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Better Work Indonesia Phase III - Midterm evaluation

eval_number:

2842

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/2842

lessons_learned:

themes:

theme:

Tripartism & constituent partnerships

category:

Organizational issues

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comments:

Donors, NGOs, Trade Unions, Project staff, ILO Jakarta Office.

challenges:

It can be challenging when BWI and other organizations use different methods, approaches and strategy.

success:

This sort of collaboration is especially important in countries like Indonesia, where many donors and Global Union Federations are supporting the same Indonesian garment-sector trade unions. The exchange of information among donors and implementer organizations, coordinated by BWI, could bring qualitative improvement in terms of strategy, distribution of resources and possible further joint activities. BWI is in an extremely advantaged position that makes it possible to implement this approach and to seek other possible phase-out strategy options, especially in terms of trade unions’ capacity building.

context:

Preferably organizations (Unions, NGOs, Campaign Organizations) supporting Indonesian trade unions in the garment sector, to avoid an overlap of activities. In an alternative and/or even complementary way, this sort of cooperation can be promoted among organizations as a strategic partnership programme.

description:

The exchange of experiences and information in Industrial Relations, especially in supporting trade unions in garment sectors in Indonesia, has been feasible in the project within the frame of strengthening trade unions’ positions so that they are better able to support their members’ capacity building and to improve their members’ compliance. BWI began organizing an Industrial Relations Roundtable in August 2017, and it has been attended by various strategic partners, such as Oxfam, Workers’ Rights Consortium, Solidarity Center, FNV, Care International, Asia Floor Wages and TURC (Trade Union Rights Centre). The aim of this programme was to avoid duplication of efforts and “overwhelming” unions with conflicting demands and activities, including the design of a gender mainstreaming approach with the Fairwear Foundation. BWI also managed a collaboration with various brands/buyers to execute various activities with a special focus on training, which offered brands/buyers the chance to extend collaboration to the policy level strategy/programme. Promoting this type of collaboration strengthens national capacity and programme sustainability, and for this reason, this sort of cooperation projects/collaboration should be encouraged.

administrative_issues:

Trade Union Program Officer of ILO Jakarta, BWI, ACTRAV, Foundation/YKK.

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/lessons/226971

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location:

country:

Indonesia

region:

Asia and the Pacific

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eval_title:

Better Work Indonesia Phase III - Midterm evaluation