Publications

October 2021

  1. How to set up and run a business coalition for youth entrepreneurship: a practical handbook

    04 October 2021

    A business coalition for youth entrepreneurship is a group of businesses and like-minded groups that work together to promote and support youth who own or want to start their own enterprise. The business coalition can take many forms, and there is no one-size-fits-all model. This handbook has been developed as a practical guide for employers’ and business membership organizations or any organization or stakeholder aiming to promote, support and empower youth entrepreneurs. It provides step-by-step guidance with examples and best practices on how to establish a sustainable business coalition, including the business model, membership strategy, financial resources, advocacy, communication and marketing, services, inclusion of women entrepreneurs and measuring performance.

August 2021

  1. Bureau for Employers' Activities Newsletter - Third edition

    31 August 2021

  2. Temporary labour migration: The business community experience

    06 August 2021

    This report on the business community experience with temporary labour migration is part of a larger ILO project to gather knowledge on temporary labour migration. The views on temporary labour migration vary greatly, including among ILO constituents. In light of the various concerns that the complex dynamics of temporary labour migration raise, it is crucial for the Office to capture constituents’ perspectives to enrich the debate. This document is an input from the Employers’ side to this process.

July 2021

  1. Highlights: Overview of “Towards using data as a strategic asset”

    19 July 2021

    To innovate and adjust as organizations, EBMOs need to harness data for decision making at the strategic, organizational and operational level. This report presents a study of current data management practices, challenges, and opportunities among EBMO and provides actionable insights to assist EBMO in pursing transformation.

  2. Towards using data as a strategic asset: A study of current data management practices, challenges, and opportunities for employer and business membership organizations

    19 July 2021

    This report aims to provide actionable insights for helping EBMOs to harness data in adjusting and innovating as organizations strategically, in providing added value to members and gaining competitive advantage by exploiting core competencies in specific product or service markets; organizationally, through structural adjustments and changes to ways of working in support of long-term goals and outcomes; and operationally, by adopting business practices that maximize efficiencies within an EBMO’s various business units.

  3. Membership strategies and policies – A Manual for EBMOs

    12 July 2021

    Combining long term strategic thinking and planning with best practice

June 2021

  1. Bureau for Employers' Activities Newsletter - Second edition

    30 June 2021

  2. The ILO undertakes a global survey on diversity and inclusion

    29 June 2021

    This brief offers information about a global survey being conducted on enterprise approaches to diversity and inclusion (D&I). The survey results will seek to create new insights and understanding on D&I actions, scope, drivers and priorities in order to better support companies going forward in creating impactful change

  3. A literature review of diversity and inclusion in the workplace: Key findings

    29 June 2021

    This brief provides a summary of a literature review conducted on diversity and inclusion practices in companies globally.

May 2021

  1. Bureau for Employers' Activities Newsletter - First edition

    11 May 2021