Projects

We are currently working on 3 projects:

1. Globalising Decent Work  

The project, funded by EuropeAid, aims to contribute to reinforcing the capacity of men and women from trade unions and labour organisations to act together and in alliances with others for the achievement of Decent Work.

 It aims to: 

• Develop and implement advocacy strategies ensuring that Decent Work is the outcome of international, regional and national trade policy and instruments in the areas of migration, social protection and trade and investment.
• Reinforce the capacity of trade unions and labour organisations, NGOs and social organisations to work together and in alliances
• Mobilise public support amongst citizens to lobby governments to implement Decent Work commitments
• Ensure the voices of the most marginalised groups in the developing world (women, migrants, informal economy workers) are heard within government and the wider community.

Read more about the project here

2. Migration and Decent Work  

The project, funded by AIDCO, aims to contribute to the recognition, understanding and popularisation of the link between Decent Work, migration and development.  

It aims to:

• Demonstrate that deficits in Decent Work are part of the driving forces in cross-border migration (migration out of necessity).
• Mobilise European citizens' support for ensuring that Decent Workis put at the centre of development cooepration policies as a condition to give people in developing countries the choice to live in or leave their countries (migration out of choice).
• Engage citizens in advocation for a rights-based approach to labour migration and for policy coherence for development.
• Reinforce the capacity of national and European actors to develop joint national and European advocacy and awareness-raising intiatives to ensure that Decent Work is the outcome of international, European and national policy and instruments in the areas of migration and development cooperation in close partnership with southern organisations.

Read more about the project here

3. Realising Social Protection and Decent Work for All

The goal of this project, funded by DFID under the Civil Society Challenge Fund and managed by SOLIDAR and UNISON, is to contribute to the eradication of poverty by ensuring the provision of social protection for all, as put forward in the ILO's Decent Work Agenda.

The project aims to empower trade unions and social organisations to work in alliances and advocate for social protection in line with the Decent Work Agenda, and will particularly benefit people and organisations representing women, workers in the informal economy, migrants and people affected by HIV/AIDS. Read more...