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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.

ILO sheds light upon the role of cooperatives in the elimination of child labour at the Academy on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work

The two sessions organized in the framework of the Academy provided insights of the ILO’s work with cooperatives toward the elimination of child labour and presented practical cases of cooperatives that take action to combat child labour.

Agence Française de Développement Group and the ILO join hands to provide access to inclusive insurance for the most vulnerable

Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and its subsidiary Proparco have recently signed two new projects in partnership with the ILO, which is recognized for its expertise in inclusive insurance.

SCORE Alumni Network is launched in Ghana

“SCORE Ghana through the leadership of the Management Development and Productivity Institute (MDPI) has launched the SCORE Alumni Network in Ghana”

More women in leadership for a sustainable garment and textile industry in Ethiopia.

The ILO Siraye programme on advancing decent work and inclusive industrialization has launched a leadership development intervention on March 2021 as part of its women empowerment objective.

The Management Development and Productivity Institute (MDPI) Seeks the Support of Lead Buyers to Extend SCORE Training to other parts of...

‘’On 29 September, 2021, the MDPI held a breakfast meeting to mobilise support from Lead Buyers to extend SCORE Training to many more enterprises nationwide’’.

Bolivia

ILO and SDC join forces to build a roadmap for the socioeconomic reactivation of small economic units in Bolivia

The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Development Cooperation of the Swiss Embassy in Bolivia (SDC) socialized knowledge and innovative approaches focused on the development, adaptation and resilience of small economic units in the...

SCORE Alumni Network is launched in Ghana

“SCORE Ghana through the leadership of the Management Development and Productivity Institute (MDPI) has launched the SCORE Alumni Network in Ghana”

Virtual workshops share COVID-19 prevention strategies and business continuity plan to support enterprises

The events take place as Viet Nam is facing the fourth wave of the pandemic which hits many industrial parks and manufacturing clusters, affecting the lives of millions of workers.

Trade unions take actions to promote gender-balanced workplace for SMEs

The ILO’s SCORE Programme in Indonesia collaborated with trade union confederations, through a series of gender equality trainings, to assist Indonesian small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in creating equal opportunities for women and men at work.

Business formalization training for young agripreneurs from Nigeria, Rwanda and Uganda

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Strategic Staff Management in SMEs to Support Lifelong Learning

Bolivia

Launch of the campaign "Rethinking Food Heritage with Decent Work: building back better the quinoa and coffee sectors"

The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Movimiento de Integración Gastronómico Alimentario de Bolivia (MIGA) join efforts to promote the gastronomic heritage in the quinoa and coffee sectors through a decent work lens.

Blue or pink, boy or girl? How Gender Biases Influence Work Environments

The SCORE Program in Colombia decided to conduct an experiment: we invited over seven-hundred people from different enterprises, unions and public entities to answer, by looking at old baby photographs, whether the baby in the photograph was a girl...

Learning from the best: ILO’s SCORE and APINDO’s digital Master Class series attract 350 businesses from the culinary and fashion industries

In cooperation with the Indonesian Employers’ Association (APINDO), the ILO’s SCORE Programme provided digital trainings to assist hundreds of culinary and fashion micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to maintain their productivity during...

90 SMEs to benefit from MDPI & “Invest for Jobs” ILO/SCORE Training Programme

The GIZ has signed an agreement with MDPI to provide ILO SCORE Training to 90 enterprises in Ghana under the Invest for Jobs Initiative

Asia Garment Hub - A digital gateway to sustainability and decent work resources for the garment and textiles industry - is launched

The Asia Garment Hub, a one-stop digital knowledge platform to help industry stakeholders understand, promote and operationalise decent work and sustainable business practices across the supply chain was launched today.

Businesses struggle to build back from the Beirut blast

A year on from the blast that devastated large parts of Beirut, the ILO is working to help small businesses across the Lebanese capital affected by the explosion. Many were already struggling to survive due to COVID-19 anti-infection measures and...