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CFPLa Organisational Structure Management (board of directors) 4 members from the CGSILA coalition who also holds the presidency (The CGSILA coalition is based on effective sharing between the trade unions, with the participation of all trade union members affiliated), 4 organisations situated in Huíla ACORD, NEP, ADRA , FOS 1 expert 2 organisations as observers Amongst other discretions the management is responsible for monitoring the quality of the training and research, deliberating about the priorities of the centre, and seeking funds. Financial Management Committee CFPLa Administrator, FOS Administrator, and 1 person from the CGSILA coalition management. This body deals with financial, developmental and sustainability monitoring, together with evaluation and auditing, training and capacity building. CFPLa Management 1 Director and 1 Administrator (Acting as representatives and managers of the centre. They also implement recommendations from the board of directors) 3 Centro de Formação e de Pesquisa Laboral Background of the Training and Research Centre: CFPLa is a joint initiative of FOS (Fund of Cooperation for Development, a Belgian NGO) and its Independent Trade Union Partners of Southern of Angola. The primary concept of the CFPLa was already formulated in their common Quinquennial Plan 2003-2007 prepared in 2002. This plan clearly expressed the need for a proper Training Centre to capacitate Trade Union members and their leaders through specialised training - particularly with regard to Labour Cyclic and systematic... TRAINING AND LABOUR RESEARCH CENTRE A COMMITMENT FOR POSITIVE CHANGES issues. In this context FOS and CGSILA1 designed a project proposal which was submitted to the European Commission. The EC approved this proposal in the framework of a Block Grant in the middle of 2004. Later on, due to Angola’s contextual changes, but still in line with the EU requirements, FOS ... modules of the CFPLa Training process introduced a concept paper presenting the idea of a Training Centre able to incorporate an even further-reaching vision ( a/o including a Labour Research Department) This concept paper was broadly discussed not only by the FOS partner organisations in the South of Angola, but also by other organisations partially involved with Trade Union issues (e.g. poverty eradication), and by potential contributors to the planned training cycles e.g. FES - Friedrich Ebert Stiftung who has a partnership with Força Sindical Angolana and SJA2, the LO-FTF Council (a development organisation run 3 Acção para o Desenvolvimento Rural e Ambiente CFPLa rua 16 nº 195 Bairro Sto. António Lubango -ANGOLA Telefone: 0024461220442 Fax: 0024461220442 E-mail: cfpla@nexus.ao by the Danish Trade Union movement), through its Project AFTA – “Assistência à Formação dos Trabalhadores em Angola” (related to UNTA); a national research institute (AIP – “Angola Instituto de Pesquisas” ; DW – 1 2 Central Geral de Sindicatos Independentes e Livres de Angola Sindicato de Jornalistas de Angola Development Workshop and other organisations working around labour and social themes, e.g. the “Coligação Reconsiliação, Transparência e Cidadania”. At the local level (Lubango) FOS also involved ACORD in the discussions (Agência de Cooperação e Pesquisa para o Desenvolvimento), SNV – (Netherlands The CFPLa Mission The CFPLa not only intends to contribute to the training of trainers (TOT) for the Trade Union movements in Southern Angola; but also in terms of relevant Labour Research studies and reports, given the contexts and the challenges that the new millennium imposes. The CFPLa Training Strategies 1- Trade Union level   Starting from function analysis’s Starting from the needs of the basis 2- CFPLa level    Starting from context analysis’s Starting from the research results Labour Diploma Development Organization) and NEP (Núcleo de Estudos e Pesquisas). As a result of these consultation rounds, the following core matters have been reconciled: A mutual agreement on the actual concept of the Centre and a preparedness and willingness to cooperate with the centre on concrete and specific topics; the political and strategic backing from the CGSILA umbrella 3- Institutional level (others)   Expressed requests Capacity of the Centre organisation and its affiliations, the FOS partners in the Southern Region of Angola (Huíla, Namibe e Cunene) and, finally the joint realization of a FOS – FES-round table in December 2004 in Lubango in order to reflect upon the important role of Trade Unions in Angola and the emergence of a Labour Consortium. This is how the CFPLa – Centro de Formação e de Pesquisa Laboral finally came to be. PICTURES TAKEN DURING DIFFERENT MOMENTS OF THE FIRST CFPLA TRAINING Research Strategies 1- Trade Union level   Starting from identified problems Starting from a new supportive action 2- Centre  Starting from newly identified needs Starting from the need to deepen a previous research project.  The CFPLa Vision CFPLa puts emphasises on positive changes in attitude among the trade union leadership, and on raising the awareness of the working masses through the adoption of effective learning tools and mechanisms, allowing for more conscious, responsible and adequate guiding principles in their righteous struggle for better life conditions as active members of society and partners of government in the development of the Angolan society. 3- Institutional level (others)   Expressed requests Needs for joint research efforts