Collaboration with Corporate Groups

The Project is providing technical support to corporate groups in India for development and implementation of workplace HIV/AIDS policy and programme for the entire group, based on the ILO Code of Practice, benefiting their employees/families, including contractual workers and workers in the supply chain. Following the strategy, the Project has signed MOU with ten large corporate groups who are implementing HIV/AIDS interventions in all locations/plants, including their contractual workers.

The Project has developed a set of materials to support corporate interventions: A manual for master trainers/peer educators, a card game for peer educators that helps them undertake interactive sessions, a set of posters, a CD containing collection of spots, manual, advocacy film and key presentations for peer educators.

The Project is undertaking advocacy with big corporate houses coupled with training and technical support, with a view to upscale enterprise based interventions, a key strategy of the project. The corporate groups have a potential to cover their employees/families as well as their contractual workers, associates, partners and workers in the supply chains. The Project has signed MOU with eight large corporate groups who are implementing HIV/AIDS interventions in all locations/plants, including their contractual workers. The key to this approach is that the corporate groups will set up internal committee on HIV/AIDS, nominate a nodal person for HIV/AIDS, get their employees trained as Master Trainers and Peer Educators, and set up linkages with the government facilities for testing and treatment.

For copies of the training manuals and film please write to safsar@ilodel.org.in or seena@ilodel.org.in