Global Products. Participant acknowledges that HPG is engaged in a program to achieve savings on products (“Global Products”) by sourcing them internationally through a coordinated arrangement with Cardinal Health. Due to the investment of HPG in this program, as well as the services and clinical expertise that HPG will dedicate to sourcing products globally, pricing for Global Products made available to Participants and Locations for purchase may include a fee payable to HPG (a “Global Sourcing Fee”). While the Global Sourcing Fee is not calculated based on a specific formula related to sourcing costs, the amount of the Global Sourcing Fee will range from 0% up to a maximum of 5% of the sourcing costs. As used in this Section, “sourcing costs” includes costs for purchasing Global Products from the manufacturer and transportation and logistics costs for delivery to the Cardinal Health warehouse.
Global Products. Research work undertaken under two the Global Products is of unprecedented scope and complexity for the ILO programme on HIV and AIDS. Both projects have been completed and the findings are being analysed, discussed with the stakeholders and will be published in 2014. The results will be used for future workplace interventions and programmes. The results from “Impact of Social Protection Floors on workers in informal employment affected by HIV or AIDS” show that pilot social protection schemes have a positive impact on HIV-affected households but that there are gaps in the coverage of existing national social protection programmes, both for workers in the informal economy and for people living with HIV. Despite a positive impact of social protection on people living with HIV/AIDS and their households, they face nevertheless significant challenges in accessing the existing social protection programmes. The results generated by the research are being used for advocacy and capacity-building efforts of constituents and other partners, particularly in the annual training programme on HIV and Social Protection at the International Training Centre in Turin. Ten country reports were prepared for “What works in HIV and Aids workplace intervention?”. Once these are consolidated in a final analytical report, the latter will be shared with country constituents and stakeholders. The findings of evidence-based good outcomes
Global Products. The global initiative “Women in business and management (WIBM): fostering female talent” identifies strategies on how employers can make the business case for promoting greater gender equality and diversity at the workplace and reach out to women entrepreneurs. A series of 5 regional workshops were held involving employers and business representatives from a total of 53 countries to share experiences and document good practices which have fed into the global report on women in business and management. Norwegian funding contributed to the realisation of the research, the global report and the advocacy material. It also contributed towards the 5 regional workshops (Beirut, Lima, Kiev, Bangkok and Johannesburg) that brought together representatives from employers and private sector organizations, businesses and international experts on gender. At the country-level, all participating employers’ organizations were tasked with preparing a national survey on women in management prior to the workshop. This contributed to increased knowledge and understanding of challenges employer organizations face with regard to the issues facing women in business and management. Regional workshops in Lima and Johannesburg
