Overview
The project aims to empower workers and unions in Asia’s electronics sector to prevent forced labour through training, tools, grievance mechanisms, and advocacy.
ElectroPower’s main activities include:
- Worker and union capacity building: “Train-the-Trainer” workshops on freedom of association, collective bargaining, social dialogue, and preventing forced labour.
- Awareness raising and grievance systems: Information campaigns, complaint apps/hotlines, and cooperation with authorities to report abuses, discrimination, and gender-based violence.
- Self-monitoring by workers: Risk assessment training, evidence collection, and use of digital monitoring tools like the complaint app.
- Research and advocacy: In-depth studies, interviews, roundtables, and workshops linking worker representatives, government, and industry to advance ILO, EU forced labour, and due diligence standards.
- Coordination and funding support: Approximately 20% of funds allocated to local unions and worker rights groups for training, monitoring, and networking.
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Key information
- Start date
2025
- End date
2028
- Target group(s)
Civil society organisations; Trade unions; Government institutions; Workers; Multi-stakeholder initiatives (MSI); Industry initiatives
- Sector(s)
Industry and manufacturing
- Type of initiative
Country level
- Countries of intervention
Indonesia; Malaysia; Thailand
- Type(s) of support
Information & guidance on due diligence; Tools for risk assessment & reporting; International policy dialogue; Multi-stakeholder collaboration; Capacity building & training; Promotion of transparency & advocacy
- Type(s) of contributor
European institution
- Contributor(s)
European Union (DG INTPA)
- Implementing organisation(s)
Südwind