BACKGROUND
History
of WIEGO General Assemblies
Since it was founded in 1997, WIEGO has held
four general meetings, in:
1. Ottawa, Canada (April 199),
2. Cambridge, USA (May 2000),
3. Ahmedabad, India (January 2002), and
4. Durban, South Africa (April 2006).
The common purpose of all WIEGO (Women
Informal Employment: Organizing and Organizing) general meetings has been to
share experiences and knowledge, set priorities and frame issues, and review
WIEGO’s past activities and future plans. Another purpose has been to expand
and strengthen the WIEGO Network.
The general meeting in Durban, held in
April 2006, had an additional special purpose: namely, to launch the new governance
structure of WIEGO as mandated in the new WIEGO Constitution ratified in
October 2005. As such, it was a landmark
event for the WIEGO network and marked the General Assembly of WIEGO Members,
both Institutional and Individual.
Public events
In Conjunction with each general
meeting, WIEGO has co-organized a public event with local partners:
Ottawa, April 1999
We co-organized a policy dialogue on the
informal economy with the International Centre for Development Research (IDRC).
Cambridge, May 2000
We organized a research conference on
the informal economy with the Radcliffe Public Policy Center and a dialogue on
organizing in the informal economy with the Urban Studies and Planning
Department of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Ahmedabad, January 2002
We participated in the first day of the
annual general meeting of the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA).
Durban, April 2006
We co-organized an urban policy colloquium
called “World Class Cities’ and the Urban Informal Economy: Inclusive Planning
for the Working Poor” with StreetNet International and the School of
Development Studies at the University of KwaZulu Natal.
TIME, PLACE, and ORGANIZER
Belo Horizonte, Brazil: 20—23 April,
2010
WIEGO is holding its first meeting in
Belo Horizonte, Brazil. This is the
first general meeting since WIEGO was registered as a not-for-profit company in
the UK.
At this General Assembly, WIEGO members
will be asked to:
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Elect representative to the new
board and the Nominating Committee;
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Approve the Articles of
Association in UK that reflect both the principles of the original constitution
and the requirements of being a charity in the UK; and
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Approve WIEGO’s plans and financial
report.
The general assembly will also feature
presentations by the various network or associations of informal workers:
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Associations of waste pickers.
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HomeNets.
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International Domestic Workers
Network.
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StreetNet
The central theme of the Assembly and of
theses presentations is the role of women leaders in membership-based
organizations of informal workers.
The public event in Belo Horizonte
called “Inclusive Cities for the Working Poor” will be co-sponsored by the
Federal University of Minas Gerais and feature presentations on innovative
approaches to inclusive planning from Brazil and several countries from around
the world.
The participation of women leaders in
the 2010 General Assembly is funded in part by the MDG3 Fund established by the
Government of the Netherlands, as part of a larger WIEGO project.
ACITIVIES
Monday, April 19
1. Arrivals and Check-in
2. Set Up of Exhibitions
3. Field Visits
4. Welcome Dinner
Tuesday, April 20
General Assembly Day 1
1. Welcome Introductions (Renana Jhabvala – Chair of WIEGO Board)
2. General Assembly Purpose (Marthy Chen – International Coordinator of
WIEGO)
3. General Assembly Porgam (Sonia Diaz – Waste Pickers Specialist of
WIEGO and Carmen Roca – Regional Advisor Latin America of WIEGO).
Visit to Exhibitions Booths
1. StreetNet (Pat Horn – StreetNet International Coordinator; Rakesh
Tripathy - National Alliance of the Street Vendors of India (NASVI)).
2. Waste Pickers Association (Lucia fernandez – Latin America Waste
Pickers Association (MNCR); Neha Kagal – Kagad, Kach, Patra Kashtakari
Panchayat (KKPKP) India).
3. Panel Discussion with
StreetNet and Waste Pickers – Moderated by Chris Bonner.
4. Homenets (Sapna Joshi – HN South Asia; Rosalinda Ofreneo – HN South
East Asia; Daniel S. Stephanus – HN Iidonesia)
5. Domestic Workers (Myrtle Witbooi and Ip Pui Yu – International
Domestic Workers Network (IDWN)).
6. Panel Discussion with HomeNets and Domestic Workers – Moderated by
Dan Gallin
Wednesday, April 21
1. WIEGO Gonernance: Presentation and Approvals of Articles of
Association; Financial Reports; Work Plans – Moderated by Renana Jhabvala.
2. Parallel Constituency Meetings: Institutional and Individual Members
Discussion of Issues Facing Members and WIEGO Support and Election of
Constituency Representative to WIEGO Board and Nominating Committee.
3. Election Results and Constituency Discussions: Report Back and
Implications for the Futures Plans – Moderated By William Steel.
4. Keynote Speakers: Ella Bhatt (Founder of SEWA and Former Chair of
WIEGO) – Future of the Informal Workforce and of WIEGO.
Thursday, April 22
1. Public Event: “Inclusive Cities for the Working Poor” at the Federal
University of Minas Gerais.
Friday, April 23
1. Fund Raising Workshop
2. Closing Remarks: Marty Chen (International Coordinator of WIEGO).
MATERIAL
WOMEN INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT:
GLOBALIZING and ORGANIZING (WIEGO):
What, Who, Why, and Where
WHAT
IS WIEGO?
WIEGO is the global
action-research-policy network that seeks to improve the status of the working
poor, especially women, in the informal economy.
Global Virtual Network (as end 2009):
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Members from 28 countries,
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Board Directors from 8
countries,
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Staff in 8 countries,
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Activities and partners in 35
countries.
Membership from 3 constituencies:
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Members-Based Organization of
informal workers,
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Researchers and Statisticians
working in the informal economy,
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Development Practitioners
working on the informal economy.
WHO
IS WIEGO CONCERNED ABOUT?
The
Working Poor in the Informal Economy include those who work:
1. Street Vendors on the Open Space:
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Street Vendors
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Push-cart Vendors
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Waste Pickers
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Roadside Barbers
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Constructions Workers
2. In Fields, Pastures, and Forest:
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Small farmers
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Agricultural labours
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Shepherds
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Forest gatherers
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Fisher folk
3. In Small Shops and Workshops:
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Scrap metal recycles
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Shoe makers
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Wavers
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Garment makers and embroiderers
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Paper-bag makers
4. At Home:
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Garment makers
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Embroiderers
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Shoemakers
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Artisans of craft producers
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Assemblers of electronic part
WHY
IS WIEGO CONCERNED?
Scale
of Informal Economy
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The informal economy in large
by whatever measure is used:
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Share of total employment:
60—90% of total employment in developing countries.
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Share of GDP: 25—50% of
non-agricultural GDP in developing countries.
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The informal economy is growing
in terms of:
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Share of total employment.
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Share of new job
Informality
and Poverty
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Most of the world’s poor –
especially in developing countries – are working.
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There are some 500 million
working poor earning less than USD1 per day.
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These working poor are not able
to work their way out of poverty.
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This is because the vast majority
of the working poor – those who warn less than USD1 per day – earn their living
in the informal economy where:
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Average earnings are low.
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Risk is high.
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Poverty reduction is not
possible without:
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Increasing the assets and
earnings of informal workers.
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Reducing the risks of informal
workers.
WIEGO
MISSION and VISION
Mission:
WIEGO believes that all workers should
have equal economic opportunities and rights and be able to determine the
conditions of their work and lives.
WIEGO works to improve the status of the working poor, especially women,
in the informal economy through:
·
Increase organization and
representation;
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Improve statistics and
research;
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More inclusive policy process;
and
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More equitable trade, labour,
urban planning, and social protection policies.
Vision:
WIEGO need to increase the Voice,
Visibility, and Validity of the working poor, especially women, in the informal
economy.
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Voice: in mainstream
organization + decision making.
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Visibility: in economic
statistic + economic policies.
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Validity: in workers and
economic agents who contribute to the economy and society + as legitimate
beneficiaries of economic and social policies.
WIEGO
PROGRAMMES AND ACITIVIES
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5 Core Programmes
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Organization and
representation;
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Statistics;
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Urban policies;
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Social protection; and
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Global trade.
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2 Global Projects
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Inclusive Cities for the Urban
Working Poor;
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Women’s Economic Empowerment.
