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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

ILO and INFOTEP successfully conclude SCORE Training programme in the Dominican Republic

Thanks to SCORE Training developed by the ILO and the implementation of INFOTEP, a group of professionals from the Dominican Republic were certified as business advisors to accompany their enterprises in the process of continuous improvement and to...

ILO Aligns SCORE Training with Ghana Enterprises Agency’s (GEA) Kaizen Programme

The International Labour Organization (ILO) aligns its SCORE programme with the interventions of Ghana Enterprises Agency to have a coordinated delivery to SMEs and synergies.

SCORE Pilot Experience Sharing Conference

On 24 June 2021 the Sustaining Competitive and Responsible Enterprises (SCORE) Experience Sharing Conference was held by the ILO and Ministry of Emergency Management (MEM) in Huzhou, China.

MSME Day 2021

SCORE Training stepping up to ensure MSMEs improve their productivity and working conditions even during difficult times

The SCORE programme has been encouraged to adapt and expand its training offer due to the health challenges brought by the COVID-19 pandemic, the looming economic and environmental threats, and the commitment of SCORE Training partners around the...

The first company in the dairy sector to implement SCORE Training Gender Equality module (MIG SCORE) in Colombia

Alqueria was born 61 years ago. Since then, the main goal has been bringing nutrition and health to every corner of Colombia. The company reaffirmed its commitment to business sustainability by implementing ILO's Gender Equality Module (MIG SCORE).

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Strengthening productivity and OSH through ILO SCORE Training ensured survival during crisis

Faced with the unprecedented challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have been hard hit. Unprepared and often ill-equipped to deal with the health risks and economic impacts, many were unable to cope with the...

World Environment Day 2021 – Reimagine, recreate, restore

SCORE Training re-imagined and equipped to help SMEs build back greener

The COVID-19 crisis has forced all companies to re-imagine their ways of doing business in order to ensure the continuity of their activities and the health of their employees. SCORE Training has not been spared the changes in the working...

ILO Caribbean Resilience Symposium

Labour experts call for greater investments in digital, blue and green economies, skills development and reduction of inequalities to...

Government Ministers, employers’ and workers’ representatives as well as academic researchers and development agencies gather for ILO Caribbean Resilience Symposium

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Social dialogue is a win-win in times of crisis

Social dialogue is a key strategy for management and workers to find win-win solutions. One of the Better Work Indonesia (BWI) participating companies shows the benefits gained from social dialogues for both workers’ welfare and business continuity.

In the Dominican Republic, 50 enterprises and associations improve their quality and productivity through SCORE Training

Implementing the ILO’s SCORE Training has led to improvements in working conditions and productivity in small and medium enterprises.

World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2021

SCORE Training adapts to help SMEs respond to the health crisis and implement occupational health and safety measures

COVID-19 has brought occupational health and safety to the forefront of the world of work. All stakeholders have had to adapt to remain safe and resilient. On this World Day for Safety and Health at Work, the importance of investing in resilient...

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Online training to improve prevention strategies against COVID-19

Restrictive measures against COVID-19 prevented SCORE Training from taking place as normal face-to-face. However, SCORE trainers were trained early in the use of e-learning and online tools, and used their newly acquired skills to innovate in...

Gender equality: the new pillar of the Colombian Sustainability Award for Good Labor Practices

Thanks to an initiative led by the International Center for Social Responsibility & Sustainability (Centro RS) in partnership with the Colombian Federation of Human Resource Management (ACRIP) and the International Labor Organization (ILO), gender...

ILO specialist suggests actions to improve labour compliance in SMEs in Viet Nam

Trade can improve productivity and working conditions.

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Communication, prevention measures and adaptations of Mauritian SMEs against COVID-19

Using the SCORE module - COVID-19 Safety & Health at Work - enterprises in Mauritius implement the necessary measures to protect their employees from the risk of the virus spreading, while strengthening their communication and preparing for recovery.

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How capacity building and greater employee involvement can address low productivity in the Ethiopian garment sector

The textile and garment sector in Ethiopia is undergoing a substantial boom right now, and this growth needs to be accompanied by improvements in working conditions and productivity. This case study shows how SCORE Training helps SMEs address the...

Mutual trust is a key for improving workplace productivity

The ILO facilitates a bipartite dialogue to build a good labour-management cooperation that leads to improved productivity at the enterprise level.