Building Responsible Value Chains in Asia through the Promotion of Decent Work in Business Operations – Cambodia country

This programme is implemented in the context of an increasing demand on companies to respect human rights and labour rights in their operations, and to promote respect for such rights in their supply chains, including by conducting due diligence. At the same time, there is recognition that many sustainability challenges and opportunities in supply chains relate to structural and systemic issues at the national level that require collective action beyond what an individual company or the private sector can achieve on its own. Based on the experience of the ILO/Better Work programme in creating a path for sustainable compliance and of the ILO Multinational Enterprises and Enterprise Engagement Unit (MULTI) in supporting constituents in using the ILO Tripartite Declaration of Principles concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy (MNE Declaration) as a framework for action, this programme aims at putting in place supportive measures to accompany enterprises efforts’ to promote compliance with national law and respect for the principles of international standards, more specifically the fundamental principles and rights at work and to promote resilient, responsible and sustainable workplaces in supply chains in the target countries and sectors; Bangladesh (garment), Cambodia (garment), Japan (garment, electronics and automotive parts) and Vietnam (garment and electronics). The ultimate objective is to improve working conditions and the well-being of workers and support firms in the specified sectors to make improvements in productivity and responsible business practices that sustain these gains. The project adopts a “collaborative supply chain approach”, promoting and supporting collaboration among significant stakeholders at the different levels of supply chains. Workers (and their representative organizations) and managers at the enterprise level will be supported to enhance social dialogue and industrial relations, which in turn contributes to improved working conditions and overall enterprise performance and productivity. In addition, the project supports social partners to develop stronger social dialogue, and together with public institutions, be capacitated to develop play their part to create a more enabling environment in which responsible business conduct and conditions of decent work can flourish at the enterprise level. Further, this programme aims to establish and strengthen platforms that bring governments, social partners and enterprises in the targeted countries together to discuss opportunities and challenges related to decent work through responsible business in supply chains and stimulate collaboration respecting roles and responsibilities of all actors.

Project symbol

KHM/22/50/JPN

Admin unit

BETTERWORK

Start date

01/04/2022

End date

30/06/2024

Total allocation

1315674

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

1315674

Development Partners

Japan, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

Country/Countries

Cambodia

Outcomes

Outcome 2: Strong, representative and influential tripartite constituents and effective social dialogue