Trade union development projects database

1. Trade union development projects database Outcomes of the online survey TUDCN General Meeting, May 2012

2. Created in 2010 • http://devcoprojects.ituc-csi.org/ • Accessible for everyone (currently disabled) • Googlemap of affiliated organisations • List of projects • Apage for each project with basic info • Search engine which searches the websites of listed organisations (Google-based) • Project submission form • 3 language options (but not functioning) • app. 80 projects already introduced (but many of them not complete) Current database Trade union development projects database TUDCN General Meeting, May 2012

3. Trade union development projects database TUDCN General Meeting, May 2012

4. Objective: find out the needs and preferences of affiliates in order to design a database that would best answer them • 10 questions, 3 languages • 12 respondents Survey 2012 Trade union development projects database TUDCN General Meeting, May 2012

5. to check if we can build synergy with projects already in implementation to find information on the nature of projects, themes, partners and stakeholders and regions and countries and funders For what purpose would you use the database? as a source of contact persons in different cases (asking advice or point of view in similar experiences, etc.) to gather information and knowledge from projectsoutcomes as inspirationfor similar projects that could be developed at a smaller scale (national, regional) to also share and learn from labour development best practices to facilitate creating joint projects for better impact to get in touch with trade unions participating in projects for support and/or cooperation in future projects to ensure that there is no overlapping or duplication of projects with one or several organisations Trade union development projects database TUDCN General Meeting, May 2012

6. How useful will the database be for your work? Trade union development projects database TUDCN General Meeting, May 2012

7. Which project information would you find useful? Trade union development projects database TUDCN General Meeting, May 2012

8. What elements and special features would you find useful? Trade union development projects database TUDCN General Meeting, May 2012

9. What level of detail of the database would be useful for your work? “Even if details are important, there is always the risk that feeding the database is a burden for the organisations, so it should be kept very light and it shouldn't require too much time to provide information” Trade union development projects database TUDCN General Meeting, May 2012

10. Should all the information be available for public or should some of them be available only for TUDCN members? Trade union development projects database TUDCN General Meeting, May 2012

11. Survey questions on database management - useful insights • The new TUDCN intern – Marion • Step 1: develop the new concept • Step 2: implement it on IT level • Step 3: collect and introduce data • Step 4: Promote the database– within the network and outside Way forward Trade union development projects database TUDCN General Meeting, May 2012

12. Please contact: Marion(Marion.Levillain@ituc-csi.org)or Kasia(kasia.szeniawska@ituc-csi.org) Questions? Comments? Trade union development projects database TUDCN General Meeting, May 2012