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Friday 21st June 2013 Presentation for DPU, UCL talk - feedback

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Safety PIN ( Peoples Information Network) DPU, UCL presentation 21st June 2013

WHY

• The construction and garments industries are dangerous

and unjust.

• The collapse of the Rana Plaza, follows major deadly fires

at Tazreen (2012) and Hameem (2010)

• Various institutions have pushed for monitoring, building

demolition, biometrics and politics

• Brands have signed up to Fire and Safety Accord devised

by IndustriALL

• Parliament is rushing through Bangladesh Labour

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Safety PIN ( Peoples Information Network) DPU, UCL presentation 21st June 2013

SOME HISTORY

• >19th century Bengal textiles flourish
• Colonial deindustrialisation and the rise of the machines
• 1947+ Factories largely not owned by Bengalis
• 1952 The Building Construction Act
• 1965 Factories Act
• 1972 Industrial Nationalisation
• 1974 New Investment Policy (post famine)
• 1979 Daewoo Training Kick
• 1980 First Export Processing Zone in Chittagong
• 1982 New Industrial Policy: Denationalisation. RMG boom
• Early 90s Growth of Knitwear
• 1996 Buildings Act
• 2005 The Multi Fibre Agreement ends: The world doesn’t.
• 2006 Bangladesh Labour Act
• 2012 Murder of worker’s activist Aminul Islam
• 2013 Savar Disaster

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Safety PIN ( Peoples Information Network) DPU, UCL presentation 21st June 2013

INITIAL IDEA

• To enable the transformation of

garments factories in Bangladesh through a socially just process of creating dialogical relations between power holders, workers and the public. This will be realised by practical solidarity and social surveillance of factories, starting with building a relevant set of tools and providing

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NEW IDEA

• To enable the transformation of the

construction sector in Bangladesh through a socially just process of creating dialogical relations between power holders, workers and the public. Through piloting a project focused on mapping factories in Dhaka’s Savar and Mohakhali.

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THE TOOL-BOX

To devise and create a robust online +

• ffmine tool sets that can train and help

facilitate the documentation, monitoring and evaluating of factories and other buildings over time.

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OBJECTIVES?

• To develop a robust and open source

database

• To train a group of people able to

document, survey and map buildings by using tools provided

• A written and visual report for

dissemination to various audiences (Govt, Press, Communities, Factories,

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• To nurture a network and data

resource base that carries weight with exploiters and exploitees.

• To encourage public dialogue, scrutiny

and reform of the garments and construction industry.

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Project Methodology

> Develop a clear analytical framework and criterias for measurement > Develop the Terms of Reference + Risk assessments >ACTION RESEARCH: (August 2013 onwards) Fieldwork on 3 sites - collaboration with Google Map-makers of Dhaka + GIS layers) (fieldwork support from students and other relevant practitioners / professionals.) >RESEARCH ANALYSIS: Technical and qualititative analysis of gathered data and information. >TOOL-BOX: Development of Tool-box (accessible to workers, students, others to use as needed) (designers + trainers) > DISSEMINATION: online + offmine platforms (tech-geeks / writing / film / presentations / photographs) / presentation to stakeholders for opportunities to scale to Divisional / national (communication + design strategy)

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Action research

• 1. Survey conditions
• 2. Sampling factors – social / economic / political / access
• 3. Structural Engineering – building integrity

a) Highlight difgerent types of factories through: a.i) CAD Floor plans / elevations – highlighting entry/exit/ fire exits/ density a.ii) Sections showing access points / density issues b) Density ratios (e.g. how many fire exits per person?) c) Number of workers? / approx / or estimate from existing data d) How many difgerent businesses operate from one factory? e) Where they supply to (if possible) – local / national / international – specific companies? Countries? f) Building integrity – construction / engineering components/ where is the generator located? size and brand g) Working conditions - light + air qualities / duration + breaks + commutes + harassment

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Safety PIN ( Peoples Information Network) DPU, UCL presentation 21st June 2013

Sites selected

• site 1a

Mohakhali to airport road west of Banani, wall of factories. (retrofit types) this site is easy for students of Banani cluster to access

• site 1b

near BUET factories are for internal

• market. Bangabazar, Gulistan
• site 2 Savar’s Ashiula

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Safety PIN ( Peoples Information Network) DPU, UCL presentation 21st June 2013

Analysis

a) Comparison of types of factories b) Establish and look to existing criteria’s for working conditions / building construction / engineering: and compare with existing factories. c) Recommendations d) for further work / research

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Dissemination

• Develop an active website and online

INDEPENDENT forum / space

• Publication which includes recommendations

for the Government, Factories, Unions, Workers and others interested in the development of the sector

• Various presentations once final pilot

established – ILO / Bd Govt / BGMEA / Etc / UK community > Brands, Diaspora

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