International Labor Standards in the Private Sector Workplace.

Ros Harvey, ILO Better Factories Cambodia

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Background• 1999 US Cambodian Trade

Agreement• Incentive for compliance• MFA expired in 2005 • Refocus to align with CSR• Strong government, employers,

buyer and union support - market niche

• ILO monitoring a condition of export

• Tripartite

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Continuum – role of incentives

Risk mitigation Integration

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Remediation cycle

Monitoring

Suggestions

Capacity Building

IMS Features• Use tablet PCs or desktops

• Granulated, time stamped and weighted data

• Generates multi-lingual on line reports

• Web-based access with different user profiles

• Increases transparency

• Flexible content management system

• Quantitative analysis showing outcomes over time

• Supports integration

• Information to create market-based incentives

Modular Training

Modular

Single Issues

Induction Training for New Workers

Worker Education on Rights and Responsibilities

Training & Info

Challenges for firms

Internal• Achieving win:wins• Social dialogue• Management

culture and systems

• Integration into business model

• Resistance to change

External• Predictability and

consistency of requirements

• Duplication• Role of the

customer• Business

environment

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Sustainability timeframes

2004 2005 2007 20082006 2009

Original project

transition

handover

2010

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ILO and IFC/MPDF partnership for sustainability• IFC/FIAS survey of buyers• WB/IFC/FIAS helped ILO broker

sustainability agreement• Sustainability MOU on:

• Systems (e.g. Business plan, admin, finance, HR)

• Governance structure• Extending buyer engagement

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See www.betterfactories.org/ilo

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