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Special Initiatives
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Exposure Dialogue Programme
with SEWA & Cornell University;
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Commissioned Research;
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Policy Dialogues; and
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Strategic Alliances.
WIEGO
ACTIVITIES: WHAT DO WE DO?
1. Help build capacity of trade unions, cooperatives, and association
of informal workers;
2. Help build and strengthen sector-specific networks od such
organization;
3. Improve statistics and do research on the informal economy;
4. Provide technical advice on issues to the informal economy;
5. Frame issues and do policy analysis on the informal economy; and
6. Convene policy dialogues on the informal economy.
WHERE
IS WIEGO ?
See www.wiego.org
FIELD VISITS: BACKGROUND
INFORMATION ON SITES
SITE
VISITS:
1.
The Environmental Recovery and Recycling of Civil Construction
Wastes Programme in Belo Horizonte, Brazil
By law
management of construction and demolition waste in the City of Belo Horizonte
is the generator's responsibility.
However, due to environmental problems caused by illegal dumping of
debris the municipality of Belo Horizonte through its Public Cleansing Agency
(SLU) decided to implement, in 1997, the Environmental and Recycling of Civil
Construction Wastes Programme in an effort to combine promoting income
generation and preservation of urban environment.
A special
feature of the Programme is the integration of informal collectors of
constructions and demolition waste called carroceiros. These informal collectors use horse-drawn
carts to transport the collected construction debris. Formerly, most of the construction waste
collected would be disposed off in illegal dump sites, attracting additional
illegal dumping of ordinary domestic waste and causing negative environmental
impacts. In 1994, a municipal survey
identified 134 of these illegal dump sites.
From the outset of the programs, the Municipality has provided awareness
raising training to these 400 carroceiros on the negative impact of their
activities, has organized and registered them.
Now citizens have access to this municipal registry and call upon their
services for the removal of construction waste, tree pruning remains or even
old furniture. Households pay directly
to the carroceiros a fee per trip (USD8—12) to transport this special waste to
the designated reception units.
The programme
has three components:
a) The Social Component
Involving
support and/or organization of cooperatives of informal debris collectors;
legal and authorized provision of 29URPV decentralized reception units for
small quantities of debris (and tree pruning waste and others). No domestic waste is accepted by the
carroceiros and at the URPV’s
b) The Technical Component
Implementation
of three civil construction recycling units that receive the construction waste
from the decentralized reception units and also from the public sector
construction activities as well as large private constructions that have
separation at the source programs at the constructions and demolition sites. In
2008, the three units together received and processed 132.932 tons of
constructions debris attributing to 15% processed of this waste stream and 6.5%
of all processed waste. The remaining
construction waste goes to the sanitary landfill operated by the municipality
of Belo Horizonte. The three pruning
waste is transported to the small composting facility (capacity of 20 tons/day)
at the municipal waste treatment center where it is co-processed using a window
composting technology with organic waste collected from supermarkets and open
vegetable markets. The entire process is
closely monitored and the quality control allows for a final product apt for
agricultural use. In 2008, 2300 tons
were processed, 1400 tons from markets etc, and 900 tons from tree
trimmings. The nearly 900 tons of
compost produced last year were used in the landscaping project of the landfill;
and absorbed by the municipal nursery and public gardens.
c) The Veterinary Component
Through the
partnership with the Veterinary school of the Federal University of Minas
Gerais, the carroceiros receive animal health care assistance for their horses
(vaccination and medical care). In
addition the horses are registered and brand marked. In order to improve the traction and drawing
qualities of the horses, the University has also developed genetic improvements
of the different horse breeds.
City’s
Selective Waste Collection Programme – Social Inclusion
Since the adoption of integrated solid waste
management model in 1993, the recovery of recyclables has formed a permanent
pillar of the waste management system in Belo Horizonte. Recyclable non-organic materials (primary
paper, plastic, glass, and metals) are collected through three channels described
below:
a) Kerbside Collection System of Recyclables by SLU
The SLU
started this system in 2003. The system
has increased its target population from 80,000 persons in 2003 to 148,000
persons in 2008, when 3,900 tons of recyclables were collected either directly
by SLU or third parties contracted by SLU.
Initial focus was on Central and South sectors of the city where
presence of recyclables was higher, according to the SLU waste characterization
and generation studies carried out in 1985, 1991, 1995, and 2003. The collected materials are further
processed, after which they are sold to industry.
b) A Drop-off System
The system
consists of 150 delivery sites distribution throughout the city – locally known
as Local de Entrega Voluntaria (LEV) – where the population can deposit
recyclables on a voluntary basis in dedicated containers for plastic, paper,
metals, and glass. A total of 450
containers are emptied weekly by the SLU staff and the materials are transported
to the same warehouse for further handling.
Since the introduction of the system in 1993, 60—140 tons are collected
in this way per month. The 1,300 tons
collected through this system in 2008 represented 13% of all collected
recyclables. One down-side of the system
has been the high level of depredation of the recycling containers mainly by
non-organized waste pickers searching for recyclables.
c) Door to Door Collection of Recyclables by Cooperatives from
Non-Residential Generators
Cooperatives
of waste pickers collect recyclables materials from commercial establishment
and offices, especially in the down town Belo Horizonte, using push-carts. In addition, recyclables are collected from
larger generators such as industries and public offices using vehicles owned by
the cooperatives. In both cases, the
collected material is taken to warehouse for further handling. In 2008, 5,100
tons were collected through the cooperatives, 52% of all collected recyclables.
Collected
recyclable waste materials are brought to the warehouse of the eight waste
pickers’ cooperatives, where the materials are sorted, baled, shredded,
packaged, and stored. Materials are sold
to Industry in Belo Horizonte or within the State of Minas Gerais. All cooperatives have scales, personal
protection equipment, and big bags. Some
have shredders and fork lift trucks.
Revenues from sales are split amongst associates. This could be described as the official integrated
recycling system involving a combination of formal and semi-formal sector
(coops). Not all waste pickers belong to
cooperatives and they collect recyclables in areas that are not served by the
authorized cooperatives, but they also work in ‘their’ areas and compete with
them.
The plans to
divert recyclables from disposal started in 1993 and have consolidated
since. The SLU data show that amounts of
collected recyclables have increased, with almost 10,000 tons diverted from
disposal in 2008. In relative terms,
however, only 3% recyclables have been recovered, representing less than 1% of
all municipal waste collected. This
implies that there is a lot of room for expansion of activities. The figure below shows cooperatives
integrated in the municipal recycling scheme vis a vis support received from
municipality.
Sites to be visited:
a.
Pampulha Recycling Plant and nearby URPV (Unit for Receptions Small
Quantities for informal debris collector)
Unit for
Reception of Small quantities (for 42 informal debris collectors). For more information: Delano Pereira (slu@pbh.gov.br).
b.
ASMARE’s Recycling Warehouse and Headquarters
Founded in
1990 ASMARE constitutes a managerial and administrative organization consisted
of associates that pursue a self-supporting business in the recycling
field. The associations is organized in
committees as follows: infrastructure, health, religion, social communication,
finances, environment and education/culture/entertainment. The Streering Committee is formed by a
representative of each one of the 7 committees. Though legally registered as an
association ASMARE functions internally as a cooperative.
ASMARE’s
headquarters situated downtown receives waste materials from individual
collector (catadores) who are members of the association. ASMARE associates have distinctive yellow
carts for collection of recyclables and each associate has her/his own space
for sorting at the depot. The sorted
materials are compressed and weighed.
ASMARE has its own compressing machines and bulk weighing scale in a
compressing and weighing center managed by catadores and former
street-dwellers. The weight of materials
per person is recorded and receipt is issued, and ultimately each person is
paid according to the recyclable materials produced from waste collected by
them.
ASMARE is
involved in a lot of projects and has other facilities like cultural bars;
paper workshop etc. For more
information: Luiz Henrique (luizasmare@yahoo.com.br)
(waste pickers leader) and Flavia (Flaviaasmare@gmail.com).
c.
COMARP’s Recycling Warehouse
COMARP was
formed by 10 people, mainly women, in 2003 following the capacity building
activity develop by the municipality to boost social enterprises in the
Palpulha region of Belo Horizonte. The
group decided to form a cooperative and engage in the recycling business. In its beginning the group engaged in
collection of recyclables and in the making of brooms out of PET bottles as a
way to generate income but now are they have concentrated activities on sorting
recyclables. Since its beginning the group received support from the
municipality which provided an area for its first sorting facility.
