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Working for development with Not State Actors. Two examples from Iscos-Cisl Project in developing country: “Strengthening civil society participation to promote and defend workers’ rights in Pakistan” Project in EU: “Decent Work for Decent Life”. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Working for development with Not State Actors
Two examples from Iscos-Cisl
• Project in developing country: “Strengthening civil society participation to promote and defend workers’ rights in Pakistan”
• Project in EU: “Decent Work for Decent Life”
Iscos is the NGO set up by the Italian
Confederation CISL with the aims of:
• Supporting workers organisations in poorer countries
• Raising awareness amongst Italian workers about working and living conditions all around the world
Strengthening civil society participation to promote and defend workers’ rights in Pakistan
Project duration: 3 years
Non State Actors involved in the project (partners):
Pakistani Trade Union
5 Pakistani NGOs active in the field of community social
development
Objective 1: to build/strengthen capacities of Pakistani trade unions
Objective 2: to build awareness of NGOs on workers rights
Overall aim: to create a mutual understanding and to build a
confident environment between TU and NGOs in order to have a major impact on social development of
Pakistani society
During the 3 years period, Educational Trainings were provided in the following areas:
• Organising the Un-organised.• Collective bargaining / Tripartite Institutions and
social dialogue.• Gender awareness • HIV – Aids & Family Planning• Economic literacy• Trade Union Finance• Workers grievance, dismissal/ termination • Occupational safety, health and environment
Methodology:
• Training of Trainers
• Training of Paralegals
Some topics covered with partners NGO
• Labour: Definitions, Basic Concepts and Laws, Situation analysis of Formal & Informal Sectors in Pakistan
• ILO and International Labour Standards• Situation analysis of the Agricultural Sector with a focus
on the working conditions and problems of the Farming communities in Sindh
• Field visit to the Bangle Industry to study the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) related issues of the child & women workers in Hyderabad
• Role of the Civil Society Organizations in promotion and defence of the Workers’ Rights in Pakistan
Iscos campaigning in Europe: Decent Work for Decent Life
Starting point: the disillusion of
globalisation
Globalisation affects labour conditions in
North and South of the
world
Globalisation effects
In the North:• re-location of
enterprises looking for maximizing profits where labour costs are cheaper
• diminishing protection for workers: short term contracts, no collective agreements, division within workers in the same enterprise
In the South: • maximization of
workers exploitation and worsening of working conditions
• Increasing of informal – unprotected – labour
• Creation of free exporting zones, where even national laws are suspended
Project partners
- Italian Universities
- CISL industry federations (metalwork, chemical, textile, construction, agriculture)
- Turkish, Pakistan, Mozambique and Romanian Trade Unions
- Other Italian NGOs
Campaigning tools
• Website • Didactic material• Awareness raising materials
(screening of movies, photo exhibition, distribution of leaflets, posters, photo book)
• Testimonials from Mozambique, Pakistan, Romania and Turkey
Main activities
Seminars, courses and meetings: • seminars with students of
Economics and Politics• training courses for trade unions
leaders• meetings with workers
Testimonial from Pakistan at TU Leader training course in Italy
Website:
• Documents on: Workers Rights, Corporate Social Responsibility, Codes of conduct, International Framework Agreements, Decent Work, Gender workers issues
• News: a selection of the main articles from relevant websites (Human rights groups, International Trade Union Federations, Global Unions, etc.) and foreign newspaper
• Calendar of project activities: dates and location of seminars, screening of films, photo exhibition, etc.
Didactic Materials:
folder with 10 brochures, addressed to students and trade unionists, covering:
• Core Labour Standards• Social Clauses• Decent Work• Codes of Conduct and CSR• International Framework Agreement• The international role of Trade Unions• Case of Study: Mozambique, Pakistan,
Romania and Turkey
Didactic Materials 2
Folder with 10 leaflets, addressed to workers, on:• Freedom of association and collective bargaining• Forced labour• Child labour• Discrimination at workplace• Decent work• Working conditions in textile sector• Working conditions in chemical and metalwork
sectors• Working conditions in agriculture and building
sectors• Working conditions in private services sector• What you can do