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Renewed attention to health and safety risks and quality assurance procedures during the ongoing Covid-19 crisis leads to profitable...

ILO SCORE Training’s focus on continuous improvement sets a Tunisian manufacturing company on a path to improved safety and sanitation protocols, upgraded production systems and practices, and most importantly well-established worker-manager...

Strengthening resilience of small businesses through access to knowledge and finance in Turkana County

Under the PROSPECTS programme, the ILO and its partners are imparting business management skills to upskill enterprises owned by refugee and host communities in Turkana County, Kenya.

Two universities adapt ILO’s SCORE Training programme to continue improving Indonesian MSMEs

Two implementing partners of ILO’s Sustaining Competitive and Responsible Enterprises (SCORE) programme in Indonesia has adapted and modified the SCORE Training programme to maintain its sustainability and to meet different needs of micro, small and...

ILO discusses the role of cooperatives in promoting Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work (FPRW) in value chains

The ILO was invited to participate and present in the panel “Strengthening our Cooperative Identity by supporting ethical value chain management” organized in the framework of the ICA’s 33rd World Cooperative Congress.

Informal businesses

Strengthening informal businesses in India through Activity-Based Learning - Lessons from cases in Lao People's Democratic Republic and...

The ILO organized an online workshop on “Delivering Impactful Support for Informal Businesses” for Indian ministries, sectoral associations and development organizations which support development of informal businesses. The workshop presented...

Human Rights Day

Advancing productive employment and decent working conditions in small and medium enterprises globally for over 10 years

ILO SCORE Training’s rights-based approach to improving working conditions and productivity has, over the last decade, contributed significantly to decent work and equal opportunities in small and medium enterprises (SMEs). To celebrate Human Rights...

ILO’s SCORE programme brought tremendous improvements to Indonesian MSMEs after 12 years of implementation

The ILO handed over its Sustaining Competitive and Responsible Enterprises (SCORE) programme in Indonesia to national implementing partners for sustaining the productivity and competitiveness enhancement of Indonesia’s micro, small and medium...

COVID-19 and road transport

Road transport operators warn of a “perfect storm” in supply chain crisis

Road transport companies and workers’ representatives call on governments to address labour concerns, rising fuel prices and pandemic restrictions in the sector, to stem driver turnover and prevent supply chain disruptions.

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Adopting new management practices and safety systems leads to improved productivity, food safety and worker motivation

A well-established and growing dairy company in Myanmar took advantage of ILO SCORE Training to modernize its production and management systems, increase product quality and safety to catch up with customer needs, and improve worker engagement.

New report identifies drivers of informality in Iraq’s labour market

The report was developed in partnership between the Government, ILO, UNDP, IOM, UN Women, the European Union, the Fafo Institute for Labour and Social Research and the Cash and Livelihoods Consortium for Iraq.

Awareness, coordination and commitment to make responsible business conduct a ‘core’ business strategy in China

An RSCA outreach activity to supply chain and business students in China is raising the profile of CSR in a vital market.

Business Environment Reform and Social Dialogue training, 18 November 2021.

The European Commission together with the ILO provided a training on Decent Work and Social Dialogue in Business Environment Reforms. This training was held on 18 November and brought together EU officials and EU delegations from partner...

EESE tripartite workshop in Centrafrican Republic - 5 November 2021.

The tripartite partners, under the Joint Consultative Commission for Improving Business Environment, confirm their support for promoting an enabling environment and improving key barriers, as identified in the ILO Report and Action plan.

Certification on AIMS

Launch of Certification Process on AIMS in Peru

International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

How inequality poses significant challenges to working conditions and productivity in SMEs

A supermarket chain’s success story in kickstarting awareness and dissemination of information through ILO SCORE’s Gender Equality Module

A holistic approach rooted on shared experience and lesson learned

Women’s Entrepreneurship Day

Enabling opportunities and solutions for women entrepreneurs in Asia and the Pacific

In celebration of Women’s Entrepreneurship Day 2021, the ILO and ESCAP have collaborated on an event bringing stakeholders together to discuss innovative opportunities and scalable solutions for women entrepreneurs in Asia and the Pacific.

ILO conducts training of business formalization coaches to help young agri-entrepreneurs formalize their businesses

Market-based interventions to create more and better jobs in the dairy value chain in Somali Region, Ethiopia

On 25 October 2021, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and Vétérinaires Sans Frontières (VSF) Suisse launched their joint intervention to develop the dairy value chain in the Fafan zone of the Somali Regional State of Ethiopia.

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How the nuns of Causeni, Moldova won an ILO business competition?

This article tells the story of how the nuns of a rural monastery became beneficiaries of the ILO Local Employment Partnerships project, and how they revived their apiary and honey production business.