EU-funded 36-month long programme with focus on improved Garment Manufacturing and Boost Production concluded successfully. Started in January 2013, The SMART Myanmar Compliance Academy project aimed to teach and train factories in increasing compliance level, promoting social responsibility, increasing productivity, improving safe working environment and labour rights.
“When we first started here in 2013, no one here knew about international standards regarding working condition, no one knew about it… but when the factory started to learn what it means and that is also precondition to enter European markets, factory were very keen to learn and to introduce procedure to make the working condition better for the factories,” Project Director, SEQUA gGmbH, Simone Lehmann said.