The aim of this cooperation is to support workers in the informal sector, which in these countries employs about three quarters of the working age population. Training carried out through the project has enabled workers ranging from dry cleaners in Mali, leather tanners in Senegal and hairdressers in Togo to organise. They have learnt about health and safety, and the environment, and they also now know more about social insurance through mutual societies. This partnership has also strengthened the local trade union organisations that have affiliated hundreds of informal sector workers.

The CFDT and the CSN have contributed to providing training for these informal sector workers, while also strengthening the local trade union organisations.