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Youth employment

ASEAN to tackle youth unemployment through digital economy

ASEAN member states intensified their efforts to make the best use of the digital economy to tackle youth unemployment. The ILO together with the Indonesian Ministry of Manpower and the ASEAN Secretariat supported the efforts.

A SCORE Super Hero? Boliva Innovates to Communicate SCORE Messages

A collaboration between SCORE Bolivia and CEPT (Confederation of Private Entrepreneurs of Bolivia) has created some fun and engaging comics to help spread SCORE Training key messages within enterprises to all workers, regardless of literacy.

Enterprise development

The ILO sign with the China Enterprise Confederation for implementing SCORE project

On 22 October 2018, the Consulting and Training Centre of the China Enterprise Confederation (CEC) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) sealing their cooperation on the promotion of for the joint...

Effective HR policies benefit workers and employers in China

UK based ETI member and outdoor sportswear company Regatta has encouraged a Chinese supplier to initiate a worker motivation scheme as part of its commitment to ETI/ILO SCORE Training partnership.

Better Work Viet Nam

Partnerships crucial for future of sustainable supply chains

Better Work and Vietnamese garment industry partners gather to discuss sustainability in an era of uncertainty.

Elimination of child and forced labour

Stakeholders committed to promote fundamental principles and rights at work in Pakistan’s cotton, textile and garment value chains

The ILO office in Pakistan carved out the roadmap for the elimination of child and forced labour and towards promoting fundamental principles and rights at work (FPRW) in the cotton, textile and garment value chains in Pakistan. These interventions...

Opening speech by ILO Viet Nam Director at 7th ASEAN Labour Inspection Conference

ILO Viet Nam Director, Chang-Hee Lee, delivers the opening remarks at the 7th ASEAN Labour Inspection Conference - Strategic Labour Inspection for Decent Work Including in Global Supply Chains on 27-28 September 2018 in HCM City.

The Launch of an ILO Enterprise – Lao PDR Initiative on the Development of Sustainable Enterprises

With the launch of ILO technical advice assignment to the “SME Access to Finance Project”, the ILO will continue to contribute to the development of sustainable enterprises in the Lao PDR through the capacity building for its SMEs and other...

OSH Campaign

Integrating OSH into Indonesian micro, small and medium enterprises

Occupational safety and health (OSH) is often poorly managed in micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), causing greater risk of workplace accidents and work-related ill health. As part of its 2018 OSH campaign, the ILO conducted a mini business...

Routine and Communication is the Key to Correcting Tricky Quality Problems in China

Daily meetings are one of the effective initiatives that Huaxing Clothes Co. has adopted to improve its management, reduce product defects and increase productivity.

Cooperatives contribute to sustainable production and employment in Sri Lanka

The International Day of Cooperatives is celebrated on the first Saturday of July each year. This year’s theme, Sustainable consumption and production of goods and services is timely, as the International Labour Organization (ILO) works towards a...

Enterprise development and job creation

Is small still beautiful? ILO supports FYR Macedonia in coming out with new small enterprise strategy

In April 2018, the Macedonian Government adopted a new 5-year strategy to support the growth of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). The ILO assisted the Ministry of Economy in the development of the strategy and the accompanying action plan...

Decent Work

Businesses re-affirm their commitment to promote decent work in supply chains

On 28th June, the 2nd Business Round Table on Promoting Decent Work and Fundamental Rights in Value Chains was convened under the aegis of Child Labour Platform . Stakeholders affirmed their commitment to promote decent work in supply chains by ...

Child labour

National alliance key to fight child labour in Viet Nam

A national forum calls on the legal framework to be expanded to the informal economy where the majority of child labourers are found.

MNEs

Japan’s Minister calls for socially responsible labour practices in electronics sector

He praises efforts by businesses in Viet Nam to conduct social dialogues and corporate social responsibilities, which can contribute to the long-term socio-economic development of the country.

Peru reinforces commitment to SME development with SCORE Training partnership

The Peruvian Ministry of Production and ILO continue to promote productivity, quality and working conditions in SMEs through the SCORE Training methodology

Labour Standards and Trade

EU, business and labour org host forum on labour standards and trade, discuss decent work and sustainable trade in Philippine value chains

The Delegation of the European Union to the Philippines (EUD), the European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (ECCP), the EU-Philippines Business Network (EPBN), and the International Labour Organization (ILO) have come together to host a forum...

A training model that demonstrates the fundamental link between equality & productivity for SMEs

The ILO’s Sustaining Competitive and Responsible Enterprises (SCORE) Programme recently launched a revised model of its SME training package – MIG SCORE, with a renewed focus on gender equality in supply chains.

Child labour

Philippines pioneers responsible and ethical gold brand in Fashion Week

The Philippines blazed the trail for responsible and ethical gold from artisanal and small-scale gold mines (ASGM) with the launch of the Compassionate Gold brand at the Philippine Fashion Week. The Compassionate Gold is among the innovative...

Enterprise development

SCORE Project Scalling up in Zhejiang Province

The ILO, the National Centre for International Cooperation in Work Safety (NCICS), and Zhejiang Administration of Work Safety (Zhejiang AWS), jointly launched a pilot training project in Zhejiang Ningbo on 17 May 2018. The project forms part of the...