Cover -- Title page -- Copyright information -- CONTENTS -- Abbreviations -- Executive summary -- Part I. Implementation report -- 1. IPEC achievements in 2008 -- 1.1 An eventful year -- 1.2 IPEC and the Global Economic Crisis -- 1.3 Ten years of Convention No. 182 -- 1.4 IPEC - Leading centre of knowledgeon eliminating child labour -- 1.5 Progress towards IPEC targets: Highlights from 2008 -- 1.5.1 Programme and Budget -- 1.5.2 The elimination of all worst forms of child labour by 2016 -- 1.6 Tripartite cooperation and social dialogue -- 1.7 Activities in 2008 in the field of child labour data collection -- 1.8 World Day against Child Labour and other advocacy initiatives -- 1.9 Collaboration with the ILO International Training Centre -- 1.10 International partnerships -- 2. Operational and organizational issues -- 2.1 Technical cooperation -- 2.1.1 Programme delivery -- 2.1.2 Donor support -- 2.2 Programme management, personnel and finance -- 2.2.1 IPEC at headquarters -- 2.2.2 IPEC at the field level -- 2.2.3 Human resources managementand development -- 2.2.4 Operational procedures -- 2.3 Programme planning, evaluation and impact assessment -- Part II. Thematic highlights -- 1. Girls in child labour -- 1.1 Girls' access to education -- 1.2 Decent Work and development -- 1.3 The response to girls' child labour -- 1.4 World Day 2009 - key messages and activities -- 2. Achievements in the field of child labour statistics -- 2.1 Importance of child labour statistics -- 2.2 SIMPOC in brief -- 2.3 SIMPOC child labour surveys -- 2.4 Sustainability of child labour data collection -- 2.5 Dissemination of SIMPOC outputs -- 3. The Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention No. 182: Looking back at the first ten years -- 3.1 Unanimous adoption and unprecedented pace of ratification.

3.2 Boosted interest in child labour and increased ratification of Convention No. 138 -- 3.3 Support beyond the ILO and linkage with other international instruments -- 3.4 Immediate and effective action - by the ILO -- 3.5 Immediate and effective action - by constituents -- 3.6 A firm basis for action -- Annexes -- Annex I. IPEC Projects in 2008 by region and global projects -- Annex II. Progress towards universal ratificationof the ILO Child Labour Conventions -- Annex III. Financial tables -- Annex IV. Evaluations completed in 2008 -- Annex V. List of key publications -- Boxes -- Box 1. IPEC's response to the 2008 Sichuan earthquake -- Box 2. Time-Bound Programmes - definition -- Box 3. Albania mainstreams the elimination of the worst forms of child labour into core laws and policies -- Box 4. Setting the scene for implementation of the National Action Plan - The systematic creation of District Child Labour Committees in Zambia -- Box 5. A special focus on Africa -- Box 6. IPEC action against child labour: highlights from Argentina -- Box 7. Strategic Partnerships in Bangladesh to eliminate hazardous working conditions for child workers -- Box 8. A case from India - A trade union reaches out to informal sector workers and fights child labour -- Box 9. World Day against Child Labour 2008: Education - the Right Response to Child Labour -- Box 10. Youth in action in industrialized countries -- Tables -- Table 1. Overall results framework for IPEC for 2008-09 as part of the ILO's overall strategic budgeting framework -- Table 2. Summary of the progress in achieving Indicator 1b.1 -- Table 3. Examples of progress towards achieving Indicator 1b.1 -- Table 4. The IPEC participating countries 2008 -- Table 5. Evolution of approvals since 2000 (US millions) -- Table 6. IPEC donors (1992-2008).

Table 7. Child Labour Surveys with SIMPOC technical assistance -- Charts -- Chart 1. Delivery of IPEC technical cooperation resources by region 2000-2008 (millions US) -- Chart 2. SIMPOC national child labour surveys -- Chart 3. Distribution of SIMPOC assisted surveys by region -- Chart 4. Countries which have replicated NCLS by region (% of countries) -- Chart 5. Number of ratifications of Conventions Nos. 138 and 182 by year -- Back cover.