COMARP has
35 associates being 29 of them women.
They belong to UNISOL as confederation of cooperatives linked to CUT
(national confederation of workers).
COMARP together with 3 other local cooperatives have formed REDESOL
- a network of waste pickers
cooperatives for bulk commercialization of recyclables.
For more
information: Iva Neide (Waste pickers leader) commarpampulha@yahoo.com.br.
d.
CATAUNIDOS’s Plastic Recycling Plant
The
cataunidos congregates ASMARE from Belo Horizonte and 8 waste pickers’
organization from cities within Metropolitan Region of Belo Horizonte: Betim,
Brumadinho, Contagem, Ibirite, Itauna, Nova Lima, and Para de Minas involving
around 500 waste pickers in total. The
recycling plant produces pellets out plastic.
The
recycling plant started operation in 2007 and resources for its implementation
came from different sources such as the Fundacao Banco do Brazil, Petrobras,
and Inter American Foundation with the donation of an area for construction of
the recycling plant. A law-biding term
was signed, in 2003, between the municipality and the ASMARE for the donation
of an area for the construction of a plant for plastic recycling (production of
pellets). Although the municipality backed the recycling plant its ownership is
‘Cataunidos’. Its implementation results
from the vision and the leadership role of ASMARE and its social advisors –
Pastoral de Rua and INSEA.
Operators of
the plant are hired in the local community by the Cataunidos. Three waste pickers are the managers of the
plant. There is a committee with
representatives of the 9 waste pickers' group which oversee the management of
the plant.
For more
information see www.cataunidos.org.br
and Madalena Duarte (waste pickers leader) madalenaduarte47@gmail.com.
2.
Popular Shops
Popular shops
were created in the city after Decree 11.424 (22/08/203) within the “Centro
Vivo” project – an urban renew intervention in the city center which includes
amongst other things restoration of historical buildings, public works,
capacity building programmes for workers in the downtown area, child care
facilities etc.
Prior 2003, street
vendors worked in improvised stalls laid out of the pavements and most of them
had no legal permit to work. That led to constant conflicts amongst the city
official and the vendors and great discontent by the population. Many interventions to regulate street vending
had been tried in the past with no success.
The first
popular shop was Oiapoque Shop in 2003 and the last one was implemented in 2007
amounting to more than 2,000 street vendors allocated in these shop areas. The key to the programme directed to street
vendors was to reallocate them not to the periphery but to facilities within
the city center – so shops were built in the central area. Though the process was not devoid of
conflict, this allocation in the city center reduced resistance from the street
vendors towards the concept of working in a closed space. There are 5 popular shops to date: Oipoque,
Tupinambas, Xavantes Caetes, and Tocantins.
Each Popular
shop is managed by a management committee composed of three non-paid members: a
representative from municipality; a representative of the landlord (from which
the building is rented) and an elected representative of the vendors. The municipality created a specific
department to supervise the operation of the popular shop areas and handle all
related issues to this approach.
Oiapaque Shop
This popular
sjop is situated a Avenida Oipaque, 176 and is also known as “Shopping Oi” by
the population. It was created in
August, 2003 (600 street vendorswere transferred). It specializes in selling
clothes, electronic equipment, CDs, toys etc.
This shop is divided in sectors distributed in various corridors
identified by colours. Some sectors are
specious others not so. There are public
lavatories and eating areas. This shop
is widely used by low-income and middle class customers.
Area: 8.000m2;
Numbers of stands: 400; working hours: 8:00—18:00 (Monday till Friday) and
8:00—17:00 (Saturday) and 8:00—14:00 (Sunday).
Contact person: Welton Malta (Welton@pbh.gov.br).
OPENING
General
Assembly Puspose and Program
Sonia Diaz (waste Pickers Specialist of
WIEGO), and Carmen Roca (Regional Advisor Latin America of WIEGO)
General Assembly Purpose
Renana Jhabvala (Chair of WIEGO) and
Marty Chen (International Coordinator of WIEGO),
2010 General Assembly is the 5th
Assembly and 1st Assembly after registered, 22 countries invited.
The GA will be held every 4 years, to set up the direction for the next 4
years.
The GA purpose is “Support the Informal
Workers”.
The awareness of the researchers to push
the policy makers (United Nations and Government) to look after the informal
workers.
The story of WIEDO GA
1st GA: 1999, Ottawa - Canada:
The public policy on Informal Employment.
2nd GA: 2000, MIT – USA:
Urban Study & planning.
3rd GA: 2002, Ahmedabad –
India: Public Policy Dialogue.
4th GA: 2006, Durban – South
Africa: StreetNet and Public Policy Event.
5th GA: 2010, Belo Horizonte
– Brazil: Inclusive City for All.
WIEGO registered at Manchester - United
Kingdom, 2007.
EXHIBITIONS
Waste
Pickers Organization
Global Waste Pickers Movement
Moving
up in the value chain
Social Economical
Inclusive in solid Protecting
the
recycles
Environmental
Global
Waste Pickers
Coordinator
India South Africa Brazil
(KKPKP) (SAN & AIW) (MNCR)
“Waste pickers as the profession for a
sustainable development”
Example 1: National Movement at Brazil
Activities: Capacity building;
strengthening; organizing.
Negotiate with: municipal and national
government; industrial alliance for inclusive policies.
Threats: waste to energy (WTE) plants
and tendering contracts to private players.
Example 2: India (KKPKP and Indian
Alliance, supported by SEWA)
Threats:
- The price decrease;
- Closing the dump site project and
produce the methane gas (Waste to Energy);
- Door to doors collection giving to the
private company (membership by Bank Guarantee).
Example 3: South Africa
Informal organization (community) of
Waste Pickers.
To organized and become national network
by cooperative and union.
StreetNet
International
Majority at Africa (Southern and
Eastern, Asia and Latin America).
Office: Durban – South Africa.
MBO’s but the members are the street
vendors organization.
·
Inclusive cities include the
Street Vendors (SV). Inclusive cities
allow SV to operate alongside small kiosks, shops, large retail stores, and
malls.
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World class cities for
all. Nothing for us without us! No
relocation without alternatives! Negotiation and social dialogue.
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Campaignings:
o World class cities for all: South Africa FIFA World cup 2010, India
Commonwealth Games 2010; Brazil FIFA World Cup 2014.
o Street Vendors manifesto: All street net affiliates 2011—2013.
o Litigation
o Media and publicity.
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Alliances Buildings:
o Trade unions movements
o Social movements
o Human right organization (national and international)
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SV Workers Education
o Organizing manual
o Organizing training members for informal economy
o Working with workers education institutions to build capacity to do
workers education in informal economy
o Research: Urban CV census, study on statutory representation between
SV and local government.
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Strengthening affiliates:
o Leadership training
o Regional workshop and focal point coordination
o Country activities including
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Forming national alliances
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Collective negotiation with
authorities
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Organizational support and
capacity building
o Exchange visits between countries
Panel
1
The highlight of network
and networking
Waste pickers: climate change policy by
doing recycling not only talking.
Street vendors: negotiating with local
government to pay attention to the SV.
SV at Mexico
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Negotiation to government about
against the piracy policy.
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Improving the product quality
of SV and protect from the piracy product.
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Building the link with WP,
against the discrimination.
The legal success in SV:
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It’s take many years;
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The implementation still on the
problems, the government not loyal to the policy.
To SV and WP: How to manage and organize
so many people.
The implementation of public policy is
difficult. The governance of the
government is bad.
Dissemination by many media depends on
the community characteristic.
Participating makes different.
Do negotiating training to the
members. Do negotiation by the members
itself.
Do communication by the internet and
facebook among the SV. Example: Youtube
movie about their meeting makes huge impact.
Do organizing WP by ID Card. Protect them from police harassments and to
open the bank account.
Challenges:
National movement of SV on Latin America
(16 countries)
Do strengthening the networking among
the countries and among the continental.
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Strengthening the national and
local movement of SV.
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Support and help among the
countries movement.
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Against the global market
through global movement of SV.
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Promotional material local,
national, and international against the globalization.
