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Decent work for migrants: Swedish cooperation agency Sida and ILO announce new partnership
New project will focus on improving access to jobs for Venezuelan migrants and refugees in their host countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Colombia
Agrosura, the Colombian coffee company that improved its safe and healthy working environments with the ILO
Located in Salgar, Antioquia, Agrosura found in the SCORE Training a bridge of communication that helped it to increase its productivity. How did this ILO methodology help Agrosura realize a tangible change in the company?
Colombia
A Colombian media commits to gender equality with the ILO's "Protocol on Prevention and Response to Gender-Based Violence"
One of the premier newspapers in Colombia, El Espectador, has put its bets on the SCORE Gender Equality Model (MIG SCORE), bringing forward the debate on gender-based violence, one of the pillars of MIG SCORE and a priority of the International...
12th Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy - Elective 1: Promoting fundamental principles and rights at work in the SSE
The electives of the SSE Academy were designed for practitioners from around the world to share and discuss practices, ideas and models for SSE action in specific fields. The first elective 1 took place on 16, 17 and 18 November 2021. It focused on...
SCORE Programme
Survey shows SMEs still struggling 18 months into the pandemic
ILO SCORE programme conducted a survey that gathered inputs from over 800 enterprises in 8 countries to help identify the key challenges and needs for enterprises 18 months into the pandemic. Results paint a grim picture.
Colombia
ILO SCORE Training boost SMEs productivity of the cement sector in Colombia by 210%
As a result of SCORE Training, the Boyacá Cimienta Partnership (ABC) increased the productivity of its supplier firms up to 210 percent. What was the process undertaken for achieving such satisfactory results?
Blue or pink, boy or girl? How Gender Biases Influence Work Environments
The SCORE Program in Colombia decided to conduct an experiment: we invited over seven-hundred people from different enterprises, unions and public entities to answer, by looking at old baby photographs, whether the baby in the photograph was a girl...
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ILO Colombia and Turkey launch e-learning course for the sharing of good practices to promote decent work for refugees and migrants in the...
Within the framework of the initiative “Promoting decent work in refugee and mixed migration contexts: A south-south triangular cooperation (SSTC) initiative between Turkey and Colombia”, the ILO-ITC e-learning course was launched to bring...
MSME Day 2021
SCORE Training stepping up to ensure MSMEs improve their productivity and working conditions even during difficult times
The SCORE programme has been encouraged to adapt and expand its training offer due to the health challenges brought by the COVID-19 pandemic, the looming economic and environmental threats, and the commitment of SCORE Training partners around the...
Alquería, a company that is committed to gender equality
Thanks to the implementation of ILO's SCORE Training Gender Equality Model (MIG SCORE), the Colombian dairy company took a significant step towards gender equality and sustainability.
The first company in the dairy sector to implement SCORE Training Gender Equality module (MIG SCORE) in Colombia
Alqueria was born 61 years ago. Since then, the main goal has been bringing nutrition and health to every corner of Colombia. The company reaffirmed its commitment to business sustainability by implementing ILO's Gender Equality Module (MIG SCORE).
World Environment Day 2021 – Reimagine, recreate, restore
SCORE Training re-imagined and equipped to help SMEs build back greener
The COVID-19 crisis has forced all companies to re-imagine their ways of doing business in order to ensure the continuity of their activities and the health of their employees. SCORE Training has not been spared the changes in the working...
World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2021
SCORE Training adapts to help SMEs respond to the health crisis and implement occupational health and safety measures
COVID-19 has brought occupational health and safety to the forefront of the world of work. All stakeholders have had to adapt to remain safe and resilient. On this World Day for Safety and Health at Work, the importance of investing in resilient...
Gender equality: the new pillar of the Colombian Sustainability Award for Good Labor Practices
Thanks to an initiative led by the International Center for Social Responsibility & Sustainability (Centro RS) in partnership with the Colombian Federation of Human Resource Management (ACRIP) and the International Labor Organization (ILO), gender...
International Women's Day 2021
SCORE Training adapts to continue promoting gender equality despite COVID-19
While the priority in 2020 was health and safety, the SCORE Programme adopted several strategies to meet gender equality objectives. On this International Women's Day, let's look back at SCORE Programme activities that helped ensure progress on this...
Strengthening gender equality initiatives through SCORE Gender Equality Model
A construction company in Colombia continues to strengthen its gender equality initiatives with the support of SCORE’s Gender Equality Model (MIG SCORE) and EQUILATERA
Cooperation initiative between Turkey and Colombia will foster capacities for access to decent work for all during and beyond COVID-19
Decent work is the root of social cohesion and the catalyst for employment opportunities and social protection as well as an essential response to the COVID-19 pandemic. With this in mind, the ILO facilitated two webinars on labour market...
SCORE Training
Stay safe and resilient: ILO SCORE Programme expands its OSH and Business Continuity training under the COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has transformed the world of work. Production disruptions have caused demand for many goods and services to plummet and forced enterprises around the world to suspend or scale down operations, with enormous impacts for workers.
UTIPEC implements a Gender Equality Policy through SCORE Training
Through ILO's SCORE Training, UTIPEC (Union of the Petroleum and Energy Industry Workers of Colombia) is the first union in the hydrocarbon sector in Colombia to implement a Gender Equality Policy.
Sintracomunicaciones began implementing ILO’s SCORE Training to strengthen worker organization
The National Union of Communications and Related Transportation Industry (Sintracomunicaciones) started the implementation of SCORE Training to strengthen worker's organization