Alliance for Integrity India in partnership with amfori India is initiating a collective action pilot in the state of Maharashtra to work with the SMEs in the Textile Sector.
“Collective action is a collaborative and sustained process of cooperation between stakeholders. It increases the impact and credibility of individual action, brings vulnerable individual players into an alliance of like-minded organizations, and levels the playing field between competitors. Collective action can complement or temporarily substitute for and strengthen weak local laws and anti-corruption practices.
Objective:
The objective of the collective action is to support SMEs in the region working in the textile sector to establish and manage compliance management systems with a special focus on understanding the grey areas in the Export compliances.
What We Offer:
We invite the registered SMEs to join us in a 2-month journey with our core group of Subject Matter Experts who will be conducting 8 sessions of 1.5 hrs each. The sessions are designed to promote integrity through the establishment of compliance management systems and within the regulatory compliances particularly Export and Intellectual Property Rights Compliances.
Benefits of Registering:
Owners/Representatives/Senior Managers of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises working in the textile sector in the state of Maharashtra can sign up for the journey. The participants will receive a certificate of participation at the end of the journey.
All participants will also have access to the future capacity building sessions from our experts and will also be invited to the benefits of our support desk.
Note:
❖ The number of participants is limited to 25 on a first come first serve basis
❖ The language of the sessions will be in English and local language
Dates and Topics:
➢ 02 Sep, 2020 (Session 1): Export Compliances Overview
The first session would be a warm-up and interactive session with the participants. The aim is to give them a brief overview of export compliances for the textile sector and the challenges faced with potential solutions for the same.
➢ 04 Sep, 2020 (Session 2): What is Corruption?
In the second session, we will cover a module which will define corruption along with the types of corruption and the grey areas of corruption. This module will help prepare the participants for the upcoming third session.
➢ 09 Sep, 2020 (Session 3): Export compliances: Risks and Mitigation
This session will focus on the export-related compliances and the grey areas involved along with the practical solutions to approach the challenges.
➢ 11 Sep, 2020 (Session 4): Compliance Management System & Risk Assessment
The session will cover the module on the 6 steps towards the establishment of a compliance management system and the concept of risk assessment.
➢ 17 Sep, 2020 (Session 5): Sanctions & Incentives
This session will cover incentives and sanctions related to corruption both at the national and international levels as a continuation of risk assessment.
➢ 24 Sep, 2020 (Session 6): External Measures
This will cover the external measures that can be taken by the companies to prevent corruption mostly covering the vendors, third party dealings amongst others.
➢ 30 Sep, 2020 (Session 7): Intellectual Property Rights Compliances
Session seven will be with a practicing Intellectual Property Rights expert with a focus on the IPRs and will provide an overview of the need and compliances in the Textile sector.
➢ 08 Oct, 2020 (Session 8): Financial Access for SMEs in times of Covid
The last session is a special session to support SMEs with the details of the financial packages and schemes launched by the government to minimise the impact of Corona for the MSME sector.