Nepal Trade Union congress

SUMMAY PROJECT OUTLINE (SPROUT)

Project Title Youth Organizing Campaign through study circle

Tentative Duration One year

Starting Date Sept. 2007

Geographical Coverage Six Region

Project Language Nepali/ English

Executing Organization/ Unit

Management Committee of NTUC

Implementing

Unit

Organizing Departments of NTUC

Preparation Date 20 July, 2007

Author Mahendra Prasad Yadav(National Executive Member)

Nepal Trade Union Congress

Background

This training course “ Youth organizing campaign through study circle “ aims to develop study circle organizers and leaders on the issues of organizational ,economic and social policies for promotion of decent work, in particular for young women and men.Each year, massive number of young workers join the labour force but often forced to be unemployed or under-employed, working in insecure and underpaid jobs under exploitative conditions.

Background and Justification

Nepal is land lock country. Land is still the major form of wealth and main source of

income with $220 GNP per capita. Literacy is rate is low as 45% and 62% are males and 28%

are females. The total population is 23.1 millions and size of labour force is as high 11.2 millions and growing annually at a rate of 2.3%.

Unemployment rate is 4.89% .but underemployment is as high as 45% of the total

labour force and further increasing because of the political turmoil and uncertainty in recent years has hindered economic development process and crucially affected employment

situation. .Formal sector employment is declining and livelihood reliability on informal

sector employment is increasing at a very fast rate . Organising rate is still not more than 9%

because organising wide spread informal sector workforce is not going to be easy.

NTUC has already completed the study circle campaign in Brick kiln (Construction sector)

with the support of ILO. From this programme, NTUC has been able to increase the number of

membership to a great extent.

Background and Justification

NTUC would like to expand its network much bigger and well-equipped, skilful and result –

oriented trade union activist can meet the globalization challenges. In this context, study circle within its affiliates and regional level will make a concrete trade union awareness and

massive campaigning in the affiliates, regions and district levels.

NTUC through the training programme would like to organize the youth workers through the study

circle in promoting membership. In the trade union sense, a study is a group of

fellow trade unionists, which meets on a regular basis to discuss on trade union policies and

decent work. Study circle will be the great methodology in promotion of decent work for the

youth. Detail of the study circle will find in annex 1

Target Group & Parties involved

Target group of this campaign are:Young workers of the labour force of which 8 affiliates of Informal sector .

six regional committees of NTUC,

Potential Leader of the Affiliates, regions and district level organizer / leader of Affiliates and Enterprises.

Implementers : organizing departments of NTUC

Federations and regional committeesTechnical and financial support from ILO

Decision-makers :Management Committee of NTUC

Development Objectives

Strengthening of Nepal Trade Union Congress capacity for the development of policies and strategies in the area of organizing.

This project will contribute to :

Immediate Objectives

At the end of the project :

1. Participants will be able to study in depth the operation of “study circle”

2. Participants will be able to conduct,coordinate,organize and facilitates the potential leaders or members in study circle sessions.

Key Outputs/Direct Results

1) For immediate objectives 125 (At least 33% women) Study circle organizers are trained and set up as main study group .

2) For immediate objectives 2

(i) Minimum 60 (At least 33% women) Study circle Leaders are trained by the main study group .

(ii) A total of 500 (At least 33%women) new members are trained within 6 months of project start up.

Region Bagmati East & Mid Western, Mid and far Western

Six region

Leader 20 20 20 60

Activities

Output 1.1: 25 organizers trained and set up as main study group

Activities1.1.1:NTUC is to prepare the following document;

study circle guide lines

youth Employment document

Right at work

Activity 1.1.2 : NTUC is to hold the first meeting with study circle organizers

Activity 1.1.3 : (10 days) Training for study circle organizer

Immediate objective 1 :developing the study circle organizer at national level (first training).

Activities

Immediate Objective 2Immediate Objective 2(i) Developing the study circle leaders at regional level (second training).

Output 1.2: Minimum 60 study circle leader trained by main study group.

Activity 1.2.1 NTUC is to hold the meeting with ILO in Nepal and

exchange experiences with each others to improve the areas.

Activity 1.2.2 NTUC is to get the material to distribute in training for study circle leader .

Activity 1.2.3 NTUC is to finalize

the date of programme (7 days).

Activities

Output 2.1 : study circle leaders will

develop a programme Activity 2.1.1 : Regional committees

of NTUC are to hold the meeting with study circle leaders about further programmes.

Activity 2.1.2: Regional committees of NTUC are to finalize the programmes in region.

Output 2.2 : 50 study circle will start.

Activity 2.2.1 : Regional committees of NTUC are to manage and coordinate all activities .

Activity 2.2.2 : Study circle leader is to start the study circle session (one to five )

Immediate objective 2(ii) Developing the 500 members/cadres (Approx. 50 study circle).

Main Inputs

Necessary resources required to implement the proposed activities :Human resources :

ILONTUCITUC

Financial resources : ILOAffiliatesNTUC

Equipment:Computer , Laptops and LCD Projector

ILO literature on Employment and ILS

Indicators of Achievement

For immediate objective 1Trained the study circle Organizer in national level

For immediate objective 260 study circle Leaders will be trained from the six regions of 3 training .

At least 500 youth workers will be organized through study circle.

Management of Risks

Risk Potential Risk Possible Response

1 ILO may not agree on this proposal due to lack of specified budget

Try to convince timely about importance of activities and long term and short term effects

2 Resource person from other institutions ( Study Circle Specialist ) may not get at time

Make timely consultations with concerned institutions or Specialists

3 Few affiliates and region may not send required participants

Prior make the term and condition for participants and send it timely to Concerning sectors.

4 Participants may not carry out work after training .

10 – 15% of the study circle groups may drop- out

Monitoring / Reporting / Evaluation Procedures

A (1). The first report of the training for study circle organizer for national level is to be submitted soon after the result of training by the NTUC

(2). The second report of training for study circle Leader for regional level is to be submitted after the completion of the all six training.

• The third report of training for study circle leader is to be submitted within one year.

B. NTUC (national body) monitors training progress.

C. Joint meeting of NTUC with the Donor on the Completion of the Training Program.

Preliminary Budget Proposal

Main Item Local Currency (NRs.) US Dollar

Activity 1 :

1.Expenses for Participants

2.Expennses of Lecturers and staff ( Lecturer from Abroad)

NRS 4,76,000.00

Activity 2

1.Expenses for participants

2. Expenses of lecturers and staff

NRS 4,23,000.00

Activity 3

1.Expenses for participantsNRS 6,25,000.00

Total NRS 15,24,000.00