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Building the leadership.
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Minimize self-interest and
sectoral interest.
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Identify: businessman/woman or
workers.
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Against the privatization of
street vending. Difficult to access the
market. Upgrade the competitiveness of
SV.
WP: Need MoU and agreement of WP group
and the government.
Urban policy: commercialization of urban
area. Need hard lobby to change the urban policy.
Note: Working together with the
environmental movement is important and make the WP movement stronger.
The WIEGO do:
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Research and data;
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Initiative to take action for
informal workers.
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Influencing the international
policy maker.
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Link and working together with
donation agency and research agency.
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Financial support for the
movement (especially for global movement).
SV is not networking organization but
the alliances among the SV country movement.
Notes:
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Organizing is not easy.
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Legal strategies are needed.
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Global movement is natural.
Home-Based
Workers (HomeNet International)
HomeNet South Asia
Background:
Homenet South Asia registered as
Charitable Trust – Network of homebased workers in Mauritius with its
coordinating office in Ahmedabad – India.
Has promoted and supported five homenets
(HN Bangladesh, HN India, HN Nepal, HN Pakistan, HN Sri Lanka).
Kathmandu Declaration:
The Kathmandu Declaration for homebased
workers was adopted in 2000 in Kathmandu, Nepal.
Government officials, Trade Unions, Civil
Society organization from all the 7 countries of South Asia adopted the
Kathmandu Declaration on 18th October 2000.
Chapter emphasized:
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Formulation of National Policy
as per ILO Convention 177;
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Minimum protection,
remuneration, health and safety, childcare;
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Incorporate homebased workers
in official statistics;
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SAARC should recognize and
address the issue of homebased workers in the region.
Key Highlights –Indicators:
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Organizing
o
Mapping of organizations of HBW
– Rural and urban;
o
Building membership based
organization of HBW;
o
Research on vulnerability of
HBW – health care; child care; occupational health; old age pension; shelter.
o
Organization Mapping in 2003:
§ Bangladesh, Mapped: (275 organizations, 60,000 HBWs), Members: (91
organizations, 24,723 HBWs).
§ India, Mapped: (424 organizations, 228,222 HBWs), Members: (167
organizations, 66,599 HBWs).
§ Nepal, Mapped: (35 organizations, 9.000 HBWs). Members: (31
organizations, 17,305 HBWs).
§ Pakistan, Mapped: (308 organizations, 60,000 HBWs). Members: (50 organizations,
58,262 HBWs).
§ Sri Lanka, Mapped: (NA), Members: (NA).
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Network
·
Developed and promoted national
networks in each country.
·
Members on national networks
include cooperatives, self-help groups, community-based organizations, NGOs,
and Trade Unions.
·
Alliance with national Trade
Unions.
·
Alliance with International
Organization – WIEGO, GLI, ETI.
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Advocacy At SAARC
·
Raise the issue at SAARC level;
·
Recognition by SAARC – Homenet
South Asia as representative of HBW in the region;
·
In Nepal and Pakistan –
policies on HBW have been submitted to Ministry of Labor;
·
In India – task force has been
formed to discuss the policy;
·
Definition on HBW has been
developed by Ministry of Statistics in India.
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Social Security;
-
Livelihood.
SABAH – HBWs
Company
·
SABAH is the HBWs promoted in
each country (Afghanistan, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri
Lanka).
·
To enhance income and
livelihood of HBWs by forming their own production group and linking directly
with the market.
Challenges:
1. Definition of HBW – ILO definition doesn’t take HBWs, it takes only
home-workers (collection of data).
2. Building MBOs – forming MBOs from cluster in expensive, time
consuming, a lot of visits, sustainability.
3. Identifying HBWs – scattered.
4. Concurrent mechanism from government – change in policy makers takes
the initiative back to square one.
5. Alliance with National Trade Unions – formal trade unions are not
interested in informal economy issues.
6. Multi status or workers – vending and HBWs.
WIEGO Support:
1. Definition of HBWs – adoption at South Asia;
2. Collection of Data on HBWs in South Asia and South East Asia.
3. Building MBOs of HBWs;
4. Forming of international network;
5. Ratification ILC 177;
6. IUP – more directions on preliminary study on urban issues of HBWs;
Technical role – during workshop to have dialogues with city officials.
HomeNet South East Asia
Emergence of HomeNet SEA
In Southeast Asia, there are national
HBWs networks (Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia) and organizing began more
recently in Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam. The first three emerged as part of a
major ILO subregional project in 1988 to 1996 funded by DANIDA.
HNSEA Highlights
1. Registration, institutionalization, upgrading systems, focus on
resources generation, regular and elections towards greater democracy, transparency,
accountability and HBWs participation.
2. Organizing, expansion, shifting to MBO;
3. Knowledge sharing through annual subregional workshops (social
protection, fair trade, OSH, solidarity economy, MBOs) research and
publications, regular, news magazine, popular website.
4. Advocacy for laws and policies – HBW bill, MACWIE, ILC177 on HBW,
and ASEAN.
5. Networking with IDAs (UNIFEM, ILO), trade unions (FNV), sister
organizations (HNSA, SEWA, WIEGO).
HomeNet Thailand
1. Serves 7,000 HBWs in 5 regional networks and now moving to MBOs.
2. Policy campaign (HBW bill), social security (pensions).
3. High visibility in advocating for occupational safety and health,
and for the approval of universal health insurance;
4. Most success in focusing on OSH issues through its OSH project for
HBWs and other informal workers.
5. Now focusing on youth.
MWPRI (HomeNet Indonesia)
1. Collaborating and Networking of 42 NGOs and serving 19,248 HBWs and
other IWs in 11 cities.
2. MWPRI form HWPRI as an independent association of Indonesian women
HBWs.
3. Mapping and data collecting;
4. MBO organizing and capacity building, recognition as Trade Union.
5. Legal advocacy and campaigns on social protection, ILC 177, and HBWs
policies.
6. Economic empowerment and cooperative formation.
7. Participatory disaster management.
HomeNet Laos
1. Through CDEA and the NALD, began undertaking occupational skills
development training for HBWs producers in 2004, with support from HomeNetSEA
through HomeNet Thailand.
2. Affiliated with HNSEA in 2006, hosted SRW on Solidarity Economy in
2008.
3. Now organizing and capacitating HBWs groups mainly in Vientiane and
Luang Prabang.
4. Organizing village banks;
5. Established training research and media center in Vientiane to serve
HBWs;
6. Strong relations with Lao Women’s Union.
Artisans’ Association of Cambodia (AAC)
1. Fair Trade organization affiliated in 2008;
2. Works with 1,000 HBWs and other IWs (vendors, landmine and
trafficking survivors, PWDs, PWAs) in Pnom Penh, Siem Reap, and others areas.
3. Focuses on product development and market access.
4. Now moving to MBO through IUP Project.
National
Network of Informal Workers (PATAMABA) Philippines
1. Patamaba is a people’s organization led by grassroots women, mainly
HBWs who sought to empower themselves by founding and running their own
organization.
2. Its main strategies are: 1) participation in governance and
institution building; 2) human development
services; 3) socio-economic assistance; 4) networking, advocacy, and
para legal work
3. Led in forming HomeNet Philippines and the Magna Carta for the
Informal Sector Alliance (MAGCAISA).
4. 17,286 members in 12 regions, 34 provinces and 276 chapters.
5. 98% are women.
6. Composed of HBWs, youth vendors, construction workers, and small
transport.
Lesson Learned
1. Centrality of organizing IWs, providing visibility, voice, participations,
representation.
2. Importance of IWs engaging local government bodies for advocacy and
access;
3. Research, mapping, and documentation of good practice as useful
tools;
4. Importance of solidarity economy and environmental security in this
age of crisis.
Challenge:
1. Impact of financial, economic, and environmental crises – climate
change and worsening disasters;
2. Shifting from NGOs to MBOs: organizational and financial
sustainability of MBOs and their leader inadequate resources to address member
needs;
3. Political culture and instability;
4. Continuing invisibility and non-recognition of HBWs especially in
relation to ILC 177 campaign.
