This program is being implemented by Care with a fund from PVH and GIZ. Since the program started in March 2021,265 operators are trained and graduated. The training program comprises six modules including communication, Time and Stress Management, Problem Solving and Decision Making, Financial Literacy etc… The program is implemented in 5 Companies (Century Garments, JP textile, PVHAM, Sumbiri and Hela Indochina) to improve the skills of 4000 FGWs.
In addition to personal advancement and Career enhancement training, Care Ethiopia is also conducting a project in the community which is known as ’Buna Tetu’. Under this project, trainings have been provided for 250 garment workers on Communications, Time and Stress Management, Problem Solving, so and so forth. Additional services which are offered under this project incorporate: Financial Literacy etc. as well as legal and health literacy in the center Health and legal counselling The workers form in groups to receive trainings, identify problems they face and bring solutions to their problems through an advisory committee Community Theatre on select topics Fair Price Shop outside IPDC providing maize flour, oil, pads, etc The platform creates an opportunity for the park workers to spend stress-free time and gain skills, contributing to retention and productivity at the Park.
BRIDGES is a five-year programme that aims to create employment opportunities for youth by unlocking the job creation potential of industrial parks (IPs) and other anchor enterprises (AEs) and their surrounding ecosystem including micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs). BRIDGES employment linkage was officially launched at HIP on October 1st, 2020. The projects that were handed over to Bridges from EP include: Bridge has been providing the below services to Hawassa Industrial Park: ▪ The labor database The program provides a digitalized matching of HIP labour demand with the supply of job seekers through sustainable sourcing, screening, grading, job placement and training mechanisms. Provision of basic soft skills induction training that improves performance on the factory floor and worker engagement, motivation and expectation. ▪ Tatari project Tatari is an integrated scheme of recurrent saving, which will be leveraged to access loan that diligent workers to set up and run a viable MSMES with additional multi-level support from government. In short term, TATARI works to improve the labor, mobilization, retention and performance, while, in the long term, the young workforce would change the perception that considers factories as a learning ground to a better future.
A Projects with GIZ The Hawassa Industrial Park( HIP), initiated by the Ethiopian government in cooperation with the private sector, currently hosts about 23 international garment manufacturers, producing goods for the US and the European markets. Companies at the HIP face several challenges: lack of qualified workers and management personnel, lack of appropriate career guidance and relevant training models at educational institutions. Students, graduates and young professionals, however, are one of the most important assets for further positive development of the Ethiopian private sector. To match private partners’ expectation, it is essential for young people to be well trained. Therefore, the aim of the cooperation with GIZ is to strengthen the industry-education linkage and improve the qualifications of lower and middle- management employees, as well as future employees, in the textile and garment industry by innovative and practice-oriented training approaches. Training models and approaches Cooperative training for college students( 1 month) Internships for university students( 3 months) Management and technical training for graduate university and college students( 2 months) Externships( summer schools) for university and college staff Management and leadership training for employees( scenario-based,modular,12 hours) Organizational development( Individually tailored trainings for companies( 2 weeks) So far, after this industry-education linkage was introduced, Over 1,000 TVET students and University graduates had access to internship and training in one year. Career Service Center Skill assessment and career counseling hub was also established with the support of GIZ to facilitate further education and employment for job seekers and employees. The center: Develop competency matrix for selected career pathways. Recommend trainings according to competency assessment. Involve in selection of trainings( soft skills, leadership,etc.) Access to professionally relevant learning mateials.
Project with ILO and GIZ Prevention and Awareness Campaigns When Covid 19 broke out at Hawassa Industrial Park, a range of activities were carried out in cooperation with ILO and GIZ. Some of interventions are: Behavioural changing campaigns Community outreach activities Distribution of PPEs to workers and health professionals Production and distribution of communication materials (posters, audio, video) Capacity building trainings to health professionals Vaccination campaigns 47% of the park population vaccinated Awareness campaigns : health professionals community elders religious leaders comedians Refreshment trainings to health officers in factories and regional and city health bureau Recognition award for health workers
SW (Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevoelkerung) is an international development and advocacy organisation With a focus on achieving a universal access to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), which is fundamental to improving health and fighting poverty. The project has been facilitating the below services: Peer education in family planning, sexually transmitted diseases and the like with practical demonstration. Provision of SRH training materials, such as radio and other important equipment. Conducting radio programs and discussions on SRH and life skill.
76 female factory workers graduates after attending 48 hours of personal advancement and career enhancement training( PACE). 50 female Century Garment and 26 JPT textile female workers respectively graduated on May 14/2022 after attending 48 hours personal advancement and career enhancement training . The girls have been pursuing soft skill and life skill trainings and they have been obtaining courses on communication, problem solving and decision making, Time and stress management, WASH, Financial literacy, Excursion and excellence. During the graduation, the girls have given their testimonies by saying that the training have provided them the opportunity to be empowered socially, economically and in others aspects of their lives. The training was organized by CARE Ethiopia in collaboration with PVH and JPT Textile and Century Garments.
International worker’s day ( May day) was commemorated at Hawassa Industrial Park on May 3/2022 with the presence of Ethiopian Confederation president, officials of Sidam Regional State, park management and HIP workers. During the celebration, the park was commended due to the fact that 80 percent of companies at HIP are unionized. It was also reiterated the importance of strengthening trade unions so as to promote collective bargaining and ultimately ensuring industrial peace. The day was marked for the 143th time at an international level and 47th time in Ethiopia with the motto of “Workers unionization for industrial peace, productivity and improved standard of living.”
A Consensus was reached to continue the current cooperation between HIPIA , Hawassa University, TVET, and public colleges in improving the employability of fresh graduates in HIP under the develop PPP program that will come to an end on 1st of July 2022. Following a workshop organised in Hawassa on April 20/2022, HIPIA has signed a memorandum of understanding between Hawassa University, Polytechnic college, and TVET colleges. The develop PPP program funded by GIZ and PVH and executed by HIPIA since 2018 has been linking government educational institutes with Hawassa Industrial Park through facilitating internships, externships as well as by paying pocket money to those interns who engage on the job training. This program will come to an end on the 1st of July 2022. The memorandum of understanding is believed to sustain the training and job opportunities for graduates in the future. These opportunities have enhanced the employability of students and as of today out of 550 total internships in HIP, 100 have led to a job at the park. Hawassa Industrial Park Investor Association in partnership with GIZ has also been developing a career service center whose objective is to provide better qualified lower and middle managers to factories with the help of the center.
International women’s day was commemorated at Hawassa Industrial Park. The day was celebrated with events, speech and other programs in a way that honor the work and achievement of women to achieve their full potential at the park. International women’s day was marked with motto of ‘break the bias’ in an effort to break the discrimination against women in communities, work places and families so forth. This event was organized by Plan Internation Ethiopia in collaboration with Investors Association and IPDC.
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