Newsletter of the Trade Union Development Cooperation Network, Issue no. 28, August 2012
Focus What are South-South and Triangular Cooperation? South-South Cooperation (SSC) and Triangular Cooperation (TC) are emerging forms of aid architecture far from the traditional “North-South” model. CSOs are playing an important role in strengthening South-South cooperation. The Trade Union Seminar on South-South and Triangular Cooperation will take place in Florianopolis (Brazil) from August 28 to 30. Read more >>> Policies UN High Level Panel on Post-2015 – three Major Groups missing ITUC welcomes the appointment by the Secretary General of the UN High Level Panel on Post-2015 Development Agenda. While we appreciate the geographic and gender balance among the panel members, we are deeply disappointed that none of the members have experience in labour or social policy nor represent unions or broader civil society. Read more >>>  News from the network Development Education and Awareness Raising in the trade union movement Trade unions have been active of Development Education and Awareness Raising (DEAR) for a long time, international solidarity being in their founding principles. But in the times of the global economic crisis and increasing interdependency, the engagement of workers and trade unions in building understanding and engagement in global development processes among the TU members as well as the wide public has never been more crucial. In order to support DEAR in the trade union movement, TUDCN is planning a seminar on this topic. Read more >>>  News from the network TUDCN plan for 2012 The calendar of TUDCN activities in the second half of 2012 is now available. Read more >>>  News from the network The Director of SOTERMUN undertakes a solidarity mission to Paraguay From the 18 of July 2012, the Director of SOTERMUN-USO, Manuel Zaguirre, will be in Paraguay to express in situ solidarity with the workers and the Paraguayan people and to support the constitutionally elected president, Fernando Lugo, overthrown recently following a so-called “parliamentary coup”, unanimously condemned by Latin-American governments and all the Continent’s democratic organisations. Read more >>>  News from the network Reform Process for State-owned Companies - The CSC condemns the savage privatisations manoeuvres Despite widespread criticism, the flawed government reform process for state-owned companies has reached full cruising speed. These reforms, considered seriously flawed for a wide variety of reasons, notably the exclusion of workers at a very early stage have been severely criticised by trade unions and resulted in protest marches led by the “Intersyndicale nationale du Congo”. Read more >>>	Not displaying correctly? View it in your browser.
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	In this Issue Focus SS and Triangular Cooperation Policies UN HLP on Post-2015 News from the network DEAR in TU movement TUDCN plan for 2012 Sotermun in Paraguay CSC (DRC) – Reform of state-owned companies
	Upcoming events 28-30 August 2012 TUDCN seminar on South-South Cooperation Florianopolis, Brazil 25-26 September 2012 TUDCN seminar on post-2015 development framework Istanbul, Turkey 15 October 2012 TUDCN WG on EU Policy & Instruments Brussels, Belgium 16-17 October 2012 European Development Days Brussels, Belgium 24-25 October 2012 TUDCN Seminar on TU Development Cooperation Support Mechanisms Paris, France 5-7 November 2012 TUDCN Seminar on Development Education Vienna, Austria 6-7 November 2012 TUDCN WG on TU Development Effectiveness Brussels, Belgium
	Publications AidWatch 2012 Concord Read more >>> Reader on the 2010 practical guide to contract procedures for EU external actions Concord Read more >>>
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	Contact us! International Trade Union Confederation Development Cooperation & Education Bvd du Roi Albert II 5, B1 1210 Brussels, Belgium [email protected] www.ituc-csi.org Visit TUDCN website!
	About us The Trade Union Development Cooperation Network (TUDCN) is an initiative of the International Trade Union Confederation that brings together affiliated trade union organisations, solidarity support organisations, regional ITUC organisations and the Global Union Federations. The objective of TUDCN is to bring the trade union perspective into the international development policy debates and to improve the coordination and effectiveness of trade union development cooperation activities.
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