In 2024, Street Net International SNI), together with the Global Labour Institute (GLI) launched the Barometer Project to monitor and document the conditions of street vendors and market traders, including livelihoods, characteristics and key issues, and to inform SNI on key thematic areas with particular reference to opportunities for the formalisation of informal employment. The project also set out to strengthen the research and monitoring capacity of SNI affiliates. Framed within the ILO Decent Work Agenda, the project set key benchmarks to frame monitoring including social dialogue protection from violence and harassment, right to work without restrictions, access to social protection, formalisation opportunities and decent employment conditions.
Two cities were selected as pilots for the Barometer Project – Harare, Zimbabwe, in partnership with the Zimbabwe Chamber of Informal Economy Associations (ZCIEA) and Buenos Aires, Argentina, in partnership with the Unión de Trabajadores de la Economía Popular (UTEP). This report provides an executive summary of findings from work undertaken in Argentina.
