Decent Work in the Post-2015 development agenda: What’s next?

Vinicius Pinheiro, Deputy Director ILO New York11 May 2015ITUC – FES Advocacy SeminarCornell Worker Institute

Building blocks of the new agenda:Work in progress…

•Declaration – the vision•SDGs, targets and indicators (17 Goals and

169 targets and a global set of indicators with STATS Commission)

•Means of implementation and a new global partnership (finance/FfD, technology, capacity, trade)

•Follow up and review (data revolution, reporting and review mechanisms)

•Delivery: UN Fit for Purpose (funding, governance,…)

Decent Work in the SDGs• SDG 8 – Inclusive Growth and Decent Work for All• 11 core targets, covering:

▫Social Protection/SPF (1.3), (10.4)▫Skills for Decent Jobs (5.4)▫Productivity (8.2)▫Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Formalization (8.3)▫Full employment, DW for all, Gender pay gap (8.5)▫Youth employment (8.6)▫Child labour and forced labour (8.7)▫Labour rights, OSH, Migrants and precarious workers

(8.8)▫Global Jobs Pact/Youth employment strategy▫Wages (10.4)▫Fundamental freedoms/ freedom of association (16.10)

Decent Work in the SDGs• 26 Additional targets

▫Extreme and multidimensional poverty (1.1; 1.2)▫Access to basic services (1.4)▫Crisis/resilience (1.5)▫Universal health coverage (3.8), HIV-AIDS (3.3)▫Access to TVET (4.3, 4.5)▫VioUnpaid care and domestic work (5.4)▫Sectoral jobs: Green Jobs (8.4), Rural employment (2.3);

Tourism (8.9), Industrial (9.2), R&D (9.5) Health (3.c), Teachers (4.c), Maritime workers (14.c)

▫ Income inequality (10.1); Discrimination (10.3)▫Migration (10.7); Trafficking (16.2)▫Rule of Law (16.3)▫MOIs: Capacity building (17.9); (Policy coherence

(17.13 and 17.14); Statistics (17.18)

Next step 1: Defining global indicators

• A global set of core indicators, accompanied by complementary thematic and national indicators

• Directly respond to the goals and targets and their level of ambition, must not undermine or re-interpret the targets, and should not introduce any new or contentious issues

• One/two indicators per target, max 100-200 indicators for the overall framework (!), use of multi-purpose indicators."

• Criteria:▫ universally applicable terms, preferably relying on international

standard definitions▫ relevance ▫ objective measures are preferred over subjective measures▫ Internationally comparable, regional aggregation;▫ Measurability, Methodological soundness; ▫ Easy to understand and communicate (avoid composite indicators)▫ Level of disaggregation▫ Availability (not a constraint)

Possible ILO indicators (under development)Indicators targets

Social protection/SPF coverage 1.3; 10.4

Productivity 8.2, 8.5

Informality 8.3, 8.5, 8.8

Employment participation rates 8.5

Poverty by employment status (working poor) 1.1; 1.2

Unemployment 8.5; 8.6

NEETs 8.6

Ratification and implementation of ILO fundamental conventions 8.8

Work accidents (fatal, non fatal, time lost) 8.8

Child labour and forced labour 8.7

Wages/Gender pay gap 8.5; 10.4

Collective bargaining 8.b, 16.10

Social protection and employment public expenditure 8.b, 10.4

Violence against trade unionists 16.10

Labour migration indicators 8.8, 10.7

Next step 2: Means of Implementation and financing

•Normative frameworks•Define baselines•Costing/financial forecasts•Fiscal space/debt sustainability analysis

(IMF-WB-ILO-UNICEF-UNDP)•Domestic resources mobilization strategies•Issues-based resources pooling and

funding mechanisms•Global funds

Next step 3: Monitoring and follow up• Based on already existing mechanisms, data

bases and reports• National, country-led, multi-stakeholder

participation, supported by UN/IFIs• Regional supported by the Commissions• Global hosted by the High Level Political

Forum (HLPF), including: ▫Thematic component, built on existing issues-

based accountability platforms and coordination mechanisms

▫Global partnership review • ILO GB, ILC and ILO Supervisory Structure

aligned with thematic reporting

Next step 4: Delivering• Normative frameworks integrated with

operational activities • Shift focus from developing countries to

universal• Integrated and coherent system-wide policies

and strategies• Multi-stakeholder engagement, partnerships

and issue-based coalitions • Integrated management models, including

operational modalities, funding and transparency

• Common assessment tools

How will it affect the ILO’s activities?

• Global: Policy and programming frameworks should be aligned with the SD goals, targets and indicators, including:▫ Multi-year strategic policy frameworks ▫ Biennial Program and Budget ▫ Outcome-based work plans

• Greater interagency exchange of information, coordination and consolidation of policy frameworks

• Multi-stakeholder partnerships and funding raising strategies consistent with SDGs

• National: Deeper integration and joint-programming aligned with national sustainable development plans. DWCP aligned with UNDAF/Sustainable Development Plans

Final remarks: Implications

• Strong call for policy coherence, coordination and integration

• Comprehensive agenda will lead to prioritization and sequencing at country level

• Link normative and operational • Policy and programming framework will be aligned

with the SD goals, targets and indicators• Multi-stakeholder partnerships and funding raising

strategies consistent with SDGs• Deeper integration and joint-programming at

country level aligned with national sustainable development plans

• Issues-based coalition will need to be strengthened

Summary Next Steps•Finish the Post2015 outcome Job

▫Declaration: International Labour Standards▫Preserve Goals and Targets▫Implementation: Normative -> Operational;

crafting global partnerships/initiatives; FfD▫Monitoring and Follow up: DW indicators,

position the ILO in the monitoring, ILO supervisory mechanisms, GB/ILC as part of thematic process, social dialogue

• ILO preparedness plan•Regional/National action:

▫Push governments to start planning