Skills Development and Responsible Business Conduct for Transition

Background

The electrical and electronics sector in Indonesia and the automotive sector in Thailand and their supply chains are undergoing significant transformations, largely driven by technological advancements and the shift towards low-carbon and environmentally sustainable products and vehicles. Against this backdrop, the Project focuses on upgrading workers’ skills and enterprises’ capacities to navigate these transitions, while aligning business practices with international labour standards and the United Nations’ Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. For this, the Project implements an integrated approach combining skills development with responsible business conduct (RBC), aiming to increase productivity, advance decent work, and ultimately align national systems and practices with international labour standards.

Project objectives

• Provide skills development to enhance workers’ responsiveness and productivity for structural transformation to a sustainable economy, including respect for human rights, which is consistent with the country’s development priorities.
• Promote responsible business conduct including corporate activities in harmony with the country’s development priorities and respect for the principles of international labour standards.
• Promote an environment to contribute towards a transition to resilient supply chains from the perspectives of trade and investment.

Beneficiaries

• Employers in the electrical and electronics sector in Indonesia and automotive sector in Thailand. 
• Workers employed in the electrical and electronics sector in Indonesia and automotive sector in Thailand.
• Students and future workforce transitioning from public technical and vocational training institutions to the electrical and electronics sector in Indonesia and automotive sector in Thailand 
• Policy makers in the three target countries.
• Technical and vocational training institutions in Indonesia and Thailand.
• Japanese institutional investors and multinational corporations.

Stakeholders

• Tripartite constituents: government, employers’ and workers’ organizations.
• Enterprises in the target sectors and supply chains.
• Other national and sector-specific stakeholders including public vocational training institutions and industry stakeholders.

Key areas of project work 

• Skills development for increased employability and productivity.
• Promotion of responsible business principles through skills development.
• Adherence to international labour standards on skills development and responsible business conduct.
• Contribute to an enabling environment for sustainable and inclusive trade and investment.