units when financing local development. It will describe local taxation and revenue raising options, donor agencies, investments mechanisms and government funding sources. 5/07 Tips on Writing Project Proposals INFORMATION TOOL: Outlines the basic requirements of a funding application, and describes the purpose and structure of most funding applications and offer tips to make a funding application more successful. 5/08 Ten Steps towards building public-private partnerships ACTION TOOL: Suggests opportunities and practical ways of building partnerships. 5/09 Overseas Filipino workers as a source for local development INFORMATION TOOL: Gives basic facts and figures about Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and explains how their remittances can be a resource for local development. 5/12 Examples of local financing innovations CASE STUDIES: Presents examples of how some LGUs have developed and selected the financing options for their development projects. PART VI DECENT WORK RESOURCES 6/01 List of Labour Conventions ratified by the Government of the Philippines 6/02 Convention 169 on Indigenous and Tribal Populations 6/03 Summary of relevant national laws dealing with child labour 6/04 Promotion of Cooperatives Recommendation (Recommendation 193) 6/05 Eliminating discrimination against women 6/06 List of Filipino indigenous peoples and their locations 6/07 List of national resource agencies (e.g., training providers, resource agencies) 6/08 Other materials available on local participatory planning RESOURCE: List of reference documents available in the Philippines.