The ILO Turin Centre’s facilities
Located in an attractive park on the banks of the
River Po, the Centre’s campus provides a congenial
environment in which to live and study.
• It contains 21 pavilions with fully equipped
modern classrooms, conference halls and meeting
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interpretation, and a computerized documentation
centre linked to various data banks.
The campus has 287 study/bedrooms, all with private
bathroom, telephone, free access to internet and cable
television. It also has:
• a reception desk open 24 hours a day;
• a restaurant, a self-service canteen and a coffee
lounge, all catering for international dietary needs;
• a bank;
• a travel agency;
• a laundry service;
• a post office;
• an internet point;
• a recreation room;
• facilities for outdoor and indoor sports;
• medical service.
Social events are regularly held both on and off
campus, so that participants from different cultural
backgrounds can make the most of a stimulating
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A9010473
Leveraging Global Supply Chains
for Sustainable Development and
Decent Work
5 – 9 June 2017
Turin, Italy
International Training Centre of the ILO
Sustainable Development Programme
Viale Maestri del Lavoro 10
10127 Turin (Italy)
Phone: +39.011.693.6364 / +39.011.693.6360 • Fax: +39.011.639.1926
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A9010473
Leveraging Global Supply Chains for Sustaainable Development and Decent Work
Background
Global Supply Chains are the dominant feature of
today’s globalized economy. Integration into GSCs can
contribute significantly to job creation, skills development
and technology transfer. However, this does not occur
automatically.
While countries (and local businesses) participating in
GSCs can diversify and “move up the ladder” to higher
value activities, i.e. economic upgrading, this does not
always occur, with the danger of being “stuck at the
bottom” of the chain. A similar trend can be observed in
terms of working conditions in supply chains.
In general, this course aims to provide an entry point for
understanding the dynamics of Global Supply Chains
(social and economic upgrading), through sectoral and
country perspectives, and how, if managed properly,
Global Supply Chains can significantly contribute to the
creation of decent work and sustainable development.
Firstly, this course offers insights and understanding, from
both a conceptual and practical point of view, on how
countries and companies can approach the issue of social
and economic upgrading. What tools and instruments are
available that can offer guidance for companies, including
SMEs, government and workers to ensure Global Supply
Chain participation that leads to sustainable development,
inclusive growth and decent work?
Secondly, the course will provide an in-depth
understanding of the issue of working conditions and
responsible/sustainable business practices in Global
Supply Chains, focusing on issues, amongst others such
as: occupational safety and health, child labour and
gender based violence in Global Supply Chains.
The course will draw on the experiences of leading
international experts on decent work, labour standards,
enterprise development and sustainable supply chain
development from within and outside the International
Labour Organization.
Learning objectives
At the end of the course, participants will:
• be able to analyse Global Supply Chains from the
perspective of sustainable development and decent
work
• understand the different roles government, the
private sector, and employers’ and workers’
organizations could play in ensuring Global Supply
Chains’ contribution to sustainable development
and decent work (through policy development, social
dialogue and effective governance mechanisms)
• be able to understand decent work deficits (i.e.
workplace safety and health, child labour, forced
labour,…) in Global Supply Chains, and how
to remediate these through public and private
interventions
• be familiar with tools and experiences on Global Supply
Chains, decent work and sustainable development
(i.e. the Tripartite declaration of principles concerning
multinational enterprises and social policy, the
Zero Fund Programme, SCORE, Market systems
development for decent work / ‘the lab’,…)
• be able to better advise and serve their institutions,
organizations or enterprises in the area of Global
Supply Chain participation
Participants’ profile
Government officials; representatives of employers’ and
workers’ organizations; policy-makers and professionals
dealing with the labour aspects of enterprise
development, trade and investment; private-sector
representatives interested in the labour aspects of supply
chain sustainability; responsible business practices in
Global Supply Chains. ILO staff (field offices, projects
and headquarters) whose work is related to labour rights
in Global Supply Chains, enterprise development and/
or workplace compliance; professionals from universities
and civil society organizations are also welcome.
