Joint management review and evaluation report : US assistance to the Egyptian labor movement

AALC"s work with ETUF began in 1979. Major conclusions are as follows. The labor movement in Egypt continues to be an important, democratically inclined sector which will feel the stress from structural adjustment and privatization and is worthy of A.I.D. funding. AALC is both acceptable to the labor movement and capable of carrying forward programs and projects on labor"s behalf. It has met with a challenging set of external constraints and has overcome them well. A major shortcoming, however, has been AALC"s inability to make any strides toward sensitizing ETUF to the need for programs aimed at women workers. Relationships between AALC"s representative, and ETUF, constituent unions, other donors, and the State Department appear to be excellent. By contrast, the relations between AALC and USAID/E have, at times, been in need of improvement. USAID appears to have given inadequate attention to the labor sector in its current country strategy. An opportunity to provide for labor may exist in the new Democratic Initiatives Strategy now in preparation.