El Salvador – Con diálogo negociación todos ganamos
23 de septiembre de 2016 El Sr. José Herminio Díaz, Secretario General de FESTIVES, la afiliada de StreetNet de El Salvador, comparte los progresos realizados recientemente con respecto al diálogo con el municipio local en su país. En San Salvador iniciamos un proceso de diálogo tripartito a inicios de agosto del 2015 entre gobierno local, […]
12th Southern Africa Civil Society Forum and StreetNet-SATUCC Regional Workshop on the implementation of ILO Recommendation 204 on “Transitions from the informal to the Formal Economy”
15 September, 2016 The 12th Southern Africa Civil Society forum took place at Lugogo Conference Centre in Mbabane, Swaziland from the 15th to the 17th of August 2016. A total of eight informal economy organisations from eight Southern African countries participated with ZCIEA represented by ten delegates led by the organisation’s National President Lorraine Sibanda. […]
Hard efforts of street vendors in Rwanda lead to positive outcomes
9 September, 2016 Jeannette NYIRAMASENGESHO, President of Syndicat des Travailleurs Independents de l’Economie Informelle (SYTRIECI), StreetNet affiliate from Rwanda, clarifies the situation of street vendors in her country, namely after the spread of news in social media by Rwanda local government about construction of 12 mini markets for approximately 8000 former street vendors in Rwanda […]
Negotiations and Strategy course for the organizers and leaders of street vendors and informal markets workers
24 August, 2016 By Sibailly Douhoure, StreetNet Organizer Forty three delegates seventeen of whom were women came mainly from Monrovia and Paynesville to attend the seminar funded by Cities Alliance in collaboration with WIEGO /StreetNet. This activity was organized from 8 to 12 August, 2016 in Monrovia by NAPETUL (National Petty Traders Union of Liberia). […]
Komi Kessouagni: "There is a need to reinforce the StreetNet Regional Focal Point and its responsibility regarding the affiliates"
22 August, 2016 KOMI MENSANH KESSOUAGNI, the Secretary General of the Union of Vendors of Construction Materials of Togo (SYVEMACOT) and Coordinator of the StreetNet Regional Focal Point for West and Central Africa emphasized on the progress made since the last StreetNet Congress in 2013. Comrade Komi comes from Organization which is a founding member […]
“No city can be inclusive, equitable and sustainable without the inputs from the informal workers!”
15 August, 2016 By Oksana Abboud, StreetNet Media Officer Juliana Brown Afari, StreetNet Vice-President and WIEGO Board Member talks about her participatory experience in the third session of the Preparatory Committee (PrepCom3) of the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III), which was held in Surabaya, Indonesia on 25 -27 July, […]
AZIEA shows the way to monitoring levy-collection in Zambia
11 August, 2016 By Oksana Abboud, StreetNet Media Officer StreetNet Affiliate from Zambia, the Alliance for Zambia Informal Economy Associations (AZIEA) was launched in October 2002. Over the years, it has faced and overcome many challenges relating to the informal economy. These include the lack of government policy on the informal sector and its development; […]
Promoting labour rights of Workers in the Informal Economy in Costa Rica, El Salvador and Honduras
5 August, 2016 On July, 2016, representatives of Sindicato de Trabajadores Comerciantes Patentados y Afines de Costa Rica (SINTRACOPEA) and Federación Nacional de Trabajadores Independientes Vendedores de El Salvador (FESTIVES), both affiliated to StreetNet Internacional, participated in the Subregional Seminar "Effective experiences of transition to formality: Lessons learned and challenges in Costa Rica, El Salvador […]
Informal economy in Georgia: challenges and opportunities
22 July, 2016 By Oksana Abboud, StreetNet Media Officer Different continents, languages and cultures but the same challenges for the informal traders around the world. Today we are going to discover another region of StreetNet family – Caucasus and talk about informal economy in Georgia. Due to high level of unemployment in Georgia, the majority […]
“Cruel Treatment Of Street Vendors” In Colombia
20 July 2016 By Pedro Luis Ramirez B. Pedro Luis Ramirez B. is a member of StreetNet International’s (SI) Audit Team which forms part of StreetNet’s Executive Committee. He is also National President of the Unión General de Trabajadores en la Economía Informal UGTI-CUT (Colombia). Below he talks about the situation of street vendors in […]
