⚬⚬ Occupational Health and Safety Project: complete project in 6 countries ⚬⚬ Voice of Informal Workers in Social Policy Development Project: undertake in 3 LAC countries ⚬⚬ Informal Economy Budget Analysis: convert into a generic tool and test in 2-3 more countries ⚬⚬ facilitate joint framing of policy issues and demands of home-based workers, street vendors, and waste pickers ⚬⚬ create and coordinate opportunities for “representative voice” of urban informal workers in relevant local, national, regional, and international institutions or processes ⚬⚬ organize national, regional, and international policy dialogues or conferences on “Inclusive Urban Planning for the Urban Informal Economy” ⚬⚬ convene policy dialogues to disseminate research findings and policy analysis • Communicate and disseminate research findings, statistical data, good practice case studies, policy analysis and messages to different audiences ⚬⚬ develop and disseminate set of Research Papers, Issue Papers, Policy Briefs, and Fact Sheets ⚬⚬ develop web resources on a) micro-insurance; b) fair trade; c) relevant laws; d) workers’ education materials; and e) basic statistical tables ⚬⚬ develop and disseminate user-friendly versions of all research, documentation, and policy analysis publications
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enana Jhabvala reported that, in 2002, the WIEGO Board (then called the Steering Committee) decided to formalize the network and began the process of doing so by drafting a constitution and drawing up criteria for membership (2003-2004), adopting the constitution (2005), inviting and inducting members (2006), registering and opening an office in the UK (2007), and applying for charity status (2009). In the process of registering as a not-for-profit company and applying for charity status, Articles of Association have been drawn up which include the provisions of the original constitution and additional provisions required under UK law. Joe Holly, the WIEGO Company Secretary who has overseen the process of registration and compliance in the UK, was not able to participate in the General Assembly because of what he referred to as the “cloud of doom”. In his place, William (“Biff”) Steel, a founding member of the WIEGO Board who served on the committee that drafted the original constitution, presented the Articles of Association for approval by the WIEGO membership. The WIEGO members present approved the Articles of Association with two recommended changes, namely: to add the word “usually” after the word “are” in the definition at the end of Article 3; and to delete the words “physically or mentally” in Article 89, clause J. Debra Davis, WIEGO Treasurer, presented the WIEGO financial report, including an overview of the 2010-2011 budget by categories of expenditure, sources of income, and fiscal sponsor. Please see Appendix V for an overview of WIEGO’s 2010-2011 budget. Debra Davis noted that the role of the Treasurer is to ensure that WIEGO has sufficient funds, uses funds efficiently and well, and follows appropriate financial procedures. She concluded that WIEGO’s finances are well managed and that her main concerns are to protect WIEGO against the risk of foreign exchange fluctuations (by developing a foreign exchange policy) and a sudden cut-off of funds (by building a reserve fund).
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