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ILO, Governments of South Africa and Switzerland launch new Programme

Productivity Ecosystems for Decent Work

G7 Leaders’ Communiqué

ILO welcomes commitments in G7 leaders’ communiqué

New commitments by the G7 Leaders, covering gender equality, tackling inflation, climate change, and support for a just transition to a sustainable and inclusive future, have been welcomed by the ILO.

G7 Summit

ILO Director-General warns G7 Summit on great divergence

In his statement to the G7 Summit in Germany, ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, says pandemic and conflict have widened divergence between industrialized and developing countries. Raises concern over inequalities within countries, including gender...

ILO in action

South Africa develops its social and solidarity economy

The South African government has embarked on an ambitious programme to develop the social and solidarity economy in the country, with technical support from the International Labour Organization. The social and solidarity economy comprises of...

The Call for South Africa

Skills Application: Budget template

Media advisory

Global Conference in South Africa to tackle rising child labour

ILO working paper 58

Diversity of practices in social dialogue in the public service in selected African countries

This report examines diversity practices and social dialogue in the public service across selected African countries. It explores approaches to promoting inclusion, equality and representation in public institutions, highlighting the role of social...

ILO and partners launch report into the Social and Solidarity in Economy in South Africa

The results of a South African study conducted during consultations for the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) Policy process, was launched by the ILO on the 28th March 2022 together with the South African government’s Department of Trade Industry...

Confirming the values, principles and activities of the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) in South Africa

Research into the social and solidarity economy in South Africa has highlighted the diverse scope of work done by these units in the country’s poorest districts.

Discussing the process followed in developing the Social and Solidarity Economy policy in South Africa

On the 23rd March, the ILO, together with partners the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (dtic), Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) and Government of Flanders, launched a report benchmarking the process followed in developing the...

A Global scan of the impact of Employment Programmes on post-COVID-19 Recovery

Summary of speech given at the Limpopo 2022 EPWP Summit

Benchmarking the social and solidarity economy policy process in South Africa against international good practice

The development of a social and solidarity economy (SSE) policy in South Africa was initiated in 2017, with the signing of an Memorandum of Understanding between the ILO, the then Economic Development Department (now Department of Trade Industry and...

South Africa’s social and solidarity economy: Alignment of the policy with national, regional and international frameworks

Social economy

The ILO and the UNTFSSE participated in Pact for Impact’s event on Social and Solidarity Economy

The Chair of the UNTFSSE and the ILO’s Enterprises Department Director, Mr Vic van Vuuren, spoke at the Pact for Impact event “For an International Recognition of the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE)” on 4th March 2022.

South African government goes live with its website on the Social and Solidarity Economy Policy process

The website features the work that was undertaken in developing the social and solidarity economy policy in the country between 2017-2021, with support from the ILO.

South Africa’s social and solidarity economy: A study of its characteristics and conditions

Social Economy

Women and the mine of the future: Preliminary analysis of ILO mining employment data by sex

This series of infographics presents a baseline analysis of gender-segregated data for 10 countries to provide greater understanding of the gendered employment profile of large-scale mining and its supply chain. It is drawn from household surveys,...

South Africa: Preliminary analysis of ILO mining employment data by sex