All events: responsible business conduct + multinational enterprises + trade + export processing zones + fair trade + free trade + trade liberalization + value chains + supply chains

STRENGTHEN Project convenes

1st Preliminary Tripartite Working Group (TWG) Meeting

The Tripartite Working Group (TWG) of the STRENGTHEN Project in the Philippines met for the first time. Representatives from the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Technical Education and Skills...

Training

International Labour Standards and Corporate Social Responsibility: Understanding workers’ rights in the framework of due diligence

This five-day course aims to strengthen the capacity of participants to understand the principles of international labour standards as they relate to company operations (including due diligence related to labour rights) and how those principles can...

Company social responsibility

Promoting Responsible and Sustainable Business Practices in Indonesia: The lead role of the global hotel chains operating in Bali for...

The MNE Declaration's approach to social and labour issues has directly influenced and guided policies of international and regional organizations, many multi-stakeholder initiatives as well as codes of conduct of enterprises of all sizes and...

Egypt Entrepreneurship Summit 2016: Entrepreneurship and the Future of Egypt

Under the auspices of the Ministry of International Cooperation, the ILO Cairo Office and the Middle East Council for Small Businesses and Entrepreneurship (MCSBE) will hold the second Egypt Entrepreneurship Summit in Red Sea governorate from 16 to...

Business and decent work

Promoting Employment and Enhancing Business Linkages in Indonesia

The MNE Declaration is the only ILO instrument that provides direct guidance to enterprises on social policy and inclusive, responsible and sustainable workplace practices.

Cooperatives promoting inclusive rural-urban linkages – COPAC side event, Committee on World Food Security

Child Labour Platform (CLP) Meeting

Forum on Tackling child labour in supply chains

The Child Labour Platform, a business-led forum for exchange and action to tackle child labour in supply chains, will hold a meeting on 17-18 October, in Geneva.

Academy on Rural Development: Towards Decent Work for Youth in the Rural Economy

The ILO in partnership with FAO and UNIDO join forces in promoting decent work for youth in the Academy on Rural Development.

Official Launch of Strengthen Project

Formal Launch and Inception Workshop of the ILO-EU Project on Strengthening the Impact of Trade and Employment (STRENGTHEN)

The project launch will also consist of a two-day inception workshop which will gather leaders and representatives from government, labor, business, academe and civil society to discuss, identify and set the targets, objectives and activities of the...

“The 2016 discussion at the ILC on Global Supply Chains (GSC)”, Child Labour Platform (CLP) Webinar

Baseline activities: Baseline Survey, Knowledge, Attitude and Practices Survey, Technical Capacity and Institutional Needs Assessment,...

From September 2016 to February 2017, ENHANCE project is planning to conduct baseline activities in order to better understand the situation and identify the needs of national and local beneficiaries such as children, youth, parents, workers,...

Panel discussion on Partnerships to End Forced Labour in Supply Chains

Second Workshop on the Development of a Comprehensive Monitoring and Evaluation Plan (CMEP)

The ENHANCE project conducts the second CMEP workshop in Ho Chi Minh City during the week of 18 – 22 July 2016 with the participation of about 34 representatives from MOLISA, VCCI, VCA, VGCL, USDOL, ILO and three project’s provinces.

Advocacy workshop on prevention and elimination of child labour in supply chains

To celebrate the World day against child labour, in Vietnam, ENHANCE project in collaboration with MOLISA have organized the advocacy workshop on prevention and elimination of child labour in supply chains on 14 June 2016.

World Day Against Child Labour - 12 June

World Day Against Child Labour

World Day Against Child Labour - 12 June 2016

End child labour in supply chains: It's everyone's business

The focus of the 2016 World Day Against Child Labour is on child labour and supply chains. The ILO will mark the the day with an event held in Geneva on Wednesday 8 June.

Training

Multinational enterprises, development and decent work: the approach of the MNE Declaration

This five-day course will look at how governments, enterprises and the social partners are encouraged to each put policies in place and engage with each other through dialogue to maximize the positive contribution of multinational enterprises to...

Seminar on Promoting Responsible and Sustainable Business Practices in Nepal

The Seminar will bring together representatives of governments, workers’ and employers’ organizations, enterprises and experts from ILO to share information and exchange experiences on Responsible Business Practices (RBP). It will shed light on why...

Training course

Effective investment facilitation and sustainable development

This course will help Investment Promotion Agencies to strengthen their investment promotion, facilitation and expand their after care services and more broadly to enhance the development impacts of FDI flowing into their countries. It is jointly...