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Botswana validates investor guidelines to enhance impact of Foreign Direct Investment

Botswana validates investor guidelines to enhance impact of Foreign Direct Investment

Botswana has validated investor guidelines that promote responsible business conduct and decent work, helping improve the quality and development impact of foreign direct investment.

Investment facilitation for decent work

Investment facilitation for decent work

Strengthening the role of Investment Promotion Agency in promoting quality Foreign Direct Investment and the creation of more and better jobs

No trade without labour, enhancing the voice of African workers in trade and investment
SUSTAIN Project Workers workshop

No trade without labour, enhancing the voice of African workers in trade and investment

The EU-funded SUSTAIN programme convened a three-day regional workshop bringing together trade union representatives from Southern Africa, ITUC Africa, and SATUCC to strengthen trade union engagement in aligning trade and investment with workers’...

Trade and investment can drive decent work in Africa with stronger policy alignment
Work in garment

Improving alignment of labour, decent work, trade and investment

Trade and investment can drive decent work in Africa with stronger policy alignment

Trade and investment can drive inclusive economic growth in Africa, but only if accompanied by respect for international labour standards, institutional coordination, policy coherence and social dialogue. This finding was one of the key conclusions...

South Africa’s social partners convene to advance decent work through responsible business conduct in trade and investment
South Africa SUSTAIN workshop

Sustainable Trade and Investment in Southern Africa

South Africa’s social partners convene to advance decent work through responsible business conduct in trade and investment

Strengthening social dialogue on decent work, trade and investment

Sustainable Trade and Investment in Southern Africa

Strengthening social dialogue on decent work, trade and investment

Lesotho nominates tripartite-appointed national focal points for the promotion of the ILO tripartite Declaration of Principles concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy.

Namibia becomes the 20th ILO Member State to appoint national focal Points for the promotion of the ILO MNE Declaration

Sustainable Trade and Investment in Southern Africa

Namibia becomes the 20th ILO Member State to appoint national focal Points for the promotion of the ILO MNE Declaration

Namibia has designated tripartite focal points to advance the ILO MNE Declaration, strengthening its commitment to responsible business, decent work and international labour standards.

SUSTAIN workshop highlights opportunities to strengthen linkages between trade, investment, and decent work in Lesotho

SUSTAIN workshop highlights opportunities to strengthen linkages between trade, investment, and decent work in Lesotho

Namibia develops national roadmap to advance responsible business conduct and decent work in trade and investment

Sustainable Trade and Investment in Southern Africa

Namibia develops national roadmap to advance responsible business conduct and decent work in trade and investment

Namibia adopts a national roadmap to advance responsible business conduct, committing government, employers and civil society to promote ethical, inclusive and sustainable business practices.

South Africa appoints national tripartite focal points for the promotion of the ILO MNE Declaration

Sustainable Trade and Investment in Southern Africa

South Africa appoints national tripartite focal points for the promotion of the ILO MNE Declaration

South Africa designates national tripartite focal points (government, employers, workers) to champion the ILO’s guidelines for multinational enterprises and promote decent, fair work.

Botswana strengthens commitment to decent work and responsible business conduct through trade and investment
Sustain Botswana group

Sustainable Trade and Investment in Southern Africa

Botswana strengthens commitment to decent work and responsible business conduct through trade and investment

Southern Africa investment agencies join ILO-WAIPA Training on sustainable investment

Southern Africa investment agencies join ILO-WAIPA Training on sustainable investment

Investment Promotion Agencies from South Africa (InvestSA) Namiba (NIPDN) and Lesotho (LNDC) participated in the 10th edition of the ILO/WAIPA course on “Investment facilitation and Sustainable Development

National workshop on Sustainable and Responsible Business practices for the realization of decent work

National workshop on Sustainable and Responsible Business practices for the realization of decent work

A national workshop advances sustainable and responsible business practices, fostering dialogue among stakeholders to embed ethical, inclusive, and green business models.