The Informal Economy Association of Mozambique (Associação da Economia Informal de Moçambique, AEIMO) in Mozambique was founded in 1999. Most of AEIMO’s members are street traders, but a small percentage of the members come from other informal worker sectors. AEIMO is affiliated to the national trade union center in Mozambique – OTM.

AEIMO’s objectives are to:

• organize, unite and build solidarity between street traders and other informal workers
• promote and defend the rights and interests of street traders and other informal workers
• improve working and living conditions of street traders and other informal workers
• improve quality of services rendered by street traders and other informal workers to society
• encourage operators and workers in the informal sector and to make investments that enable their insertion in the informal sector
• promote the cultural elevation and status of street traders and other informal workers
• represent operators and workers of the informal sector before governmental and private institutions