Bangladesh - Belgium

D.8. Bangladesh Sanjukta Sramic Federation (BSSF)
I: Profile of the Intervention 68
Issue
Details
1. Donor agency World Solidarity Movement (WSM), Belgium
2. Partners / Implementing Bangladesh Sanjukta Sramik Federation (BSSF)
agency/ies
3. Objectives : Promotion and protection of workers in Bangladesh through human
resource development, strengthening and empowerment of the
trade unions and advocacy for law reformation.
4. Main CVA and other
activities
• Awareness Building on labour rights, OSHA (occupational
safety and health act), work environment, labour unity and
solidarity etc.
• Mobilization through meeting, rally, gathering, mass
procession, demonstration, submission of charters of
demand to the respective ministries. to claim rights from
government and owners
• Motivational activities such as orientation, training,
workshop and seminar on national labour law 2006, labour
code, OSHA, trade union rights and human rights, good
governance, organization and development
• Development and dissemination of advocacy materials
such as stickers, pamphlets, posters, newsletters
• Observation of National Days such as national Victory day,
Independence day, May Day to raise awareness
5. Target Group/Beneficiaries Jute, cotton and textile workers, agricultural workers, handloom
weavers, fisher folks, transport workers, construction workers, metal
workers, tobacco workers, indigenous workers, boiler workers,
rickshaw pullers and hawkers (1,55,000 members)
6. Key linkages of
intervention with other
programmes 69
7. Duration 3 years
8. Starting date 2005
9. Total budget Euro 27,718 (Taka 29,19,000)
Programme has linkages with other partners of World Solidarity
Movement Bangladesh, namely Christian Workers Union and Gano
Shashthya Kendro (a national NGO working in helathcare) These
three organizations organise joint programmes on trade union
rights, human rights and good governance for the workers in order
to build the labour movement in Bangladesh.
68 In case CVA is part of a larger intervention (which is the case in 40 % of the interventions that were
reviewed in the Intervention Analysis, see Evaluation Framework Box 1 on p 6) describe what the
CVA part is of the intervention, what other parts of the intervention are and how these are interrelated.
69 Identify key linkages of the selected intervention with other programmes of the donor concerned
and/or other key stakeholders in order to realise the objectives identified.
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