17 June 2024 03:34
Africa: Unions urge strict compliance with labour standards in IFI-funded infra projects
At a key roundtable discussion in Nairobi, trade union leaders and international representatives highlighted the urgent need for stringent labour and social safeguards in infrastructure projects across Africa.Lire la suite...
08 May 2024 11:26
The Blue Dot Network (“BDN”), an OECD-supported certification framework for infrastructure projects, was recently launched on the OECD 2024 Infrastructure Forum.Lire la suite...
15 April 2024 13:04
BWI’s Conference on Reconstruction in Ukraine, held on April 9-10, 2024, in Warsaw, Poland, brought together key stakeholders from various sectors. Lire la suite...
28 November 2023 14:45
BWI, from 20 to 24 November, conducted a week-long mission to Tanahu Hydropower Project’s 3 funded packages and various smaller energy projects in the Katmandu valley of Nepal.Lire la suite...
18 September 2023 13:09
On 18-19 September, around 80 trade unionists from European and African countries concerned with China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) gathered in Sarajevo on the occasion of the Building and Wood Workers’ International’s (BWI) conference on Chinese multinational companies (MNCs) and investments in the Pan-European region. Lire la suite...
09 May 2023 13:19
On the 3rd of April, at the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Annual Governors Meeting in Incheon, South Korea, BWI and the ADB signed a Cooperation Agreement committing to jointly promote enhanced policies and good practice implementation of labour and working conditions across Asia and the Pacific. Lire la suite...
15 March 2023 04:37
En février dernier, l’IBB et son affilié au Bangladesh, BSBWWF, ont mené des inspections conjointes avec la Banque asiatique de développement (BAD) couvrant quatre (4) sites dans le projet de centrale électrique à cycle combiné de 800 mégawatts de Rupsha et le projet d’expansion du réseau de transport de Dhaka et de la zone occidentale. Le secrétaire général de BSBWWF, Shahidul Alam, qui faisait partie de l’équipe, a déclaré que l’initiative était la première de la collaboration nouvellement institutionnalisée entre l’IBB et la BAD.Lire la suite...
23 January 2023 07:00
Les 19 et 20 janvier derniers, l'IBB et le Syndicat national des travailleurs de la construction et des industries similaires (SUNTRACS) ont visité le chantier de la ligne 3 du métro à Panama et ont eu une réunion avec ses travailleurs et sa direction.
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02 November 2022 13:58
On 12-14 October, BWI, with representatives from its headquarters, affiliates and assigned organisers, conducted joint site visits with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development’s (EBRD) safeguard team to five (5) sites in the Corridor X (Serbia) and Corridor Vc (Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina) projects.Lire la suite...