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Strengthening workers' organizations in the Arab countries through social, economic and legal literacy - Final evaluation

eval_number:

2371

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/2371

lessons_learned:

themes:

theme:

Labour standards

category:

International Labour Standards

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comments:

Targeted users / Beneficiaries: Workers, workplace unions, national sectoral unions and federations.

challenges:

Recognition that strategies and policies of GUFs are not necessarily congruent with one another, or with other international trade union institutions.

success:

Potential for coordinated intervention, avoidance of duplication of effort, long-term sustainability for workplace and sectoral unions.

context:

The strength and resilience of trade union national centres is dependent on strong workplace and sectoral unions. The experience of the project has demonstrated that while the ILO’s primary constituents in workers’ organisations are the national centres, in some circumstances union development has to start with capacity-building in workplace or sectoral union structures. These are more immediately and closely related to the GUFs than to the international structures of the national centres, particularly in relationships with employers. GUFs may be the main providers of sustained support and solidarity beyond the project’s lifetime.

description:

Projects designed to increase the capacity of workers organisations in promoting and defending FPRW need to recognise the important role of and engage with sectoral unions, national sectoral federations, and the Global Union Federations in providing sustained and long-term support to trade union development, alongside the national centres and their international federation structures. See Appendix IV of the report for more information

administrative_issues:

Consultation and engagement of GUF representatives in the design and implementation of project activity where the beneficiaries are workplace or sectoral union representatives.

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/lessons/200942

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location:

country:

Arab States - regional

region:

Arab States

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eval_title:

Strengthening workers' organizations in the Arab countries through social, economic and legal literacy - Final evaluation