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