Madagascar

• Establish a national database on child labour and map stakeholders. Child labour is a complex issue and progress requires a coordinated response with a strong knowledge base.
• Engage all stakeholders. Stakeholders must work with the government and create an integrated response to child labour issues.
• Enhance labour inspectors’ authority and  establish a Social Workers Unit. Labour inspectors and social workers can contribute significantly in the fight against child labour.
• Revise the national action plan. Madagascar’s original plan to eliminate child labour has not been updated since 2004.

• Establish a national database on human trafficking. Reliable information allows stakeholders to understand the extent of the problem.
• Protect migrant workers’ rights through bilateral labour agreements. Madagascar could work with transit and destination countries to ensure safe and legal migration.
• Raise awareness through activities and campaigns. Detecting and protecting victims remains difficult at various levels.
• Strengthen mechanisms for law enforcement. A more stable judiciary system would allow Madagascar to better enforce legislation.

• Establish a national database on human trafficking. Reliable information allows stakeholders to understand the extent of the problem.
• Protect migrant workers’ rights through bilateral labour agreements. Madagascar could work with transit and destination countries to ensure safe and legal migration.
• Raise awareness through activities and campaigns. Detecting and protecting victims remains difficult at various levels.
• Strengthen mechanisms for law enforcement. A more stable judiciary system would allow Madagascar to better enforce legislation.

• Strengthening the power of the labour inspectorate by revising the labour code is in process.  
   
• As part of the SHINES Madagascar project to combat child labour in the mining sector, implementation of the Joint Action Plan is underway and aims to reach 1,800 children and 850 households.   
   
• Revitalization of structures to combat child labour: in the period under review, the Centre Regional de Lutte contre la Traite des Enfants (The Regional Centre for the Fight against Child Trafficking) Sofia was set up and 3 regions strengthened their commitment by reconstituting their members: Boeny, Vakinankaratra, Anosy.  
   
• Beginning of work on the design of a National Labour Migration Plan to protect migrant workers against various forms of exploitation, abuse, and human trafficking.

Trafficking in Person

• Establishment of a National Data Hub (3-year project): A national database system on trafficking in persons is developed. Key ministries that already have the necessary data started to populate the system.
• Conclusion of Bilateral Labour Agreements (BLA) with transit and destination countries (Mauritius, Kuwait, Canada, China, Lebanon, Comoros, etc.): The BLA between Madagascar and Mauritius is under negotiation. Madagascar has already drafted BLA texts to be negotiated with other countries such as Kuwait, Lebanon, Comoros, USA.
• Continuation of awareness raising activities on the fight against trafficking in persons: The awareness-raising campaign on the fight against trafficking in persons and the harmful consequences of irregular migration was carried out in the media.

Child Labour in Madagascar

• Establishing a database on child labour / mapping of actors: A study on child labour in 6 major cities in Madagascar is available. MICS (Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys) survey conducted with UNICEF support is completed and available.
• Strengthen the powers of the Labour Inspectorate (status of judicial police officer (OPJ)) and create a body of social workers: A text has been formulated and has been submitted to the National Labour Council but has not yet been put on the agenda.
• Adoption of the new National Plan of Action to Combat Child Labour: Studies on the implementation of the National Action Plan have been carried out.

Child Labour

• From March to September 2019, a study on child labour in Madagascar’s six major cities (Urban Municipalities of Antananarivo, Fianarantsoa I, Toamasina I, Mahajanga I, Toliara I and Morondava) was carried out by the National Employment and Training Office (ONEF) with the support of ILO and the National Commission to Combat Child Labour (CNLTE).
• A Decree on the strengthening of the power of sanction and control of labour inspectors is now available.
• Revision of the National Plan of Action to Combat Child Labour: From June to November 2019, the Ministry in charge of labour continued the final evaluation of the implementation of the National Plan of Action to Combat Child Labour and the collection of recommendations to be taken into account during the process of updating the Plan.

Human trafficking

• A national database system on trafficking in persons has been developed.  It is centralized and managed by the National Office to Combat Trafficking in Human Beings (BNLTEH), an agency under the Office of the Prime Minister. The establishment of this hub was launched in November 2019.
• Since February 2020, a tripartite process was launched aimed at reviewing the Malagasy labor code to ensure compliance with the recently ratified conventions C143, 181, 189 and protocol 29 and to ensure protection for migrant workers.