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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 BRANDS & RETAILERS, SUPPLIERS, RECRUITMENT AGENCIES, AND CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS

  • Social Compliance and HRDD: Going Beyond Audit

  • Ethical Recruitment Down to the First Mile

  • Ethical Grievance Mechanism

  • Business and Human Rights 101 

  • Ethical Recruitment 101

  • Ethical Recruitment clinics

  • 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 Labor Monitoring system adoption for CSOs

TRAINING LOCATIONS

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

  • NEPAL: Trainings offered in English and Nepali.

  • MYANMAR:  Trainings offered online in Burmese and English.

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

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