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F.a: Decent Work and Healthy Environment

The project develops Nepali forestry sector workers awareness, skills and methods in sustainable forest management. At the same time the trade unions capacity and joint action are promoted, and union membership enhanced.Often times the methods used in Nepa li forest management have been short-sighted and the occupational health and safety (OHS) practices weak. In addition, the workers awareness and opportunities to effect on their terms has been minimal. Due to low organising rates unions have not been able to effectively defend workers interests. The project strengthens unions and OHS through education, training and organizing, contributes toward applying more sustainable forest management methods and forests viability and sustainable use. Increasingly union s, with other civil society actors, will influence forest and conservation related policies, so that labour rights are taken into account in them.Union’s capacities, opportunities and networks will strengthen, and this will ensure more effective defendin g of the workers’ rights application. Gradually, also collective agreeing and social dialogue will begin to improve positively toward workers terms and conditions. OHS situation will improve and finally the status of forests will become healthier and mul tiple use of forests will realize.In the outset project’s beneficiaries are trade unions (skills, image, strength), which will gradually be better able to defend and promote worker’s rights, terms and OHS. Gradually, many forest and nature sector worke rs will benefit from the project. Project is coordinated by Building and Wood Workers International Nepalese Affiliates Committee (BWI NAC), and implemented by their affiliates in Nepal (CAWUN and CUPPEC).

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