1. Regional Overview (SADC)
SDGs Course in Cape Verde
By: Paliani Chinguwo
SATUCC

2. Major development challenges
Impressive economic growth
Unemployment, informal employment and working poverty have continued to persist
Youths and women are more likely to be in the informal economy, be unemployed or underemployed
Hence no access to social protection & social security
Recently too little & too much rains-droughts, floods, power shortage, disasters, displacement, poor crop yields, hunger

3. Awareness of UNDAF Not heard of UNDAF at regional level
DWRP ( )
1. Regional and technical work
-Outcomes on LMIS, Labour Migration, Human trafficking
2. Promotional work
-Outcomes on Youth employment; Decent work in informal economy; compliance to ILS, SADC Codes,
3.  Information sharing
Outcomes on knowledge best practices; Skills development policies

4. Development Plan SADC has revised RISDP (2013-2018)
RISDP has four priority areas
Employment is under Social & Human Development (special programmes)
Trade unions proposed stand alone priority on employment
NB: Trade unions actively involved in DWRP & RISDP

5. Development Plan
SATUCC involved in review of Post 2015 Development Agenda at continental level (not SADC)
Specific strategies/campaigns
SADC Employment & Labour Protocol Campaign
Human &Trade Union Rights Network
ATUDCN campaign on SDGs

6. SADC RPO
SADC has Regional Poverty Observatory which is supposed to monitor, review and input on implementation of 2030 Agenda
It has been dormant for some time
No regional action plan
No active participation of trade unions lately
Mere information sharing through SADC social dialogue (ELS)
SDGs/AU agenda 2063 are essentially integrated into RISDP whose processes trade unions participated

7. Thank You