Training of Trainers on Employment Injury Insurance in Bangladesh

OBJECTIVES GENERAL OBJECTIVE The general objective of the workshop was to enhance the competences of participants to design and deliver training courses and sessions to promote an agenda for the adoption of an Employment Injury Insurance (EII) in Bangladesh. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES • Describe the functioning of the national system for the compensation of injured and sick workers and identify the shortcomings. • Explain the alternative experiences of compensation of injured and sick workers in Bangladesh and the proposed trial on EII in the ready-made garment sector. • Justify the advantages of the EII model over the current employers’ liability model. • Describe international standards, experiences and national good practices in the administration and the provision of quality services (medical care, rehabilitation and prevention) of EII models. • Establish conclusions and recommendations on the feasibility of applying the models and experiences discussed at the national context. CONTENT PREPARATORY PART • Introduction to the main concepts of Employment Injury Protection • A comparison between Employers’ Liability and EII approaches • Occupational safety and health and health related issues • Financial and rating systems • Main elements of an EII legal framework • Governance and institutional issues • Linkages between prevention, compensation and return to work FACE-TO-FACE PART • Current compensation system of occupational accidents and diseases in Bangladesh: law and practice. • Administrative procedures and legal processes for compensation on occupational accidents and diseases. • Challenges of litigating compensation Claims under BLA 2006. • Experiences of compensation in Bangladesh from the Rana Plaza accident. • The social insurance model. Main characteristics and differences with the current Employers’ Liability model. • Occupational safety and health: relevant concepts and fundamentals for EII. • Financing of an employment injury insurance scheme: The case for Bangladesh in light of the feasibility study of the ILO • The international labour standards and EII. The social dialogue and EII schemes. • The proposed trial on EII in the ready-made garment sector. • What is learning? How do we learn?. The Learning Management Cycle. • Towards participatory learning. From trainer-centered to learner-centered approaches in adult learning. Myths on participatory learning. • Learning styles and learning design. Learning styles: self-assessment. Assessing the learning needs. • Learning design. Components and coherence of learning design: formulating objectives, selecting content. • Knowledge sharing, facilitation methods and presentation techniques • Towards implementation: Facilitating participatory learning • Application of participatory group facilitation and knowledge sharing techniques.Top 100 facilitation tips • Towards learning evaluation: Assessing learning. Approaches and methods for measuring change • Applying the learning. Review the learning management cycle. • Delivery of a microteaching session. Total learning hours: 60 hours