Focus
Trade Unions’ Messages to
Busan: Development Effectiveness Needs Decent Work
In the process of preparation for
the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Busan, the ITUC
contributes to the debate with the perspective of trade unions on
the issues of aid and development effectiveness. Read more
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Policies
ITUC meets the EU Commissioner on Development
On September 6th 2011 Andris
Piebalgs, the EU Commissioner on Development, met with Sharan Burrow,
the Secretary General of ITUC. Sharan Burrow took that opportunity to
thank the Commissioner for the increased support to trade unions and
to discuss the social aspects of European development cooperation
policies and in particular the inclusion of the Social Protection
Floor in the European development cooperation strategies. Read more
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Development
Paper
Trade Union Principles and
Guidelines on Development Effectiveness
Trade Union Principles and
Guidelines on Development Effectiveness is the first of the TUDCN
Development Paper series. It presents the vision and values of trade
union organisations on Development Effectiveness in a form of
Principles and Guidelines, elaborated on a consultative basis by
trade union organisation from both the Global North and the Global
South. Read more
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Policies
Trade union contributions to the
European policies on development
A number of important political
processes around the issues of development cooperation policies and
programmes have been taking place over the last months at the
European institutions level. The most relevant are represented by
thethe Structured Dialogue on development effectiveness (led by the
EC), the consultations launched by the EC on the Green Paper on
Development Policy and on the Multiannual Financial Framework
(2014-2020). To feed to these processes TUDCN has formulated the
Trade Union Key Messages on EU Development Cooperation and Human
Rights Policies as well as more detailed statements for each of the
processes. Read more
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Policies
BetterAid - on the road to Busan
With the High Level Forum of Aid
Effectiveness in Busan only a couple of months away, the work of the
BetterAid platform has been gathering speed. Publication of the Draft
Outcome Document for Busan triggered a lively discussion during the
meeting of the OECD Working Party on Aid Effectiveness in July in
Paris and has resulted in publishing an elaborate statement of
BetterAid after an intense exchange of perspectives within the
platform. Read more
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Policies
Global Assembly of the Open Forum for CSO Development
Effectiveness
Some 230 delegates of Civil Society
Organisations from over 70 countries gathered in Siem Reap, Cambodia
in June 2011 endorsing the International Framework for CSO
Development Effectiveness. TUDCN representatives from ITUC-AP region
were also there. Read more
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Policies
CSOs Forum and the IV UN-LDCs Conference
The forum theme was “Towards a
world without LDCs” and it is the first time the UN organised a
Conference asking for the official presence and contribution of the
Civil Society, fact that was welcomed by the CSOs. The CSO track of
the Conference was particularly rich in sessions and different issues
raised and analysed. The participation from LDCs was strong, and some
CSOs from ‘development partners’ countries were also present. The
ITUC delegation was composed of representatives from African LDCs,
including ITUC Africa, one from an Asian LDC, two staff from ITUC in
Brussels, as well as 2 representatives from DISK Turkey. Read more
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News
from the Network
TUDCN General
Meeting, 20-22 June 2011
The General Meeting of TUDCN in
June 2011 in Brussels was the first of four General Meetings in the
coming two years of the second TUDCN project. It was an opportunity
to summarize the achievements of the TUDCN I and discuss the current
issues of the network, including the policy approach for the HLF in
Busan, capacity building in the network and the upcoming events. Read more
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News
from the Network
Twelve projects to strengthen free trade unionism
around the world
In 2010, the Institut Belleville
devoted 275 000 euros to its solidarity action with trade unions in
emerging and developing countries. It conducted twelve projects in
Africa, South America, Asia, the Middle East and Europe. Read more
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News
from the Network
ITUC/BetterAid consultations on
Aid Effectiveness
Sixty trade unionists from across
the globe, including representatives from Africa, Latin America and
South Korea, along with representatives from Europe and North
America, met at the OECD in Paris for three day-long consultations
(8-10 March 2011) on the theme of Development Effectiveness. Read more
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News
from the Network
Organising workers in the
informal economy: a challenge for the trade union movement
Within the framework of
implementing the ITUC Special Action Programme on the Informal
Economy, a trade union education workshop was held in Kigali (Rwanda)
in cooperation with the CESTRAR and COTRAF from 15 to 17 February
2011. Read more
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