Masterplan for Trade Union Strategic Development
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Masterplan for Trade Union Strategic Development
A Self-guided Transversal Training Kit
Autoguidé
This self-guided online resource explores how trade unions can respond to major transitions in the world of work through innovation, strategic development, foresight and practical action.
Key Features
Global case studies
Examples of trade union innovation from different regions and sectors.
Practical tools
Frameworks for strategic development, foresight and action planning, from individual competencies to organizational change.
Interactive and flexible learning
Reflection prompts, knowledge checks and applied exercises. Designed for self-guided online learning, with optional live touchpoints.
Action-oriented learning
Develop a practical transformation roadmap tailored to your own union context, with reflection prompts, knowledge checks and applied exercises throughout.
Introduction to the course
Trade unions are operating in a world of work marked by rapid technological change, climate change, growing informalisation, shifting employment relationships, and persistent violations of workers’ rights. These transformations create serious risks for workers and their organizations, but they also open space for renewal, innovation and strategic repositioning.
This self-guided online resource helps workers’ representatives understand how unions are responding to these changes in practice, and how they can strengthen their own capacity to adapt, innovate and act strategically. Grounded in the ILO ACTRAV Trade Unions in Transformation programme, the course combines global evidence, real-world union experiences and practical tools for strategic development.
Participants will explore how unions are organizing new groups of workers, addressing digitalization and climate change, strengthening social dialogue, and building alliances across sectors and borders. The course also introduces strategic foresight as a practical method to anticipate future change and translate insight into action.
Designed as a transversal learning module, the course can stand alone or complement broader training programmes. It is suitable for online delivery and can also support face-to-face or blended learning formats.
Who attends this course?
Trade union leaders, staff, organizers, educators, and members of women, youth and informal workers’ committees.
What will I learn?
You will explore:
- key transitions shaping the world of work
- trade union innovation and renewal
- strategic development tools
- strategic foresight methods
- transformation road mapping
What will I be able to do?
By the end of the course, you will be able to:
- identify how unions are responding to major global transitions
- use practical tools for union strategic development
- apply foresight methods to future challenges
- outline a transformation roadmap for your union
How is the course organized?
The course has four parts:
- Innovations & Transitions
- Strategic Development
- Strategic Foresight
- From Insight to Action
Why should I join?
Join this course to strengthen your union’s capacity to adapt, innovate and act strategically in a changing world of work.