ONGOING PROJECT

Together with UNICEF, SocialDrives is part of the team who supports the Ministry of Human Rights in developing training modules on human rights. This is part of phases towards mandatory human rights due diligence in Indonesia. The modules focus on buiness and child rights, and  will be disseminated to the government officials.

Supporting  an expert team from University of Indonesia, SocialDrives contribute to provide consultancy in the social aspects. The project support the government strategy towards 100 GW power generator by 2028. The pilot project location is in the Riau archipelago.

SocialDrives does social audit in one of the bags factory in Central Java who produce for EU market. Using Fair Wear Code of Labour Practices, the full audit covers freedom of association, working hours, wages, occupational health and safety, etc. The workers will be interviewed during the audit.

In the first phase (November 2022-September 2023), SocialDrives supports Freedom Fund to do an assessment, capacity building, and technical assistance towards their partner organizations in Indonesia, particularly in the development of the theory of change and project monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) system. The partners are implementing the Hotspot project on forced labour in the seafood industry, including the issues affecting migrant fishers overseas and seafood processing workers.

This project has been extended:

• Second phase (October 2023 - September 2024)
• Specific Technical Assistant to the Partner Organization in North Sulawesi (March 2024 - March 2025)
• Third phase (January - December 2025)

Supporting  MDF, IFC and Nike, SocialDrives provide expertise as a trainer in garment and shoes sector. The project aims to support women in early manager position so that they can have leadership skills and confidence which contributes to career growth and business performance. This project also promotes women’s equal career advancement and workplace gender equality at participating factories. The trainees would have better communication, problem-solving, and leadership skills.

Project period: August 2025-March 2026

SocialDrives supports Business and Children’s Rights Working Group - IGCN, Unicef, PKPA, Binus University Business School, APSAI, and Save the Children to understand the similarities and difference of Children Rights and Business Principles (CRBP), Women Empowerment Principles (WEPS) and the Guidance for Business on the Rights of People with Disability (GBRPD) principles, indicators and criteria by doing desk study and focus group discussion. 

Project period: July - December 2025

To support international consulting company, CVA to prepare the field visit of OCP Nutricrops to Sumatra and Java. The visit aims to do research on the use of fertilizer. The visit was succeed to build a conversation with relevant stakeholders in  banana, sugarcane, palm oil plantations and smallholders.

Project period: February 2026

Destructive Fishing Watch organized Annual Meeting 2026. SocialDrives supports the meeting facilitation which focus on 2 pillars: Ocean Rights and Human Rights. This meeting aims to formulize the strategy, performance indicators and workplan 2026.

Project period: January 2026

To support Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund (ASB) Indonesia and Philippines in facilitating an offline sharing and learning workshop in Yogyakarta that involves organization partners who work in disaster risk reduction projects, social economic develpment and food resilience.

Project period: June 2022

Supporting  EU-based apparel brands, in capacity building of their supplier (garment factory) in West Java on Workplace Education (WEP), on-boarding and gender equality at the workplace. The WEP and on-boarding training use training module of Fair Wear Foundation that encourage employers and workers to have constructive communication to identify and addressing issues in the factory. This training contributes to a better social dialogue and working condition 

The gender training covers Occupational Health and Safety, as well as on how to prevent, mitigate and address Gender Based Violence (GBV) including sexual harassment at the workplace. The factory was assisted to establish Gender Committee with solid work plan.

Supporting Yayasan Care Peduli to do data verification of GES and baseline study  in the TARGET's supplier (garment factories) in West Java and Central Java. TARGET is an American big box department store chain with stores in all US states. One of TARGET's Responsible Sourcing and Sustainability Goals 2025 is to build a resilient supply chain through equity and justice. The objective is to have 100% of suppliers have policies and programs implemented to advance gender equity. The plan is to achieve this through equitable systems for hiring and advancement, financial security for workers, effective anonymous channels for incident reporting, and access to gender responsive health information and services for workers.

Project period: September - December 2023

Funded by the Dutch Enterprise Agency (RVO) under Social Sustainability Fund (SSF), SocialDrives supports a consortium of Verstegen Spices & Sauces, Stitching Local Impact Hub  and Tripper Nature in doing baseline study of cassia value chain in Jambi. The project aims to reduce risks, improve compliance with regulations, and promote responsible business practices within the cassia industry by conducting a social sustainability risk assessment to identify and prioritize risks for stakeholders, develop mitigating measures based on the needs of affected workers and leverage their expertise and network to gather local insights.

