Colombia Avanza

The Colombia Avanza project aimed to improve the capacity of civil society to better understand and address child labor and promote acceptable conditions of work in Colombia’s coffee sector. 

By 2021, the program aimed to improve the capacity of civil society to identify and document information on the nature/scope of child labor and/or forced labor, and violations of acceptable conditions of work in the coffee sector. Colombia Avanza was funded by the U.S. Department of Labor.​

Want to learn more about what Partners was doing in Colombia? Watch Eduardo Bejarano, Project Director of Colombia Avanza, explain how this Partners’ project combatted child labor and forced labor in the Colombian coffee sector.

 

 

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The Expected Outcomes were:

  • 1. Improved the capacity of civil society to identify and document information on the nature and scope of child labor and/or forced labor, and violations of acceptable conditions of work in the coffee sector.
  • 2. Improved the capacity of civil society to raise awareness for the protection of workers from child labor and violations of acceptable conditions of work.
  • 3. Strengthened civil society’s capacity to understand enforcement of policies and action plans that are relevant, accessible, and responsive to the nature of child labor and/or forced labor and violations of acceptable conditions of work in Colombia’s coffee sector.

 

Learn more about Colombia Avanza.

 

Read about Colombia Avanza news updates here.

Funding was provided by the United States Department of Labor under cooperative agreement number IL-31475-17-75-K. 100% of the total costs of the project were financed with federal funds, for a total of U.S. $2,000,000 dollars. This material does not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the United States Department of Labor, nor does mention of trade names, commercial products, or organizations imply endorsement by the United States Government.
 
7 Awareness-raising campaigns conducted focused on the prevention and eradication of child labor
920 Members of civil society organizations trained on topics of child labor and acceptable conditions of work; communications and civic participation; public policy; youth leadership; and occupational safety and health
2 Partner civil society organizations successfully inducted as permanent members of the Colombian Network Against Child Labor