ACTION PLANACTION PLANConfederation of Confederation of

Mongolian Mongolian Trade UnionsTrade Unions

BAYARMAA MishkaBAYARMAA MishkaRepresentativeRepresentative

A3-00605A3-00605

SUMMARY PROJECT SUMMARY PROJECT OUTLINEOUTLINE

• Project Title: PROMOTE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY, HEALTH AND WORKING ENVIRONMENT IMPROVEMENTS IN THE INFORMAL ECONOMY

• Tentative Duration: 12 Months • Starting Date (indicative): January 2007 • Project language: English• Preparation date: 01 September 2006

1.Background and 1.Background and JustificationJustification

• Identification Of Core Problem

Informal economy situations

• Informal economy as a specific sector formalized in Mongolia with the transition to market economy and democracy in the beginning of 1990s. Size of informal economy is increasing continuously. It brings own challenges such as informal economy workers’ labour right, its violations, their social security, OSH and living standard.

• According to the Labour Force Survey-2004[1], around 126 thousand people working in informal economy by the end of 2004. It means, 8.5 percent of total labour aged population, 13.1 percent of economically active population and 13.6 percent of total employees are in informal economy.

1.Background and 1.Background and JustificationJustification

• According to the National Statistical Office Information, around 13.4 percent of total GDP has been produced in the informal economy. These figures itself proves the importance of IE in the social, economical and political development of the country. However, workers in informal economy keep working in abnormal labour condition.

1.Background and 1.Background and JustificationJustification

• Labour Law of Mongolia regulated industrial relation between “formal” employers and employees by a labour contract. Therefore informal economy workers stand outside of the law and necessary standards. For example, core labour standards of ILO. Most of the informal economy workers are self employed people. Those with employers do not enjoy the freedom of association and labour rights.

• Creation of more jobs does not justify abnormal working condition, low salary, missing from social and labour security, avoiding of trade union right and high number of industrial accidents. Existing social insurance system almost cannot cover informal economy workers.

Current situation of IE workers in Mongolia Current situation of IE workers in Mongolia

can be described in the following waycan be described in the following way • the number is expanding;• the labour relations are beyond the regulations of the

labour law, CBA, labour contract, so labour rights and freedom of association is neglected

• low level of awareness on legal issues, low skills – worked in unsafe, poor working conditions – death and injuries due to accidents which are not recorded

• employers (seems the owners of market, premises, cars etc) have strict control over IE workers, pressure them, make obstacles to their access to information and resistant to activities targeted at IE workers

• due to high unemployment, poverty, low educational or skill level IE workers are in disadvantaged situation, the need to bear unfair, unequal and sometimes illegal treatment from employers’ or owners sides

Current situation of IE workers in Mongolia Current situation of IE workers in Mongolia can be described in the following waycan be described in the following way

• businesses are not sustainable, so the workers are not properly organized which gives to the employers the opportunity for violation of laws, this in turn affect the interests of employers themselves

• trade unions have low awareness about the informal economy, lack of experience to work with people of IE and organize them.

• No manual, methods, knowledge, experiences, no assessment of needs to conduct training activities among informal sector workers and on HIV/AIDS issues.

Major difficulties faced in organizing Major difficulties faced in organizing the unorganized workers:the unorganized workers:

• Job duration is indefinite;• Most of them have no any employer;• Not covered in social and health insurance,

not enough knowledge about it;• Trade union knowledge is very small and

only people over 40 have some knowledge about trade union;

• They tried to fight together but couldn’t reach any success and sometimes it makes them into more difficult situation;

Major difficulties faced in organizing Major difficulties faced in organizing the unorganized workers:the unorganized workers:

• No enough time to meet together and discuss;

• No any official agreement (labour contract, job performance contract) and knowledge about it;

• They do not know who can protect them and how;

• They do not know collective activities and also cannot see how such action can help them solve problems.

OSH situations in MongoliaOSH situations in Mongolia

• The Government of Mongolia has implemented a National Programme on improving Occupational Safety and health and Working conditions by two phases for 1997-2000 and 2000-2004. New programme on Improving Working Conditions and OSH /2005-2010/ was adopted in 2005.

OSH situations in MongoliaOSH situations in Mongolia• The progress has been made in

development of the occupational safety and health legal framework, OS&H management and monitoring system and positive attitudes toward OS&H issues from the employers and employees, during the implementation of the national Programme on improving Occupational safety and Health and Working conditions.

• The positive developments have been achieved in the area of occupational safety and health, however the number of occupational diseases has not decreased significantly.

Number of industrial accidents

432521

403365

284345

428343

381305320

0 200 400 600

1995

1997

1999

2001

2003

2005

Number of people affected by industrial accidents

464550

424

440321345481

365

381

323 366

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

Furthermore,Furthermore,• a lack of occupational safety and health advocacy

and training for developing public awareness, and the linkage between measures that have been taking at the national level occupational safety and health is inadequate and the financial resources for OS&H preventive actions have not developed legally. Not much attention could not paid to developing professional rehabilitation services for disabled people who lose their working capacity as result of work injure and occupational diseases and re-orienting their professions and re-training.

• There is a need for improve the legal environment for above-mentioned issues;

• My union CMTU want to organise part of open market workers, to improve their working conditions and to raise their social protection.

