Donors 

Donor funding is critical to both global and national Better Work activities. These funds are used to launch new country programmes, adapt tools and develop targeted training services. In larger markets, where the industrial base can support such action, the goal of Better Work country programmes is to transform to local institutions that are self-financed on a service-based cost recovery model.

Better Work interacts with its governmental donors in a number of ways. Twice a year, the programme organizes donor coordination meetings, which provide Better Work the opportunity to account for the use of public funds, discuss future projects and activities, assess possible synergies with existing government public/private partnerships in global supply chains, discuss public policy related to labour issues in global supply chains and present Better Work’s impact related to indicators, including those that are relevant to governments’ development aid policies, such as the Millennium Development Goals.

In addition, four donor representatives (Australia, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the United States) sit on the Advisory Committee to provide input to the Management Group on, among others topics, public policy related to labour issues in global supply chains within the framework of Better Work’s strategy.

Better Work programmes are funded by the following donors, listed alphabetically
(as of 15/12/11).

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*Better Work has received contributions from companies, beyond fees collected for programme services. These donations account for approximately 2% of the global budget.