Mnet Social Protection for Migrant wrkrs The overall goal of this project is to improve policies and practices of the government and firms on working conditions <(>&<)> social protection for domestic migrant workers in urban areas in Vietnam, including minimum living wage, rights to effective collectivebargaining, freedom of association, avoidance of excessive working hours, and equitable access to social protection services in destination areas.
The project aims for local changes and national impacts by using a combination of strategies: (1) collective actionsof capacitated and organized migrant workers# groups, (2) collected actions of CSOs (Mnet, CSO working groups, its network and allies, and worker leaders) to demands for minimum international labour standards and social protection in policy and practices of governments and firms, (3) promoting multi-stake holders dialogues based on robust evidences and credible policy analysis, (4) actively and constructively engage and influence firms to comply  with human rights standards, particularly in areas of diversity and inclusion, freedom of association, minimum living wage, collective bargaining.
Influencing target includes employers #policies <(>&<)> practices, local and national government#s policies and practices on social protection and labor rights.
In this project we will work to increase influencing capacity of organized migrant workers, trade union and CSOs, including Network Action for Migrant Workers (Mnet) and other two CSO-led working groups: Ethical Business WG and Rights to Networking WG,  to influence the above-mentioned changes.
This project proposal is a continuation of the 4-year project -Expanding Migrant Worker Voice (2018-2021), submitted to Porticus in 2017. The next 3 years of the project will build on the results and momentum of the 1st year and continue to implement and improve our intervention both at local and national levels.
During the last year, the project has reached the target population of 7,000 workers participating in or benefiting from the project; improving awareness on their rights, participating in communication and advocacy events, presenting their issues/recommendations during policy dialogues with local authorities and employers. 1 CSO Labour WorkingGroup (LWGs) with 04 sub- working groups established withparticipation from 24 individuals/organisations.
Based on the evaluation results and further consultation with workers, Mnet and the CSO working groups, the renewal grant proposes to keep Hai Phong city andreplace Dong Nai province with Ho Chi Minh City- the city with largest domestic migrants, for more impactful investment. And with the newly amended Labour Code 2019 and Vietnam#s ratification of EVFTA, the renewal grant will have an additional key intervention ofpiloting independent workers# representative organisations outside the traditional trade union in HCMC city, and continue influencing labour intensive industries, particularly firms exporting goods and services to European markets towards minimum international labour standards.
Influencingstrategies include evidence building - fact based problem analysis <(>&<)> solutions to prepare for organizing strategy (mix of community-based MW and workplace-based, build on workers# issue and sustain interest) and advocacy strategy (enterprise policies on labor rights standards, government policies on social protection). Project will also lobby, advocate and engage decision makers/influencers by sharing evidence and advocacy recommendations on labor rights and access to social protection for MWs, Influencer education, Policy makers education, Champions development, Public forums. Project also creates national and widely supported advocacy coalitions for labor rights and social protection: Dissemination of findings and mobilization, share information with thewider public, including workers, general public.

This project will also engage in existing campaigning and advocacy initiatives and network that has been established in current Oxfam program, i.e. (i) the Even It up Campaign  of Oxfam, in Vietnam, in the Asia region and globally to amplify the voice of migrant workers nationally and internationally, such as highlighting minimum living wage and working condition issues of workers at the 2019 DAVOS meeting ,  (i) Asia Monitor Resource Center (AMRC), andMekong MigrantNetwork (MMN) for technical assistance for newly established workers# groups and CSOs working groups at regional level learnings. And by using the current platform of Oxfam regional social protection program, learning and exchanges will bewidely shared with othercountries in Laos, Cambodia and other Oxfam affiliates.