ANNEX TO TOR EVALUATION OF ASIA PROJECT 2019 -2021 - PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS - DGB ...

Annex to ToR Evaluation of Asia Project 2019 -2021 - Project descriptions

Project description BILS 2019-2021: Accelerating Women and Youth Leadership in Trade
Unions in Bangladesh to promote Decent Work and Social Justice
Project goal: Women and youth leaderships in Trade Unions are strengthened, recognized and
contributing efficiently and in a participatory way promoting decent work within the targeted sectors in
Chittagong
Indicators:
     By the end of 2021, trained youth and women leaderships have facilitated the formation of at
         least 5 new unions and inclusion of at least 5000 new trade union memberships (at least 50%
         youth & women) in the selected 6 sectors (RMG, Hotel/Restaurant, Construction,
         Hospital/Diagnostic, Port and Railway)
     By the end of 2021, trained youth and women leaders became part of the bargaining processes
         that submitted at least 10 charters of demands through the related bargaining body of the
         union to the respective employers/management.
     By the end of each project year, at least 200 users have been provided service by LRSC.
     By the end of 2021, at least 10 youth and women have been included in the regional
         committees of NTUCs.
Result Logic:
Female and young trade unionists from the selected sectors take leadership positions and actively
promote good work and social justice. They are involved in the creation of trade unions and through
their work contribute to the recruitment of members in the selected sectors. In particular, young and
female trade union leaders actively represent the interests of workers within union decision-making
bodies both within the unions and towards employers and government representatives. To gain
leadership and negotiating skills, they take part in training and internships and use the information and
advice provided by the union center. Furthermore, the formation of women's committees and the
integration of young and female trade unionists, in particular, recognize young and female trade
unionists from the selected sectors through older and male union leaders. The senior and male union
leaders are sensitized to youth and gender working and living conditions and are actively supported in
assuming leadership positions within the unions. The trade union center, which participates in this
process, strengthens its organizational structures and visibility through campaigning and public
relations, health and safety fairs to relevant stakeholders and is used by trade unions and civil society
organizations as a contact point for information.

Project Duration:                2019 - 2021
Amount of funding:               295.000 Euro

Project description BWI 2019-2021: Strengthening Women Leadership within the
Trade Union Movement in the Construction Sector in India and Nepal

Project goal: Women workers in construction sector in selected regions – Bihar, Delhi, Gujarat, Tamil
Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and Nepal – increase their socio-economic status among their families and
workplaces due to improved employability, organizing into unions, bargaining capacity and
implementation of affirmative workplace policies and programmes at state, national and sub-regional
level.
Indicators:
     Until the end of 2021, all women who have finished skill training courses have moved from
         unskilled to skilled category, thereby making them eligible to higher wages category as
         stipulated by the respective state governments.
     Until the end of 2021, at least 30% of all trained women occupy leadership position(s) in union
         committees at various levels.
     By the end of 2021, at least 8000 new women construction workers have joined union in India
         and Nepal and have been registered in their respective social security programs
     By the end of 2021, at least 10 MoUs that link the women to employability are signed by
         unions and/or cooperatives with key stakeholders (employers, government, training institutes)

Result Logic:
In order to increase the socio-economic status of women workers in the construction sector, selected
workers identified in the predecessor project will continue to receive further skills training and also
develop themselves as master trainers to train additional women workers in the construction sector. The
training sessions are also carried out in collaboration with some national VET institutions with which
the DGB-BW project partners affiliated to the Global Union Federation Building and Woodworkers'
International has have signed cooperation agreements in its predecessor project. Qualifications change
their job status from "unlearned-unskilled" to "learned-skilled" so that they can rise in salary levels set
by national governments and negotiate better wages with potential employers. In order to establish a
binding framework for the creation of gender equality and the improvement of the working conditions
of female workers in the construction sector, so-called declarations of intent should be signed between
the cooperatives and employers newly formed by the trade unions and employers and national/State
governments. , In order to strengthen the unions and make them more gender equal, the professionally
qualified women in the project should be involved more in decision-making within the unions, but also
in negotiations with employers and governments, to introduce women-specific issues and appropriate
conditions for improving work situations (especially with focus on the elimination of gender
discrimination) of women in the construction sector in India and Nepal. For this they will additionally
participate in trainings that strengthen their negotiating skills. In addition, the unions involved in the
project are developing appropriate mobilization strategies to attract more women to trade unions and
to promote gender issues.

Project Duration:                2019 - 2021
Amount of funding:               305.000 Euro

