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Small and medium enterprises’ response to HIV and AIDS

This brief is intended for SMEs and a wide range of stakeholders who work with SMEs with a view to strengthening their response to HIV and AIDS.

Updated guidelines for development of Regional Model Competency Standards

These guidelines inform the process used to develop competency standards, from selecting industry or sector to writing and validating the competency standards. They describe good practice in developing RMCS. The guidelines include information on the...

Financial education for youth in Mauritania – Trainee's booklet (in Arabic and French)

This booklet, available in Arabic and French, is intended for young people in Mauritania who wish to improve their money management skills. It presents basic knowledge, skills and tools related to income, expenses, budgeting and the use of financial...

Regional Model Competency Standards: Mechanical services

To help accelerate the improvement of training systems and the mutual recognition of skills, the ILO has developed, in consultation with employers, governments and workers, the Regional Model Competency Standards (RMCS). These have been developed...

Skills

Questions and answers: How a sectoral approach to skills development helps contribute to productive and competitive economies

Helping enterprises find workers with the right skills, and ensuring that workers acquire the skills they need to find productive employment is a key to unlocking the door to economic prosperity and building inclusive societies. A methodology...

Start and Improve Your Business

Workshop on start and improve your business (SIYB): Training of trainers, Phase II

The ILO Country Office for the Philippines (CO-Manila) has operated two economic and livelihood development projects in Mindanao on: (a) sustainable livelihoods for the internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Zamboanga City as part of the joint UN...

Professional conciliation in collective labour disputes: a practical guide

This Guide was developed as a sub-regional tool to support dispute prevention and resolution in Central and Eastern European countries.

Applying the G20 Training Strategy: Project fact sheet

The project is a response to interest indicated by the Russian Federation to work with the ILO in supporting the application of the G20 Training Strategy to the skills development and employment needs in a range of countries.

"Combating child labour through education” and “Combating child labour through skills training for older children” (Final Evaluation...

Project: GLO/14/27/NET and INT/10/07/NET - Evaluation Consultant: Rafael Muñoz Sevilla, Grace William Maiso, Samuel Munynwiny, Mamadou Boulkassoum Traore, George Martin Sirait and Ana María Seleme

ILO Works in Indonesia: 2015 results

Presents the results of the ILO works/activities in Indonesia in 2015.

Child labour

Child labour manual: A resource for labour inspectors and officers in Pacific Island countries

This manual has been developed primarily for the Ministries of Labour, but can also be used by other inspectorates and officers whose work overlaps into the area of child labour.

Compilation of assessment studies on technical vocational education and training (TVET): Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Mongolia, the...

This publication is a compilation of assessment studies on technical vocational education and training (TVET) development in Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Mongolia, the Philippines, Thailand and Viet Nam. It provides a critical analysis and...

Introduction to inclusive insurance and its business case

Inclusive insurance is an important risk management tool for emerging consumers. Before entering the market, it is crucial that potential and new players have an understanding of the concept of inclusive insurance and emerging consumers market in...

Market research for inclusive insurance: Translating consumer insights into improved results

To improve their institution’s value proposition and outreach, inclusive insurance practitioners should understand and use market research effectively. This training is designed to increase a practitioner’s ability to gather consumer insights that...

Trainer's guide pavement labour-based technology for rural road works

These training guidelines for training of small scale contractors in the construction of rigid and flexible pavements using a predominately Labour Based approach have been developed to assist trainers in planning, organizing and implementing the...

Manual pavement labour-based technology for rural road works

This Manual comprises two parts; Part 1 one covers Rigid Pavements and Part 2 covers Flexible Bituminous pavements and has been prepared for the training and accreditation of small scale domestic contractors and their staff in the construction of...

Manual business management labour-based technology for rural road works

This manual has been developed to complement the training materials developed by IADE for the National Certificate "Managing Small Construction Bids and Contracts". It is intended for use by directors, engineers and administrative staff of companies...

Trainer's guide, tender & pricing, contracts & business management for rural road works

These training guidelines for training of small scale contractors have been developed to assist trainers in planning, organizing and implementing training program.

Manual, tender & pricing labour-based technology for rural road works

This manual is developed for training purpose for the ERA and MPW/R4D bid process. The manual consists of guidelines for preparation and submission of a bid document and for estimating cost for the labour based road works, accompanied by an example...

Trainer's guide labour-based technology for rural road maintenance

These training guidelines for training of small scale contractors and Community Maintenance Groups in Labour-Based road maintenance have been developed to assist trainers in planning, organizing and implementing training programmes for road...