Publications

2012

1. Fostering Future Entrepreneurs

   13 March 2012

   The ILO approach to entrepreneurship education - Sustainable Enterprises

2. Indonesia: An enabling environment for sustainable enterprises (EESE) assessment and a survey on workers’ perceptions

   12 March 2012

   Employment Sector - Employment Report No. 16

3. The enabling environment for sustainable enterprises in Barbados

   12 March 2012

   Employment Sector - Employment Report No. 18

4. MY.COOP flyer

   09 March 2012

   My.COOP is a training package and programme on the management of agricultural cooperatives. Proper management enables cooperatives to offer high quality, efficient and effective services to their members. Moreover, well managed agricultural cooperatives can also contribute to wider development issues such as food security, sustainable use of natural resources and inclusive employment creation.

5. Case Study - Sustaining Competitive and Responsible Enterprises SCORE in Indonesia

   06 February 2012

   Managing Growth through Workplace Cooperation – the case of PT Laksana

6. Case Study - Sustaining Competitive and Responsible Enterprises SCORE in South Africa’s Tourism Sector - Enhancing guest experience

   06 February 2012

   Enhancing guest experience: Gaining customer feedback and using results

7. Case Study - Sustaining Competitive and Responsible Enterprises SCORE in South Africa’s Tourism Sector - Fluid dynamics

   06 February 2012

   Fluid dynamics: Saving money and reducing waste from bottled water

8. SCORE Mid-term Evaluation

   06 February 2012

9. Managing your agricultural cooperative, My.COOP

   01 February 2012

   Training package and programme on the management of agricultural cooperatives

10. Youth employment : a global goal, a national challenge (update 2012)

    01 February 2012

2011

1. Value Chain Development: Approches and activities by seven UN agencies and opportunities for interagency cooperation

   20 December 2011

2. Assessment of the environment for the development of women's entrepreneurship in Cameroon, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda and Senegal

   19 December 2011

   Employment Sector - Employment Report No. 15

3. Action My Business Growth - Trainers Guide

   15 December 2011

   A training tool designed to aid decision making for business growth. Its aim is to support women entrepreneurs to grow sustainable and competitive businesses through a planned growth strategy. It provides practical guidance on the challenges, opportunities and requirements for business growth.

4. Action My Business Growth - Participants Guide

   15 December 2011

   A training tool designed to aid decision making for business growth. Its aim is to support women entrepreneurs to grow sustainable and competitive businesses through a planned growth strategy. It provides practical guidance on the challenges, opportunities and requirements for business growth.

5. Towards an ILO approach to climate change adaptation

   06 December 2011

   This working paper is the joint effort of the Employment Intensive Investment Programme and the Green Jobs Programme. It explores the implications of climate change, its impacts on the world of work and the need for the work of the International Labour Office to adapt to it. It takes stock of the on-going work and identifies the needs for further development.

6. 

   The Social Dimensions of Climate Change

   06 December 2011

   This discussion paper was prepared under the auspices of the United Nations Task Team on Social Dimensions of Climate Change, which is currently composed of 20 Agencies, including the International Labour Organization. The paper addresses the social dimensions of climate change from a sustainable, equitable development perspective. It aims to broaden and deepen policy-makers’ understanding of the benefits of addressing and incorporating the social dimensions of climate change into climate policies. In doing so, the paper identifies a number of knowledge gaps within the social, human and natural sciences that need to be filled in order to further strengthen policy responses.

7. The KwaZulu Natal tourism sector: selected perspectives on the enabling environment for women entrepreneurs

   01 December 2011

   This report consists of a compilation of four research reports with the aim of further contributing to the body of knowledge in South Africa about women entrepreneurs. The reports have a specific focus on KwaZulu-Natal and the tourism sector; however, the findings and lessons of the research are relevant to other Provinces and sectors. This research should be utilized by provincial policy makers and business development service providers to better understand the operational and legislative and environment for women entrepreneurs in the KwaZulu Natal.

8. ILO Value Chain Development Portfolio Analysis - A stocktaking of ILO value chain related activities

   25 November 2011

9. ILO input to Rio+20

   25 November 2011

   ILO contribution to the Compilation document to serve as a basis for the preparation of zerodraft of the outcome document of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development(UNCSD).

10. Building Business and Entrepreneurship Awareness.

    17 November 2011

    An ILO experience of integrating entrepreneurship education into national vocational education systems