AID cooperative agreement no. 519-0368-A-00-0243-00 with the American Institute for Free labor Development (AIFLD) for promoting the process of democratization through the development of a strong and vigorous democratic labor movement in both urban and rural sectors

AIFLD will assist the Union of Workers and Peasants, the Democratic Workers Central, and other democratic unions and affiliates in both urban and rural areas to improve their services. This effort will include both traditional union assistance activities (e.g., membership drives, organizational strengthening, leadership training, collective bargaining training, vocational training, voter registration drives, and worker safety programs), and efforts to initiate new social and economic programs, including human rights training, microenterprise and farm credits, housing programs, water/sanitation systems, "land to the landless" programs, and agricultural marketing activities. Secondly, AIFLD will work to create the SF as a legally registered PVO which will promote development, particularly among working class and disadvantaged groups. SF activities can be expected to encompass such areas as vocational training, housing, agriculture, health, microenterprises, and infrastructure. Both long- and short-term TA will be provided to the SF.