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Promoting rights and social inclusion through organization and formalization (PRS) – Phase 2
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Development cooperation project

Promoting rights and social inclusion through organization and formalization (PRS) – Phase 2

The project contributes to the reduction of decent work deficits and gender inequalities in the informal economy and promote the transition to the formal economy in Nepal, India and Pakistan.

Promoting rights and social inclusion through organization and formalization (PRS) – Phase 2: India Component
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Promoting rights and social inclusion through organization and formalization (PRS) – Phase 2: India Component

The project contributes to the reduction of decent work deficits and gender inequalities in the informal economy and promote the transition to the formal economy in Nepal, India and Pakistan. This page has information for the India component of the...

Promoting rights and social inclusion through organization and formalization (PRS) – Phase 2: Pakistan Component

Informal economy

Promoting rights and social inclusion through organization and formalization (PRS) – Phase 2: Pakistan Component

The project contributes to the reduction of decent work deficits and gender inequalities in the informal economy and promote the transition to the formal economy in Nepal, India and Pakistan. This page has information for the Pakistan component of...

Promoting rights and social inclusion through organization and formalization (PRS) – Phase 2: Nepal Component
PRS

Promoting rights and social inclusion through organization and formalization (PRS) – Phase 2: Nepal Component

The project contributes to the reduction of decent work deficits and gender inequalities in the informal economy and promote the transition to the formal economy in Nepal, India and Pakistan. This page has information for the Nepal component of the...

Engaging and training youth and strengthening integrated social protection sector delivery
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Resilient Caribbean Joint Programme

Engaging and training youth and strengthening integrated social protection sector delivery

This two-year Joint Programme, seeks to respond to current challenges facing Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS), including limited contributory social protection coverage, limited access for many workers in the informal sector, and a...

Supporting the transition of informal enterprises towards sustainable growth and formalization
Orchid farmer in Thailand.

Supporting the transition of informal enterprises towards sustainable growth and formalization

Healthy Socio-economic Recovery of Informal Sector Micro and Small Enterprises in Severely COVID-19 Impacted Districts of Sri Lanka

Informal sector

Healthy Socio-economic Recovery of Informal Sector Micro and Small Enterprises in Severely COVID-19 Impacted Districts of Sri Lanka

Transition from Informal to Formal Employment Project Uzbekistan

Transition from Informal to Formal Employment Project Uzbekistan

Enhancing skills of women and workers informal economy, harnessing the potential of green transition: Towards human-centered recovery from...

Enhancing skills of women and workers informal economy, harnessing the potential of green transition: Towards human-centered recovery from...

The project focuses on skills development of women, returnee migrants and workers in informal economy through work-based learning approach and active engagement of employer’s organizations.

Transition from Informal to Formal Employment Project Kyrgyzstan

Transition from Informal to Formal Employment Project Kyrgyzstan

Promoting Sustainable Enterprises in India (PSEI)

Promoting Sustainable Enterprises in India (PSEI)

The overall objective of the project is to support Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in India to sustainably integrate in global supply chain in alignment to Decent Work (DW) agenda, and generate more and better quality jobs.

Bringing Back Jobs Safely under the COVID-19 Crisis in the Philippines: Rebooting Small and Informal Businesses Safely and Digitally
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Safety + Health for All

Bringing Back Jobs Safely under the COVID-19 Crisis in the Philippines: Rebooting Small and Informal Businesses Safely and Digitally

The ILO and the Government of Japan have partnered to help micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) operate safely under the prolonged community quarantine and adapt to the New Normal business environment with improved workplace safety and health...

Building Resilience for the Future of Work and the Post COVID-19: Promoting Rights and Social Inclusion through Organization and...
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Building Resilience for the Future of Work and the Post COVID-19: Promoting Rights and Social Inclusion through Organization and...

The project aims to contribute to reducing the decent work deficits and gender inequality in the informal economy in South Asia by enhancing the capacity of social partners to implement measures to promote formalization and gender equality. It also...

Promoting and Building Social Protection in Asia (Viet Nam - 4th phase)

Promoting and Building Social Protection in Asia (Viet Nam - 4th phase)

The project builds on the achievements made by the ILO/Japan project on 'promoting and building social protection in Asia (3rd phase): Extending social security coverage in ASEAN (2016 – 2019)' as well as other development cooperation projects.

Social Dialogue for Formalization and Employability in the Southern Neighbourhood Region
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SOLIFEM

Social Dialogue for Formalization and Employability in the Southern Neighbourhood Region

SOLIFEM supports the transition from the informal economy to the formal economy through tripartite social dialogue in the countries of the Arab world, with a particular focus on Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon and the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT).

Advancing Social Protection in Cambodia

Advancing Social Protection in Cambodia

Advancing social protection in Cambodia extends social protection coverage and quality of provisions by improving operational capabilities of social protection institutions and the adaptability of existing schemes to the characteristics and needs of...

Improving Workers' Rights in Rural Sectors of the Philippines
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Workers' rights in rural sectors

Improving Workers' Rights in Rural Sectors of the Philippines

This ILO project, funded by the US Department of Labor (US DOL), aims to improve the promotion and compliance to labour laws, occupational safety and health, and gender equality in the rural sectors in the Philippines and Indonesia.

Understanding and improving women's work on digital labour platforms

Understanding and improving women's work on digital labour platforms

The project explores the experiences of women on digital labour platforms in multiple sectors of the economy in India, Kenya, Nigeria and Uganda. It builds evidence on the emerging opportunities and challenges platforms create to provide guidance...

Achieving reduction of child labour in support of education
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Child labour

Achieving reduction of child labour in support of education

The ILO and the Government of Japan through the ILO-Japan Multi-bilateral Programme have partnered to reduce the worst forms of child labour in agricultural communities and support education in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao...

Inclusive Economic Recovery through Sustainable Enterprises in the Informal Economies of Fiji, Palau, Tonga and Vanuatu

COVID-19 and the world of work

Inclusive Economic Recovery through Sustainable Enterprises in the Informal Economies of Fiji, Palau, Tonga and Vanuatu

This ILO led UN joint project is a COVID-19 recovery project funded by UN Secretary General’s Multi Partner Trust Fund (MPTF). Targeting informal sector enterprises and workers in the creative industries and the agriculture sector, the project is...