A sense of urgency to act together against child labour emerges during various encounters between Dutch development organisations, trade unions and their Southern partners. In this era, MV Foundation in India, a partner of Hivos and FNV Mondiaal, represents a new type of development work: rights-based, hands-on and lobby-savvy. In 1994 MV Foundation hosts a conference in Hyderabad to spread the message about the area-based approach to end child labour.