All projects: green jobs + cooperatives + cooperative development + multinational enterprises + small enterprises + social finance + enterprises + microenterprises + social and solidarity economy

Capacity Development of the Federation of Palestinian Chambers of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture (FPCCIA) - Inception Phase

The development objective of the project is to foster sustainable and inclusive private sector development in the oPt.

Central America and Dominican Republic: Occupational training for green jobs

The ILO project FOIL (Fortalecimiento de sistemas integrados de Formación, Orientación e Inserción Laboral) supported TVET institutions in Central America in developing learning standards and curricula for green jobs.

Dominican Republic: Green Jobs in the Banana Industry

A Joint UN Programme, focussing on the banana value chain in the Dominican Republic, promotes environmental practices among banana producers.

Joint Programme on Green Production and Trade to Increase Income and Employment Opportunities for the Rural Poor

The objective of this project is to develop better integrated, pro-poor, and environmentally sustainable ‘green’ value chains, enabling poor growers, collectors and producers to improve their products and link to more profitable markets. The...

Mauritius: Assessing the green jobs potential

Green jobs assessments conducted in Mauritius with the technical support of the ILO have helped to identify the national potential for green jobs creation and informed policy dialogue.

Implementing the Common Agenda for Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women in Algeria

The Common Programme for Gender Equality and Empowering Women in Algeria, designed in a participatory process that involved several government ministries and organizations of civil society, is supported by seven UN entities: UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF,...

Implementing the Common Agenda for Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women in Algeria

The Common Programme for Gender Equality and Empowering Women in Algeria, designed in a participatory process that involved several government ministries and organizations of civil society, is supported by seven UN entities: UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF,...

Thailand-The Philippines: Green jobs in the hotel and automotive industry

The Greener Business Asia project promoted capacity building and enhanced employer-worker cooperation to support greener workplaces and sustainable enterprises.

Kenya-Zimbabwe: Green jobs for the young marginalized

The ILO’s Youth Employment Support (YES) Jobs for the Unemployed and Marginalized young People (JUMP) project focused, among other topics, on green jobs and green entrepreneurship promotion.

India: Social dialogue for green jobs promotion

Since 2009, the ILO is supporting green jobs initiatives in India with a particular focus on climate change and sectoral approaches for green jobs creation.

The Green Jobs Initiative

The Green Jobs Initiative promotes opportunity, equity and a just transition towards green economy and solutions to defining challenges such as sustainable development and climate change. It encourages governments, employers and workers to...

Sustaining Competitive and Responsible Enterprises (SCORE) Project

The development objective of SCORE is that SMEs are more sustainable through being cleaner, more productive and competitive and provide more sustainable and decent employment.

Jobs for Peace: 12,500 Youth Employed and Empowered through an Integrated Approach

The project aims to help 12,500 young women and men in self-employment and paid employment in agriculture, off-farm and non-farm activities, through an integrated approach which combines: i) development of community infrastructure; ii)...

Brazil: Green Jobs in the forestry sector

ILO activities in Brazil focus on the creation of green jobs in the forestry sector. Technical support on green jobs started in 2009 with the promotion of solar heating systems in the social housing programme “minha casa, minha vida”.

Realizing Minimum Living Standards for Disadvantaged Communities through Peace Building and Village Based Economic Development (PELAGANDONG...

The project aims to contribute to poverty reduction and peace building process in the Maluku Province through the development of sustainable livelihoods and economic activities in selected communities.

The Philippines: Climate change adaptation for vulnerable farming populations

In cooperation with UN agencies and local and national partners, the ILO helped farming communities in the southern Philippines to become less vulnerable to climate change.

Skills Enhancement for Employment Project (SEEP)

The project is conceptualized under the principles of community based training which promotes income generation and local economic development of disadvantaged groups like Dalits, women, Janajatis. The project is being implemented in five districts...

Climate resilient farming in Agusan del Norte

MDG-F Joint Programme on Climate Change Adaptation: Climate Resilient Farming Communities in Agusan del Norte through Innovative Risk...

The International Labour Organization (ILO) works with UN agency, local and national partners to help communities to access resources and reduce risk to disasters triggered by climate change. The project explores risk transfer mechanisms including...

Entrepreneurship Education - Know About Business for Yemen

The objective of this project is to contribute to the creation of employment opportunities by fostering an enterprise culture in Yemen, through promoting entrepreneurship and self-employment among youth. This objective will be achieved by...

Cooperative Facility for Africa - CoopAfrica

The Cooperative Facility for Africa - CoopAfrica is a technical cooperation programme of the ILO, under DFID funding. From its office in Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania), CoopAfrica covers 9 countries in Eastern and Southern Africa. CoopAfrica assists...