All events: informal employment + informal enterprises + informal economy

Training of Voluntary Social Insurance Advisors from Selected Workplaces in the Informal Economy

This training aims at increasing awareness of the social insurance schemes in the informal sector through voluntary advisors.

Safe return to work for Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs)

ILO, WHO and the Government of the Philippines Joint Meeting on Safe Return to Work for MSMEs

Following the recent discussion with the WHO Country Office in the Philippines, the International Labour Organization (ILO) explored an opportunity for a joint meeting with DOLE, DOH, DTI and MOLE to further discuss and identify strategies on how to...

Trade Union Virtual Meeting on Impact of COVID-19 Crisis on Informal Workers in Lower Tiers of Supply Chains (Garment and Metal), Domestic...

A trade union consultative virtual meeting was organized by ILO to look at a few key sectors, which have faced a severe dent due to the ongoing crisis such as Informal economy workers and Home-based workers in lower tiers of the global and domestic...

Enterprise formalization: policies and practices

This course enhances the capacity of policy-makers and practitioners to formulate, implement and/or evaluate enterprise formalization measures through effective diagnostic analysis and better understanding of concepts and strategies for facilitating...

CMTU Training Workshop on OSH Legislation for Trade Union Officials and Representatives

This is a follow-up to the CMTU lawyers’ training that was held on 23-24 October 2019. It aims at improving capacity of trade union officials and representatives to provide basic advice on the national occupational safety and health legislation to...

CMTU Training on Employment Contracts for Construction Workers

The Confederation of Mongolian Trade Unions (CMTU) and its affiliate –the Construction Workers’ Trade Union are organizing this training for members-tower crane operators to improve their understanding of employment contracts. The training is...

Employment Policy Research Symposium

The Future of Full Employment

The Symposium, to be held 12-13 December 2019, will focus on the fundamental question of full employment - its definition and relevance, its implications for inclusive and greener economic growth, the conditions leading to it and the role it plays...

Tripartite Workshop on Reduction of Informal Employment in the Construction Sector through Labour Inspection

The Confederation of Mongolian Trade Unions (CMTU) will host a tripartite workshop as part of its efforts to address issues and challenges of informal workers in the construction sector. The workshop is supported by the ILO RBSA project “Formal...

Promoting Decent work for invisible workers in South Asia National Consultation

Sri Lanka national consultation on home based and informal workers in global supply chains

14th African Regional Meeting

Transforming Africa’s Informal and Rural Economy for Decent Work

Employment Seminar Series

Formal salaried employment generation and transition to formality in developing countries: The case of Latin America

The paper presented during the seminar analyzes the evolution of labour formality in Latin American countries. It evaluates the intensity and characteristics of this process, analyses the inflows to a formal salaried job and identifies the main...

ILO International Training Center

Global Knowledge-Sharing Forum: Transition to Formal Economy - 3rd edition

Future of Work

Book Launch for the International Journal of Labour Research on the Future of Work

National level roundtable discussion on Investment in Skills Development in Government’s 8th Five Year Plan

ILO’s European Union funded project Skills 21 organized a roundtable discussion on investment in skills development in Government's 8th Five Year Plan with the development partners, planning commission and the constituents in collaboration with the...

ILO-CMTU Training Workshop for Trade Union Lawyers and Legal Advocates: Informal Economy

This workshop aims at improving CMTU legal services to better respond to the needs of unions, members and workers in the informal economy. The training workshop is supported by the RBSA project on Promoting Formal Employment for Inclusive and...

CMTU/ILO Sub-Regional Seminar on Informal Economy: Trade Union Policies and Actions

This is a follow up activity to the Inter-regional Seminar on Effective use of the ILS to promote formalization including through effective wage setting systems that was held on 23–24 July 2019 in Kyrgyzstan. The seminar is supported by the RBSA...

National workshop on World of Work: Issues and Challenges for Trade Unions in India

A two day national workshop for the central trade union leaders and representatives to develop a common understanding on the challenges/issues and to develop a work plan under the Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP) framework for the period...

Transition from informal to formal employment

Regional workshop to discuss the preliminary study report on decent work promotion in rural economy through productive growth, local...

This is a one-day regional workshop to present the draft regional and national case studies to the regional technical team, SLOM-WG focal points, chairs of SOMSWD, SOMRDE, SOM-AMAF, ILO, ASEAN Secretariat, and representatives from ACE and ATUC.

Transition from informal to formal employment

Technical meeting to shape ILO-ASEAN study on "decent work promotion in rural economy through productivity growth, local employment...

This is a two-day training targeting ASEAN Member States on sharing relevant information and knowledge on rural employment and development situations at the regional and the national levels. After the meeting, we expect to have a narrative for the...

19 June 2019

Book Launch for the Trade Union Guide on Informal Economy