The 6th supplier workshops of the Tchibo-GTZ Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) Project were conducted in Hangzhou on 9 and 10 July 2009 and in Shenzhen on 14 and 15 July 2009, respectively. The PPP Project "Worldwide Enhancement of Social Quality (WE)" is being implemented in the countries of Bangladesh, China and Thailand. It is dedicated to the qualification of local training institutions and pilot supplier companies regarding the implementation of social standards and in-house dialogue. The goal is to further qualify and establish local training providers and to create multipliers for an innovative training tool.
The workshops, which were organised by the Sino-German Corporate Social Responsibility Project, were moderated by local trainers under the coaching of international trainers, targeting at supplier representatives from top management, middle management and production line workers.
In the Hangzhou workshop, 46 participants from 11 Tchibo suppliers attended the workshop. In addition, Mr. Dirk Steffes-enn from the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Beijing, WE-project coordinator Ms. Nanda Bergstein, Mr. Ingo Lemke from the sourcing department of Tchibo Hamburg, as well as several staff members from the Tchibo Hong Kong Office, attended the event in Hangzhou as observers.
In the Shenzhen workshop, a total of 52 participants from 7 Tchibo suppliers participated in the workshop. Representatives from the training organisation TAOS Network and several staff members from Tchibo Hong Kong attended as observers .
The 6th supplier workshops focused on the topics of anti-discrimination and wages. The trainings made extensive use of group work and interactive participation (e.g. role play and surveys). In addition, suppliers were encouraged, as well as guided, to create action plans and agree on measures to improve wage conditions at the factory level. |
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