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The story of Henggo: “Now I can sell my fish to the capital city with higher prices”

Henggo is a 24 years old fisherman from Tumbang Nusa who lives with his family nearby the Kayahan River of Central Kalimantan. Every day, except Friday, they get on two boats to catch fishes in the river and a lake nearby. The day’s catch depends...

When Nua did not have to fish in the Kayahan river of Central Kalimantan

Every day at 4 o’clock in the morning, Nua, 53 years old, starts the day, jumps on her boat in front of her house and begins paddling towards the Lake Tundai across the Kayahan River. She remains at the lake until four in the afternoon, trying to...

The story of Neneng: “Our fields are now more productive”

Neneng lives in Lawang Kajang, a small village along Kapuas River in Central Kalimantan, but is originally from Katujung, a village in the neighbouring district. She is Dayak, the main indigenous group of Borneo and married Junedi from Lawang Kajang...

Corporate Social Responsibility

Promoting responsible investment: ILO convenes CSR Roundtable

This year’s Roundtable will focus on how international organizations work with capital markets and policy makers to promote responsible investment, and how to encourage governments to promote good CSR practices.

319th Governing Body of the ILO

Interview with Luc Cortebeeck, Chair of the Workers’ Group of the ILO Governing Body

The 319th session of the ILO Governing Body recently drew to a close in Geneva. Tackled at this session were several issues concerning the economic crisis in Europe, workers’ rights and international migration. In this interview the Chair of the...

UAE to host first Global Conference on UN Partnership for Action on Green Economy

To show its commitment to facilitating a global transformation to a green economy, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced this week that it will host the first global conference on the UN Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE) from 4-5...

Sustainable Development and Decent Work Solution Forum

ILO sharing knowledge and boosting green jobs

Sharing best practices for the promotion of green jobs can have a positive impact on sustainable development around the globe. A number of countries are meeting this week in Nairobi with that purpose in mind.

Mexico’s green jobs assessment presented at the first National Green Jobs Forum

A total of 150 participants, including social partners, the public and private sector representatives gathered at Mexico’s first National Green Jobs Forum, held on 15 October 2013 in Mexico City.

Small and medium enterprises

ILO, Norway and Switzerland to boost the competitiveness and sustainability of SMEs

The second phase of the "Sustaining Competitive and Responsible enterprise (SCORE)" programme aims to improve working conditions and productivity in small and medium-sized companies worldwide.

A new milestone towards an international statistical definition of green jobs

At the 19th International Conference of Labour Statisticians (ICLS) held from 2 to 11 October in Geneva, Switzerland, labour statisticians discussed and adopted new guidelines for the statistical definition of employment in the environmental sector.

South Africa and Zambia launch new training initiative to create decent jobs in green building/construction sector

In collaboration with the ILO, government and representatives from South Africa and Zambia kick-started a regional green business management training programme. The programme aims at enhancing competitiveness and promoting sustainable business and...

Enterprise Presentations - Sustaining Competitive and Responsible Enterprises (SCORE)

By Mr Donglin Li, Director, ILO Country Office for Sri Lanka and the Maldives

Blog post

How can greening urban transport generate jobs and promote sustainable development?

An affordable, green and efficient transportation sector may help provide workers better access to jobs, while lessening their carbon footprint and boosting productivity.

Green entrepreneurs showcase their businesses at a regional knowledge sharing workshop in Kenya

The ILO Youth Entrepreneurship Facility (YEF) programme, which aims to create job opportunities for young people in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda, organized a three-day regional knowledge sharing workshop for key project partners, stakeholders and...

ILO to share lessons on alternative green livelihoods in Central Kalimantan

The Island of Kalimantan, particularly Central Kalimantan, is home to unique ecological systems that include tropical peat swamp forest. However, due to land degradation, some local communities in the Ex-Mega-Rive Project (EMRP) area of Central...

ILO expands engagement with multinational enterprises to improve productivity and working conditions in Chinese suppliers

SMEs and job creation

Is small still beautiful?

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play a key role in job creation, providing two thirds of all formal jobs in developing countries and up to 80 per cent in low income countries.

Microinsurance

New markets and technologies suggest bright future for microinsurance

On 8 July, the ILO’s Microinsurance Innovation Facility assembled experts from the industry’s leading insurance providers to share the lessons learned from their experiences and to discuss the future of the industry.

International Day of Cooperatives

Resilience and social inclusion through cooperatives

On 8 July, experts gathered for a panel discussion at the UN in New York to examine ways in which cooperatives could serve as engines of economic recovery and growth while providing greater opportunities for social inclusion.

Cooperative: strong in times of crisis

Message from Guy Ryder, ILO Director-General, on International Cooperative Day 2013