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Employers' organizations represent a key asset in any society: its enterprises. Successful enterprises are at the heart of any strategy to create employment and improve living standards. Employers' organizations help to create the conditions for enterprise success by influencing the environment in which they do business and by providing services that improve their individual performance. As one of the three constituents of the ILO, employers' organizations have a special relationship with the Organization. The ILO's Bureau for Employers' Organizations is responsible for the nurturing and development of that relationship.

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Climate Change and Employers' Organizations

The ILO's Bureau for Employers' Activities has prepared information to help employers' organizations and their members to better understand and actively participate in the on-going Copenhagen climate change process. This site contains a list of opportunities and challenges for employers' organizations, a checklist of questions for employers' on climate change as well as extensive resource links.

Report on the International Business Responses to the Demographic Challenge
The ILO's Bureau for Employers Activities organized an international symposium to address the issues of demographic change from a business perspective. It was held in Geneva, Switzerland, on 28 and 29 April 2009 and brought together employer representatives from a wide range of countries, both developed and developing. The expertise to inform the discussions included leading researchers and thinkers, as well as practitioners from the business community who have taken a lead in addressing the ageing of the workforce. The Report on the Symposium - (pdf 5,76 MB) is now available.
Working Paper: Employers' Organizations Responding to the Impact of the Crisis
This working paper will describe the national level action taken by employers' organizations from different countries across all regions in the world in responding to the impact of the global financial crisis. This paper seeks to provide some illustrative insight into how employers' organizations have responded to the negative consequences of the crisis while also pursuing the opportunities for positive changes for enterprises and businesses. The working paper will be available for download in January 2010.
See also video interviews on national crisis responses with:
- Peter Anderson - (2:22 min) -
  Chief Executive Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
- Yogendra Kr. Modi - (3:40 min) -
  Chairman & CEO, Great Eastern Energy Corporation Ltd., India
- Phil O'Reilly - (3:07 min) -
  Chief Executive, Business NZ, New Zealand
- Mthunzi Mdwaba - (3:25 min) -
  CEO, Torque IT, South Africa
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