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CCC Reference Guide on Code Implementation & Verification
Section 3. MSI's and other overseeing mechanisms
The Jo-In initiative
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Spring 2003 the Ethical Trading Initiative took the initiative to bring
together six organisations, each working on the implementation and/or
enforcement of labour standards. The organizations eventually committed
to a joint project with the purpose to explore opportunities for collaborative
efforts to improve workplace conditions in the garment industry and generate
learning in the implementation of labour codes of conduct. This project
is called the Joint Initiative on Corporate Accountability and Workers
Rights. The group aims to lessen the confusion generated by the multiplicity
of codes and related initiatives, and will test and compare a variety
of code implementation strategies and approaches in Turkey.
The organisations involved are:
- The Ethical Trading Initiative (UK)
- The Clean Clothes Campaign
- FairWear Foundation (Netherlands)
- The Fair Labor Association
- Social Accountability International and
- Workers Rights Consortium (USA).
Representatives of the organizations met during the remainder of the
year and agreed to a location (Turkey) to test out different methods
and tools for code implementation. At the meeting last january a detailed
workplan has been developed, and the the project is now scheduled to
start mid-2004 and run for 2-3 years.
Available Resources
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58 kb) Joint Initiative on Corporate
Accountability and Workers Rights. 
