Friday 28 October 2011

BRASIL: Outra Copa do Mundo é Possível: Respeitando os direitos dos (as) vendedores (as) informais

StreetNet International
Declaração do Fórum de Planejamento da Campanha Cidades pra Todos (as),
Dia 26 de Outubro 2011, São Paulo

Outra Copa do Mundo é Possível:
Respeitando os direitos dos (as) vendedores (as) informais

 




Convocado pela StreetNet Internacional, o Fórum de vendedores informais sobre a Copa de 2014 reuniu representantes de diversas organizações de vendedores informais de cidades sede da Copa, além de representantes sindicais, de movimentos sociais e outras organizações.

A venda ambulante é uma conseqüência do desenvolvimento econômico desigual e uma estratégia de sobrevivência para a população urbana de baixa renda. Vendedores e vendedoras informais são trabalhadores por conta própria, que procuram ganhar a vida honestamente e manter a si e suas famílias. A contribuição dos vendedores  informais para a economia urbana deve ser reconhecida e valorizada; seus direitos devem ser respeitados e seus deveres regulamentados de forma justa.

Os participantes ouviram depoimentos de vendedores informais sobre os preparativos em curso para a Copa do Mundo:
·         Existência de governos municipais que estão cancelando ou deixando de renovar licenças para o comércio informal, além da não emissão de novas licenças de venda nos centros das cidades-sede. Muitos comerciantes informais estão sendo deixados em uma situação de legalidade precária e expostos a um tratamento arbitrário e outras formas de abuso.
·         Em algumas cidades há um aumento significativo da repressão policial contra os comerciantes de rua, incluindo o confisco de seus bens, sem a devida devolução (sob apresentação de nota fiscal e pagamento de multa), além de multas recorrentes e casos de violência física e prisão;
·         Os meios de comunicação locais assim como nacionais não dão espaço quando as organizações de vendedores ambulantes querem apresentar denuncias de repressão ou apresentar suas reivindicações.
·         Os municípios estão reforçando a proibição total da comercialização nas ruas dos centros das cidades, particularmente nas áreas freqüentadas por turistas;
·         Os municípios vêm criando centros de comerciais populares (shoppings de camelôs), como alternativas à negociação de rua, porém, em muitos casos não levam em conta os números reais dos comerciantes informais, além de não envolver os vendedores ambulantes e as organizações representativas na concepção, desenvolvimento e administração dos centros.

Os participantes do Fórum também ouviram das organizações dos vendedores informais que:
·         Programas municipais para desenvolver centros comerciais populares são apenas bem sucedidos se forem desenvolvidos enquanto projetos sociais e a preços populares, e planejados através do diálogo com as organizações representativas de vendedores informais e administrados com a sua participação.
·         Os vendedores informais estão preocupados com a falta de diálogo e de informações claras sobre os projetos de infra-estrutura previstos para a Copa do Mundo;
·         Os vendedores informais estão igualmente preocupados com a falta de informações sobre estabelecimento de zonas de exclusão em torno dos estádios e parques de torcedores (fan parks), que são parte da Lei Geral da Copa, sendo atualmente negociada com o governo.

O Fórum, portanto, concordou em convocar as cidades-sede e o Governo Federal, para que assumam o compromisso de trabalhar em prol das populações mais pobres, oferecerem trabalho decente a todos e:

(1) Interromper as políticas desprezíveis de privar os vendedores informais de licenças, proibir o comércio informal no centro das cidades e incluir os trabalhadores que já foram removidos e perderam seus espaços nas regiões centrais das cidades;
(2) Alocar recursos públicos para a criação de espaços para comércio informal, como por exemplo camelódromos, centros comerciais populares, feiras, mercados e outros espaços para o comércio informal, respeitando as características locais.
(3) Convocar reuniões com as organizações representativas de vendedores informais para discutir sobre os impactos das obras de infra-estrutura propostas e programas de revitalização urbana previstos para a Copa do Mundo;
(4) Garantir planos de remanejamento de locais de vendas que sejam elaborados em consulta com as organizações de vendedores informais que tiveram seus locais de venda afetados por projetos relacionados a Copa;
(5) Desenvolver projetos de economia solidária e cooperativismo aos vendedores informais que se interessarem por esta alternativa de trabalho;
(6) Resistir aos planos de criação de zonas de exclusão em torno dos parques de torcedores durante a Copa do Mundo, que privariam os vendedores informais locais de se beneficiarem economicamente desta oportunidade, favorecendo as multinacionais patrocinadoras oficiais da Copa do Mundo.

O Fórum também acordou em:

(1) Trabalhar em colaboração com as organizações dos vendedores informais "para apoiar suas reivindicações e se juntar a eles para denunciar atos de abuso de poder e violência por parte das autoridades municipais.
(2) Trabalhar de forma colaborativa para apoiar as campanhas de trabalho decente, fair play, pela transparência e controle social, direito a moradia e outras iniciativas destinadas a garantir que a Copa de 2014 tenha um legado social que beneficie todos os brasileiros e brasileiras.

Outra Copa do Mundo é Possível!
Nada para nós sem nós!

  São Paulo 26 de Outubro 2011



Brazil:Meeting of Informal Vendors from World Cup Host Cities adopts Declaration of Demands

Inauguration of street vendors' forum by Oscar Silva, President of SttreetNet International

Participants at the Forum at the CSA,Sao Paolo, 26th October 2011

A meeting of street vendors organisations from seven of the World Cup host cities was convened by StreetNet International in Sao Paolo on 26th October and held in the conference centre of the Trade Union Confederation of the Americas (TUCA/CSA). The meeting was opened by Ramon Smezeta, Play Fair campaign coordinator of the CSA who welcomed the opportunity to meet the informal vendors'organisations, saying that the CSA doors were always open to workers' organisations from both the formal and informal economy.  Oscar Silva, the President of Street Net International, expressed solidarity with the Brazilian informal vendors and his conviction that the organisations would grow in strength and be able eventually to form a national network.

The meeting heard about the World Class Cities for All Campaign and the plans that the informal vendors had drawn up during a two day workshop which had preceded the meeting. During 2012, it is planned to hold a series of training events on leadership, advocacy and communication techniques at municipal level, develop an exchange programme between the host cities and set up an electronic information network which can also be used to denounce human rights violations.

The meeting also heard testimonies from street vendors from 3 cities: Sao Paolo, Salvador and Rio.  In Sao Paolo, over the last two days, the military police had mounted a large-scale operation to close down the stalls of street vendors with widespread use of violence, arrests and confiscation of goods at the early morning market in Bras, in the centre of the city. In Salvador, the informal market vendors are calling for the municipality to creat a popular shopping centre as the situation in the historic centre is becoming more and more difficult.  In Rio, Maria, a street vendor in the centre of the city, told of the brutal treatment she had been subjected to by the police. 

Both the United Workers Centre (CUT) and the Building and Wood Workers International, expressed their interest in accompanying the demands of the street vendors.  Other representatives also expressed their support for the street vendors, including the Popular Committee of those Affected by the World Cup, the Coordination of Popular Movements (CMP), and the World Women's March. 

The Forum Declaration is annexed below. 

 