5. Intergenerational continuity.
Support From WIEGO
1. Social protection dialogue;
2. Researches on social protection and financial crisis;
3. Networking and learning from likeminded groups – SEWA, StreetNet,
Waste Pickers, Domestic Workers;
4. Information sharing – statistics, urban issues, MBO organizing,
Poverty, IE, and gender;
5. Organizational and financial evaluation;
6. Inclusion in inclusive Urban Planning (IUP Project);
7. Friendship, inspiration, and encouragement.
Domestic
Workers Association
Asian Domestic Workers Network (ADWN)
was officially formed in 2005 as an outcome of and exchange workshop of Asia
Domestic Workers in Hong Kong 2004. This
exchange was organized by Committee for Asian Women (CAW). It is the first Asian Based Network that
links up local adult Domestic Workers organization.
Currently Committee of Asian Women is
acting as the secretariat of the ADWN.
The network comprises of local adult DW organizations/unions and NGOs
from Asia. At present, we have
membership from South Asia, East Asia, and South East Asia who are mostly DW
organizations including societies, trade unions, and NGOs. Our membership comprises of two categories,
the regular and associate members.
The ADWN vision:
We envision a society that affirms
domestic workers decent and dignified.
Make the invisible sector of domestic workers visible in society. Make domestic work decent for all.
The ADWN Mission:
1. Support self-organizing efforts of domestic workers in Asia;
2. To provide assistance to member organizations in strengthening their
formations and sustaining their initiatives;
3. To encourage building of networks of domestic workers’ organizations
that are formed/support by the local adult domestic workers themselves.
4. To advocate for policies and programs for domestic workers, in local
and international levels (including and especially and ILO Convention), that
will effect change in valuing the work of domestic workers, in providing them
access to social services and in promoting their rights as workers;
5. To mobilize the support of different social partners and
stakeholders, both in the local and regional levels, for the cause of domestic
workers.
6. To extend strong solidarity with other Asian DW struggles and work
closely with (such as the child domestic workers and the migrant DW).
The ADWN Strategies
1. Capacity Building, strengthen the capacity, skills and knowledge of
member organizations by sharing organizing, training and lobbying strategies
(including modules, IEC – information education communication materials and
other pertinent documents) and through study tours and exchange programmes.
2. Campaigns, support campaigns and advocacy activities of domestic
workers’ organizations by exchanging solidarity messages, providing assistance
to their events, securing media coverage and linking them to social partners.
3. Networking, link up with other domestic workers organizations in
Asia and exchange updates on efforts on the domestic work issue; bring in more
social partners and stakeholders to the cause of domestic workers.
4. Debates and discussions, initiate discussions on an ILO convention
on Domestic workers.
Our Activities
Following are some things we have done
so far:
1. Exchange of local adult DW groups sharing on strategies for legal
reform.
2. Exchange among local adult DW groups sharing on their strategies in
building DW organizations and leadership.
3. Exchange for ADWN member to South Asia to share their strategies
with South Asia DW organizations.
4. Supporting local DW campaigns by issuing protest letters.
5. Circulating updates information about the situation of DWs in Asia
and their struggles.
Contact Details
Asian Domestic Workers Network (ADWN)
c/o: Committee for Asian Women (CAW).
Mailing Address: 386/58, Ratchadaphisek
42, Ratchadaphisek Road, Ladyao, Chatujak, Bangkok, 10900, Thailand.
Telephone: 662-9305634 and Fax:
662-9305633
Email: ADWN_asia@yahoo.com
Website: www.cawinfo.org
Members:
Regular
Member
Nepal Domestic Workers Union (chair)
Tunas Mulia Domestic Workers Union
(Yogyakarta – Indonesia) (secretary)
Hong Kong Domestic Workers General Union
(Exco)
Tamil Nadu Domestic Worker Union (India)
(Exco)
Nepali Domestic Workers Forum
Red Flag Women Movement
Penn Thozhilalargal Sangam (Women
Worker’s Union) (India)
SEWA – Self Employed Women Association
(India)
Korean House Managers Cooperative.
Associate Members
Jala PRT, National Advocacy for Domestic
Workers (Indonesia)
Rumpun Tjoet Njak Dien (Yogyakarta –
Indonesia)
CWISH (Nepal)
North Eastern Regional Domestic Workers
Movement (India)
Working Women’s Organization (Pakistan)
PERISAI, Association for Indonesian Child
Study and Right Advocacy (Semarang – Indonesia)
Stree Jagruti Samiti (Karnataka – India)
Advisory
Member:
Committee for Asian Women (CAW)
Panel
2
Home
Workers
·
Recognizing as HBW MBOs.
·
Run or manage by mostly women.
Challenges:
·
Invisibility, need data and
statistics.
·
Not recognize by the policy
maker, hard to talk about protection to the policy maker.
·
Trade Union think HBW is a
threat, low rate workers who work for factory informally.
·
Domestic
Workers
·
Organizing DW globally.
·
Push the ILO to make convention
on DW.
Challenges:
·
Convention for DW, support to
form global union network.
·
Support the economy even not
directly but not recognize.
·
No contract at all except joint
the union.
·
Hard to organize especially if
use MBOs Model, support by NGOs only.
Discussion:
·
Human trafficking in DW.
·
Convention faces the block of
policy maker in several country, need the right guidelines to the policy maker.
·
The policy makers treat
differently local DW and migrant DW, need to move the domestic criminal to the
human right criminal.
Note:
The country
who ratified the convention must send report annually about the implementation
of convention ratification. The
important of ratification also the block reason for policy maker.
Example: ILC177
is hard to ratified, only 7 countries ratified the ILC 177.
·
Challenge the next convention,
the DW conventions, low attention of policy maker.
·
Data and statistic, WIEGO will
support but hard work waiting. The
definition of HW and DW must be clear.
·
The support from trade union to
DW and HW movement.
·
The collaboration among
informal worker, trade union, government is needed and important. Makes HW and DW visible in front of the
policy maker is very important.
·
Informal economy condition,
problem, and issues are more difficult and complex than the formal economy
condition. The policy maker still busy
with the formal sector and they didn’t want add work with informal sector.
WIEGO Support for HW and DW
Support for HW:
-
WIEGO one of the sponsor for HW
and informal economy movement.
-
More support for data
collecting and statistic for HW.
-
Research and networking in the
global level.
-
Exposure about social
protection for HW.
-
Dissemination and publication
about HW globally.
Support for DW
-
International or global
supports to make DW issue recognize.
-
Supports global movement of DW.
-
Global campaign for DW issue.
Note:
WIEGO supports all the informal economy
movement.
International Domestic Workers Network
founded June 2009, emancipation of women and emancipation of labour.
WIEGO
PRESENTATION
Increasing the voice of the women
working poor:
-
Increase visibility,
-
Policy analysis,
-
Research and data.
Influencing the policy maker to pay
attention to the informal economy issues.
The
Project:
1. Organization representations program:
·
Building the data base of
informal economy activities and movement.
·
The informal economy and the
law project.
·
Networking among the members.
2. Social protection program:
·
Social policy in informal
economy, emphasis the policy maker to pay attention to the informal economy
issue.
·
Occupational safety and health.
3. Statistic Program:
·
Mapping and data of informal
economy workers, as the dialogue media among the stake holders in local and
international level. Influencing the policy maker (global and national).
4. Urban Policy Program:
·
Inclusive urban planning.
·
The impact of Global Economic
Crisis to the informal economy.
·
Street trading specialist,
waste recycling specialist, and homeworkers specialist against the informality.
5. Global Trade Program:
·
The contribution of informal economy
to the global market and economic.
·
Developing the manual of
organizing the HW and IE workers.
6. Global Project Director:
·
Inclusive Cities Project.
·
Women economic empowerment
project.
7. Initiative and Intellectual Activities
·
Dialogue among the intellectual
especially with mainstream economist.
·
Law and policy dialogue to the
national and global policy maker.
Note: WIEGO now work in the 44 countries
in various issues and activities on informal economy.
WIEGO
GOVERNANCE PRESENTATION
WIEGO
Work plan 2010—2011
1. Stengthening MBOs and Nets for WP, IDWN, HN and Informal workers in
General
-
International network
-
Campaign for ILO Convention
-
Manual on organizing in Data
base
-
Maintain and improve the Bata
base
2. Improve the statistics
-
Manual on survey methods
-
Measurement of informal
employment
-
Statistical classification on
city level data and data on specific group
3. Promote Research
-
Agenda setting research and
conference and international research network.
