Call for External Collaborators to conduct Assessment and Advisory of garment and footwear factories in the South (Vietnam)- BWV Programme

Better Work is an innovative partnership program between the International Labour Organizations and the International Finance Corporation. It aims to improve labour standards and competitiveness in global supply chains. The programme follows an integrated approach which includes assessment, advisory, and training activities at factory level, and industry seminars to promote cross-industry sharing and learning culture. We work with national and industry stakeholders and other relevant organizations to create a spill over impacts to the industries and beyond. In Vietnam, around 500 factories in the apparel and footwear industries are actively in our activities. Our activities are implemented under the guidance or in collaboration with the Ministry of Home Affairs (MOHA), (previously Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs - MOLISA), Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL), and Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI). As part of the factory engagement package, Better Work conducts assessments of the factory’s compliance with national labour law and international labour standards annually and advise factories to build up their capacity, foster effective dialogue at the workplace, and strengthen the factory’s learning system. The detailed findings of these factory-level assessments, and advisory results are shared with the factory owner, who may also, via Better Work platform, share with the factory’s international buyers.