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ISSARA ACADEMY

Issara Academy is comprised of training programs for employers, recruiters, and civil society, and global webinars for brands and retailers, donors, and practitioners.  Trainings and webinars provide cutting edge insights on business and human rights that leverage worker voice intelligence and Issara's on-the-ground experience.  Trainings analyze and deconstruct emerging good practice, provide peer-to-peer and case study sharing on how to improve management systems and performance, and convey the latest information regarding laws and processes related to migrant labour in Southeast Asia.  Issara Academy is an important forum for networking and building relationships within the growing business and human rights community as well, particularly at the national level in Asian countries.

TRAINING TOPICS FOR SUPPLIERS, RECRUITMENT AGENCIES, AND CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS

  • Supplier onboarding and Worker Voice orientation

  • Business and Human Rights 101 for suppliers

  • Ethical Recruitment 101 for suppliers

  • Ethical Recruitment clinics

  • Ethical Grievance Mechanisms

  • Inclusive Labour Monitoring and Supplier Dashboard

  • Ethics and Guidelines for interpreters

  • Ethics and Guidelines for Line Supervisors

  • Digital security & Human Rights for CSOs

  • Empowerment and behavior change programming for CSOs

  • Inclusive Labour Monitoring system adoption for CSOs

TRAINING LOCATIONS

  • THAILAND: Trainings offered throughout the year, alternating between Bangkok and the provinces.

  • NEPAL: Trainings offered quarterly, in Kathmandu.

  • MYANMAR:  Trainings offered in Yangon.

  • MALAYSIA: Trainings offered offered throughout the year, alternating between Kuala Lumpur and Johor Bahru.

  • GLOBAL:  Webinars offered monthly - most are public and geared toward a multi-stakeholder audience; some are invitation-only for Issara Strategic Partners.

  • ONLINE: In different languages such as Thai, Burmese, Nepali, Khmer and English.

Upcoming Events

  • Supplier Onboarding and Worker Voice Orientation
    Multiple Dates
    Thu, Jun 08
    Virtual Event in Thai
    Jun 08, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM PDT
    Virtual Event in Thai
    This training is for new suppliers to learn how Issara’s worker voice works and how it benefits suppliers as part of Issara’s ILM protocol. You will learn how the supplier dashboard works and the overview of Worker Voice-Driven Ethical Recruitment.
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  • Ethical Recruitment 101 For Suppliers
    Multiple Dates
    Fri, Jun 09
    Virtual Event in Thai
    Jun 09, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM PDT
    Virtual Event in Thai
    This training is designed to improve supplier’s understanding of ethical recruitment, including Issara Institute’s Ethical Recruitment Model, International Standards, International Conventions, regulations both at national and regional level, key principles, definitions, and laws and regulations. T
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  • Ethical Grievance Mechanisms
    Multiple Dates
    Thu, Jun 22
    Virtual Event in Thai
    Jun 22, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM PDT
    Virtual Event in Thai
    This training will provide the conceptual understanding of grievance mechanisms, how to build and strengthen the suppliers’ effective grievance mechanisms, its benefits, and handling and remediating worker grievances.
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  • Inclusive Labour Monitoring and Supplier Dashboard
    Multiple Dates
    Thu, Jun 29
    Virtual Event in Thai
    Jun 29, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM PDT
    Virtual Event in Thai
    Launch the ILM supplier dashboard and demonstrate how it works in the system.
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  • Business and Human Rights 101 for Suppliers
    Multiple Dates
    Thu, Jul 13
    Virtual Event in Thai
    Jul 13, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM PDT
    Virtual Event in Thai
    Suppliers will learn how and why international human rights laws matter to businesses. Global trends and human rights violation related to business will be presented, including the fundamental knowledge on ethical recruitment.
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  • Ethics and Guidelines for Interpreters
    Multiple Dates
    Tue, Aug 29
    Location is TBD
    Aug 29, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM PDT
    Location is TBD
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