Ending Violence and Harassment in the World of Work: A training for change-makers

This 5-days workshop combines training-of-trainers elements with sessions focusing on sharing international experiences and good practices as well as more participatory sessions geared towards fine-tuning specific skills. OBJECTIVE This course will equip participants with the tools to: - Identify key innovations, core principles and transformative elements of ILO C190 and R206; - Sensitize and train others on the “fundamentals” of such elements; - Approach and actively participate in policy dialogue around the topic and at different levels; - Apply and adapt existing tools and emerging practices to your specific context and priorities; - Internalize elements of change theory as applying to your specific context and vantage point; - Formulate effective arguments and advocacy strategies to drive the change forward; CONTENT - Violence and harassment as a single concept – reconstructing the range of unacceptable behaviours; - The inclusive, integrated, gender-responsive and victim-centred approach; - Violence and harassment, occupational risks and psychosocial factors: learning to apply the OSH lens; - The process of ratification of and ILO Convention: what it entails and how to prepare for it; - The development of workplace policy documents for prevention of violence and harassment - Integrating violence and harassment concerns in social dialogue practices and collective bargaining agreements; - Handling grievances and dispute resolution on violence and harassment: DOs and DONTs; - Elements of change theory (understanding change as a process, understanding influence and power, identifying stakeholders, allies and blockers, formulating arguments and strategies, becoming advocates).