Industries & Workplaces for Sustainable Inclusive Growth

Through Tripartite Dialogue and Sharing of Tools, Practices and Knowledge

RAS1405JPN (105152 / 501568)

Short summary:
The InSIGHT Project aims to promote mechanisms and practical approaches that enable
industries and workplaces to become drivers of sustainable and inclusive growth in the
Asian region. INSIGHT project will expand the work carried out under the previous phases
of the ILO/Japan projects, such as Greener Business Asia (GBA in Thailand and the
Philippines), the ASEAN-ILO/Japan Project on Industrial Relations (AIJPIR), and the ILO/Japan
on Occupational Safety and Health in Hazardous Work in Southeast Asia (OSH) Project.
When: 2015 - 2017
Where: Regional (ASEAN) level and country level activities (initiating in Indonesia)
Donor: Government of Japan
Project Outcomes:

Strengthened policy dialogue and institutional capacities to promote sustainable and

inclusive growth in industries and workplaces
Enhanced local tripartite structures and support systems to foster sustainability and
competitiveness of sectors and workplaces

Beneficiaries:
At the regional level, the main target groups and stakeholders are governments, workers and
employers organisations in ASEAN member states, and the ASEAN Secretariat. They will
benefit in terms of capacity development through seminars, training and other knowledge
sharing mechanisms that will help them further their expertise and skills.
At the country level in Indonesia, government, workers and employers organizations will
benefit in terms of capacity development through tripartite seminars, training and other
tailored support that will help them further their expertise and skills.

Partners in Indonesia:

Ministry of Manpower
APINDO
Indonesian Trade Union Confederation
Indonesian Prosperity Trade Union Confederation
All Indonesian Workers Union Confederation
other relevant line Ministries and organizations

Background:
The InSIGHT Project aims to promote mechanisms and practical approaches that enable
industries and workplaces to become drivers of sustainable and inclusive growth in the Asian
region.
With the renewed commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and the
anticipated growth and consolidation in the ASEAN region, efforts to fully engage ILOs
tripartite partners in the regional discourse, agreements and actions most relevant to them,
are pivotal. This way, the project would foster a broad-based understanding of the
implications and challenges of economic growth, environment, and social inclusion, in the
context of decent work.
With support from the Government of Japan, InSIGHT Project will be working in both regional
and national contexts from 2015 -2017. It will cover activities in the ASEAN region, initiating
national level interventions in Indonesia, as it also prepares to replicate the experience in
other countries in Asia.
The project will expand the work carried out under the previous phases of the ILO/Japan
projects, such as Greener Business Asia (GBA in Thailand and the Philippines), as well as
carrying forward key components and experience of the ASEAN-ILO/Japan Project on
Industrial Relations (AIJPIR), and the ILO/Japan on Occupational Safety and Health in
Hazardous Work in Southeast Asia (OSH) Project. The InSIGHT Project is part of the ILO Green
Jobs Initiative worldwide, and a significant addition to the Green Jobs & Sustainable
Enterprise portfolio of ILO activities in the Asia-Pacific region.
Promoting decent work alongside sustainable development means working on having
greener, safer and supportive workplaces, as well as healthy and productive workforce, that
forms the backbone of vibrant industries with sustainable operations and inclusive economic
growth. The InSIGHT Project aims to demonstrate this same guiding principle in developing
policy interventions and practical approaches in the workplace, which will enable both
employers and workers to act collaboratively towards this goal.
Sound industrial relations and social dialogue at different levels are essential to reaching
solutions to increasingly complex challenges facing enterprises and workers. At the policy
level, dialogue is key to help governments identify, with employers and workers
organizations, measures that reflect concerns of their constituencies and have their support.
At the workplace level, dialogue among workers and employers representatives is essential

because it helps to foster a broad process of workplace improvement that provides benefits
in terms of working conditions, productivity, including social values. This will also unleash the
potential for alternative solutions, such as workers engagement contributing to the
enterprise sustainability efforts and, in turn, allowing the enterprise to continuously operate
amidst challenges and secure quality jobs for its workers.
Key Activities:
The InSIGHT Project combines the enhancement of platforms and capacities for tripartite
policy dialogue and the development of shared goals, with capacity building in practical,
bottom-up approaches for industry upgrading and enterprise improvement that deliver
concrete benefits to workers and employers.
The project activities will have two major components:
(I)

Policy Dialogue component, aiming to improve the policy environment through

advocacy, focusing on regional, national level forums and capacity building for
government and social partners around the promotion of sustainable and responsible
workplaces and emerging industrial relations concerns;

(II)

Industry Support component, to demonstrate how a broad vision with effective

policies and programmes, can translate into concrete industry and workplace level
changes. It will have tripartite forums to develop shared visions & goals, coupled with
capacity building in practical, bottom-up approaches for industry sector upgrading and
enterprise improvement that deliver concrete benefits to workers and employers.

Main activities will include:

Regional seminars and research on Industrial Relations issues

Regional and national seminars to engage and build capacity of emerging tripartite
leaders
Preparatory and follow-up action-learning support for tripartite partners on
sustainability and inclusive growth priorities
Tripartite forum process towards joint vision and commitment-building at industry
cluster level
Technical assistance to industry support institutions and roll-out of workplace
improvement tools (Green business, Resource productivity, OSH, Workplace
cooperation)

For further information, please contact:

ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
Bangkok, Thailand
Yasuo Ariga
Chief Technical Adviser
Tel: + / Fax:
Email: ariga@ilo.org

ILO Country Office

Jakarta, Indonesia
Georginia Pascual
Project Technical Officer
Tel.: +62 21 391 3112 ext 138 / Fax.: +61 21
310 0766
Email: pascualg@ilo.org
Muce Mochtar
National Officer
Tel.: +62 21 391 3112 ext 105 /Fax.: +61 21
310 0766
Email: muce@ilo.org
Maya Iskarini
Admin & Finance Assistant
Tel.: +62 21 391 3112 ext 123 / Fax.: +61 21
310 0766
Email: maya@ilo.org