ITC-ILO/ACTRAV Course A3-50566: Follow-up Training on ILS/FOA/CB for Leaders of FTUB and its Affiliates

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ITC-ILO/ACTRAV Course A3-50566Follow-up
Training on ILS/FOA/CBfor Leaders of FTUB and
its Affiliates
Welcome!

• ACTRAV-Turin

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Opening Session
Mr. van der Laan, Director, ILO
Subegional Office for South Asia, New Delhi
Mr. Adyanthaya, Worker Member, ILO Governing
Body (INTUC/INDIA)Mr. Ahn Pong-Sul, Senior
Specialist, ACTRAV, ILO Subregional Office for
South AsiaDr. Tint Swe, Minister of Prime
Minister Office of National Coalition Government
of Union of Burma
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Aims of This Session

1. To get to know better with each other
2. To understand the objectives and expected outputs
   of this training programme and
3. To confirm the timetable of the course and make
   necessary fine-tunings to it.

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Three Basic Rules!!!

1. Be active and participative in all activities
   during the course
2. Listen carefully to your colleagues and
3. Be punctual! Lets start and finish on time!

Any additional rules you like to propose?
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Development Objectives

• This Course is aimed at contributing to
• Empowerment of FTUB through enhancement of their
  ability to protect the fundamental principles and
  rights at work
• Promotion of FTUBs participation in the
  supervisory mechanisms of ILS/FOA/CB
• Improvement of fundamental rights and principles
  situation in Myanmar.

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Immediate Objectives

• At the end of this course, the
  participants will be able to
• Understand the functioning of the ILO and the
  role of workers organizations
• Understand the fundamental rights and principles
  at work and how FTUB can try to ensure those
  rights in Myanmar
• Understand the supervisory mechanisms how they
  could be used to put pressure towards better
  compliance
• Draft comments, reports and complaints to be sent
  to ILO Supervisory Bodies
• Elaborate national strategies on promotion of
  ILS/FOA, with making the best use of the ILO
  instruments and
• Draft an action plan in the field of FOA/CB.

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Outputs of this Course

• 20 FTUB/Affiliates Activists who have capacity
  of
• Analyzing ILS/FOA/CB situations in Myanmar with
  specific reference to relevant ILO Conventions
• Preparing workers comments/complaints on
  violation cases
• Proposing policies and strategies on promotion of
  fundamental rights/principles in Myanmar
• Playing a role in a regional/international
  network of trade union experts on ILS/FOA/CB.
• Work Plans that will contribute to achieving the
  long-term objectives of the course
• Training materials / curriculum on ILS/FOA.

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Time-Table of this Course

• Day 1 Understanding the current situations
• Input from Indian trade union leaders on the role
  of trade unions
• Input from Hiro Ishibashi (ACTRAV-Turin) on
  ILO/ACTRAV
• Input from Ahn Pong-Sul, on ILO/ACTRAV activities
  in South Asia
• Day 2 3 International Labour Standards
• - Procedures of ILS (adoption, submission and
  ratification) - Regular and special
  supervisory mechanism (Article 22, 24 26)
• Day 4 5 Freedom of Association
• - Provisions of C. 87, C. 98 other FOA
  Conventions - Special supervisory mechanism
  on FOA (CFA)
• Day 6 Development of Work Plan

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International Labour Standard

• Objective
• To understand the procedures and mechanism of ILS
  so that FTUB can fully participate in, and use,
  the system to protect and promote rights and
  social well-being of its members.
• Issues
• Origins, characteristics, purposes and contents
• Procedures of discussion, adoption, submission
  and ratification
• Application of standards
• Article 22 Report, Article 24 Representation,
  Article 26 Complaint
• Committee of Experts on Application of
  Conventions and Recommend.
• Conference Committee of Application of
  Conventions and Recommend.
• Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights
  at Work
• The best practices of workers participation

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Freedom of Association

• Objective
• To understand the main provisions and their
  interpretations of Convention 87 and 98 and to
  know the special mechanism of applications, so
  that FTUB can ensure the rights to
• Issues
• Rights to establish organizations without
  previous authorization, to establish and join
  organizations of their own choosing, to draw up
  constitutions and their own rules, to elect
  representatives in full freedom, to strike, to
  affiliate, to bargain collectively, etc.
• Committee on Freedom of Association

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Work Plans

1. Work Plan is A project proposal that aims to
   address a specific problem and/or a priority
   agenda for your organizations (members) and to
   achieve a certain desired outcome in a specific
   subject area
2. You are expected to implement the work plan upon
   your return to your country
3. It should contain clear objectives (what you
   want to achieve), target groups (who you want
   to change), outputs (what you want to produce)
   and activities (what you must do to achieve
   it) and
4. It must be implementable (consideration of
   various important factors, incl. a financial
   factor).

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Evaluation

• Daily Summary
• End of the Course Evaluation
• Post-Course Evaluation
• Implementation of Work Plan and
  After-1year-Ealuation Questionnaire

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Daily Summary

• Every morning, we will have a brief session in
  which we review what we learned in the day
  before
• One participant will be assigned to make a
  summary of the day, which will be reported in the
  morning review session.
• The daily summary will be used for a summary of
  the course and for the end-of-course evaluation.

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Course Website

• http//www.itcilo.org/actrav/english/calendar/2004
  /A3-50566/
• Purpose of the Course Website
• Database of resource materials and relevant
  information
• Networking of the participants

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Formation of Committees

• Programme Committee
• Report Committee
• Social and Recreation Committee
• Course Council

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Programme Committee

• Assist and encourage participants to be punctual
  at all times especially for training sessions
• Assist and encourage participants to keep the
  training room tidy and to see that training aids
  (projector, white board, flip-chart, etc) are
  available when necessary
• Assist trainers/resource persons when necessary
• Receive and introduce resource persons at the
  beginning of their sessions, and give a vote of
  thanks at the end and
• Set an example of participation within the group
  and encourage other participants to actively
  participate.

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Report Committee

• Summarize each training session
• Summarize and record the proceedings of the
  training course
• Report their summary of the previous days
  training sessions and proceedings at the
  beginning of each day (a reporter should be
  changed everyday) and
• Complete a summary report of the training course
  at the end of the programme.

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Social and Recreation Committee

• Plan and propose items/events for
  extra-curriculum recreational activities (in the
  morning or in the evening), such as sports, games
  or parties
• Plan and propose short energizers that
  participants can demonstrate during or between
  training sessions, such as singing a song,
  stretching or exercising and
• Plan and arrange social/cultural
  activities/events during free time and for the
  farewell night.

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Course Council

• Shall consist of the Chairperson and Secretary of
  the different committees and the tutors
• Will meet at least once a day to discuss
  progress, difficulties, suggestions concerning
  the programme so as to continuously monitor and
  improve the learning environment and experience
  for participants.

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Any questions or clarifications?

• About Objectives and Goals of the Course?
• About Contents of the Program?
• About anything?

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Lets enjoy the programtogether!

• ACTRAV-Turin