EIIP

ILO Headquarters - EMP/INVEST

The EIIP is part of the ILO's Employment Strategy Department (EMP/STRAT) and is overseen by the Employment Intensive Investment Branch (EMP/INVEST) based in ILO headquarters in Geneva. The Branch delivers policy guidance, undertakes comparative research, disseminates information and provides technical backstopping to regional and sub-regional support programmes and selected country projects. The Branch also manages inter-regional projects in coordination with the ILO's field structure and collaborates closely with the Employment Specialists in the ILO's Subregional Offices (SROs).

ILO Field Offices

Technical and administrative backstopping of EIIP country projects is undertaken by the Subregional Offices (SROs) of the ILO, whereas regional EIIP projects and activities are supported by the ILO's Regional Offices in close collaboration with the EMP/INVEST Branch in Geneva.

Presently, there are EIIP Specialists in the ILO offices in Bangkok in Asia, Addis Ababa, Dakar, Harare and Yaounde in Africa.

ASIST

In order to strengthen the delivery capacity, a programme was developed called Advisory Support, Information Services and Training (ASIST). This is an ILO executed programme of services to promote and support employment-intensive approaches in infrastructure investments. This knowledgebase programme now offers services to projects and programmes in some 20 countries in complementary areas like local level planning, rural and urban infrastructure, roads, irrigation, soil and water conservation, drainage, sanitation and waste management. ASIST provides a link between country level activities, sub-regional backstopping and EMP/INVEST.

ASIST Africa was established in 1991 to support labour-based infrastructure development initiatives in East and Southern Africa. This programme now offers services to projects and programmes in several sub-Saharan. It is based in Harare, Zimbabwe with a liaison office in Nairobi, Kenya. The programme reports to the African Regional Office in Addis-Ababa and to EMP/INVEST in Geneva, and collaborates closely with the ILO's Subregional Offices (SROs) in the region.

In 1998, the ASIST Asia-Pacific programme was initiated, which is now active in eleven countries in the Asia and Pacific region, covering the full range of EIIP focus areas. It is based in Bangkok, Thailand, reporting to the Asian Regional Office in Bangkok and EMP/INVEST in Geneva, and collaborating closely with the ILO's Subregional Offices (SROs) in the region.

Further reading

• A global programme: Investing in employment for poverty reduction and local economic growth - A Programme document of the Employment-Intensive Investment Branch 2003-2007 - PDF 1,525 Kb
  ILO, 2003

• ASIST-AP Programme Document - PDF 1,132 Kb
• An Evaluation of The Advisory Support, Information Services and Training Programme - Asia-Pacific Region (ASIST-AP) - PDF 286 Kb
  Sarah Ladbury and John Howe, December 2004
• ASIST-AP Intermediate Progress Report November 2004 - PDF 579 Kb
  ASIST-AP, 2004
• ASIST-AP Annual Progress Report May 2003 to April 2004 - PDF 756 Kb
  ASIST-AP, 2004

• ASIST Africa Strategy Document - Targeting Investments for Working Out of Poverty 2005-2007 
  ASIST Africa, May 2004
• ASIST Africa Programme Document 2005-2007 
  ASIST Africa, May 2004
• ASIST Africa Programme - Self evaluation report July 2003 - June 2004 - PDF 311 Kb
  ASIST Africa, 2004
• Programme document for ASIST Africa 2001-2003 - PDF 171 Kb
  ASIST Africa, 2001