All projects: informal employment + informal enterprises + informal economy
Informal economy
W2W: WASTE TO WORTH – Transforming Informal Waste Work into Decent Livelihoods
The project aims to enhance PET recycling in Islamabad while improving the working conditions, livelihoods, and social inclusion of informal waste workers, contributing to environmentally sustainable and socially responsible plastic waste management.
Advancing social protection
EU for Haya Karima
The ILO, with support from the European Union and in partnership with the Government of Egypt, UNICEF and WHO, is working to strengthen social protection systems and improve access to services for informal workers, vulnerable families and retirees...
Project
Fostering an Enabling Environment for MSMEs to Promote Responsible Value Chains (FEE-RVC)
Child Labour
Child Labour Platform (CLP)- India
Decent and Sustainable Livelihood Opportunities For All
Türkiye is the country hosting the largest number of refugees, with over 4 million refugees, including 400,000 non-Syrian refugees (mostly Iraqis, Afghans and Iranians) and 3.7 million Syrians. Of these, 2 million Syrians are of working age, but...
Support to the formalization of small economic units and workers in the waste management value chain within the Waterberg District.
Supporting the formalization of Workers and Enterprises through an integrated and gender-responsive National Strategy
The project aims to strengthen Georgia's ability to formalize the economy by developing and implementing a National Integrated and Gender-Responsive Formalization Strategy (NFS) and establishing a Coordination Mechanism to ensure consistent policy...
Building the capacity of constituents of pre-empting informalisation of work and promote transition to formality in the context of a...
The project promotes decent work and inclusive recovery by strengthening employment services, supporting formalization and addressing the needs of vulnerable and informal workers.
Vision Zero Fund
Improving OSH and social conditions for women and men in coffee farmer communities in Indonesia
The project, implemented in partnership with Nestlé, works primarily at the workplace level (coffee farms, collectors) to identify and address decent work deficits in the coffee supply chain.
South-South cooperation
Extending social protection coverage to workers in the informal economy in the Lao People's Democratic Republic and Kenya and leveraging...
The project aims to improve the social protection situation for workers in the informal economy in Lao People’s Democratic Republic and Kenya while contributing to the achievement of related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the vision of...
Enhancing labour rights in the informal economy in Nepal (ELRIE)
The project aims at improving freedom of association and access to labor and social protection rights in Nepal.
Sustainable enterprises
Rebuilding better coconut economy: Integrated inclusive recovery model from Super Typhoon Rai (Odette) and overlaying crises
The ILO project funded by the Government of Japan provides strategic support and guidance to local governments targeting coconut farmers and the working-age population who are greatly affect by the Super Typhoon Odette.
Informal Economy
Empowerment of rural informal workers through advocacy, skills development and outreach
This project is funded by the ILO-Japan Social Safety Net (SSN) fund and managed by the ILO’s Bureau of Workers Activities (ACTRAV) and delivered through CO-Suva in collaboration with the Fiji Trades Union Congress (FTUC) and Papua New Guinea Trades...
Strengthening formalisation pathways for MSMEs in Gaza through improved access to productivity enhancement services, and stronger MSME...
Formalization of the Informal Economy Project
Fostering the Transition to Formality of Informal Workers and Economic Units in Mongolia
The project is to provide technical support to tripartite constituents to foster the transition to formality of informal workers and economic units in Mongolia through the implementation of an integrated approach to promote policy coherence,...
Informal economy
Rise from multiple crises through the integrated formalization of informal economy with social protection and decent work in the...
The project promotes transition from the informal to formal economy, resulting to better social protection access, improved working conditions, increased productivity, and enhanced growth opportunities.
Enabling Sectoral Pathways towards Formality for Vulnerable Workers, and Enterprises in Nepal’s Informal Economy
This intervention aims to strengthen the technical and institutional capacities of tripartite constituents in Nepal to address vulnerabilities of workers and economic units in the informal economy in the agriculture, transport, and construction...
Promoting the Transition to Formalization through Integrated Approaches in Cambodia
This project aims to support the formalization of jobs and enterprises in Cambodia. The intervention targets workers and enterprises in the informal economy, particularly female workers, and micro and small enterprises in some selected sectors.
Digital Inclusion and E-formality
Enhancing Digital Inclusion and E-formality among women entrepreneurs in Tanzania
EU - ILO Development Cooperation Project
Skills Development for Increased Employability Programme
The five-year Skills Development for Increased Employability Programme (SDEP), launched in 2023, strengthens the relevance, quality and governance of the TEVET system, and encourages greater participation of the private sector in skills development...