Workers between Climate Change and Decent Work [Webinar]
Climate change and decent work are among the challenges of the twenty-first century that have long been dealt with in isolation despite their close association. Moreover, the growing impact of climate change in the absence of decent work standards is causing great harm to workers and employment policies. The lecture attempts to shed light on the definition of decent work and its relationship to climate change; the opportunities offered by green economy and how to achieve social and climate justice for all from a labor perspective; some success stories in achieving environmental sustainability from all over the world; and the role of international union federations and the ILO in dealing with the risks of climate change on the future of employment. Speaker: Wejdan Hussein Abd Rabbo; a syndicalist interested in environment and gender. Kindly visit our channel; to watch the Webinar and more!
The civic participation and the local development in Egypt
Nowadays, Civic participation is an important topic in Egypt, especially when it comes as a generator for alternative solutions for the national economic crisis, it helps the community and the government in shaping needs, issues, solutions, plans, and priorities, because of that we believe in the power of civic participation to enhance skills and knowledge to active participation. This is the second paper in Civic Participation file, it comes after the first one which was focus on civic participation definitions, and the levels of it based on UNDP. This paper focuses on the formal structure of civic participation in Egypt, by giving and historical introduction for the local councils, and its duties and structure, and how can it help in design and planning and implementation for the development programs, and the most important thing: what are we losing after Cancellation of its work in 2011.
