Streetnet holds successful Regional Workshop in LAOS
28 November, 2016 By Oksana Abboud – StreetNet Organizer StreetNet held a successful Regional Workshop on Organizing Informal Workers, on 21-22 November 2016 in Vientiane City, Laos. The workshop was part of a StreetNet-OXFAM partnership. 40 participants attended the workshop which Oksana Abboud, StreetNet Organiser, facilitated. The main aims of the workshops were: To understand […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
IFWEA Meeting of the Executive Committee to discuss its Strategic Plan and Education Program
By Sibailly M. Douhoure 17 June, 2016 On 29 – 30 May, 2016 a Meeting of the Executive Committee of IFWEA took place in Gothenburg, Sweden. IFWEA – International Federation of Workers` Education Associations is the international organisation responsible for the development of workers` education. It brings together national and international trade unions, workers` education […]
Wisborn Malaya, Regional Focal Point Coordinator talks about his experience and challenges in the East & South African Region
Wisborn Malaya, General Secretary of Zimbabwe Chamber of Informal Economy Associations (ZCIEA) who is also a Coordinator of StreetNet Regional Focal Point for East & South African Region acquaints us with main challenges and concerns related to his activity as a RFP Coordinator. StreetNet International in its structure has four Regional Focal Points (RFPs) a […]
StreetNet holds Negotiations and Strategy Course for the ZCIEA leaders in Harare, Zimbabwe
By Sibailly Douhoure, StreetNet Organizer StreetNet’s affiliate in Zimbabwe, ZCIEA benefited from a negotiations and strategy course which strengthened its capabilities and will help them in negotiations with the local municipal authorities in Harare and Chitungwiza. The activity was conducted in the framework of the project, financed by the Solidarity Center AFL-CIO. Twenty leaders in […]
Training Workshop on Organising from the Bottom up
By Oksana Abboud, StreetNet Organiser On the 23-25 and 28-30 March 2016, StreetNet International and the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL), jointly ran a training workshop on organising from the bottom up for syndicates of workers in the informal economy in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City respectively. The workshop fell within the framework […]
NASVI National Workshop on Town Vending Committee in New Delhi, India
On March 14, 2016, National Association of Street Vendors of India (NASVI), StreetNet Affiliate, held a National Workshop on Town Vending Committee (TVC) in New Delhi, India. The objectives of the workshop were: to review progress on Street Vendors Law with special focus on provisions of Town Vending Committee, its functioning, role and status in […]
