Closing Workshop of Labour Standards in Global Supply Chains Project in Indonesia

The main objectives of the workshop are to showcase achievements and contributions of the project, and to identify follow up activities that may be carried out by the ILO and its constituents in Indonesia.

Background

The Labour Standards in Global Supply Chains (LSGSC) project was initiated in November 2014. Funded by the German Federal Ministry for Development Cooperation (BMZ) and Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) the Project has implemented activities in Cambodia, Indonesia, and Pakistan, in addition to a range of regional and global activities.

In Indonesia, the project began its implementation in April 2015 with focus on promoting evidence-based minimum wage fixing and wage policy development, and interest-based collective bargaining. Achievements of the Project include wage policy monitoring tools using a balanced score card methodology, collective bargaining agreements (CBAs) in 12 pilot enterprises negotiated through an interest-based collective bargaining methods, policy papers on a more effective dispute settlement system and national wages system in Indonesia, and manual on effective collective bargaining. Having been in operation for more than three years in Indonesia, the project is completing implementation of its activities on 31 December 2018.

In this regard, the LSGSC project plans to conduct a workshop to mark closing of the project, showcase its achievements and contributions, and discuss follow up activities to be carried out by other ILO programmes and projects, as well as by the ILO’s constituents.

Objectives

The main objectives of the workshop are to showcase achievements and contributions of the project, and to identify follow up activities that may be carried out by the ILO and its constituents in Indonesia.

Expected Outputs

In particular, the workshop is expected to produce a table of activities with potential to be implemented by the ILO or its constituents in Indonesia beyond the life of the LSGSC project.

Methodology

Presentation, discussions, and group work sessions will be applied in the workshop. On the first day, summary of Global Wage Report of 2018/2019 will be presented and discussed as a framework for discussion on an effective national wage system in Indonesia. Similar method will be used in sessions focusing on the issues of dispute settlement system and effective collective bargaining. On the second day, presentation and discussion sessions will focus on potential follow up activities on subject matters identified by the project.