Decent Wage Myanmar, Phase 1
Duration
Second half of 2019
Target group
TBD
Location
Myanmar
Funder
Mondiaal FNV
Project aims to collect wage and cost of living data for revising minimum wage levels in Myanmar, funded by Mondiaal FNV.
| Language | Birmese, English |
| Title | Decent Wage Myanmar, Phase 1 |
| Funded by | Mondiaal FNV |
| Duration | Second half of 2019 |
| Goal | Contribute wage and cost of living data for establishing new minimum wage levels in the country |
| Description | National stakeholders want to revise the existing minimum wage level(s), setting and structure to arrive at a new minimum wage in 2020. This minimum wage should be clearly related to cost of living/living wage. To create a level playing field in tripartite negotiations and consultations neutral technical assistance is needed to organize, create and provide the necessary input in terms of wage and cost of living data during the seond half of 2019. Data collection in regions Ayeyarwady, Bago, Mandalay, Yangon; and in sectors: garment, fisheries, alimentation, construction, agriculture. |
| Countries in action | Myanmar |
| Lead Partner | WageIndicator Foundation |
| Key actors | Huub Bouma, Tomas Kabina, Paulien Osse & Kea Tijdens |
| Partners | Trade union MICS |
| Timeline |
July 2019 - January 2020 |
| Websites |
Wageindicator.org, Mywage.org/Myanmar |
| Applications/Tools |
WageIndicator survey on wages & working conditions, cost of living survey |
| Data Visual |
Decent Wages in Myanmar - 2019 - data viz |
| Publications |
Decent Wages in Myanmar - 2019 |