Final Declaration:  World Class Cities for All Campaign Street Vendors Forum
Another World Cup is Possible:  Respecting the rights of street vendors
Sao Paolo, 26th October 2011
Convened by StreetNet International, the Forum on Street Vendors and the 2014 World Cup, brought together representatives of street vendors’ organisations from host cities, trade union representatives, social movements, and other organisations. 
Street vending is a consequence of unequal development and a survival strategy for some of the poorest urban communities. Street vendors are self-employed workers, seeking to earn an honest living and to maintain themselves and their families.  Street vendors’ contribution to the urban economy should be recognised and valued, and their rights respected and their obligations regulated fairly. 
The participants heard testimonies from street vendors that as preparations for the World Cup get under way:
·         Municipalities are either withdrawing or not renewing existing licenses to trade.   Municipalities are not issuing new licenses to trade in the centres of the host cities. Many street traders are therefore left in a legally precarious situation, the prey to arbitrary treatment and other forms of abuse.
·         In some cities, there is an increase in  police crackdowns against street traders, including the confiscation of their goods without compensation or return; fines, and on some occasions, there are incidents of physical violence and imprisonment;
·         Local and national media do not publish information when street vendors’ organisations wish to denounce acts of repression or present their demands;
·         Municipalities are enforcing outright bans on trading in the centres of the cities, particularly in the areas frequented by tourists;
·         Municipalities have created popular shopping centres as alternatives to street trading but in many cases fail to take into account the real numbers of street traders, and street vendors’ organisations do not participate in the design, development and administration of the centres;

Participants also heard that:
·         municipal programmes to develop popular shopping centres are only successful if they are developed and designed in consultation with the representative street vendors’ organisations and administered with their participation.
·         Street vendors are concerned at the lack of consultation and information available to them about the infrastructure projects planned for the World Cup;
·         Street vendors are equally concerned at the lack of information concerning the plans to develop exclusion zones around the Stadiums and the fan parks as part of the General Law of the World Cup (Ley Geral da Copa)  currently being negotiated by the government.

The Forum therefore agreed to call upon the Host Cities and the Federal Government to meet their commitments to work with the poorest urban populations to provide decent work for all and:
(1)    call a halt to the despicable policy of depriving traders of licenses and prohibiting trading in city centres;
(2)    provide public resources for the creation of spaces for informal traders, for example, through popular shopping centres, markets, and other spaces taking into account local needs and characteristics;
(3)    convene meetings with the representative organisations of street vendors to consult with them about the impact of the proposed infrastructure and urban renewal programmes as a result of the World Cup;
(4)    ensure that suitable  relocation plans are drawn up in consultation with street vendors’ organisations where their traditional trading places are taken away as a result of those projects;
(5)    develop social solidarity economy projects as alternatives for street traders who are interested;
(6)    oppose plans to create exclusion zones around the proposed fan parks during the World Cup which would deprive local street vendors of economic opportunities in favour of the official multinational sponsors of the World Cup;
(7)     
The Forum further agreed:
(1)    to work in collaboration with the street vendors’ organisations to support their demands and to join with them in denouncing acts of abuse and violence on part of the municipal authorities.
(2)    To work collaboratively to support campaigns for decent work, fair play, housing rights transparency and other initiatives designed to ensure that the 2014 World Cup has a social legacy to benefit all Brazilians.

Another World Cup is Possible!
Nothing for us without us!

Sao Paolo 26th October 2011





MUCA                                           ASFERAP                                ACCPO-PO
Rio de Janeiro                                 Porto Alegre                           Porto Alegre

SINDFEIRA                                 SICVAM                                      CUT/AM
Manaus                                         Manaus                                     Manaus

              APROVACE                                   ASFAERP                                     AEFO
Fortaleza                                        Salvador                                Rio de Janeiro

ABFEST                                        ABAEM                                  SINTEMEI
Salvador                                    Belo Horizonte                          São Paulo

Coop. Itaquera                    AAB                                  M.M.C                         UNADEF   
São Paulo                          São Paulo                            São Paulo                         São Paulo

Gaspar Garcia Centre for Human Rights                                                    
São Paolo

