Country Report EAST AFRICA Tanzania Mauritius Uganda Eritrea.
Transcript of Country Report EAST AFRICA Tanzania Mauritius Uganda Eritrea.
Country Report
EAST AFRICATanzaniaMauritiusUgandaEritrea
Political Structure
• All of us are:• Republic.• Sovereign, democratic countries.• Members of Commonwealth, AU, and
S.A.D.C and Comessa except Tanzania.• Free Press• Independent Judiciary• Multi party system, except Uganda
ECONOMY
Free Market Economy
ECONOMYMauritius•GDP: 3,600 us$ per capita income•Inflation 4%•Currency Rs.28. / 1us$
Tanzania
270 GNI per capita
6%
Tsh. 1038/ 1us$
Uganda
250 us per capita
1%
Ush.1800/ 1 us$
Eritrea
173us$ per capita
8.9%
18.00 Nakfa/1US$
ECONOMY
•Population Growth 1.3%•Economic Growth
4.6 %•Population 1.2millions
2.8 %
4.6%
35 millions
3.4%
5%
25.8 millions
3.5%
8.8%
4.4 millions
Export
MauritiusSugar and Textile mainly
TanzaniaCoffee, Tea, Cotton, Tobacco, Cashewnut,Sisal and cloves.
UgandaCotton, Coffee,
Vanilla, Tobacco, Tea, Flowers and Cocoa
EritreaCottonFishFlowerAnimals
Imports
• All the countries import most of their basic needs.
Globalisation
All four countries suffer the same consequences i.e :
Privatisation of Public UtilitiesRetrenchmentContract WorkPart TimeIncreased un-employmentEconomic disparitiesGrowth of informal sectorEmergency of EPZ.
Trade Union Organisation Structure
Mauritius
Con-Federation
Federation
Sectoral Unions
Tanzania
FEDERATION
Sectoral Unions
Uganda
Federation
Sectoral Unions
Eritrea
Confederation
FEDERATION
Base Union
TU. ORG. cont.
Mauritius Annual general meeting of each T.u.Executive committee appointed delegates to the Fed.Federation appoint delegates to the con.Fed.
Tanzania General congress after 5 years.General national councilExecutive committee
Secretariat TUCTA
Uganda Quinquinnal delegates conferenceCentral governing councilFinance, administration and general committeeNotu Secretarial
EritreaCongressCentral CommitteeExecutive committeeSecretariat
TU. Org. cont.
MauritiusMembership: 80% in the public sector, 25% in the private sector. Total labour force: 500,000No. of unions: 300Fed. 11Confe. 5
TanzaniaMembership 430,000, 1/3womenLabour force:2.5%No of Tu.: 15Fed. 2
UgandaMembership 150,000,men 93305, women 52806Labour force: 3millionsNo. of Unions: 21Fed.1
EritreaMembership: 23,000, men 63%, women 37%Total labour forceTrades Unions:235 branches.Federation 1
TU. Training Programmes
• All centres have education directorate/ department which coordinate with the departments of trade unions in planning and conducting of TU. Education activities.
• Financial resources mainly dependant from internal/ external sources.