Project description ITUC AP 2019-2021: Strengthening women and youth leadership
within the trade union movement for decent work in Southeast Asia
Project goal: Women and youth trade unionists have increased their representation at various levels and
pushed for improved social & labour standards.
Indicators:
     At least 50% of the participating affiliates have modified their internal w/y regulations,
         procedures.
     At least 50% of the participating affiliates have proposed improvements in gender and youth
         related national or local regulations.
     By the end of 2020, at least 30% of women and youth representatives have started social
         dialogues with relevant government agencies on selected women/youth and other social &
         labour standards.
     By June 2021, at least 50% of the trained women and youth representatives and at least five
         organizations and ITUC-AP affiliates outside of Southeast Asia have made use of project’s best
         practices in pushing for women and youth and other concerns.
Result Logic:
At the beginning of the project, an analysis is to be made of the educational needs that are required for
taking on trade union leadership of young and female trade unionists within the union confederations
(the affiliates are national confederations) involved in the project. From this, corresponding educational
contents are derived, which are prepared in didactic pedagogy in corresponding training manuals. The
training materials are used continuously, especially as part of the subregional activities in which the
young and female trade unionists are qualified to take up leadership positions in the trade unions.
There will also be events at national level that bring together young and female trade unionists to
discuss and promote youth and gender-specific content within the unions. While taking on additional
responsibilities or decision-making positions in relevant bodies - both within the unions and towards
employers and governments, young and female trade unionists promote youth and gender-specific
interests and rights within collective bargaining. They formulate resolutions and demands to reform
unions policies in favour of young and female members and to improve labour and social standards, in
particular of young and female workers. Throughout the project, success stories of young and female
trade unionists, such as collective bargaining agreements in favour of young and female employees,
have been made and the respective trade unionists qualified in the project have contributed to this.
These stories are meant to be carried beyond the South East Asia region and used by affiliates of ITUC
AP and other organizations to encourage young and female trade unionists to take up leadership
positions in trade unions.

Project Duration:                2019 - 2021
Amount of funding:               325.000 Euro

Project description PSI 2019-2021: Strengthening young workers and women leaders in
public services trade unions in South and Southeast Asia
Project goal: More Youth and Women are engaged as leaders within the trade union movement.
Indicators:
     By the end of 2021, at least 20% of the TUs participating in the project have adopted a
         women’s quota system.
     By the end of 2021, at least 10% of the TUs participating in the project have adopted
         structures for youth.
     By the end of 2021, 12 young workers and women workers acquiring positions within TUs that
         influence policy-making in the union.
     At least 10 participants have been mentored.
Result Logic:
In subregional trainings, selected young and female trade unionists of the selected affiliated trade
unions are to be trained on global trade union issues in relation with PSI priorities such as trade union
rights, Quality Public Services, tax justice, trade agreements, gender equality, organising as well as
leadership skills (negotiation, conflict management, oral communication etc.). Through the knowledge
and skills acquired, skilled unionists back in their affiliates will be actively involved in empowering
women and gender justice, and conducting their own trade union activities. Qualified trade unionists
interact with workers as potential union members to raise awareness of the importance of trade unions
to defend the workers’ interests and rights, but also to promote a progressive society with strong public
services for the benefit of the communities and the general interest. In addition, to assist in assuming
responsibilities within affiliated unions, participants will call for the adoption of inclusive young workers
policies in the trade unions, including some experience sharing initiatives like mentoring programs.
Qualified trade unionists are also developing at national level new and innovative ways of developing
and changing trade union structures and policies in the public sector in favour of female and young
members. At the same time, reports are being collected in this context which document the successes
within the project. These should be prepared accordingly as best practice examples and disseminated in
publications and social media in order to motivate more female and young workers to organize in
unions.

Project Duration:                 2019 - 2021
Amount of funding:                316.000 Euro

Project description SLD / KN 2020-2021: Promoting and Strengthening Women’s Workers
Capacity and Leadership, individually and collectively, in Seafood processing Industries
(SPI) in India and Bangladesh” 2020-2021

Project goal: Women workers in SPI are empowered to connect and interact with workers collectives to
promote women workers leadership, and raising voices about their rights in India and Bangladesh.

Indicators:
     At the end of the project in 2021, at least 25 workers in SPI in Gujarat, India and 25 workers in
        SPI Khulna, Bangladesh emerged as leaders within their groups and/or worker’s collectives.
        They start to mobilize other women workers and start to dialog within their groups and/or
        women’s collectives about their women workers rights.
     By 2021, in SPI 15 women’s groups are formed in each India and Bangladesh, and are meeting
        regularly (at least once a month) to have dialogue on interests, rights, and entitlements.
     By 2021, in SPI, 35 contacts/network with other workers groups/ stakeholders/ collectives/
        alliances has been built in India and Bangladesh which start engaging, exchanging and
        advocating for the rights and entitlements of the women workers in SPI.

Result Logic:
At the local level, female workers in the seafood processing industry in the states of Gujarat, India and
in Khulna, Bangladesh, are starting to build women workers groups. In the regular meetings of the
women workers groups, the participants learn about their labor rights and exchange views about their
workplace-related interests and demands. Selected female workers in the seafood processing industry in
Gujarat and Khulna will be enabled to take on leadership roles within these women workers groups
through participation in leadership trainings (micro level).
These selected and educated female workers will start to facilitate discussions within these women
workers groups and to mobilize other female workers in the seafood processing industry in Gujarat and
Khulna to ensure their participation in the women workers groups. At the same time, sensitization of
male and older workers in the seafood processing industry in the two selected regions for gender-
specific work issues is taking place (meso level).
In addition, scientific research and exchange on the working conditions of women workers in the
seafood processing industry in Gujarat and Khulna provides an overview to raise awareness of the
precarious working conditions of women workers in the seafood processing industry. In addition,
strategic contacts will be established with relevant stakeholders in this context in order to exchange
views on the working situation of women workers in the seafood processing industry and will work
together to secure women's labour rights and interests (macro level).

Project Duration:               2020 - 2021
Amount of funding:              200.000 Euro