3rd International Congress

Benin, 2010

The Third StreetNet International Congress took place from 10 – 12 August 2010 in Cotonou, Benin.

Resolutions approved in the congress

NOTING The change of political system, governance and subsequent change of Governments, there has been a change in economic policy of most countries embarked on Structural Adjustment Programmes including privatization of public companies in the name of empowerment; The report of the Zambia Privatisation Agency as an example, that out of a portfolio of 289,

Third StreetNet International Congress NOTING: 1. That StreetNet International, since its founding or launching in 2002, has followed a comprehensive and sustained process of growth, affiliating numerous diverse organizations of workers in what is called the informal economy, such as street vendors and / or self-employed workers in countries, regions and sub-regions of Africa, Asia

This Third International Congress of StreetNet: NOTING 1. the existing policy of StreetNet on Sustainability and Financial Self-Sufficiency, which states: Other means of fundraising will be identified and pursued, including: – international trade between street vendors projects in different countries; – savings and credit initiatives; – fundraising events (such as cultural events, etc.) 2. that

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Resolution 19: The Social Solidarity Economy The third StreetNet International Congress NOTING: 1) that in most countries of the world, categorized as underdeveloped or developing countries, the lack of jobs is increasing at an alarming levels as a result of the adverse economic and market policies imposed for decades by the global neoliberal system, forcing

The Third International Congress of StreetNet NOTING Informal economy activities are a key feature in many parts of the world, both in planned and unplanned areas, and form a crucial part of the economy as a source of livelihood; Informal economy activities have been accommodated in urban and rural areas. Informal economy activities have arisen

The Third International Congress of StreetNet NOTING The economic and social crisis that we are currently experiencing worldwide is worsened by adverse climate change effect; Climate change causes rain, floods or drought in unseasonal periods creates bad harvest, famine, deforestation, contagious and fatal diseases; The entire humanity is responsible for this phenomenon because it

The Third International STREET NET Congress meeting in Benin NOTING The devastating impact of the urban policies on the street vendors especially of the women street vendors. In the developing cities all over the new urban policies are implemented. Through these Urban Policies new developmental and infrastructure projects are undertaken. These projects are to

The third International Congress of StreetNet NOTING The percentage that represents the number of women and men informal traders in general; considering the service rendered by this worldwide population on the fringes in the streets and markets of every nation; The percentage of unemployed qualified people that this sector has integrated, considering the number of

The Third International Congress of StreetNet NOTING Class struggles to our understanding are so-called smart disassociation and non-recognition of the informal workers and non-acceptance of their ideas and input despite being vital for the informal economy; This causes people in the informal economy to become vulnerable by being abused in the economy by the

The third International Congress of StreetNet NOTING 1. The ignorance of the principles and policies of global vending by the informal economy workers render these to unconsciously suffer more inconveniences than advantages of these policies and principles in their activities; 2. This situation does not give them promotion on activities level of their sale instead,

The third International Council of StreetNet NOTING: That, because of the insecure conditions in which vendors perform their work activities, plus the fact that they do not have proper social protection in health, they have been facing infectious-contagious diseases such as swine influenza (H1N1), tuberculosis, etc. That municipal violence against sellers / vendors in

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