General overview

Development cooperation and partnership activities are a significant component for achieving the objectives and the policies of the Bureau for Workers’ Activities.

Development cooperation projects for workers are coordinated by the Bureau for Workers’ Activities. ACTRAV manages global, regional, sub-regional and national projects with the support of workers’ specialists based in the field.

ACTRAV acts as the focal point for workers’ organizations on development cooperation activities.

Capacity building

Development Cooperation activities aim at strengthening workers’ organizations and their capacity to effectively represent workers and their interest in relation with social, economic and environmental issues.

Development cooperation activities aim at reinforcing capacity building of workers’ organizations through research, knowledge building, and labor education in order to enable trade unions to better contribute to social dialogue and to the achievement of good working conditions.