State Resource Centre on Child Labour. Implementing Agency: Karnataka State Child Labour Eradication Project Society, Office of the Labour Commissioner,

State Resource Centre on Child Labour


Implementing Agency: Karnataka State Child Labour Eradication Project Society, Office of the Labour Commissioner, Government of Karnataka, Karmika Bhavan, Bannerghatta Road, Bangalore – 560 029.


Objective To contribute to the Government of India’s

and Government of Karnataka’s efforts to combat the worst forms of child labour and reduce the vulnerability of adolescents to economic exploitation in Karnataka State.

The capacity of the Karnataka State Government to tackle the issue of Child Labour is enhanced


Karnataka State Child Labour Eradication Resource Centre (SRC) established and operational.

Labour Department’s centralized help line and referral centre on child labour established.

A Revised Karnataka State Action Plan for the Elimination of Child Labour is developed.

A Training Resource Person base is established in the state


Continuation and further strengthening of the State Resource Centre under the

revised State Action Program



Objective is to develop most resourceful website

Should facilitate for the people and organizations working for child welfare

Than just the communication tool, should be ‘knowledge’ dissemination platform


Website will warehouse all the relevant information about child welfare – legislations, awareness materials, books, capacity building materials, audio-video materials etc

Will have the data base of organizations and activists working for child welfare

Will facilitate to get online reporting from District Societies

Facilitate for the ‘web based solution exchange platform’


Comments and Suggestions are received from different organization and people

Had consultation meeting with senior personnel of labour department

Sought expectation and suggestion from FOUR NGOs and more than EIGHT development professionals


Constituting ‘Advisory Committee’ comprising of ‘resource persons’ for Web and E Journal from Government – DWCD, SSA, Labour NGOs – 02 members Media – 02 members Journalism Institution – 01 member Information Technology


Objective of our E Journal To disseminate information on

organization, people and programs working for the eradication of child labour

To share the best practices and success stories

To draw the attention of elite group and CSOs about child labour problem

Share recent updates


Thematic Lead Story Column by Development Professionals Introduction of Organization and Activists working for

Child Welfare Information of one international / national program

implemented to eradicate child labour 5Qs – Your Views (Eliciting responses of people from

different walks of life on similar issues) Funding Opportunity for CSOs Important ‘news’ and media articles Literature Reviews



Composition of State Advisory Committee Government

Rural Development and Panchayath Raj Women and Child Development Labour Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan – Education Agriculture Police Health


Composition of State Advisory Committee CSOs – 04 members Media – 03 members Academic / Social Institutions – 02

members International Agencies – 02 members Trade Unions and Employers Association –

03 members


Suggested List of State Action Plan Advisory Committee is ready

Layout of E-Journal and Website is prepared Consulted Govt., CSOs & Academic members

expressed their willingness to be the part of Advisory Committees

Website & E Journal preparation process is underway The ‘Child Line’ operations will be functional within a

month’s time SRC would strive to devise ‘Revised State Action

Plan’ within February 2010.


Documents

State Resource Centre on Child Labour. Implementing Agency: Karnataka State Child Labour Eradication Project Society, Office of the Labour Commissioner,