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UNI affiliated trade unions organising in the Security sector have met this week to look at future plans for union organising - and to reflect on 12 months of impressive growth. The conference, which is organised by UNI and funded by the FES Foundation in Germany, has brought together unions from South Africa, Namibia, Congo, Congo DR, Mozambique, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Cameroons, Ivory Coast and Ghana.

Presentations were received today by the 3 Organising Campaigns funded by UNI and by SASK in Finland - Namibia, Ghana and Kenya. In 12 months Kenya has recruited 8,500 new members in G4S alone, Namibia has organised 671 new members since April this year and Ghana has grown from 914 members last November to 3, 427 all in G4S. All 3 unions are still campaigning and are looking to record further growth between now and 2015.

Tomorrow will be dedicated to looking at new organisng project proposals from unions in other countries. each union is asked to develop a plan, identify resources and target and set it within the Property Services strategy in Africa. So far proposals have been submitted by Tanzania and Nigeria.