It is good business to promote social progress and competitiveness for tomorrow's world.

Globalization and liberalization have greatly increased trade, capital flows and technological development. The magnitude of these changes requires a comparable development of new thinking and fresh ideas about the place of business in the world today. At the ILO, we realize the crucial role of enterprises in creating jobs, for today and tomorrow. It is our firm belief that the Enterprise Forum 1999 has a major contribution to make to re-positioning business in the world and in the community.

At ILO, we promote effective collaboration between the ILO and enterprises for economic and social development in the key areas of employment creation, human resources development, improved working conditions and labour-management relations.