SUSTAIN
Sustainable Trade and Investment in Southern Africa
Duration
1 November 2024 - 28 February 2027
Development partner(s)
European Commission
Reference
RAF/24/01/EUR
Location
Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, and South Africa
Contact
Karl Pfeffer, Project Manager, [email protected]
Additional details
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The project “Promoting decent work and capacity building for labour ministries, labour inspections and social partners to advance international labour standards and responsible business conduct (RBC) through sustainable trade and investments in Southern Africa (SUSTAIN – Southern Africa)" aims to further harness trade and investment to advance decent work opportunities for women and men in Southern Africa through increased respect for International Labour Standards (ILS) and the adoption of responsible and sustainable business practices.
What SUSTAIN does?
Supporting research
SUSTAIN supports a series of case studies and policy briefs will be developed at the regional and country level on the trade, investment decent work and RBC nexus
Capacity development
For ILO tripartite constituents (governments, employers, workers) & critical stakeholders through online elearning, and national % subregional regional workshops on trade, investment, RBC, decent work
Facilitating dialogue
Strengthening dialogue and experience-sharing between constituents, at sub-regional & national level sharing lessons learned and effective approaches for capacity development of countries on the trade
Countries of intervention
News articles
Interesting activities, and news covered by the four countries.
Project partner
Related resources
ILO Helpdesk for business on international labour standards
ILO Programme
Integrating Trade and Decent Work
Multinational Enterprises, Development and Decent Work: the ILO’s MNE Declaration
High-level seminar
Integrating Trade and Decent Work: What Works and Why?
LP Hub
Labour Provisions in Trade Agreements Hub