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Launch of the public phase of the Benefits for Business and Workers project
Opportunity for subsidised training to develop more profitable factories offering better quality jobs.
Impactt’s project, Benefits for Business and Workers (BBW), entered an exciting new phase this week with public launches in Dhaka and Delhi.
More than 500 people attended the launches, including the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturing Exporters Association (BGMEA), the Apparel Export Promotion Council in India (AEPC), retailers, trade union leaders and NGOs, together with owners and from managers participating factories. BBW is sponsored by the Department for International Development’s RAGS Challenge Fund, Arcadia, Marks & Spencer, Mothercare, New Look, Sainsbury’s and Tesco and is managed by Impactt and Rajesh Bheda Consulting. The project, implemented in India and Bangladesh, marries benefits for businesses through productivity and quality enhancement, with benefits to workers through higher pay, lower working hours and better benefits.
Click on the link to hear from workers, supervisors and managers talk about their experiences.
Participating factories have seen remarkable results, with significant increases in productivity, reductions in quality losses and vastly improved performance on absenteeism and worker turnover. BBW offers a new approach to the garment sector, which is currently wrestling with labour and skills shortages and international competition.
Registration for factories to join BBW training is now open. Training will equip Industrial Engineers, Production, HR and welfare managers with the latest management techniques to build efficiency, improve quality and improve workers’ employment conditions through shorter working hours, better pay, better benefits more training and more promotion opportunities. Click on the link to download RAGS BBW Application form Year 2. The first closing date for applications is 31st December 2011.
For more information please contact Magali Martowicz (magali@impacttlimited.com) from the UK office, Selima Akhtar (Selima@impacttlimited.com) from the office in Bangladesh or Sridhar Rajagopal (Sridhar@impacttlimited.com) from the office in India.
Catherine Martin, Senior Private Sector Adviser, Department for International Development said, “The Benefits for Business and Workers programme makes a powerful contribution to the garment sector”.
Mr. Md. Shafiul Islam (Mohiuddin), President, Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers’ Export Association welcomed the project and urged manufacturers to participate.
Rosey Hurst, Director, Impactt Limited said “Benefits for Business and Workers will support stronger businesses and better jobs, both are vital for the continued competitiveness of the export garment sector”.
Rajesh Bheda, CEO of RBC, said “BBW demonstrates how much more potential we have to unlock – this training is a must for any forward-thinking factory owner.”
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