South Africa: SASK and Finnish foreign affairs ministry visit BWI regional office

SASK, the development cooperation organisation of the Finnish trade union movement, together with a representative of the Finish government visited BWI’s Regional Office in South Africa on 28 February. 

SASK International Operations Head Juha Vauhkonen and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Senior Officer Tiina Kajakoski met with BWI Africa and Middle East Regional Representative Crecentia Mofokeng and her team.

Sharing a common vision to promote decent work and living wages for workers in developing countries, the global organisations discussed trade union developments in the region and assessed the impact of the current BWI-SASK project in Mozambique, Namibia, and Zambia. SASK and BWI also reaffirmed their commitment to strengthen their partnership to advance decent work and secure safe and healthy workplaces in the region.