CCC Reference Guide on Code Implementation & Verification
Section 2. Pilot projects

Overview of Resources on other Pilot Projects per Country

• May 2001, 107kb) Overview of Recent Developments on Monitoring and Verification in the Garment and Sportswear Industry in Europe, (Second edition May 2001)
  • 142kb) In French: Revue des évolutions européennes en matière de vérification et de suivi des conditions de travail dans les secteurs de l'habillement et des articles de sport , (Mai 2001)

  • 130kb) In Spanish: Desarrollos recientes en monitoreo y verificación en la industria de la indumentaria y el calzado deportivo en Europa, (Mayo de 2001 Segunda edición)

• October 2001, Report of the SOMO/CCC Conference: From Code to Compliance: Five concrete European experiences with monitoring and verification in the garment industry, held at the International Trade Union House, on the 3rd of October 2001 in Brussels.
  • In French, Rapport du Colloque du SOMOet de la CCC : De code à son application: Cinq exemples européens concrets d'expérience en contrôle et vérification dans l'industrie du vêtement, Le 3 octobre 2001 Bruxelles.

For more information on reports per country of other projects testing and developing code implementation methodologies see:

Central America

• July 2001, 74kb) Verification of compliance with labor laws and the code of conduct of Liz Claiborne, Inc., in three plants of a company in El Salvador, (Final report), by GMIES (Independent Monitoring Group El Salvador)

• May 2001, 50kb) The Independent Monitoring Working Group (IMWG) report on the history and development of independent factory monitoring initiatives in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.

• August 2000, 110kb) COVERCO 2nd Public Report Independent Monitoring Pilot Project with Liz Clayborne, INC.

Vietnam

• March 2001, Consultation with Footwear Workers: Report of a Pilot Study - Juliet Edington Hanoi, Vietnam.

China

• October 2003, Challenges in China. Experiences from Two CCC Pilot Projects on Monitoring and Verification of Code Compliance

• May 2002, China: Major shoe brands, labor rights groups train Chinese factory workers in bid to improve health and safety. In May 2002 the health and safety project in three footwear plants in the Pearl River Delta of China was concluded. The project involved a worker training in August and the establishment of plant-wide health and safety committees with workers as full and active participants in Taiwanese contract factories producing sports shoes for Adidas, Nike and Reebok. The text and all the appendices are posted on the website of the Maquiladora H&S Support Network at: www.igc.org/mhssn/. The following article from Associated Press discusses the project and the report.

• December 2000, 128kb) Monitoring Mattel: codes of conduct, workers and toys in southern China, May Wong and Stephen Frost, Asia Monitor Resource Centre.

Cambodia

• June 2002, the ILO Synthesis Reports on the Working Conditions Situation in Cambodia's Garment Sector. These reports contains an overview of progress made by factories covered by the first synthesis report in implementing the suggestions made by the project for improving working conditions in each individual factory.

Indonesia

• October 1999, 571kb) "Peduli Hak: Caring for Rights"; An intensive research, evaluation and remediation initiative in two Indonesian factories manufacturing for Reebok".