Capacity building of workers organisations in Bolivia

This project aims at helping the Bolivian Workers’ Confederation (COB) adopt and implement a strategic plan to increase its capacity to organize and defend workers’ rights and respond to the needs of its various member trade unions. This includes the establishment of working groups or national committees in sectors such as mining, manufacturing, construction, paid domestic workers, as well as inter-sectoral committees for issues such as the minimum wage policy and wage setting mechanisms, promotion of social protection and freedom of association. A gender-equality committee is envisaged to improve the participation of women in the COB leadership. The project provides training and technical assistance on compliance of the ILO Conventions ratified by Bolivia. It also provides assistance to COB so it can develop proposals for normative and regulatory reforms to address the observations of the ILO Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations. In particular, proposals will be prepared to lift the ban on the unionization of workers in cooperatives, in the public sector and in rural areas.

Project symbol

BOL/16/02/RBS

Admin unit

DWT/CO-Lima

Start date

01/01/2016

End date

28/02/2018

Total allocation

255580

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

255580

Development Partners

Core voluntary funds (RBSA)

Country/Countries

Bolivia

Outcomes

Strong and representative employers' and workers' organizations