The Oecd Guidelines for Multinational enterprises
Trade unions have long worked to ensure that the fruits of foreign direct investment are more equally shared – between and within countries and between labour and capital – and that multinational...
View ArticleConstruction of a common market in West Africa
“The adoption of a Common External Tariff (CET) by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is a major qualitative step in the construction of the common market (as stated in the Revised...
View ArticleYoung union leaders to explore the ECOWAS
“The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is preparing to provide the citizens of a community identity card and set up a Schengen-type visa (like the one available into the European...
View ArticleIndustrialisation Policies in West Africa
Despite modest economic growth rates, the manufacturing sectors in West Africa virtually collapsed – along with the jobs that it used to provide. The few industries that were set up in the first two...
View ArticleECOWAS Parliament, FES sign Memorandum of Understanding
The Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States and the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) signed a Memorandum of Understanding on 16th September 2013. Both organisations underlined their...
View ArticleMay Day 2013: ITUC-Africa’s Message
The African Regional Organization of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa) on the occasion of the 2013 May Day celebration congratulates all Africans for the relentless struggles...
View ArticleGet to know ECOWAS: Young leaders discussing education and employment in the...
In the week of 14th to 18th July 2014 the Friedrich-Ebert Stiftung in cooperation with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) staged a new edition of the “Get to know ECOWAS” program,...
View ArticleSummer University: The Informal Economy in West Africa
The 12th edition of the Summer University, organized by the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung since 2003, took place from 11th to 15th August in Grand Popo (Benin). About Twenty (2o) young leaders from...
View ArticleUNI Africa: Young workers trained on leadership
‘’Youth UNI Africa on the move to take its place in strong and democratic unions ‘’ was the topic of the regional training held in Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire) from 17 to 19 June 2013 in collaboration with...
View ArticleSummer University: Mobilizing youth in trade unions
From the 26 to the 30 of august 2013 the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung has organized its eleventh summer university, which this year took place in Lokossa (Benin). During five days about twenty young trade...
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