Issue/problem

Negotiating demand

Negotiating partner

Expected outcome

Registration system

Identity cards for street vendors

Municipal authorities

Recognition and registration of street vendors

Trading sites

Authorisation to occupy suitable sites on streets

Municipal authorities

Authorisation to use public space

Land for trading sites

Land to be allocated to street vendors in natural market areas

Relevant land authority

Allocation of land for informal trade, use to be determined in consultation with vendors’ organizations

Access to market sites

Cheaper rates for sites in markets

Municipal authorities

All informal traders to have rights to sites in markets – redistribution of market sites to accommodate all

Evictions – general

Authorisation to occupy public space

Local and national govt.

Authorisation through municipal bylaws

Authorisation to occupy private space

Land owners

Rental agreements with land-owners

Eviction during

Modernisation

Involvement of vendors in decisions on site allocations

National and municipal authorities

Return of displaced vendors pending agreements reached in spatial allocations

Harrassment

Stop harassment

Police and all authorities

Respect for human rights of vendors

Loss of goods

Return of confiscated goods

Authority which confiscated goods

Return of goods and authorization to continue selling

Taxes / levies

Regulation of taxes / levies

Local and National govt.

1.Regulated taxes / levies

2.Rates agreed with vendors’ organisations

Reduction of taxes / levies

Municipal authorities

1.Reduction of taxes / levies

2.Rates agreed with vendors’ organisations

Social protection

Access to social protection

National government

National social protection to be extended to cover street vendors

Involvement in

Consultations

All decisions regarding street vending be taken with street vendors’ participation

Local and National govt.

Establishment of negotiating forums for all decisions involving street vendors

Provision of services

Storage space, shelter, water, toilets, electricity, lighting, child care, security and cleaning services

Municipal authorities

Services provided for agreed rates /levies

No implementation of laws (or no laws)

Enactment of negotiated bylaws, and implementation of laws

Municipal authorities

Negotiated bylaws

Implementation of laws by authorities

Political interference

No political interference

Local and National govt.

Respect for the political freedom and democratic rights of all street vendors

Issue/problem

Negotiating partner

Forum/level of negotiation

Expected outcome

Recognition

National govt. and TU centres

Forums involving government and trade unions

Recognition of representative street vendors’ organizations in negotiations

Registration

City govt.

Local forums

Study then establishment of system creating records through licence, identity card indicating site & occupation

Negotiating forums

City govt.

Multi-partite stakeholders’ forum including ward/zone reps, street vendors and neighbourhood markets reps

Creation of negotiating forums at different levels (neighbourhood, ward, zone and for the whole municipality)

Participation in decision-making

Local govt

Multilateral forums involving all stakeholders

1.Return of evicted vendors to trading sites

2.Improvement of conditions of work

Consultation with street vendors

1. National Govt.

2. Local govt.

3. Police

1.Govt. Ministry concerned

2.Regional & departmental authorities

3.District commander of Police

Constant involvement of vendors in decisions involving them, and respect of their human rights

Public space and authorization for vending

Local authorities

1. Bilateral between street vendors and municipal authorities

2. Multipartite forums with policy-makers,

TUs, council officials and vendors

Authorisation to occupy public space, and vending zones allocated

Space for vending:  less congested

Local government

Local (bilateral)

Different kinds of markets (night markets, different days, etc.)

Space for vending:  inner city

Urban development dept.

Planning authority

City/traffic police

Local/state/national forums involving different stakeholders

Reservation of vending zones in city development plans

Amending existing plans, or new plans

Space for vending:

Site and service

City govt. and Planning authority

Local bilateral and forums involving different stakeholders

Sunday markets, flea markets, new experimental markets

Access to markets

Municipal and market owners

Multi-lateral forums involving Council officials, market owners, vendors

Affordable access to sites in markets

Taxes

Local govt.

Bilateral with local govt. Policy-makers and Councillors

1. Reduction of taxes

2. Reasonable taxes

3. Negotiated tax increases

4. Clear and simple payment systems

5. Improvement of conditions of work

National govt.

National govt. bilateral negotiations

Contribution to formalization of street vendors’ work

TUs and councils

Bilateral meetings with trade unions and decentralized authorities

Regulation of taxes

Stop harrassment

National & local govt.

National and local govt. and police

Respect for human rights of street vendors

Local authorities and Police

Local forums involving police (local officers & police chiefs) and municipality

1. End of harassment

2. NO MORE BRIBES

3. Return of confiscated goods

4. No physical harassment

5. Improved relations with police

Bribes

Own members (internal)

Meetings with members to persuade them to demand their rights instead of paying bribes

Refusal by vendors to pay bribes

Fines – demand receipts

Police

Bilateral negotiation with police

Improved relations with police

Operating norms

Police and City govt.

Local forums involving police and City govt. with vendors’ organisations

Mutually agreed operating norms

Policy and law

1. National and/or state level govt.

2. Local govt. for municipal policy

1.  Tripartite or multipartite policy forums

2.  Municipal policy forums or local Council Executive Committees

Commission of new law

Report on status of street vendors

Draft policy – final policy

Review of laws

Amendment or new law

Social Security and Social Protection

Ministries concerned, e.g. Dept. of Welfare

Meetings with national or state (depending on country) departments

New laws and establishment of Board Health and medical needs covered

Income-generation training

Govt. and NGOs

Multilateral forums involving trade union educators and NGOs involved in training

Vendors able to improve their incomes

Economic empowerment

Govt, Banks and Micro-finance institutions

Ministry concerned (govt.)

Managerial level (banks and micro-finance)

Affordable credit available to street vendors

Cleanliness and security

Council and national Govt.

Security/police and cleaning services of council or Govt.

Improved conditions of life and work