1. Dr Sam Scott, University of Exeter sam.scott@exeter.ac.uk

2. forcedlabour.org 1. FLMG Pilot 2. A Permanent FLMG? 3. FLMG Outputs 4. Today’s Agenda

3. forcedlabour.org Overview  Focal point for academic and policy discussion around work-based harm  12-month ‘pilot’ project  Funded by ESRC  Draft web-site and 5 workshops  UK and forced labour focus  Permanent initiative?

4. forcedlabour.org Aims:  Improve understanding and awareness of forced labour and other types of work-based harm;  Draw together diverse stakeholders to debate the FLMG idea;  Establish what a permanent FLMG network could look like and do;  Discuss where an FLMG would be located and how it would be funded;  Compare the FLMG model to other options to address work-based harm.

5. forcedlabour.org Input: 1. Future FLMG workshops; 2. Interest in permanent FLMG after 2013; 3. Opinions around evolving FLMG pilot; 4. FLMG surveys on how forced labour should be defined; 5. Comment via email on draft web-site.

6. forcedlabour.org Organisation:  Sam Scott (University of Exeter)  Alex Balch (University of Liverpool)  Gary Craig (University of Durham)  Alistair Geddes (University of Dundee)  Kendra Strauss (University of Cambridge) Generic email: info@forcedlabour.orginfo@forcedlabour.org

7. forcedlabour.org Three Permanent Options: 1. Independent and stand-alone 2. Politically-embedded (e.g. APPG model) 3. NGO-embedded (e.g. ASI)

8. forcedlabour.org Two issues over scope: 1. UK or International? 2. Forced labour or worker harm? NB. Forced labour is minimal in the UK: “The 20 (UK forced labour prosecution) scenario should be seen as a worst case scenario. There would probably be even less than 10 per annum.” (Ministry of Justice, 2010: 9-10)Ministry of Justice, 2010: 9-10

9. forcedlabour.org 1. Draft web-site ‘forcedlabour.org’; 2. Academic publications; 3. Collaborative policy paper (from final workshop); 4. 5 FLMG workshops.

10. forcedlabour.org

11.  Academic Publications  Book (Work-Based Harm)  Journal articles (could involve non academic authors...)  Collaborative Policy Paper  Via workshops  To be planned at 5 th workshop

12. forcedlabour.org Workshop 2 “Forced Labour and the Devolved Administrations” Organiser: Alistair Geddes Contact:A.Y.Geddes@dundee.ac.ukA.Y.Geddes@dundee.ac.uk Date: April 2013 Location: Edinburgh

13. forcedlabour.org Workshop 3 “Legal Responses to Forced Labour in the UK” Organiser:Kendra Strauss Contact:ks638@cam.ac.ukks638@cam.ac.uk Date:June 2013 Location:Cambridge

14. forcedlabour.org Workshop 4 “Forced Labour and the Business Angle” Organiser: Alex Balch Contact:A.R.Balch@liverpool.ac.ukA.R.Balch@liverpool.ac.uk Date: September 2013 Location: Liverpool

15. forcedlabour.org Workshop 5 “Forced Labour Round-Up Meeting” Organiser:Gary Craig Contact:gary.craig@garyc.demon.co.ukgary.craig@garyc.demon.co.uk Date: December 2013 Location:London

16. forcedlabour.org 11am-11:45am Session 1: Introduction to and Overview of the FLMG 12-1pm Session 2: Approaches to Forced Labour in the UK and Beyond 1pm-2pm Lunch 2pm-3pm Session 3: Prevention, Protection and Prosecution 3:15pm -4:15pm Session 4: Forced Labour as a Migration and Trafficking Issue

17. forcedlabour.org Session 2: Approaches to Forced Labour in the UK and Beyond  Roger Plant (Independent Consultant): “Combating Forced Labour: A Global Perspective”  Nick Clark (London Metropolitan University): “Forced Labour as a Labour Market Phenomenon in Europe".  Louise Woodruff (Joseph Rowntree Foundation): “Research Insight into Forced Labour in the UK”

18. forcedlabour.org Session 3: Prevention, Protection and Prosecution  Mick Wilkinson (University of Hull, WISE): “One step forward, two steps back: who will protect the unprotected?”  Richard Dunstan (CAB) “The likely impact of recent employment law and ET reforms on vulnerable workers in the UK”  Jenny Moss (Kalayaan): “Migrant domestic workers in the UK: When does under-regulated work become forced labour”?

19. forcedlabour.org Session 4: Forced Labour as a Migration and Trafficking Issue  Don Flynn (Migrants’ Rights Network): "Forced Labour - how much of it is about migration?"  Sarah Lowe (EHRC) “Forced Labour: Current Issues and Debates”  Louise Waite (University of Leeds) and Peter Dwyer (University of Salford): “Precarious Lives: Forced Labour, Exploitation and the UK Asylum System.”

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