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Workers with disabilities

New guide offers insights to business on employing people with disability in the Asia-Pacific region

Updated ILO resource aims to help companies looking to provide accessible and supportive workplaces.

Workshop on Strategic Compliance Planning on Namibia’s Fishing Sector

Namibia ratified ILO’s Work in the Fishing Convention, 2007 (No.188) in 2018. The Convention entered into force on 20 September 2019. A three-day workshop on ‘strategic compliance planning in the fisheries sector was held to establish a coordination...

SCORE

Putting ILO SCORE Training methodology into practice: A Bolivian company preserves the health of its more than 2,000 workers without...

With the advent of the pandemic in 2020, La Paz Limpia implemented the SCORE Training Expanded Module related to workplace cooperation and occupational health and safety

A road to building the capacity of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in Ethiopia

Decent Work in Garment Supply Chains Asia

What moves the needle on gender equality in the garment sector?

Dialogue, men’s involvement, good legislation and time. A new report from ILO identifies these and other ingredients of successful actions to eliminate gender inequality in Asia’s garment sector.

New E-SIYB Tools are Introduced and Piloted in Georgia

More than fifty potential entrepreneurs from rural areas of Georgia, Kakheti, Guria and Samegrelo regions, developed business knowledge and skills through online Start and Improve your Business (SIYB) trainings from November to December 2021.

Opening address at the Responsible labour practices to achieve inclusive and sustainable business in the rural sectors in fishing

By Mr Khalid Hassan, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the Responsible labour practices to achieve inclusive and sustainable business in the rural sectors in fishing, 9 March 2022, Manila, Philippines

Generating evidence and informing policy – The SCORE approach to productivity and competitiveness.

The Sustaining Competitive and Responsible Enterprises (SCORE) hosted a consultative workshop with key government and private sector stakeholders following the conclusion of the 3-year implementation of SCORE programme in Ethiopia.

Forced and child labour

Uzbek cotton is free from systemic child labour and forced labour

Almost two million people are recruited every year for the annual cotton harvest in Uzbekistan. The country has succeeded in eradicating systemic forced labour and systemic child labour during the 2021 cotton production cycle, according to new ILO...

Opening address at the Responsible labour practices to achieve inclusive and sustainable business in the rural sectors in mining

By Ms Cerilyn Pastolero, Project Manager of the ILO Project on Improving Workers' Rights in the Rural Sectors of the Indo-Pacific with a focus on Women at the Responsible labour practices to achieve inclusive and sustainable business in the rural...

Digitally and financially empowered MSMEs in Uruguay – Lesson learnt from a successful collaboration with ANDE during the COVID-19 pandemic

Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) are the main sources of employment worldwide. However, access to adequate financial services is a key challenge to their development. The ILO believes that financial education is one path to support MSMEs....

Message on the partnership with the Department of Trade and Industry Philippine Trade Training Center (DTI-PTTC)

By Mr Khalid Hassan, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines on the partnership with the Department of Trade and Industry Philippine Trade Training Center (DTI-PTTC), 22 February 2022, Manila, Philippines

Bolivia

ILO and ITC analyse the sectors in Bolivia with greater potential for export growth and job creation after the pandemic

Exports of animal and plant products, and to some extent also of wood and paper products, showed the most resilience during the COVID-19 crisis and the highest growth during the recovery phase.

Press release

ILO, ECOP partner for responsible labour practices in rural sectors

The ILO and ECOP bring together businesses in rural sectors of agriculture, fishing and mining to promote compliance on labour standards, occupational safety and health (OSH) and gender equality.

Opening address at the Responsible labour practices to achieve inclusive and sustainable business in the rural sectors in agriculture

By Mr Khalid Hassan, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the Responsible labour practices to achieve inclusive and sustainable business in the rural sectors in agriculture, 15 February 2022, Manila, Philippines

ILO in partnership with the Federation for Egyptian Industries (FEI) promotes Gender Responsive Corporate Social Responsibility in Egypt.

The ILO's Bureau for Employers' Activities (ACT/EMP) has been supporting the FEI, through its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Unit, to raise awareness of CSR among Egyptian companies.

How are business development service providers utilizing ICTs to serve women entrepreneurs during the COVID-19 pandemic?

Financial and Business Development Service providers are playing an important role in supporting micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a research collaboration with the Graduate Institute of International...

Enabling Environment for Sustainable Enterprises

Weak rule of law, unfair competition, and skills shortages: New survey detects what prevents Serbian enterprises from thriving

A new diagnostic report of the Serbian Employers’ Association shows the major obstacles for doing business and creating jobs in the largest economy of the Western Balkans. The findings are based on a survey among 450 enterprises done with ILO...

12th Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy - Elective 5: SSE and formalisation of the informal economy

Our impact, Their voices

Focusing on workplace cooperation and continuous improvement leads to enhanced productivity gains, worker-manager communication and safety...

Thanks to ILO SCORE Training’s emphasis on workplace cooperation and continuous improvement, a leading manufacturing company in China adopted new strategies to actively engage workers and managers to improve workplace communication, upgrade...