Project period: April - October 2024

Requested by the Indonesia Ocean Justice Initiative (IOJI), SocialDrives assists IOJI in developing their project Theory of Change, logical framework and project monitoring and evaluation plan. The assistance covers three IOJI’s projects that focus on the blue carbon and small fisherman protection. 

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Project period: August 2024 - June 2025

Supporting a Germany-based apparel brand, S.Oliver by providing tailor-made training to the supplier (garment factory) in Central Java in the topic of freedom of association and discrimination. The training is provided both to the factory management and workers representative to improve their knowledge and skill.

Project period: April - October 2024

SocialDrives supports Local Impact Hub in implementing the project from Global Platform for Sustainable Natural Rubber (GPSNR) on risk assessment in rubber sector, particularly in Asia region which covers Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, Philipines, Myanmar, India and Sri Lanka.

Project period: August - October 2024

Undertake baseline study on STRONGER: “Sustainable intervention, Greater Voices, and Change the Barrier on Violence  Against Women and Girls”. STRONGER  is further OXFAM efforts to consolidate the intervention results and  strengthen existing achievements of previous intervention, Creating Spaces, to optimize the  impact and expand the movement to prevent child marriage. This follow-up effort is carried out  to achieve the Goal: Girls and Boys in 4 targeted provinces (East Java, West Java, South  Sulawesi, and West Nusa Tenggara) are free from child marriage. 

Project period: August 2022 - February 2023

  Supported by Council of Palm Oil Producing Countries (CPOPC), this study will provide the complexity of environment, the challenges and good practices on how to fulfil the rights of children, including on how to prevent and address the child labour in palm oil plantations. Furthermore, this study discuss the progress of the inclusion of child’s rights into the policies and sustainability standards, using Indonesia and Malaysia as geographical settings. This research seeks to understand how oil palm company activities affect children’s lives as well as what companies operating in Indonesia and Malaysia can do and to respect children’s rights. 

Project period: October 2021 - June 2022

 The impact of Covid-19 pandemic on the economy is the loss of jobs and income. While in society, people need to adapt to the “new normal” either in domestic, workplace and public. Unfortunately, such impacts are not gender neutral. The triple burden endured by women in productive, reproductive, and community roles has been exposed and intensified due to COVID-19. The pandemic is deepening the existing inequalities, uplifting the vulnerabilities in social, political and economic systems. Hivos has mission to amplify and connect voices that promote social and environmental justice and challenge power imbalances. Hivos is based in the Haque and works in 40 countries.

Project period: October 2023 - January 2024

To support AMURT and KNH-BMZ on final evaluation of project titled "Supporting Quality Early Childhood Education and Promulgating a Child-Centred Early Childhood Teacher-Training Program in Demak District, Indonesia". The project is focus on  training for Early Childhood teachers training program. Final evaluation provides practical recommendations for future improvement and design of next projects.

Project period: August - October 2022

The objective of this project is to identify lesson learned, success and challenge  in delivering an effective influencing against poverty and inequality,  including three programs [Economic Justice,  Gender Justice, and Right in Crises]. Oxfam is a global movement of people who are fighting inequality to end poverty and injustice. Oxfam are working across regions in more than 90 countries with thousands of partners and allies.

Project period: March - May 2022

SocialDrives supports UNICEF to review the context, strategy, and business actors who have commitment towards the rights of children such as education, health, WASH, and child proteccion.

Project period: March - June 2025 

To support Indonesia Ocean Justice Initiative to do Cost-Benefit Analysis as additional to their study on "The Effectiveness of the Small Fisherman Law and Management of Coastal Zone and Small Islands (PWP3K) Law", that has been conducted in 7 coastal areas in Indonesia. IOJI is an independent think thank that has focus on marine governance and sustainable ocean governance.

Project period: July - August 2022

Supported by Belgium-based organization, this study focus on analysing the impact of climate change to the palm oil workers, as well as the quality of the social protection for workers (BPJS Employment). This research come with the recommendations for CSOs on how they can advocate adaptive social protection that can improve workers health and welfare condition.

Project period: Februari - April 2022

The objective of the learning workshop is to identify lesson learned, success and challenge in strengthening capacity of civil society in Indonesia in promoting sustainable and responsible Asia investment in the energy sector and achieving the SDGs goal 5, 7 and 13 and Paris Declaration Goals for the benefit of women, poor and marginalized people.  

Project period: April 2022

Funded by HIVOS, this guideline was developed from the We Lead project learning that implemented during COVID-19. The interview involved the loval NGOs that support the community to adapt with pandemic situation.  

Project period: 1 December 2020 - 30 March 2021