Trade Union Confederation of the Amercias
TUCA

STREETNET    INTERNATIONAL



Final Declaration:  World Class Cities for All Campaign Street Vendors Forum
Another World Cup is Possible:  Respecting the rights of street vendors
Sao Paolo, 26th October 2011
Convened by StreetNet International, the Forum on Street Vendors and the 2014 World Cup, brought together representatives of street vendors’ organisations from host cities, trade union representatives, social movements, and other organisations. 
Street vending is a consequence of unequal development and a survival strategy for some of the poorest urban communities. Street vendors are self-employed workers, seeking to earn an honest living and to maintain themselves and their families.  Street vendors’ contribution to the urban economy should be recognised and valued, and their rights respected and their obligations regulated fairly. 
The participants heard testimonies from street vendors that as preparations for the World Cup get under way:
·         Municipalities are either withdrawing or not renewing existing licenses to trade.   Municipalities are not issuing new licenses to trade in the centres of the host cities. Many street traders are therefore left in a legally precarious situation, the prey to arbitrary treatment and other forms of abuse.
·         In some cities, there is an increase in  police crackdowns against street traders, including the confiscation of their goods without compensation or return; fines, and on some occasions, there are incidents of physical violence and imprisonment;
·         Local and national media do not publish information when street vendors’ organisations wish to denounce acts of repression or present their demands;
·         Municipalities are enforcing outright bans on trading in the centres of the cities, particularly in the areas frequented by tourists;
·         Municipalities have created popular shopping centres as alternatives to street trading but in many cases fail to take into account the real numbers of street traders, and street vendors’ organisations do not participate in the design, development and administration of the centres;

Participants also heard that:
·         municipal programmes to develop popular shopping centres are only successful if they are developed and designed in consultation with the representative street vendors’ organisations and administered with their participation.
·         Street vendors are concerned at the lack of consultation and information available to them about the infrastructure projects planned for the World Cup;
·         Street vendors are equally concerned at the lack of information concerning the plans to develop exclusion zones around the Stadiums and the fan parks as part of the General Law of the World Cup (Ley Geral da Copa)  currently being negotiated by the government.

The Forum therefore agreed to call upon the Host Cities and the Federal Government to meet their commitments to work with the poorest urban populations to provide decent work for all and:
(1)    call a halt to the despicable policy of depriving traders of licenses and prohibiting trading in city centres;
(2)    provide public resources for the creation of spaces for informal traders, for example, through popular shopping centres, markets, and other spaces taking into account local needs and characteristics;
(3)    convene meetings with the representative organisations of street vendors to consult with them about the impact of the proposed infrastructure and urban renewal programmes as a result of the World Cup;
(4)    ensure that suitable  relocation plans are drawn up in consultation with street vendors’ organisations where their traditional trading places are taken away as a result of those projects;
(5)    develop social solidarity economy projects as alternatives for street traders who are interested;
(6)    oppose plans to create exclusion zones around the proposed fan parks during the World Cup which would deprive local street vendors of economic opportunities in favour of the official multinational sponsors of the World Cup;
(7)     
The Forum further agreed:
(1)    to work in collaboration with the street vendors’ organisations to support their demands and to join with them in denouncing acts of abuse and violence on part of the municipal authorities.
(2)    To work collaboratively to support campaigns for decent work, fair play, housing rights transparency and other initiatives designed to ensure that the 2014 World Cup has a social legacy to benefit all Brazilians.

Another World Cup is Possible!
Nothing for us without us!

Sao Paolo 26th October 2011





MUCA                                           ASFERAP                                ACCPO-PO
Rio de Janeiro                                 Porto Alegre                           Porto Alegre

SINDFEIRA                                 SICVAM                                      CUT/AM
Manaus                                         Manaus                                     Manaus

              APROVACE                                   ASFAERP                                     AEFO
Fortaleza                                        Salvador                                Rio de Janeiro

ABFEST                                        ABAEM                                  SINTEMEI
Salvador                                    Belo Horizonte                          São Paulo

Coop. Itaquera                    AAB                                  M.M.C                         UNADEF   
São Paulo                          São Paulo                            São Paulo                         São Paulo

Gaspar Garcia Centre for Human Rights                                                    
São Paolo

Trade Union Confederation of the Amercias
TUCA

STREETNET    INTERNATIONAL