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FAIRWAY Program - Midterm evaluation

eval_number:

3439

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/3439

lessons_learned:

themes:

theme:

Tripartism & constituent partnerships

category:

Organizational issues

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comments:

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challenges:

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success:

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context:

Given the challenging and complex nature of achieving reform of migrant labour policies and legislation particularly in Arab States, it is impossible to achieve this working only with the tripartite structure. A particular difficulty in working with many TU federations in Arab States is not only their lack of recognition of migrant workers as a group they should be supporting, but their sensitivity and opposition to efforts notwithstanding to develop some forms of representation for these workers. The lesson is how to create space for representation to be built and boundaries bridged. In the Arab States this issue is particularly acute, but for instance the work in Kuwait reveals both some of the problems and also creative ways of opening up new such spaces. FAIRWAY’s lessons are around how to manage the tension involved in a) staying engaged with patriarchal union structures and b) fostering more directly local membership based structures, as with the IDWF affiliates of SKDWA and potentially EDWA in Kuwait, and Egna Legna in Lebanon. In Kuwait, Sandigan has developed localised knowledge of how to build trust with and organise different national groups, as has the Anti-Racism Movement, a civil society organization in Lebanon that works with various domestic migrant worker groups. This experience can be used to inform further work in both countries, as is already being done to organise other African communities. It could perhaps also strengthen migrant community organisers in Bahrain. A step further than this though is how en.v in Kuwait has used its experience of working with different types of civic actors to curate safe spaces of learning and collaboration with both migrant organizers and national activists and civic groups present. This type of bridge building work needs further expansion to create and enlarge more regular spaces of dialogue and cooperation.

description:

 Challenges of ILO’s tripartite structure and use of local civil society organisations to curate safe spaces for dialogue.

administrative_issues:

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url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/lessons/256180

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location:

country:

Inter-Regional

region:

Inter-Regional

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eval_title:

FAIRWAY Program - Midterm evaluation