All resources: Switzerland
Building partnerships to expand Childcare Services: The ILO experience in Ungheni Municipality
The leaflet showcases the ILO’s integrated approach to expanding quality and accessible childcare services through partnerships at the local level. It highlights the ILO initiative, supported by the Government of Switzerland, across six growth-pole...
Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators
Advancing the social and solidarity economy in Switzerland: Support networks, needs and prospects
Constance André-Aigret, Coordinator of the APRÈS-VD Chamber of the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE), discusses how SSE support networks strengthen SSE entities, the key challenges they face, and the opportunities for advancing the SSE in...
ILO and Switzerland launch initiative to boost productivity and decent work in Ukraine
Enterprises in Ukraine will receive support to improve productivity, working conditions and competitiveness, contributing to the country’s reconstruction.
The ILO, Switzerland and Moldova launch a major employment programme to help advance inclusive economic development in Moldova
This latest initiative is the second phase of an ongoing project that aims to expand productive employment opportunities and strengthen labour market institutions in the Eastern European country.
12th Mont Blanc Meeting explores pathways to a sustainable and sovereign future through the social and solidarity economy
The 12th edition of the Mont Blanc Meetings, as organized by the SSE International Forum, positioned the social and solidarity economy at the heart of global efforts to build a sustainable and sovereign future. Convening representatives from the ILO...
ILO Working Paper 143
Collective bargaining and collective action in the platform economy
This working paper was prepared in 2024 and reviews developments internationally since 2021 relating to the exercise of the right to bargain collectively and the existence of collective agreements among workers in the platform economy. The paper...
Beneficiary story
From unskilled to skilled: how an ILO training gave Victoria Zghibarta a second chance in life in the Republic of Moldova
An initiative launched by the Hincesti disctrict Local Employment Partnership (LEP), with support from the International Labour Organization (ILO) provided a free vocational training for Victoria Zghibarta, along with 14 other unemployed persons...
ILO Working paper 137
The untapped potential of disadvantaged young people for apprenticeships in skilled trades
This paper seeks to identify the influencing factors of quality apprenticeships and elaborates possible reasons why young people in low-reputation apprenticeships drop out more often than those in popular professions.
Enterprise development
New programme to close digital gap for 15,000 small businesses
The United Nations in the Philippines launched a new joint programme to bridge the digital divide and boost the competitiveness of enterprises through improved connectivity and support from UN agencies, including the ILO and government partners.
Factsheet, Jan 2025
Overview of Switzerland-ILO Cooperation
How to prevent and address violence and harassment at work: A training course for enterprises
The training course equips enterprises with the tools, skills and practical know-how necessary to effectively tackle violence and harassment at work. It is designed for Employer and Business Membership Organizations (EBMOs) worldwide to deliver as a...
The STRENGTHEN2 team talks about Employment Impact Assessments at ILC 2024
Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators
Interview with Ekaterina Dimitrova, Project Manager, Monnaie Léman, Geneva, Switzerland
“Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators” is a series of interviews with co-operators from around the world with whom ILO officials have crossed paths during the course of their work on cooperatives and the wider social and soli-darity economy (SSE)....
SCORE Programme Brochure
Introduction to the ILO SCORE Programme: Supporting small and medium-sized enterprises to grow and create better jobs.
Publication
A Review of Wage Setting through Collective Bargaining
Occupational Safety and Health
Switzerland ratifies the Chemicals Convention and the Prevention of Major Industrial Accidents Convention
Switzerland's ratification of Conventions Nos. 170 and 174 was marked by a ceremony attended by ILO Director-General Guy Ryder.
ILO COOP and ICA Brussels teams exchange on priority work areas and potential collaboration
On 16 March 2022, staff members from the Cooperatives Unit of the ILO (ILO COOP) and the International Co-operative Alliance (ICA) Headquarters in Brussels held a meeting in Geneva to exchange on priority areas of work and potential collaboration.
ILO Voices | Social protection
Artists need social protection benefits adapted to their occupations
The COVID-19 pandemic has been particularly hard on performing artists, who feel that they haven’t received adequate support. Antonio Perujo, a flamenco dancer from Geneva, Switzerland tells how he’s coped over the past year while unable to work.
Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators
Liz Green, Executive Vice President, ICMIF
“Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators” is a series of interviews with co-operators from around the world with whom ILO officials have crossed paths during the course of their work on cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy (SSE)....
Social Summit in Porto
ILO Director-General addresses EU Social Summit in Porto
Europe must seize its opportunity to increase investment in training, social protection, social dialogue and the jobs of the future, ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, told EU leaders at their Social Summit in Porto, Portugal.