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Seminar: How can development finance to the private sector help deliver decent work?

February 2nd, 2010 peter No comments

17 March 2010, 13.00-17.00
Venue: Congress House, Great Russell Street, WC1B 3LS

Map http://www.tuc.org.uk/the_tuc/about_contact.cfm

Development financing to the private sector makes up a huge proportion of official development assistance and has a large impact on employment. Yet, its scope and impact is poorly understood.

This seminar will examine the potential and actual impacts of private sector development finance on decent work and labour standards. It will also focus on learning from good practice and identifying policy and practice initiatives that could assist with delivering decent work in the context of development financing for the private sector.

Join in the debate and discussion with representatives from the private sector; the UK government; international development community; and development finance institutions, such as the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development and the UK’s CDC Group plc , which provide finance to the private sector in developing countries.

Speakers:

  • Gareth Thomas, Minister of State for International Development
  • Alke Schmidt, Senior Environmental and Social Adviser, European Bank of Reconstruction and Development
  • Shonaid Jemmett-Page, Chief Operating Officer, CDC Group plc
  • Alastair Usher, Director of Research, Ergon Associates

Please register for this event by sending an email to Tanya Warlock and Sharon Sukhram

What will it take to deliver decent work in the global South? Experiences from Bangladesh and Zambia

January 7th, 2010 peter No comments

Seminar Update

This Decent Work and Labour Standards Forum (DWLSF) seminar held in on 13 January at SOAS brought together around 45 participants from trade unions, NGOs, academic institutions, businesses, government and consultancies to listen to presentations from guest speakers and discuss how they could assist DFID with strengthening its efforts in contributing to delivering decent work in Bangladesh, Zambia and other countries where DFID works.

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Results of Forum membership consultation

October 28th, 2009 peter No comments

There is a remarkable degree of consensus amongst members of the Decent Work & Labour Standards Forum over what the Aims and the Principles of the Forum should be. This emerged from the member consultation carried out by the Forum in August-September. The questionnaire survey sought members’ views about how should it should function and what areas it should tackle. 

Members flagged up a wide range of problems which need to be addressed ~ including the impact of the global economic crisis on working conditions ~ but  fewer opportunities for influencing policy, notably influencing UK political parties in the run-up to the 2010 General Election.  Many suggested further meetings to agree which issues to tackle and to develop a common understanding over how we work together. The Steering Group is using the results of the consultation survey to inform its planning and in developing how the Forum functions.

See survey summary