public services, extractive industries, etc. Many of these have direct and very relevant impact on …). the development patterns of developing countries. These sector discussions tend also to pop up in the general policy debates or, in a number of recent cases, even steer the overall debates based on the sector experience (e.g. health; education …). With the generalisation of the sector in development debate”, it will be more than ever “private necessary that we have a close consultation and cooperation so as to allow experience and evidence based policy proposals to be represented, including by the directly affected trade unionists from the developing countries. The TUDCN has been able to get access to many of those debates and should support GUFs, when there is an interest and willingness to engage, by gathering intelligence, facilitating consultations and supporting representation and participation. In many other discussions, specialised knowledge and savoir faire is required, be it economical, legal, statistical or otherwise. We should therefore be able to call upon the existing expertise within the members of the TUDCN, confederations, SSOs and GUFs but we should also look into greater cooperation with existing trade union related think tanks or networks such as the African Labour Research Network and others at regional or international level. IN COOPERATION WITH THE ILO We should upon the synergies that can be developed with the ILO on many on these development policies’, given our matching advocacy objectives and the complementarity in the roles we can play within the international community. *******
public services, extractive industries, etc. …). Many of these have direct and very relevant impact on the development patterns of developing countries. These sector discussions tend also to pop up in the general policy debates or, in a number of recent cases, even steer the overall debates based on the sector experience (e.g. health; education …). With the generalisation of the “private sector in development debate”, it will be more than ever necessary that we have a close consultation and cooperation so as to allow experience and evidence based policy proposals to be represented, including by the directly affected trade unionists from the developing countries. The TUDCN has been able to get access to many of those debates and should support GUFs, when there is an interest and willingness to engage, by gathering intelligence, facilitating consultations and supporting representation and participation. In many other discussions, specialised knowledge and savoir faire is required, be it economical, legal, statistical or otherwise. We should therefore be able to call upon the existing expertise within the members of the TUDCN, confederations, SSOs and GUFs but we should also look into greater cooperation with existing trade union related think tanks or networks such as the African Labour Research Network and others at regional or international level. IN COOPERATION WITH THE ILO We should upon the synergies that can be developed with the ILO on many on these development policies’, given our matching advocacy objectives and the complementarity in the roles we can play within the international community. *******
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