Trade Union StrategyTrade Union Strategy• The strategy of the Union is to

raise awareness, to reduce occupational accidents, to mobilise and organise informal economy workers, to improve working conditions and to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS in Mongolia.

2.2. Target GroupsTarget Groups• And this work-plan is meant for:• Informal economy /Open market

workers• Trade union

activists/trainers/organisers• The project will be implemented

with the help union organisers who will trained on OSH issues.

3.3. Development Development ObjectivesObjectives

• The work-plan will contribute to: – CMTU’s capacity for advocacy,

research and training on OSH issues for the informal economy workers.

– Raising occupational safety and health standards for informal sector workers in Mongolia;

4.4. Immediate ObjectivesImmediate Objectives(1) (Immediate Objective 1)

• At the end of the project, skilled trade union organizers to work with informal economy workers would have been trained with further view to unionize them, and improve their working conditions.(2) (Immediate Objective 2)

• At the end of the project, the awareness among open market workers on OSH would have increased .

5. Key Outputs5. Key Outputs• End results to be Achieved /Situations to be

created:(1) (For Immediate Objective 1)

• Education 2-3 training material produced• 100 skilled trade union educators trained,

including 6O-65 women.

(2) (For Immediate Objective 2)• Education and campaign material on OSH

produced /posters, leaflets, situation reports, and etc/

• Awareness education camps held /public meeting, open forum/

6.6. ActivitiesActivities• (1) Immediate Objective 1: Skilled

trade union organizers to work with informal economy workers would have been trained with further view to unionize them, and improve their working conditions.

• Output 1.1: Effective training manual targeted to TU activists, trainers, informal economy workers

ActivitiesActivities• Activity 1.1.1: To develop practical and easy

to use training materials, methods focused on the train-the-trainers approach and training curricula on occupational safety and health and HIV/AIDS

• Activity 1.1.2:. To develop an occupational safety and health training mechanism to reach all workers and employers on supporting preventive action and on finding practical solutions at workplaces.

• Activity 1.1.3: To expand the coverage of the Mongolian Trade Unions Confederations’ POSITIVE training package

ActivitiesActivitiesOutput 1.2: Skilled trade union trained

trainers and organizers • Activity 1.2.1: Training for the TU activists

and trainers• Activity 1.2.2: Guidelines for TU organisers• Activity 1.2.3: Conduct a survey on FOA and

labour rights situation of informal economy workers

• Activity 1.2.4: CMTU strategy and policy for organising informal economy workers

• Activity 1.2.5: Follow up trainings

ActivitiesActivities(2) Immediate Objective 2: Awareness among open market workers on OSH would have increased .

Output 2.1: Education and campaign material on OSH produced

• Activity 2.1.1: To organise OSH training and information services on the basis of collaboration with information centers under the enterprises and NGOs.

ActivitiesActivities• Activity 2.1.2: To conduct researches in cooperation

with the ILO on particular issues of occupational safety and health and disseminate the research findings to decision makers and public.

• Activity 2.1.3: To launch a campaign on promoting occupational safety and health at national level.

• Activity 2.1.4: To establish an occupational safety and health information network that has potential to provide OSH related information to the state, non governmental organizations and enterprises and expand the accessibility of the network

• Activity 2.1.5: To take preventive actions on 28 April annually a day to respect for workers’ commemoration who injured or die as a result of work injure and occupational diseases and acute toxicity.

ActivitiesActivitiesOutput 2.2: Awareness education

camps held /public meeting, open forum/

• Activity 2.2.1: To organise open forum after training

• Activity 2.2.2: To conduct nationwide review of Labour Code.

7.7. InputsInputsThe main inputs for successful

completion of the project will be:• One project co-ordinator to be

attached to the union secretariat;• Advice and assistance from ILO Turin

Centre;• Availability of Resources: Finances.

8. 8. Indicators of Indicators of AchievementAchievement

At the end of the project will be developed the following results will be achieved:(1) (For Immediate Objective 1)

• Occupational safety and health and HIV/AIDS training and advocacy developed systematically.

• Trade union trainers exist

(2) (For Immediate Objective 2)(2) (For Immediate Objective 2)

• Existance of union with a membership among open market workers

• Occupational safety and health information system and statistics developed

• And OSH related research and development expanded.

• Number of work injure and occupational diseases will be decreased, and informal economy workers’ working condition at workplaces will be improved.

9.9. Monitoring/Reporting/Evaluation Monitoring/Reporting/Evaluation

ProceduresProcedures

• Preparation of annual/monthly workplans

• Reporting will be submitted at the end of every training workshop

• Self evaluation - 3 months• Independent evaluation can take

from each participant at the end at the training programme.

10. Preliminary 10. Preliminary Budget EstimateBudget Estimate

Main item Local currency/tugrug

US$1 US$=1175 tugrug

Personal costs /2 people/

1.Project coordinator2.Project secretary

/accountant/Total

100000x12=120000090000 x12=1080000

2280000

1940.4

Preparation and Printings of Education

material /Reports

5000*40=200000 170.2

Training workshopIncluding once trng

budget

2499810*4=9999240 8510

Travel 100000 85.1

Miscellaneous 37738 32.11

Total 12956617.2 11026.9

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