-
Studies on urban informal
economy
-
GEC study methodology
-
Project on Social protection
for IW.
-
Edited volume in the working
poor in the urban IE.
4. Document Good practice
-
Observatory of urban laws,
ordinances, and regulations.
-
Case studies of good practices
example.
-
Case studies of cooperative and
producer groups and fair trade federations.
-
Good practices if carbon
credit.
5. Policy Analysis
-
Law and the IE project,
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Occupational safety and health,
-
Voice of IW in social policy
development project,
-
IE budget analysis,
-
Joint framing of policies
issues and demand of IW.
6. Convene Policy Dialogues
-
Representative policy
dialogues,
-
National, regional, and
international policy dialogues.
7. Other Initiatives
-
Urban planning curriculum.
-
Exposure and dialogue program.
8. Communications
-
Set of research paper, issue
paper, policy brief, and fact sheet.
-
Develop web resources (micro
finance, fair trade, relevance laws, workers education materials, basic
statistical tables).
-
Develop and disseminate
research, documentation, and policy analysis publications.
Note:
1. The program of WIEGO is based on the issue not by the organization
based.
2. Set up the alternative economic.
Shifting the paradigm, promises and theorem of mainstream economic.
3. Contextualization of the issue.
Example WP in climate change context and IW in the GEC.
4. Meet the research and advocacy.
Important for participatory action research. Shift the tools and methodology to more
participatory.
5. Researchers and expertise on MBOs.
Participatory research.
6. Broader the WIEGO activities to Asia and Middle East
WIEGO constitutions (2007)
WIEGO is the networking organization of
researcher, policy maker, MBOs, etc.
Registered as Charity Organization at Manchester – United Kingdom.
WIEGO
and Workforce in The Future (Ella Bath – SEWA India)
SEWA based on The Gandhi Economy Way.
SEWA combining the cooperative movement
and trade union movement.
The purpose is makes balance the
economic and help the poor.
SEWA is the organization of researcher
and academe meet with the development agency and policy maker.
Organizing globally the Women Informal Workers
is important to make a better world for all.
Creating dignity and occupational for
them self, because:
1. WIE live in the obsolence and marginalized community, so make the
WIE life not decent.
2. Labor intensive become industrialize with machine and capital
intensive, WIE increase and worse condition.
Action:
1. Collaboration of the formal and informal sector fairly and equally.
2. Creating a new concept of alternative economy.
3. Changing the balance of power, increase the bargaining position for
WIE.
4. It isn’t poor contribute to the climate change but facing the risk
of climate change, WIEGO must send the messages to the world leader.
5. Disseminate the contribution of IE to the economic development.
6. Reduce conflict between the community and industry and livelihood and
business.
7. Tell the private business community to pay attention to the
livelihood and community.
8. Combining the IE and business to make the sustainability.
Challenge:
1. Make the IE profitable and growth sustainability.
2. Form the frame work of the sustainable economic with the IE
included.
INCLUSIVE
CITY EVENT AT FEDERAL UNIVERSIDADE MINAS GERAIS
Inclusive
City for Poor People (Prof. Malise Matos – Head of Politic Science Department
UFMG)
The development of social theory should
recognize the Informal Economy representative and promote social justice and
contemporary world.
No social order as the new paradigm of
liberalization in politics and social.
Revolution of social movement in Latin
America:
·
Against the liberalization by
USA and Europe.
·
To make inequality become equal.
·
Erase the exclusivity and
become inclusivity.
Promote the different action against the
exclusivity:
·
Restructure the public policy.
·
Inclusive city movement.
Inclusive
Cities and The Urban Working Poor (Marty Chen – Harvard University and WIEGO)
·
Current Reality
·
The Urban Informal Economy
·
Common Concerns
·
Specific Concerns
·
Inclusion and Development
·
Inclusive Cities and The Urban
Working Poor
Popular
Shopping Areas in Belo Horizonte: Rethinking the Use of Public Space in Brazil
(Prof. Magda Neves – Universidade Chatolica)
Use public city for all to fit with the
social right and to make a better quality of life. Restructure the city infrastructure to make
space for the public space, a place for everybody to meet each other.
Example: Popular shopping center.
·
A market or center for street
vendor.
·
To create working opportunity
for the unemployment.
·
Inclusive public policy
o No exclusion of street vendors.
o No eviction of street vendors.
o Create the place for street vendor for the decent work place.
The shopping center becomes the public
space for everyone.
Waste
Pickers at Peru (Walter Correa – LAWPN – Peruian Movement of Waste Pickers)
Do capacity building and development of
waste pickers through organization, especially against the environmental law.
The waste-pickers movement promotes the
WP against the law enforcement. WP help
to clean environment through waste picking and recycling, makes the waste
useful.
The challenges:
·
Facing the waste recycling by
the private corporation. Against the commercialization of waste.
·
Facing the policy that excludes
the WP organization and WP community.
Promote the involvement and include the
WP on the waste management community, and
formalization of WP organization.
United we’ll achieve a better future.
Housing
and Basic Infrastructure For The Working Poor (Renana Jhabvala – SEWA India)
SEWA Trade Union of SE and Working
founded 1974 by Ella Bhatt.
60% people live in the urban area in
India (Mumbai, Ahmedabad, and Patna).
Now, SEWA capitalization are 1,2 billion
rupees with 1,2 million members.
The SEWA activities are saving, credit,
insurance, pensions, financial counseling with no collateral and door to door
activities.
The SEWA programs:
·
Housing loans for homeworkers and improve the
infrastructure and livelihood of living environment.
·
Up gradation: transformation in
urban area.
Partnership
program of infrastructure development with Ahmedabad municipal corporation. Cost sharing among community, private sector,
and municipal corporation.
-
Improve health status.
-
Decrease on health spending.
-
Productivity and income
improve.
-
The social status improvement.
·
Restructuring the cities (modern and inclusive)
Flagship
program with 40% funds for urban poor, toward slum-free cities. Policies and zoning to encourage informal
employment (street vendor space, homeworkers zoning, waste pickers inclusion in
waste management).
“Beauty life not in building but beauty
life in people”.
World
Class Cities for All Campaign (Pat Horn – Street Net International Coordinator)
StreetNet International founded in 2002.
Against the FIFA World Cup 2002 at Korea
and Japan policy, the policy to eviction the street vendor and street vendor free
around the world cup venue.
Did negotiable and pressure through
media and publication. 9 countries joint become the StreetNet International.
November 2006 declare the “World Class
Cities for All Campaign”
Do campaign in every mega event like
FIFA World Cup 2010 at South Africa, in every Olympiad, Common Wealth Game 2011
at India etc.
SNI Working with Trade Union, Social
Movement, Child Right, Street Child Organization, etc. now a day.
Participation
and Social Inclusion In The Solid Waste Sector – Brazil Solid Waste Management
The city hall gives the training program
to the WP association.
Correction of the environment:
-
Social assistant to WP.
-
Technical assistant to WP.
-
Food program
Collecting
the food material from supermarket and recycle than distribute to the
vulnerable community.
The
National Waste and Citizenship Forum (Sonia Diaz- WIEGO)
·
Social mobilization
Visibility to
social inclusion of the informal recycles.
·
Objective
Creation of
an ethical constrain towards.
·
Strategy
National
waste and citizenship forum (1998).
-
Eradication of child labor.
-
Social inclusion of WP.
-
Eradication of open dumps
National
alliance with leading organization of the sanitation sector.
·
How the forum worked
-
Support the process of WP
organizing into cooperatives and association.
-
Through the development of
publication with guidelines for policy makers and NGOs.
-
Capacity building of all
factors involved organization.
-
Involved the policy maker.
·
Achievements
-
WP was recognized as
profession, so they included into Brazilian classification of occupations and
appear in the official statistics.
-
Financial support from federal
government.
-
Elaboration of studies with
Ministry of Social Development.
-
Push government to form and
creating inter-ministerial committee of social inclusion of WP.
-
Social fund from National Bank
of Brazil.
-
Campaign no children in open
dumps.
-
Meeting point among government,
civil society, and private sector.
-
National with movement of WP.
Minas
Gerais State Waste and Citizenship Forum (Fabiana Goulart – INSEA)
Mission: Support WP
Form: NGOs and Academic institutions.
