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Reducing risk for growth, stability and inclusion

The microinsurance industry is rapidly growing and evolving to provide new instruments to help manage the risk of life-changing losses, especially for the poor.

UN Secretary-General talks about green entrepreneurship opportunities for young people around the world

"Entrepreneurship is about innovating, breaking down barriers, taking risks and showing that new business models can tackle longstanding problems."

Bangladesh

Solar home systems: Lighting the way to a greener world of work in Bangladesh

While the national grid reaches many areas of Bangladesh, most of the country’s 142 million inhabitants live in rural areas and 70 per cent of them are not connected. Most rely on kerosene fuelled lamps for lighting and petrol or diesel-fired...

102nd International Labour Conference

Closing remarks by the ILO Director-General to the 102nd International Labour Conference

102nd International Labour Conference

No sustainable development without environmental sustainability and decent work

The contribution of the world of work to the greening of the economy is critical – and presents a real opportunity – to realize the ILO’s social goals, concludes the ILC Committee on Sustainable Development, Decent Work and Green Jobs.

The Bonn Climate Change Conference addresses just transition, decent work and skills needs for low-carbon and climate resilient economies

COOP Champions

Rawand Al-Madmouj

COOP Champions features ILO colleagues from around the world working on cooperatives and other social and solidarity economy enterprises. It highlights their contributions, and shares highlights of their experiences, current work, and future...

Ryder: We need to get a grip on the rapid changes affecting the world of work.

The 102nd International Labour Conference opened with ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, outlining his vision for tackling the various challenges that are having an impact on workers, enterprises and governments around the world

COOP Champions

Mohamed Farzan, training facilitator LED tools and trainer, My.COOP

COOP Champions features ILO colleagues from around the world working on cooperatives and other social and solidarity economy enterprises. It highlights their contributions, and shares highlights of their experiences, current work, and future...

COOP Champions

Rodrigo Mogrovejo, senior specialist at the ILO Office for the Andean countries

COOP Champions features ILO colleagues from around the world working on cooperatives and other social and solidarity economy enterprises. It highlights their contributions, and shares highlights of their experiences, current work, and future...

ILO and EFC launch a new programme for SME’s for Sustaining Competitive & Responsible Enterprises in Sri Lanka.

In May, the Employers’ Federation of Ceylon (EFC) partnered with the International Labour Organisation (ILO) to launch SCORE (Sustaining Competitive & Responsible Enterprises), a course to support SME’s on how to forge an enterprise culture of...

Green jobs in Indonesia

Creating sustainable livelihoods while saving a precious eco-system

The ILO is working with local communities on the Indonesian island of Borneo on a green jobs programme that is helping to rehabilitate a partly-destroyed peat swamp forest.

Tunisia’s international seminar on green jobs concludes with a set of recommendations

Keeping SCORE with Better Work Indonesia; how one factory improved its production

Partnering with SCORE, Better Work Indonesia is able to offer companies tried and tested training methods to improve workplace conditions.

New water and energy-efficient, quality and affordable housing on the cards for Zambians

The Zambia Green Jobs Programme announced the winners of two creative design competitions aiming at delivering functional, affordable and new energy-efficient housing.

Green Jobs at the heart of the international workshop on modeling inclusive green economies, Bergen, Norway, 7-8 May 2013

More than 50 participants attended this two-day workshop in Bergen, including policy makers from 30 countries, modelers from different institutions, such as the Millennium Institute (MI), the System Dynamics department of the University of Bergen...

Zambia Green Jobs: Ecohome 2013 Design Awards

The Zambia Green Jobs Program announces the winners of two design competitions launched in 2013 to promote innovative house designs that are water and energy-efficient, with quality and affordable living spaces, suitable for low and middle income...

Workers' cooperatives

Cooperatives today: Challenges and opportunities

A recent seminar organized by the ILO’s Bureau for Workers’ Activities and the ILO’s Cooperative Branch brought together researchers and practitioners from around the world to talk about some of the issues and experiences that cooperatives are...

International Research Conference

The link between good workplace practices and small enterprise performance

The ILO brought together international experts, researchers and field practitioners to explore the impact of improvements in workplace practices in small and medium enterprises on SME performance in developing and transition economies.

The true potential of the social and solidarity economy.

Cooperatives and social enterprises can help expand decent work and job opportunities, says ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder