Calendar of events of the department
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Job Creation and Enterprise Development Department (EMP/ENTERPRISE)International Labour Office 4 Route des MorillonsGenevaCH - 1211SwitzerlandWebsite:www.ilo.org/empentEmail:empent@ilo.org
Enterprises Department
All across the world people are in search of jobs. Jobs so they can raise their families and send their children to school. Jobs that provide access to social protection for them and their families. And, jobs in which they are respected, can organize and have a voice. What they want is decent work.
Enterprises play a key role in creating productive and decent work that helps meet the economic and social aspirations of people and their communities. Whether small, medium or large, enterprises – including cooperatives – they are a major source of growth and employment in all countries. Enterprises and the entrepreneurs who run them play a crucial role in creating jobs and reducing poverty.
No decent work strategy can be successful without encouraging entrepreneurship, innovation and productivity.” Juan Somavia, Director-General International Labour Organization |
What's new
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Publication
South Africa SME Observatory: The state of youth entrepreneurship in the Free State
21 May 2013
A baseline study of entrepreneurial intentions and activity amongst young men and women
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News item
New water and energy-efficient, quality and affordable housing on the cards for Zambians
20 May 2013
The Zambia Green Jobs Programme announced the winners of two creative design competitions aiming at delivering functional, affordable and new energy-efficient housing.
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Green jobs becoming a reality. Progress and outlook 2013
17 May 2013
By presenting a selected number of successful national experiences from 2012, the progress report illustrates the different levels at which the Green Jobs Programme operates. The report also provides an update on the activities which will unfold in 2013 with the continued support of the Programme’s networks and partners.
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Green Jobs at the heart of the international workshop on modeling inclusive green economies, Bergen, Norway, 7-8 May 2013
17 May 2013
More than 50 participants attended this two-day workshop in Bergen, including policy makers from 30 countries, modelers from different institutions, such as the Millennium Institute (MI), the System Dynamics department of the University of Bergen and international agencies.
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© Sam Panthaky / AFP 2013Workers' cooperatives
Cooperatives today: Challenges and opportunities
14 May 2013
A recent seminar organized by the ILO’s Bureau for Workers’ Activities and the ILO’s Cooperative Branch brought together researchers and practitioners from around the world to talk about some of the issues and experiences that cooperatives are facing today.
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Publication
ILO and Cooperatives - ILO COOP NEWS No. 1, 2013
13 May 2013
This issue of the COOP News includes articles on: Post-2015 Development Agenda & COOP; Cooperatives celebrate International Women’s Day; Cooperative statistics to feature at ICLS Oct 13; Study tour from African coops to Japan; New study on financial cooperative resilience; ILO paper on Social Economy in Sudan; COOP and the European Task Force for Greece; COOP activities: Vietnam, Egypt & Sri Lanka; New feature: COOP Champions; Domestic workers cooperatives; Social and solidarity economy legislation; COOP exchange with the Social Finance Network; Start and Improve Your Cooperative Business; UNRISD conference.
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International Research Conference
Improving working conditions in small and medium enterprises
08 May 2013
International experts, researchers and field practitioners are meeting at the ILO to discuss how investing in working conditions, safety and health and training can turn into increased competitiveness and performance and result in a win win scenario for small and medium enterprises in developing and transition economies.
Key resources
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Making the strongest links: A practical guide to mainstreaming gender analysis in value chain development
31 July 2009A new publication from the ILO provides groundbreaking methods for incorporating gender concerns into the different stages of value chain analysis and strengthening the links essential for gender equality and promoting sustainable pro-poor growth and development strategies.
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ILO Helpdesk for Business on International Labour Standards
01 May 2009The ILO Helpdesk is a free and confidential service that can help your company align its operations with international labour standards and the ILO approach to socially responsible labour practices.
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The labour Principles of the United Nations Global Compact – A Guide for Business
16 December 2008As the first publication of the newly-established UN Global Compact Labour Working Group, this Guide aims at helping companies understand and apply the four labour principles into practice (UNGC principles 3-6). In a question and answer format, this Guide provides a brief description of each of the four Global Compact labour principles, and also provides practical guidance on what companies can do to respect, promote, and realise them. It also contains an inventory of key ILO resources that will help companies realise the labour principles.
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Labour and Labour-Related Laws in Micro and Small Enterprises: Innovative Regulatory Approaches
01 December 2007SEED Working Paper No. 81
Fact Sheets
- Sustainable Enterprises brochure
- An enabling environment for sustainable enterprises
- Fostering Future Entrepreneurs
- The cooperative way of doing business
- Boosting Local Economies
- Entrepreneurship and SME Management Training
- Women’s Entrepreneurship Development
- Value Chain Development for more and better jobs
- The Social Economy
- Responsible Global Business
- Responsible Workplace Practices