Brücke Le Pont is a Swiss non-governmental development organisation, dedicated to long-term and systemic development in Latin America and Africa since 1956. The ‘Decent work’ programme combines the following three strategic priorities: income generation, vocational skills and labour market integration, and labour rights and works on strengthening civil society, gender equality, and disaster preparedness as transversal topics. At the moment, the West Africa programme is implemented in the agricultural sector in Togo and Benin.

For over 30 years, Brücke Le Pont has supported initiatives to improve labour rights, working conditions and the socio-economic position of actors along agricultural value chains in Togo and Benin. Since 2020, there has been an increased focus on improving the working conditions of field workers. Extensive work in Togo and Benin – consolidated in a recent capitalisation study – shows that improving labour conditions in agricultural value chains requires:

  • engaging all market system actors (producers, intermediaries, cooperatives, employers, local authorities and government, private companies);
  • strengthening workers’ organisation and voice;
  • addressing systemic constraints such as weak enforcement of labour norms, informality, gendered vulnerabilities and unequal bargaining power;
  • developing sustainable mechanisms for co-financing and cost-sharing;
  • establishing long-term change pathways beyond project cycles.

To extend this regional experience, Brücke Le Pont plans to extend its work and initiate a long-term engagement in Ghana. This Call for Proposals seeks a civil society organisation anchored in Ghana, with focus on local non-governmental organisations, capable of designing and implementing a one-year pilot project that can serve as the foundation for a 10-year project aligned with Brücke Le Pont’s West Africa strategy and its partnership concept.

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Contact details:
Nicole Bolliger, Co-Head of Africa Programme, Brücke Le Pont
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