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Fostering an Enabling Environment for MSMEs to Promote Responsible Value Chains (FEE-RVC)
Workers from China at a garment factory in Okayama, Japan (June 2025)

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Fostering an Enabling Environment for MSMEs to Promote Responsible Value Chains (FEE-RVC)

Targeting women in insurance
Saleswoman in a little shop in Myanmar

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Targeting women in insurance

Promotion of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Iraq
a group of people posing for a group photo during ILO’s Empowerment Guarantee Fund Launch Ceremony

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Promotion of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Iraq

Climate adaptation and insurance in the Pacific

Climate adaptation and insurance in the Pacific

Improving the viability and value of inclusive insurance

Improving the viability and value of inclusive insurance

Promoting SME Enterprises through Improved Entrepreneurs’ Access to Financial Services

Promise II Impact

Promoting SME Enterprises through Improved Entrepreneurs’ Access to Financial Services

The Project aims to strengthen the enabling environment to drive a more inclusive financial sector for SMEs, generating post-pandemic economic growth and employment opportunities.

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

Capacity building in inclusive insurance
Two women sitting in green plastic chairs in Kenya.

Capacity building in inclusive insurance

Awareness raising and training for insurance against natural catastrophes in India

Awareness raising and training for insurance against natural catastrophes in India

Developing an impact monitoring system for Sweden’s guarantee instrument
Syrian woman working in a field in Jordan.

Developing an impact monitoring system for Sweden’s guarantee instrument

Enhancing the resilience of small enterprises and smallholders
Ethiopian woman with fabrics storage in the background.

Enhancing the resilience of small enterprises and smallholders

Delivering risk management solutions through public-private partnerships in Africa
Kenyan man in workshop smiling at camera.

Delivering risk management solutions through public-private partnerships in Africa

The ILO's Global Centre on Digital Wages for Decent Work - Philippines
Digital payment using a QR code via a mobile device.

The ILO's Global Centre on Digital Wages for Decent Work - Philippines

The project promotes responsible transition from cash to digital wage payments in the Philippines targeting small and medium sized enterprises that continue to pay cash-based wages and have an interest in digitizing their payroll system.

Joint COOP/Social Finance research initiative on Social and solidarity economy and social innovation in Africa

Joint COOP/Social Finance research initiative on Social and solidarity economy and social innovation in Africa

The main objective of this research project is to identify and analyse social innovation cases and experiences initiated by Social and Solidarity Economy Organizations (SSEOs) in Africa.

Global Centre on Digital Wages for Decent Work
Garment workers in Bangladesh.

Global Centre on Digital Wages for Decent Work

Social Protection and Public Financial Management (SP&PFM) project in Myanmar

Social Protection and Public Financial Management (SP&PFM) project in Myanmar

The COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced the urgency of developing more resilient and adaptable social protection systems. In response to the health emergency, unemployment, and increasing poverty caused by the pandemic, countries around the globe are...

Delivering impact insurance: developing new property insurance solutions
Construction workers in Zambia

Delivering impact insurance: developing new property insurance solutions

Feasibility study and design of an impact bond to reduce child labour in Côte d’Ivoire

Feasibility study and design of an impact bond to reduce child labour in Côte d’Ivoire

Increasing resilience, strengthening risk management capacity and improving livelihoods of poor rural households

Increasing resilience, strengthening risk management capacity and improving livelihoods of poor rural households

Promoting Financial Literacy Among Vulnerable Groups in Egypt

Promoting Financial Literacy Among Vulnerable Groups in Egypt

This Dutch funded project aims to maximize the benefits of the formal financial sector through raising awareness among vulnerable groups.