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INDONESIA. 300 Street Vendors Relocated in SPBB Area Relocated . Berita Jakarta (15 September 2013). INDIA. Owning the streets. The Indian Express (13 September 2013) by Sharit K. Bhowmik. MALAWI. Meeting resolves to remove Malawi’s street vendors. BNL Times (12 September 2013) by Golden Matonga. INDIA. Implement national policy for hawkers, SC tells govt. Firstpost […]
Worker Experts’ Final Statement
Tripartite Meeting of Experts on Facilitating Transitions from the Informal to the Formal Economy (16-20 September 2013) The worker experts consider the conclusions of the 2002 General Discussion on the informal economy as an important starting point on which to further build the discussion. We note however that since 2002, several countries have developed interesting […]
Update on Tripartite Meeting of Experts on Facilitating Transitions from the Informal Economy to the Formal Economy
A tripartite meeting of experts on the facilitation of the transition from the informal to the formal economy is taking place this week in preparations for the meeting (2014) of the International Labour Conference, with a view to making a recommendation. In this regard, the President of StreetNet International, Oscar Silva together with representatives from […]
Inhabitants of Kiev (Ukraine) witness another barbaric demolition of working places of entrepreneurs
During the raid a small cafe and several shopping pavilions have been destroyed at the metro station "Lesnaya." Working entrepreneurs showed their permits. However, some of them reported that from recently the city authorities refused to renew the permit documents for the land use. Behind these actions of the authorities, the entrepreneurs see the order […]
Tripartite Meeting of Experts on Facilitating Transitions from the Informal Economy to the Formal Economy at the International Labour Conference
20 September 2013 A Tripartite Meeting of Experts will be held to serve as part of the preparatory work for the standard-setting item placed on the agenda of the 103rd Session (June 2014) of the International Labour Conference on facilitating transitions from the informal to the formal economy with a view to the elaboration of […]
Please join StreetNet tomorrow for a live interview on a discussion on the Informal Economy in Africa. ZCIEA and SAITA will be part of the panel
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INDIA. Law for vendors will help urban poor: Sewa. The Times of India (8 September 2013) INDIA. Rehab project for street vendors set for roll-out. The Times of India (8 September 2013). INDIA. A historic day for street vendors. The Hindu (7 September 2013) by Mohammad Ali. INDONESIA. Street vendors slam Blok G relocation as […]
A historic day for Street Vendors
By Mohammad Ali Balwant Singh, a vegetable seller at Jangpura market, has been waiting for this day since 2011 when he found out that a legislation to protect street vendors` livelihoods was in the offing. With a radiant smile on Friday, as the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Bill-2012 was […]
StreetNet President Mr Oscar Silva invited to participate as a guest speaker at the “First International Social Responsibility Congress” in Argentina
StreetNet President, Mr Oscar Silva was invited as guest speaker at the “First International Social Responsibility Congress” This will be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, later this year in October. Mr Silva would be expected to participate as a speaker at the Congress, on the 15 October, in the panel discussion titled: “Decent work and […]
Latin America Regional Event and FLOW project
With the help of the Netherlands Government through the FLOW project, the Second Regional Meeting of the Workers and Social Solidarity Economy of the Americas is taking place at Managua Nicaragua. This event is discussing strategies on the regions on SSE and Leadership for Women. It is from 25 – 29 August 2013. It is […]
