About GOAL and work
GOAL is a global coalition of representative unions and membership-based organizations of workers in the agrarian economy, and in particular workers in informal sector. The GOAL initiative was registered as a non-profit foundation in the Netherlands in December 2025. The foundation is non profit and its goal is focussed on general interest.
Objectives
Long term objectives
To support organising agrarian workers and strengthen their organizations
GOAL will be actively involved in the facilitation of organizations of agrarian workers, formation of regional coalitions and technical and financial support for these initiatives
To be engaged in social dialogue
The Global Organization entails meaningfully engagement with MNCs, TNCs and large domestic companies to actively involve them in ensuring protection of labour and human rights in the production chain. For that GOAL negotiates employer responsibility in the production chain and takes a proactive role in the monitoring of implementation and enforcement.
To be involved in lobby and advocacy for better policies.
GOAL discusses the implementation of CLS and respective domestic labour laws and social security entitlements in the agrarian sector with bilateral and multilateral institutions as well as national and regional governments, and UN Bodies such as ILO and FAO
To execute research and mutual learning
GOAL facilitates cross-cultural and contextual learning of organizations of agrarian workers from different locations, regions and countries by facilitation participatory research, regular meetings, visits and exchange of worker representatives to develop capacities and leadership.
Short term objectives
To identify and attach a small group of affiliates worldwide to form part of GOAL
To pilot the proposed governance structure of GOAL
To develop common activities that contribute to the joint long-term objectives
