Abstract
Strong and efficient industrial relations systems are important contributors to any country’s fair and sustainable socio-economic development. Industrial relations institutions are at the hearth of healthy labour market governance structures. Knowledge of how these industrial relations institutions operate is therefore essential. The promotion of sound industrial relations is a priority of the Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP) for Myanmar, and the ILO Myanmar Office, with its social partners, has identified the development of a sustainable market exchange for industrial relations training as one of the means of action to deliver this agenda. Currently, capacity development support from the ILO and other development partners, in the field of industrial relations training, generally focuses on ad hoc and direct support, where international experts are invited to deliver relatively short training courses for representatives from employers, workers’ organizations and government officials. This training modality raises a number of questions in terms of quality, adaptability to the Myanmar context and overall sustainability. With the support of the International Training Center of the ILO (ITCILO), the ILO Garment Industry Project has assessed few options available to its social partners in designing the industrial relations training mechanisms best suited to their needs.