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Improving working conditions in the ready-made garment sector Phase 2 (RMGP II) and Building responsible value chains in Asia through the promotion of decent work in... - Cluster evaluation

eval_number:

2743

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/2743

location:

country:

Bangladesh

region:

Asia and the Pacific

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eval_title:

Improving working conditions in the ready-made garment sector Phase 2 (RMGP II) and Building responsible value chains in Asia through the promotion of decent work in... - Cluster evaluation

recommendations:

date:

2023-11-13 00:00:00.0

themes:

theme:

Constituents

category:

Government - capacity building

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comments:

"As responded for recommendation 4 Through the signing of Implementation Agreements with the BGMEA and BKMEA, Better Work Bangladesh is aiming to train up personnel from these employer organizations so that they are capacitated to ensure, through facilitation of services such as advisory and training, the member factories enjoy decent working conditions, upholding of workers' rights, and harmonious relations through social dialogue between workers and managements. Women representation and voice is integral part of the advisory and training programme that will safety commitee (SC) as a sustainable vehicle for to achieve a strong OSH."

action_plan:

"As responded for recommendation 4 1. Established an agreement with BGMEA and BKMEA to build their capacity to gradually take over BWB advisory and training."

management_response:

Partially Completed

progress:

Partially achieved

admin_units:

CO-Dhaka

title:

Recommendation 5: DIFE and ISU strengthening measures are continued to complete ‘systemic’ change and institutionalisation processes underway: The ongoing process of systemic change and institutionalisation would need further boost through actions by the Government of Bangladesh and DIFE. Some of these actions can be supported by the ILO-Bangladesh, in terms of peoples and processes (and not so much on heavy costs of technology and infrastructure). The key interventions are summarised below: • A stronger institutional structure of ISU a developed with more staffing and financial resources. The ISU would need systematic approach to capacity building of labour inspectors in the RMG (and other) sectors. Remediation processes (as handed over from BV) would need to managed well by the ISU to ensure completion of CAP and inclusion of currently uncovered factories. It is important to ensure effective implementation of the escalation protocol for remediation and also the credibility and transparency of remediation data. • Greater institutional coordinations among different departments of the GoB is needed. DIFE /ISU can facilitate this with support of the ILO-Bangladesh. This is to ensure that LIMA and OSS achieve a higher degree of functionality and increased use among intended users. • BGMEA and BKMEA are supported for conducting follow ups with their constituents in terms of ensuring ‘practice’ and ‘behaviour’ level changes at the factory floors which constitutes concrete improvement of safe and decent working conditions for the workers (including women workers) in the RMG sector. BGMEA and BKMEA should ensure that its member factories implement ‘whatever it takes’ to achieve a strong OSH culture through active involvement of both the management and the workers.

project_symbols:

BGD/19/05/MUL

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/recommendations/17412

information_source:

Country Office

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