Resources for Small and Medium Enterprises

  1. ILO-FNCCI study on inclusive entrepreneurship ecosystems identifies ways to improve support for Nepali youth

  2. SCORE4Climate: Optimising performance through resource efficiency and circularity

    11 December 2023

    The new ILO SCORE4Climate Training module provides practical information and tools to help small and medium enterprises (SMEs) improve resource efficiency, clean production and circularity, with the ultimate goal of promoting productivity, working conditions and environmental sustainability in SMEs.

  3. Global SCORE4Climate workshop to unlock innovative green practices in SMEs

    11 December 2023

    ILO SCORE Programme organized a Training of Trainers (ToT) to introduce the new SCORE for Climate Action (SCORE4Climate) training module to set small and medium enterprises on their path towards a circular economy

  4. Sector systems analysis of textiles and clothing subsector in Ghana

    08 December 2023

  5. A rough guide to measuring job quality in market systems development: Operational guidance

    30 November 2023

  6. The Swiss Ambassador visits Shea enterprises in Tamale

    30 November 2023

    As part of the Swiss Embassy’s strategy to promote private sector development in Ghana, Her Excellency Simone Giger visits three female owned shea enterprises in the Northern Region of Ghana that are supported by the ILO programme Producitvitiy Ecosystems for Decent Work

  7. The Approach to Inclusive Market Systems in Action!

    30 November 2023

    Have a look at this video highlighting results from an AIMS initiative to develop the Sesame value chain in Uganda. This initiative was launched in the framework of ILO’s PROSPECTS programme and in association with the private sector partner Ag-Plutos to stimulate decent work prospects for refugees and host community members. The partnership has resulted in increased yield and higher returns for refugee and host community sesame farmers, jobs for the trained village agents and access to required produce for sesame aggregators in the region.

  8. From shop floor to success: Understanding productivity and decent work challenges in South African SMEs

    22 November 2023

  9. SCORE Training catalogue

    17 November 2023

    SCORE Training helps SMEs to achieve better working conditions and productivity through its wide variety of modules and stands as an aid to compliance.

  10. New frontier or the latest buzzword? Evidence and best practice in entrepreneurship ecosystem development

    15 November 2023

    The study maps out and analyse the global landscape of entrepreneurial ecosystems approaches implemented by different actors in the Global South.