Issue no. 34, March/April 2013					View it in your browser
Focus Bali High Level Panel: Workers engage in the Post 2015 Development Agenda The international development community continues to mobilize towards the process of developing a successor framework to the Millennium Development Goals. Read more >>>
Policies Participation of the ITUC to the Bonn Conference "Advancing the Post-2015 Sustainable Development Agenda" The ITUC participated in a conference “Advancing the Post-2015 Sustainable Development Agenda: Reconfirming Rights, Recognising Limits, Redefining Goals” hosted by the Berlin Civil Society Centre in Bonn from 20 to 22 March 2013, with the attendance of some 250 participants from different civil society organisations. Read more >>> The European Commission published its Communication “A Decent Life for All: Ending poverty and giving the world a sustainable future”: Commissioners’ meeting highlights The EU will need a common approach for its engagement in forthcoming international processes on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and on post Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). This Communication represents a first step towards such a common approach, as Council Conclusions are subsequently expected to be adopted in May 2013. Read more >>> “The Times They Are A-Changin”: Views from African consultations on the post-2015 development agenda On the beginning of March, the Pan-African Parliament, in cooperation with UNDP, hosted over several days an African thematic consultation on Governance and the post-2015 Development Agenda in Midrand, South Africa. It was a lively African driven debate, highlighting key African concerns and expectations for a new and more inclusive and sustainable global development framework. Read more >>> Inclusive Economic Growth: Increasing Connectivity, Expanding Opportunity, and Reducing Vulnerability As the global population continues to expand and 40 million more people enter the global labor force every year, our task—through the post-2015 development agenda—should be to embrace the bold but practical steps that must be taken to help ensure that every person has the opportunity to be healthy, to work, and to be counted, and that everyone has access or “connectivity” to the infrastructure, social services, and fundamental rights they need to contribute to development and improve their own lives. Read more >>> South-South Cooperation: Not Yet Banking on BRICS Although leaders of the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa group agreed to launch a new development funding institution, giving the club a major infrastructure boost, some here are sceptical about the potential impact of the new bank. Read more >>> News from the network CCOO’s TUC gender and cooperation strategy The Secretariat for International Trade Union Development Cooperation released its Gender and Development Strategy for International Cooperation. Its aim is to promote women as development actors and to equip ourselves with a gender perspective and strategic guidelines for international trade union development projects, based on the extensive experience of women from the CC.OO. Read more >>> AMCP proposals for a common set of principles for the post-2015 discussions L’Action mondiale contre la Pauvreté (AMCP), a French coalition of the international Global Call to Action against Poverty (GCAP) campaign, brings together approximately 40 civil society actors and representatives from French local authorities and was set up in 2005 to monitor the implementation of commitments made within the framework of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Read more >>> CGTM-Mauritania invests in the training and integration of young women hairdressers Within the framework of the “Support for the sustainable vocational training of young women hairdressers in 4 regions in Mauritania” project developed by the Confédération Générale des Travailleurs de Mauritanie (CGTM) in partnership with the Centrale Générale des Syndicats libéraux de Belgique’s (CGSLB) Mouvement pour la Solidarité Internationale (MSI), three training sessions were organised for young women hairdressers affiliated to the CGTM in the targeted regions. Read more >>> Strengthening the role of Independent kindergarten’s Trade Unions in West Bank and Gaza The project “Strengthening the role of Independent kindergarten’s Trade Unions in West Bank and Gaza” ended in November 2012. The project was supported by CGIL, financed by Nexus Emilia Romagna and implemented by Democracy Workers and Rights Center. Read more >>> Making development aid more transparent and more effective International solidarity is inherent in the trade union movement. This solidarity is consolidated by development cooperation which aims to strengthen trade unionism in the South and to secure international trade union solidarity. Read more >>> The FGTB and worker’s education in the DRC Since its foundation, the Fédération Générale du Travail de Belgique (FGTB) has played an active role in the strengthening of international solidarity. This commitment is demonstrated in different ways. Read more >>> Post-2015 Development Agenda: statement from Pakistan Workers’ Federation The Pakistan Workers’ Federation (PWF) is pleased to put forward the following points for consideration in developing ‘Post-2015 Development Agenda Read more >>> Closing of the French Conferences of the Development Interview with Mamadou Faye – Chairperson of the Platform for Non-State Stakeholders for the monitoring of the Cotonou agreement, member of the Confederal Bureau of the CNTS in charge of the cooperation department – regarding the French conferences on development and international solidarity. Read more >>> Supported by This document has been produced with the financial assistance of the European Union. The contents of this document are the sole responsibility of the ITUC and can under no circumstances be regarded as reflecting the position of the European Union.
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					In this Issue Focus - Bali High Level Panel: Workers engage in the Post 2015 Development Agenda Policies - Participation of the ITUC to the Bonn Conference "Advancing the Post-2015 Sustainable Development Agenda" - The European Commission published its Communication “A Decent Life for All: Ending poverty and giving the world a sustainable future”: Commissioners’ meeting highlights - “The Times They Are A-Changin”: Views from African consultations on the post-2015 development agenda - Inclusive Economic Growth: Increasing Connectivity, Expanding Opportunity, and Reducing Vulnerability - South-South Cooperation: Not Yet Banking on BRICS News from the network - CCOO’s TUC gender and cooperation strategy - AMCP proposals for a common set of principles for the post-2015 discussions - CGTM-Mauritania invests in the training and integration of young women hairdressers - Strengthening the role of Independent kindergarten’s Trade Unions in West Bank and Gaza - Making development aid more transparent and more effective - The FGTB and worker’s education in the DRC - Post-2015 Development Agenda: statement from Pakistan Workers’ Federation - Closing of the French Conferences of the Development
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