Program: push the solid waste policy.
Activities:
-
Held festival on WP
Also invite
the WP movement all around the world.
-
Irrigate the privatization on
the waste management.
-
Research on social economical
condition of WP.
-
Influencing the waste
management policy making.
Municipal
Waste and Citizenship Forum : Strengtening the Waste Pickers Cooperative (Nely
Medeiros – Coopersoli Barreiro)
WP Cooperative sending the message to government
to give the WP cooperative public space to meet and organize.
The City hall gives the WP cooperative a
space for office and meeting place.
-
Form social enterprise of WP
Form collecting,
segregation, recycling and selling enterprise.
-
Political representation on the
policy maker.
-
Form 15 cooperatives to face
the middleman and cut the value chain shorter.
WIEGO FUND RAISING WORKHSOP
GROUP
SHARING
StreetNet International
·
International trade union
movement as the funding sourcing, example:
Holland.
·
Direct MBO’s, example: BMGF.
·
Transparancy, example: reported
monthly.
·
Do not let the donor dictate,
especially in programs. Risky but build
their respect to us.
HomeNet South East Asia
Experience from UNIFEM.
·
Make the donors and
organization need fit.
·
Read and Study the guidelines
carefully.
·
Proposal cutting edge
(innovative).
·
Competent proposal writers.
·
Follow requirement strictly and
provide supporting document including the recommendations.
·
Use network to support.
·
Do not ask too much in term of
our capacity.
Latin America Waste Pickers
Association
·
Well organized MBOs of Waste
pickers
·
Motivating for Basis to
involve.
·
Transparency to members is
important as well as with donors.
·
Supported by law, provide
training for basis in all country.
·
Alliance with government to
provide training.
·
Working with the credit unions
organization, loans with low rate.
·
Contribute as matching value of
money in proposals.
SEWA – India
·
Trade unions funding and
Government support.
·
Issue based funding, example:
environmental, urban, women, etc.)
·
Need analysis for 3 years plan
and share with different funders.
·
Need comes from members and
never fit to funders programs.
·
Strong finance management and
reporting on time.
Domestic Workers
International Organization
·
Action based, example:
campaign. Because donors like action.
·
Short term and specific goals.
·
Educate the donors.
·
Develop new strategy approach.
·
Long term plan help secure the
funding.
·
Use the international networks,
example: NDG’s
HomeNet South Asia
·
Prepare grounded data (mapping,
data basing, and need analysis).
·
Registered to open the funding
doors.
·
High visibility to sensitize
major stake holders.
·
Form cooperative and company of
basis.
·
Legal registration is very
important.
·
Good governance (structure) is
important.
·
Build up trust funders to the
organization.
·
Educate the funders to know and
understand our need.
·
Due diligence.
CHALLENGES
·
Donors often change their mind
and do not know their own want.
·
Demand too much but give just a
little.
·
Often Change the mandate.
·
The issue is not sexy for
funders.
·
The impact of the financial
crisis.
·
Build up the expectations to us
but then let us down and we can do anything.
·
Persist to their agenda than
fit to our vision, mission, and purpose.
·
Proposal Writing, systematic is
different among the donors.
·
The funder’s requirement is
complicated.
·
Requirement to hire the
professionals and expertise. Expensive
and did not give us change to come empowered.
·
Some of funders rejected the
activist organization.
·
Funding working for their own
home audiences, so they must make impression to the home audiences.
·
Donor wants to be voluntary
based organization.
·
Require high level accountancy
system and financial report. We must
hire the professional but the fund is limited.
·
Limited human resource who can
write proposal, reporting (progress and financial report).
ORGANIZATIONAL
REQUIREMENT FUND RAISING
Fundamental Elements Donors Look For:
·
Legal entity.
·
Democratic structure and active
governance.
·
Transparent finances (accepted
accounting principles).
·
Good administration systems.
·
Clear mission, vision,
description of problem and solution.
·
Clear project budget.
·
Prior project management
experience.
Some of these may be negotiable
(example: use fiscal sponsor) but the more funds you seek to raise, the more of
these you will need to have place.
COVERING
CORE COST
·
Find funders who love you!
Often a funder will buy into your mission and operations with multi-year core
funding. It’s possible.
·
Ensure that some core costs are
covered with every project you have.
This is more challenging, requires careful budgeting/tracking.
·
Find ways to generate private
sources of revenue, example: product sales, consultations, etc.
KEY
ORGANIZATIONAL NEED FOR EFFECTIVE FUNDRAISING
More
Often Required
·
Existence of a formal legal
entity.
·
Constitution and by-laws.
·
Elected board of directors.
·
Organizational bank account
with two signing officers requires.
·
Financial statements for
previous period.
·
Financial system suitable to
the size of grants managed.
·
Prior project management
experience (skilled staff).
Some
Donors May Also Ask For
·
Conflict of interest
guidelines.
·
Description of members and
voting or representation processes.
·
Proof of non-profit status in
your home country.
·
Proof of taxation exemption.
·
Proof that all required filings
with government bodies are current.
·
Proof of permission for foreign
funds to enter country.
·
Organizational chart or
structure.
·
Auditor’s report on financial
statements
·
Description of financial and
operational procedures.
To grow income
over time, it pays to develop all of the above systems or structures and
prepare the appropriate documentation.
If a group does not have all of these in place, it does not mean they
cannot raise any funds – it may be possible to find a fiscal sponsor who has
all of these items in place and who will agree to accept and manage the funds
on the group’s behalf. However, the
trade-off in this case is potentially a loss of control, as well as typically
needing to allocate some portion of grant funds towards the overhead costs of
the fiscal sponsor.
Tips
for Writing Effective Fundraising Proposals
Based on the experience of WIEGO and
some of its partners, here are some general tips and suggestions for writing
effective fundraising proposals.
1. Finding the Right Donors
There are
many different donor organizations – different shapes, size, policies,
etc. How do you identify the ones that
might be good for your organization? There are several factors to take into
account. How demanding are their
reporting or administration requirements? How flexible are they? What size
grant do they typically give? There’s no point going to a donor that deals in
millions, when you only need a few thousand, and vice versa. Do they support projects in your country or
region? Do they demonstrate an interest in supporting workers’ organizations?
One effective way identifying the most suitable donors is by asking similar
organizations to your own who they’ve found to be most helpful and
supportive-asking round at conferences, meetings etc. Some organizations might
be reluctant to share this information, but most will be happy to share the
information. Sometimes organizations
also post this information in their newsletter or online.
2. Know the Donor – Adopt to Their Needs (or Not)
Each proposal
you write be adapted to the specific needs and requirements of a targeted
donor. Review the donor’s website and
any details in their call for proposals (if this exists). Talk to the donor if
you can, or to other group who know this donor, and try to asses if this donor
will be a good fit for your organization.
If the aims and perspective of your organization are different from the
expectations and objectives of the donors, it may not be a good fit and you may
want to consider looking elsewhere for funds.
Not all donors are right for every project or organization.
Once you’ve
read the requirements, make sure your organization can demonstrate that it can
meet them and be sure to follow all of the instructions given in the
application instructions or call for porposals.
It’s a good idea to read the application guidelines several weeks to
even months in advance in case something will be required that may take you
some time to prepare, such as project consultation meetings of organizational
documentation you don’t yet have in place.
3. Create a Proposal Template – Then Modify as Needed
Although each
donor has their own needs and requirements, such things your organization’s
mission, vision, programs, objectives, history and structure will not
change. Having these things already
written down in a proposal template will make it easier to raise funds because
when you hear about a call for proposals or an opportunity to approach a donor,
a good deal of the work will be done in advance and you can just “cut and
paste”. This template can be updated
and adapted with each new fundraising proposal.
Many
fundraising proposals are requested to be submitted in English or sometimes
another UN language is appropriate, particularly for government agencies or
large foundation in the UK or US. If you
have the above information prepared advance, you could consider having a native
English speaker review it for you to catch any translation issues.
