ILO project against child labour in the DRC's cobalt mining, funded by the US Department of Labor. In Kolwezi, Likasi and Lubumbashi it ran private-sector working groups set up with the Chamber of Mines of the Fédération des Entreprises du Congo, which held a workshop on 28–29 March 2023. ILO describes GALAB, launched in the DRC in November 2024, as its continuation. Its start and end dates and budget are not established from the sources read.
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ILO ran COTECCO against child labour in cobalt mining, including private-sector working groups in Kolwezi, Likasi and Lubumbashi set up with the FEC's Chamber of Mines; it describes GALAB as the project's continuation.
the COTECCO Project, which is combating child labour in cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with funding from the US Department of Labor
The Working Groups were established in collaboration with the Chamber of Mines of the Federation of Enterprises of the Congo (FEC)
The GALAB project will collaborate with development partners such as UNICEF, IMPACT Transform, and the PABEA-Cobalt initiative
ILO described COTECCO in November 2021 as running with funding from the US Department of Labor. ILO called GALAB its continuation in November 2024, so this phase is recorded as ended.
the COTECCO Project, which is combating child labour in cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with funding from the US Department of Labor
The GALAB project will collaborate with development partners such as UNICEF, IMPACT Transform, and the PABEA-Cobalt initiative