Structure and content
The course is developed around the following 4 modules:
1. What are Global Supply Chains and how do they
relate to sustainable development, employment
creation and decent work?
This section will present findings of recent research
how GSCs impact employment and the nature of
jobs created. The concepts of economic and social
upgrading will be present as two interlinked but in
nature independent GSC dynamics.
2. Ensuring decent work in Global Supply Chains:
perspectives, experiences and frameworks
One dominant feature of current discussions
regarding GSCs is working conditions:
How can Global Supply Chains contribute to
sustainable development, inclusive economic growth
1. Global Supply Chains, global production networks, global value chains and Global Supply Chains focus on the same basic issues of crossborder production and trade, but with slightly different perspectives. For the purposes of this training, they are used synonymously. Source: ILO
(2016), Decent Work in Global Supply Chains, Geneva.
and decent work for all? This module offers practical
views on different modalities and perspective related
to the decent work governance challenge of Global
Supply Chains (public and private compliance
mechanisms and governance arrangements, etc.).
A specific focus will be on the Tripartite declaration
concerning multinational enterprises and social
policy, which is the main instrument of the ILO
concerning Global Supply Chains, as well as
approaches provided by programmes such as the
Vision Zero Fund, SCORE, ILO’s “Market systems
development for decent work” and the ILO-EU
Project on OSH in Global Supply Chains.
3. How can SMEs benefit from Global Supply Chains?
One crucial factor for leveraging GSCs for
development is the ability for SMEs to “tap into”
Global Supply Chains. However, faced with high
levels of informality, lack of business savvy and
sometimes limited capacities to deliver services
and products at larger scale, barriers remain high
for certain SMEs to capture the gains of GSC
participation. What are current programmes, tools
and models available that promote SME participation
in global and regional supply chains? (SCORE, Value
chain development for decent work, … )
Languages
The course will be conducted in English. Hence a good
knowledge of the working language is required.
Methodology
The course will take a highly participatory approach
which requires full involvement by all participants
and ensures exchange of information and experiences.
Training methods will include: presentations (face-toface and/ or by videoconference), group work, plenary
discussions,…
Resource persons
Resource persons will include specialists from the
International Labour Organization and the World Bank.
Fellowships
A limited number of fellowships are available to
qualifying candidates.
Cost of participation
The total cost of participation is 2,180 Euro. This
includes tuition fees (1,580 Euro) and subsistence costs
(600 Euro).
• The tuition fees cover: course preparation,
implementation and evaluation; training materials;
the use of training facilities and support services.
• Subsistence costs cover: full board and lodging on
the Centre’s Campus, emergency medical insurance
and some recreational activities in Turin.
The figures quoted do not include the cost of travel between
the participant’s home country and the course venue.
Participants must ensure that they have a valid passport
and appropriate visa for Italy, and for any country in
which a transit or stopover to or from the course venue is
required.
The cost of the visa, airport taxes, internal travel in the
participant’s home country and unauthorized stopovers
is not covered.
Applications
The deadline for submission of candidatures is
5 May 2017.
Candidates must submit through the website the
following documents:
• on-line application form duly filled in, available at
http://intranetp.itcilo.org/STF/A9010473/en, and
• letter from the sponsor indicating financial support
(or letter from the applicant stating that participation
cost is covered by himself/herself), to be uploaded
when filling in the on-line application Incomplete
applications will not be considered.
For information regarding payment, cancellation and
refunds, please consult:
http://www.itcilo.org/en/training-offer/how-to-apply
As an Organization dedicated to promoting social justice
and internationally recognized human and labour rights,
the ILO is taking a leading role in international efforts
to foster gender equality. In line with this ILO focus,
women are particularly encouraged to apply to ITCILO
courses.