4. Be Clear About Who Are You
A key element
to any proposal is a clear and concise explanation or your organization’s
mission, vision and programs. It may
help to think of the vision as the kind of world you would like to achieve and
the mission as the specific role your organization plays to achieve this
world. Your programs should lead
naturally from these. If you have a
strategic plan in place which provides some goals or objectives for the short,
medium and or long term, then having concise statements of these will also be
helpful. If you don’t have strategic
plan or specific goals in place, then you may find yourself to create these for
some funding proposals, which can lead to a danger if your goals are always defined
by what donors are looking for.
5. Be Clear About the Need and Your Proposed Solution
In any
fundraising proposal, you will be asked to define the need. Sometimes you will be given a lot of space to
do this, and other times you may be asked to summarize it very briefly. The need should be related to your
organization’s primary mission and goals.
This is a good place to refer to research on the informal economy that
may relevant for your occupational sector, country or region. The donor will want to hear that you have
sufficient expertise and a thorough understanding of the problem – but they
will also be looking to see that they agree with your assessment of the
problem. It can be useful to refer back
to the donor materials and application guidelines to see if the donor is coming
at the problem with a specific lens, angle, or theme, such a gender, small
enterprise development, social protection etc.
One the need
is clearly stated, the next task is to outline precisely how your organization
would address the problem. This is a
strategic overview that demonstrates why your organization is in fact the best
positioned to address this particular problem, followed by and outline of the
specific project activities you are proposing.
6. Build a Budget
Each project
will require its own budget. Sometimes
donors will have their own budget format for you to follow, with specific
categories, and sometimes they will allow you to establish the budget
categories according to your project.
If your
organization does not have an overall budget for how it will cover its
operating requirements, then you want to create one – this will help you ensure
that organization is sustainable and not just running from project to
project. Some organizations have and
ideal budget for cost they would ideally like to cover if they could raise the
funds, and a “basic minimum” budget of the absolutely essential costs.
In every
project, try to assess how much of your organizational costs a particular can
also contribute in addition to the funds fir direct project activities. Essentially, any project activity places a
certain operational burden on your organization and most donors understand that
they should contribute something towards these operational costs. Sometimes called “core costs”. This may be in the form of a staff person’s
salary charged to the project, if that person will do some of the project work,
or a percentage added for overhead or operations. Check with donor requirements to see how much
can be charged and how they would like to see those costs reflected in your
budget. Allocations of 8—10% for
overhead/core costs on a project are not unreasonable if the donor guidelines
will permit this.
If you
created and ideal budget for your operational requirements and you can find a
donor who believes in your mission and your organization, then you may be able
to secure funding that is solely intended to cover those costs. This is worth trying!
When
reviewing your budget, funders will be asking themselves these questions:
·
Can this project reasonably be
done with this budget?
·
Based on our knowledge of the
country/region, is the budget too high or too low?
·
Is there anything missing from
this budget?
·
Is there sufficient budget
detail and explanation to help us understand what is intended?
7. Gather Supporting Materials
Many donors
will require appendices or supporting materials, and for each donor these
required documents may be different. You
should read the application guidelines carefully at the start to be sure you
have all these materials or will be able to get them in the timeframe. Some examples of supporting documents
requested by donors include: reference letters or letters of support,
certification of non-profit or tax status, CVs for project leaders,
bibliographies, tables/chart outlining project timing or project milestones,
detailed budget spreadsheets, tapes or video, evaluation reports for previous
projects, commitments from partnering agencies, etc.
8. Ensure Your Organization is Strong
For funders
in the global North, there has been a strong emphasis over the last decade on
“accountability and results”. Sometimes
this can mean having to use certain template for presenting information, such
as logical framework, but generally it always means there is a strong emphasis
on working with strong, accountable organizations.
You can
demonstrate that you are a strong organization by having the following things
in place:
·
A democratically-elected Board
of Directors and a written Constitution showing how elections happen.
·
An organizational bank account
with at least two signatures required as opposed to directing funds through
personal bank account.
·
Conflict of interest guidelines
to ensure your Board Members cannot receive personal benefit from serving the
organization.
·
Financial systems that allow
your organization to track all project expenditures back to separate project
grants.
·
A Summary of your
organization’s history of managing different project.
9. Consider Sustainability
Increasingly,
donors want to know that the outcomes of the projects they fund will be
sustainable. You may be asked to address
this directly in the proposal, or you may benefit even if it isn’t asked for if
you can address how impacts of the project will last beyond the timing of a
specific project. Don’t overpromise
things you can’t deliver but do take time to consider how your project
activities might be made more sustainable and make those changes if they are
not too onerous on your organization.
A donor may
ask the sustainability of your organization.
In this case, they are likely particularly looking for information about
other funders to assure themselves that you will not cease operations during
the project period.
An important
factor in sustainability is assessing how much your organization can reasonably
handle in terms of both funding and project activity. It can be tempting to apply for large amounts
of funding but you will need to have the systems in place to manage those funds
and if your organization is not already strong and sustainable, large amounts
of funding can sometimes cause significant problems.
10. Be exact
When you have
developed a draft proposal, it can help to go back to the donor guidelines
again and ensure you have responded to every question and included every
required document. In larger competitions, proposals will be immediately
excluded if all of the elements are not complete or the correct documents are
not included. This can also involve
getting live signature from Board of Members and delivering hard copies to an
office, or submitting in an online format you may not be familiar with.
Some donors
will have exact specifications for their proposals, such as paper size of font
size, margins, requirements for cover pages, etc. Always read and follow the donor guidelines.
11. Write Well
Whatever
language your proposal is in, review the final document to ensure that your
language is clear if possible, having a native language speaker read and edit
the proposal may be helpful, particularly if you are applying to a large
competition with many organizations that will have more resources than you
currently have. Don’t let your proposal
go unfunded because the language was not clear to the donor.
12. In the End
Once your
proposal has been submitted on time, then you wait. Or, you may update that
same proposal and summit it to another donor.
Until you have written confirmation, you don’t know if you’ve succeeded
or not. Not all proposal will be
successful but if you keep pursuing it and ensuring your organization is
strong, you will find the funds you need for your work.
13. A Shirt List of Don’ts for Fundraising Proposals
·
Don’t submit after the deadline
and expect to be given special consideration.
·
Don’t send generic proposal
template without adapting in to the specific needs and requirements of the
donor.
·
Don’t send more pages or words
than the application calls for.
·
Don’t use acronym or jargon
without explaining them.
·
Don’t get the email or mailing
address incorrect.
·
Don’t send something by email
when hard copy id requested, or vice versa.
·
Don’t leave your organization
survival in the hands of one donor or project proposal.
FOUNDERS
for MBO’s (Below and Above USD20.000/years)
|
FUNDERS |
Interest |
Money Less or More than 20,000
per year |
|
FES - Germany |
Social change |
Less |
|
FNC – Netherland Trade Union |
Labour and Trade Union |
More |
|
MISERCOR - Germany |
Thematic |
Less |
|
Oxfam International |
Gender, Fair Trade, Environmental |
More |
|
Asia Research Foundation |
Social Research |
Less |
|
GTZ - Germany |
Social Change |
More |
|
Swiss Contact |
Social Change |
More |
|
World Bank |
Economic Development |
More |
|
Asian Development Bank |
Economic Development |
More |
|
USAID – USA |
Social Development |
More |
|
AUSAID – Australia |
Social Development |
More |
|
JICA - Japan |
Social Development |
Less |
|
Ford Foundation |
Social Development |
More |
|
Action Aid |
Social Development |
More |
|
CLC (Canadian Labor Congress) |
Labor Movement |
More |
|
Solidarity Center of the AFL-CIO |
Social Development |
Less |
|
LO - Sweden |
Labor Movement |
More |
|
LO – FTF Denmark |
Labor Movement |
More |
|
SASK - Finland |
Labor Movement |
More |
|
European Union |
Social Development |
More |
|
ISCOD - Spain |
Social Development |
Less |
|
Mama Cash - Holland |
Women Economic Development |
Less |
|
LO - Norway |
Labor Movement |
More |
|
Comic Relief |
Social Movement |
More |
|
Nor-Aid |
Social Development |
More |
|
DANIDA |
Social Development |
More |
|
Miserior |
Social Development |
Less |
|
Avina |
Social Development |
Less |
|
HIVOS - Holland |
Social Development |
More |
|
EPA (Government Federal USA) |
Social Development |
More |
|
Bill and Mellinda Gate Foundation |
Women Working Poor |
More |
SUMMARY
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