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Combatting unacceptable forms of work in the Thai fishing and seafood industry (Better Fisheries Programme) - Final evaluation

eval_number:

2547

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/2547

location:

country:

Thailand

region:

Asia and the Pacific

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eval_title:

Combatting unacceptable forms of work in the Thai fishing and seafood industry (Better Fisheries Programme) - Final evaluation

recommendations:

date:

2020-05-22 00:00:00.0

themes:

theme:

Sector

category:

Fishing

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action_plan:

Addressed in end of project donor reports, reviews, end line study and in the actions to be followed through in the design of the new project which will consolidate the work undertaken in the first phase. Third party certification will be considered but is unlikely to be implemented in the near term. Strong efforts will continue to promote workers rights including freedom of association. Conditions for logo used established. Further support will continue to be expended in strengthening unionization in this sector (outcome 3.2 of the DWCP) and through follow on Ship to Shore project and to be further consolidated in the work under the new RBSA project (June 2020) on strengthening sectoral social dialogue.

management_response:

Completed

progress:

Achieved

admin_units:

CO-Bangkok

title:

Assess the impact of the industry-led GLP program on employment and working conditions in targeted sectors (Objective 3). At the time of this evaluation, TFFP/TTIA has not yet released its first annual report on the results of the GLP program. Thorough consideration should be given to determining whether welfare committees are operating as intended and whether workers are better off as a result. Attention should be paid to whether factories are compliant with relevant national labor laws. Over time, it may make sense to include a third-party certification scheme to provide buyers with more certainty that standards are met. Given parallel efforts to establish independent labor unions in the seafood sector, the relationship between welfare committees and emerging unions should be examined. Finally, ILO will need to determine the conditions, if any, under which ILO will allow TFFA/TTIA to continue to use the ILO name and logo on GLP materials.

project_symbols:

THA/15/03/EUR

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/recommendations/14191

information_source:

Country Office

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