Guidelines

Conducting and contributing to Evaluations of National Action Plans on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work: A step-by-step guide

These guidelines attempt to highlight the key stages in which we can appropriate integrate all Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work along the evaluation process of National Action Plans (NAPs) on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work (FPRW).

The evaluation process of National Action Plans (NAPs) on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work (FPRW) come under the responsibility of national governments and other national authorities. At the same time, there is a space for the ILO to play a strategic supporting role in ensuring that these evaluations are of good quality and support the realization of the FPRW. Those principles and rights include eliminating child labour, forced labour, and discrimination, as well as advancing the rights on collective bargaining.

Following requests for ILO support on the setup and management of evaluations of NAPs on FPRW, these guidelines and tools are a first attempt at highlighting the key stages in which special considerations need to be made with regard to upholding the FPRW. This is accomplished, for example, by ensuring the appropriate integration of all FPRW along the process and by insisting that the evaluation process duly involves all stakeholders through a tripartite and consultation process.

The purpose of this document is to be a practical guide to ensure that critical considerations regarding FPRW are taken into account in order to ensure relevance, utility, and credibility of the evaluations.