A final political Declaration will be adopted by the Trade Union Summit in which concrete demands to the EU and the AU will be formulated. The Declaration will include proposals that social dialogue be given a central place in the EU-Africa Strategy as it is a key mechanism of democratic governance.
Trade unions are likely to renew their call for sustainable development and the respect of workers' rights, especially in the oil and mining sector in which many European multinational enterprises are operating. Finally it is expected that trade unions will urge European leaders to carry out their long-standing promises regarding development assistance and debt cancellation.
The Trade Union Summit is being organised at the invitation of the Portuguese trade unions UGT-P and CGTP with the help of the ETUC and ITUC, AFRO and DOAWTU. The European Commission, the Presidency of the EU and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) have given their support to this event.
International Trade Union Confederation
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