Programme for Sustainability and Standards in Global Supply Chains

The comprehensive programme targeting the garment sector in Asia seeks to achieve four principal results: 1. Substantive and measurable improvement of wages and working conditions in textile and garment industry in all factories of the participating countries; 2. A more participatory and evidence-based process for wage-setting and the improvement of employment conditions, based upon quality collective agreements. 3. The improvement of laws and regulatory frameworks for industrial relations in line with international labour standards, as well as the strengthening of institutional capacity for labour inspection and for more effective conciliation and mediation services 4. The development of concrete measures to ensure fair and sustainable supply chain management for decent work at the workplace through regular dialogue among government, employers and workers’ organizations, MNCs and global union federations At country-level, the programme will integrate work at company, sectoral and national levels. A regional coordination and knowledge sharing component will ensure that lessons learned on inclusive labour market governance are applied across countries and that ‘norms’ for fair and stable global supply chain management are being developed. At global level, the actors of the global supply chains will be engaged, including through certification programmes involving global garment buyers of garments.

Project symbol

RAS/14/03/FRG

Admin unit

RO-Asia and the Pacific
DWT-Bangkok
CO-Bangkok
CO-Jakarta
LAB/ADMIN
DWT/CO-New Delhi
BETTERWORK
INWORK

Start date

01/11/2014

End date

31/01/2016

Total allocation

2366077

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

1719455

Development Partners

Germany, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)

Country/Countries

Pakistan
Global
Asia and the Pacific - regional
Cambodia
Indonesia

Outcomes

Ratification and application of international labour standards
Strong and representative employers' and workers' organizations
Advocacy for decent work
More and better jobs for inclusive growth and improved youth employment prospects
Decent work in the rural economy
Promoting sustainable enterprises