News Event Publication Launch of the "Social Security for All" Project Publication FES started the project "Social Security for All" in 2016, the aim was to find out under which conditions national implementation processes for social protection floors can best be fostered through the creation of bottom-up demand from...
News Event Publication Baseline Study to Map Existing Informal Economy Structures in Zambia and their specific needs The informal economy plays a critical role in the lives of millions of individuals in both urban and rural settings across the globe. It provides livelihoods, employment and entrepreneurship opportunities. Initially regarded as a passing...
News Event LUSAKA SOCIAL PROTECTION COLLOQUIUM The LUSAKA SOCIAL PROTECTION COLLOQUIUM is a joint initiative of FES (www.fes-zambia.org) and SASPEN (www.saspen.org) to bring internationally renowned security and social protection experts to Zambia to address the interested public,...
News Event Pre-Congress and 4th Ordinary ITUC Congress meetings Trade union influence on social policy is important in advancing and protecting social rights, social security, equality and good working conditions. Effective collective organization of workers is a prerequisite for influence on the...
Event Workshop: Promoting informal workers’ member-based organizations participation in the development of social security systems for all workers. In 2018, FES Zambia under the RBSP in Africa Project, in cooperation with Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO) worked with StreetNet International, the global alliance of membership-based street vendor...
Event Workshop: Promoting rights based social protection in Kenya. FES Zambia and the Africa Platform for Social Protection are currently collaborating to promote the social protection rights in Africa, through the Rights Based Social Protection Project in Africa. In 2018, FES Zambia, under the Rights...
News Event Media Practitioners Training Workshop on Social Protection The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung will be holding a regional workshop to enable media practitioners and journalists to report fairly and accurately about social security and social protection developments in the SADC region and beyond. The...
