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UNI
Bridge - a project to help unions create and run their own websites
with help from other affiliates - was launched in Ghana in August
2003. Seven staff members of affiliates CWU, ICU and HSWU were trained
as web co-ordinators. The three unions were each delivered a website
created by Ashley Nealfuller of UNIFI (UK), who was chosen at the UNI
Webmasters’ Forum to pilot UNI Bridge. The three new websites are
hosted on the UNIFI server but fully managed in Ghana, thanks to a
purpose-built content management system. The sites went online in
August 2004
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The
Online campaign has sensitised a number of affiliates to assist UNI in
reaching the objectives:
the Telecom project “Computers for Africa”, CWU, Ireland donated
computers to COWUMA, Malawi, SYNACOM, Cameroon, SINTAC, Mozambique and
in Latin America to SITRATELH, Honduras.
CWA, USA donated a computer to the UNI-Africa Women’s President.
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UNI
National Liaison Councils and groups of affiliates have in some cases
agreed to share equipment, including costs, and take advantage of
acquired IT skills. UNI-Apro is concentrating on equipping the Liaison
Councils in various countries. UNI Japan Liaison Committee, NWJ and
Joho-Roren, Japan sponsored NPTWU, Sri Lanka.
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The
project on Information, Communication and Technology, IC&T is
ongoing in the Caribbean countries, and includes purchase of computers
and Internet connection. The
project is sponsored by HTF and LO/TCO, Sweden.
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With
a fully equipped computer training centre, the only one of its type in
the country, sponsored by the SDA Australia and FNV Mondiaal, the
ASPEK Indonesia Training Institute, AITI, reskills redundant bank
workers in IT skills and the English language on an on-going basis.
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A display for the UNI Online campaign is available and pamphlets
have been produced in English and French for distribution during
seminars, meetings, conferences and other activities.
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The
ILO sponsored an IT training course for unions from both English and
French-speaking Africa prior to the 1st UNI-Africa Regional
Conference in South Africa, October 2003. Second hand desktops were
donated.
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A
UNI-Africa Online project has been approved with 50 second-hand
computers purchased, refurbished and ready to be delivered to targeted
unions and Liaison Councils in English and French-speaking Africa.
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E-learning
on IT software
skills’ training and material has been collated in English to be put
online. Students taking part in this training will be tested and
graded by the project partner and given a certificate on completion of
studies.
The IT training
material is down-loadable to reduce connection costs and to extend the
training to all union staff.
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A
new project to extend UNI online to Eastern Europe and Central Asia
has been prepared. Two Swedish affiliates are supporting this project
in funding discussions with LO/TCO.
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E-tradeunions
is providing a multi-lingual resource for unions running a website or
preparing to have an online presence.
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An
IT training course sponsored by SETCa Belgium was held in Pretoria,
South Africa in August 2000. IT training was given and equipment was
donated to 11 UNI-Africa affiliates. Staff from UNI-Africa regional
office also took part in the training.
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With
the support of the APWU, USA and CUPW, Canada, the postal service
unions of Panama and Honduras are now online.
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CWU,
UK sponsored Telecom and Postal unions in India and Sri Lanka.
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Through
a Telecom project "Computers for Africa", the CWA, USA
donated three new computers to Telecom unions in Côte d’Ivoire,
Senegal and Uganda.
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FO-COM
and CFDT-FUPT organised a computer-training course for 14 union
officials from 8 French-speaking countries in Africa in mid-November
2002 and donated 14 microcomputers.
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The
CWU (UK) Women's Advisory Committee collected the money to buy a
computer for the women's desk of SYTS, Senegal, to enhance their
organising work and facilitate information exchange.
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Several
new computers have been donated to Commerce unions in Central and
Eastern Europe.
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Four
Japanese affiliates – NWJ, JOHO-ROREN, ZENTEI and FNIU – have
given their backing to UNI Online. NWJ and JOHO-ROREN have together
donated 169,386 YEN, ZENTEI 53,000 YEN and FNIU donated two computers.
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The
new project on Information, Communication and Technology, IC&T has
been approved and activities started for the Caribbean countries,
which includes purchase of computers and internet connection.
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Participants
at the 2002 UNI-Europa youth committee meeting collected more than CHF
2,000 to be donated to the UNI Online project in Africa. This followed
a donation of CHF 2,001 raised by UNI Youth in 2001.
