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Collaborative action required to strengthen supply chain

Opening Address by Ms Dagmar Walter, Director, ILO-India, at the Tripartite Consultation on Draft Strategy for the Natural Stone Sector in Rajasthan

International Women's Day 2021

SCORE Training adapts to continue promoting gender equality despite COVID-19

While the priority in 2020 was health and safety, the SCORE Programme adopted several strategies to meet gender equality objectives. On this International Women's Day, let's look back at SCORE Programme activities that helped ensure progress on this...

The ILO empowers implementing partner in Ghana to improve training delivery and quality assurance

’SCORE Ghana Project supports Federation of Professional Associations in Ghana (FEPTAG) to establish a quality assurance system to regulate and provide training that meets the standards of the ILO SCORE Project.

ILO Brasilia prepares to launch SCORE Programme in Brazil

The SCORE programme will be launched in Brazil for three years to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and reverse damages caused by poor working conditions in the Brazilian apparel sector.

SCORE Academy China celebrates first year anniversary

SCORE Academy has actively promoted SCORE Training in China since its launch in October 2019. We take this opportunity to look back at the main achievements and the work that the SCORE Academy has carried out in 2020.

Webinar: How COVID-19 has Increased Vulnerability in the Informal Sector: Business Environment Solutions

The Federation of Egyptian Industries (FEI) supports the digital transformation of Egyptian MSMEs

A new partnership with Lumas to roll-out ‘Maharat min Google’ digital skills program for MSMEs operating in the Industrial sector of Egypt

The ILO and JPMorgan Chase Foundation join forces to support women entrepreneurs impacted by COVID-19

The ILO and JPMorgan Chase Foundation have signed a new agreement for the ILO to implement the ‘Rebuilding Better: Fostering Business Resilience Post-COVID-19’ project. Targeting women entrepreneurs in Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand, the project...

Our impact, Their voices

Entrepreneurship in the time of COVID-19

COVID-19 has closed the door on many face-to-face entrepreneurship opportunities. In India, an ILO business programme has gone online to help small-scale entrepreneurs get businesses up and running.

Strengthening gender equality initiatives through SCORE Gender Equality Model

A construction company in Colombia continues to strengthen its gender equality initiatives with the support of SCORE’s Gender Equality Model (MIG SCORE) and EQUILATERA

COVID-19: Promoting gender equality

Addressing gender inequalities and promoting inclusivity in enterprises

The ILO’s SCORE programme helps enterprises to boost their business performances by advancing equal opportunities through gender equality’s training of trainers.

Panamanian firms advance towards gender equality

In the case of Panama, the decrease in the economic gender gap would have a considerable impact in the country´s economy, according to research by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).

SCORE Training

Stay safe and resilient: ILO SCORE Programme expands its OSH and Business Continuity training under the COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has transformed the world of work. Production disruptions have caused demand for many goods and services to plummet and forced enterprises around the world to suspend or scale down operations, with enormous impacts for workers.

Sustainable enterprises

ILO and KOICA to promote sustainable enterprises in India

A bilateral project launched to generate more and better quality jobs for youth by strengthening sectoral supply chains and integrating Indian MSMEs in the global market.

Partner Africa signs public-private partnership with ILO to expand SCORE Training in supply chains throughout Africa

In October 2020, the International Labour Organization (ILO) entered a public-private partnership (PPP) with Partner Africa to promote and deliver SCORE Training to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Africa that participate in global supply...

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ILO SCORE Training improves productivity and workspace that benefits all

As the COVID-19 pandemic was raging around the world, the plans of many exporters had to change This case study shows how one company participated in SCORE Training and worked to implement improvements that resulted in significant productivity gains...

COVID-19: Supporting enterprises, jobs and incomes

Cash flow the biggest problem facing business during COVID-19 crisis

Micro and small enterprises worst affected by COVID-19 pandemic, says a survey of 4,500 enterprises in 45 countries.

PROSPECTS technical webinar: Addressing transition from informality to formality in forced displacement contexts

On 5 November 2020, the ILO organised its first technical webinar on key issues relating to the transition from informality to formality in forced displacement contexts in the framework of the PROSPECTS partnership.

Opening address at the webinar-workshop on decent work in global supply chains

By Khalid Hassan, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the webinar-workshop on decent work in global supply chains, 27 November 2020, Manila, Philippines via Zoom

COVID-19: Supporting enterprises, jobs and incomes

Keeping-up the business spirits of Indonesian MSMEs in the midst of uncertainty

The ILO’s SCORE programme together with the Parahyangan Catholic University not only improve the productivity of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), but also help them keeping their business spirits in the midst of uncertainty. Some MSMEs...