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ILO empowers microfinance staff to promote financial literacy among hosts and refugees

The cadre of trainers trained on ILO's renowned financial education curriculum will strengthen the capacity of financial service providers to educate hosts and refugees and improve their access to financial services.

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ILO and Shabelle Bank pilot innovative product for financial inclusion of hosts and forcibly displaced in Ethiopia

Portraits from PROSPECTS - Visualizing change in host and refugee communities

Depicting stories of host and refugee individuals with improved self-reliance and resilience, an exhibition led by ILO PROSPECTS programme at the colonnade of ILO Headquarters will underpin ILO’s approaches promoting inclusive socio-economic growth...

A transformative journey: the ILO's financial education training of trainers programme

From 23 October to 24 November 2023, Sophie Evans participated in the ILO's financial education training of trainers programme. In this article, she reflects on her experience and the programme's unique methodology, training materials and impact.

Emerging Insight: Financial services to enhance resilience

International Day of Banks

Banks and insurers can play major role in creating just climate transition – new report says

Private sector banks and insurers have a key role to play in promoting a just transition, according to a new ILO/UNEP report - published ahead of the International Day of Banks - that also offers guidance on practical strategies and actions.

ILO at COP28: Events on sustainable enterprises, financing and just transition

Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators

Interview with Ekaterina Dimitrova, Project Manager, Monnaie Léman, Geneva, Switzerland

“Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators” is a series of interviews with co-operators from around the world with whom ILO officials have crossed paths during the course of their work on cooperatives and the wider social and soli-darity economy (SSE)....

ILO explores transformative private sector solutions in forced displacement contexts

Through a three-day knowledge-sharing event bringing together a wide range of partners, the ILO placed the spotlight on the importance of working closely with private sector actors in forced displacement with a collective vision for sustainable and...

Emerging Insight: Setting robust social key performance indicators in sustainability-linked finance

Young trafficking survivor completes her technical studies and successfully enters the labour market

Joint efforts between the private sector and the National Industrial Work Training Service are bringing tangible results in the economic reintegration efforts led by the Ministry of Women and Vulnerable Populations and the National Comprehensive...

Emerging Insight: Integrated financial services for better risk management

Emerging Insight: Business using under-18 support may be less resilient

A returnee raised her income and improved her skills

Migrant workers who lack proper information usually end up extending their stay, despite their visas having expired, putting them in danger of being classified as irregular/undocumented migrants. Migrants are even more vulnerable in such situations...

G20 Labour and Employment Ministers’ Meeting

ILO calls on G20 for international solidarity to close the global decent work divide

The G20 Labour and Employment Ministers' meeting highlighted the need to sustainably finance social protection, to extend social security to more workers, including in the gig and platform economy, and to address the global skills gap.

Emerging Insight: Seguros Bolivar designs versatile insurance product

ILO and UNCDF collaborate to grow parametric insurance in the Pacific

New partnership to build the capacity of insurers and distribution channels on disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation.

ILO supports the formalization of enterprises in Mozambique in order to promote decent work

The ILO organised a knowledge sharing workshop in Mozambique on the challenges of informality among small enterprises. Based on international good practices, participants explored which incentives and support schemes can promote the formalization of...

ILO Monitor on the World of Work

Mutually reinforcing crises have worsened the global employment divide

International cooperation aimed at bolstering jobs and social protection can help tackle growing disparities between high and low-income countries, according to new ILO Monitor on the World of Work.

ILO Monitor on the World of Work

ILO to release new report on the impact of mutually reinforcing crises on the world of work