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Our Annual Report 2021is now available

People living in poverty in lowand middle- income countries have contributed the least to climate change, but they are most exposed to its consequences. By supporting in-country partners in low- and middle-income countries on ESG issues, NIR aims to contribute to national implementation of the Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This creates conditions for people living in poverty and oppression to improve their living conditions, as well as attracting investments that support sustainable and inclusive economic growth. By partnering with NIR and providing a corporate view on what is required for the necessary ESG criteria to be met in low- and middle-income countries, our members impact the SDGs beyond their own business and industry.......
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Annual Report 2020

Please read and download NIR's Annual Report, describing the organisation's operations during 2020.
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Management in Complex Environments (MiCE)

A valuable resource for companies operating in complex environments. The project has been funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida). The book can be downloaded in PDF for free at the top of this page or ordered from Amazon.com or Adlibris.com. Contact us for more information about the project.
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Private Sector Actors and Peacebuilding: A Framework for Analysis

The report represents the findings of a research project conducted at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs (Utrikespolitiska Institutet – UI) and commissioned by the International Council of Swedish Industry during the period August 2010–September 2011.
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Security and economy on the belt and road: Three country case studies

China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is one of the largest and most ambitious economic and foreign policy undertakings of this decade. NIR’s engagement focuses on BRI’s role in global and regional economic trends and the opportunities and risks for multinational companies. The report was released at a final roundtable event on 14 December 2017.
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The status of the private sector in Afghanistan

In 2014-2015, NIR conducted a comprehensive study together with SIPRI on the status of the private sector in Afghanistan. The study was funded by Sida and describes the impediments to the private sector and its prospects of contributing to economic development and security in the country. It is one of the most comprehensive studies on the topic in recent years, involving research visits to five provinces. The public report was released in October 2015 and presented in Kabul, Stockholm, Brussels and Washington D.C.
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UPSKILLING OF UNION SHOP STEWARDS

A lack of enabling environment for social dialogue at the workplace level, despite the provision of legislative acts that protect and promote workplace cooperation is a reoccuring issue  in Kenya. To implement good policy there must be a fertil ground.

Therefore SWP developed the UP!  project. Together with Swedish companies as an entry point, and with unions i South africa and Kenya. 

In Kenya SWP created the SWP UP! Programme targeting skills development of the union Shop Stewards from 18 companies in the Automotive sector in Kenya during 2021. As a result, the Stewards were able to use their skills to build trust and cooperation with management in new ways to avoid conflicts. 

A second cohort of training, in close cooperation with union AUKMW, takes place in 2022.

The training allows shop stewards to step out of their daily routines and understand their role and the purpose of their union, understand the labour market context, the laws that regulate relationships and the business itself. But on a human level, many shop stewards also highlighted that they feel respected as human beings, and that they have developed the skills to engage with supervisors and management and experience respect in professional relations. The experiences had deeply impressed them and helped to project the vision of dialogue and mutual respect and their own potential as a means to change workplaces.

The intervention of the SWP programme had a direct effect at the workplaces, where shop stewards listed several cases where they had managed to intervene and secure results in dialogue with management, avert crises or find solutions based on opportunities and the communication skills obtained during the SWP training. For the Amalgamated Metal Workers Unions in Kenya, the shop stewards pointed to how the training had enabled them to design their own strategies at the workplace in relation to supervisors and staff, and to achieve many concrete results.

Based on this shop steward upskilling, I feel confident that as a union we now have change ambassadors that will grow the industry, protect, and promote decent work principles for both the employer and the employees represented. And that disputes will be dealt with at the workplace level by though consultative dialogue.

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Rose Omamo

General Secretary
Amalgamated Union of Kenya Metal Workers

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