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Three ILO projects on social and solidarity economy policy presented at the Enterprises Department’s virtual exhibit

The COOP Unit of the ILO has shared highlights from three social and solidarity economy (SSE) policy projects from six countries in Asia and two countries in Africa during the ILO Enterprises Department’s virtual exhibit as part of its global team...

World Employment and Social Outlook 2021

Summary: The role of digital labour platforms in transforming the world of work

This report examines how digital labour platforms are transforming the world of work and how that affects employers and workers. It focuses on two main types of digital labour platform: online web-based platforms, where tasks are performed online...

Community Emergency Employment Programme

A fight for survival amid the pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has deeply affected workers in the informal economy like Mohalidin. A father of 15 children, he shares his experience and life changing impact basic income and social protection can have for families struggling to survive.

Technical cooperation

ILO Project in the Philippines Wins Award at Photo Contest Organized by Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Public attitudes towards migrant workers in Japan

In 2019 the EU-UN Spotlight Initiative’s Safe and Fair (ILO and UN Women) and TRIANGLE in ASEAN (ILO) projects conducted a survey of 4,099 nationals, a follow-up to an earlier survey carried out by the ILO in 2010, to analyse changes of public...

The passage of the worker cooperative bill in Japan is celebrated around the word

Workshop on Strengthening SSE Policy in Asia to take place in March 2021

The ILO will bring together tripartite delegations, practitioners and leaders in the SSE movement, researchers and other stakeholders from six Asian countries in a virtual capacity-building workshop to enhance their capacity in developing and/or...

Summary report of the Global research webinar "Towards a brighter future of work in the digital economy" (30 September 2020)

National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights

Stakeholders of Japan's National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights issued Joint Comments following dialogue facilitated by the ILO

Stakeholders comprising the Working Group and Advisory Committee on the National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights, in which ILO Office for Japan is participating as a member, have released comments on the Plan.

National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights

Stakeholders' Joint Comments on the Publication of the Business and Human Rights National Action Plan

Stakeholder members of the Working Group on Japan's National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights issued their comments on the plan, which had been published on 16 October 2020, at the webinar held on 9 November 2020 in Tokyo.

Safe water, decent work in BARMM amid COVID-19

Households and schoolchildren now have better access to safe water in Maguindanao through a water system built by community members and indigenous peoples under an ILO and the Government of Japan partnership.

National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights

Statement of the Advisory Committee on the National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights

The Advisory Committee on the National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights issued on 9 November 2020 its statement on the Action Plan which had been published on 16 October 2020.

Rokin Banks’ responses to the COVID-19 outbreak in Japan

Like any other country, the population and economy of Japan are badly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The preliminary figures for real GDP in the second quarter of 2020 show a decline of 7.8%. Rokin Banks (a network of 13 union-led cooperative...

ILO/KoSEA/SNU joint conference held in Seoul to share the findings of ILO project on strengthening SSE policy in Asia

The international research conference on strengthening SSE policy in Asia attracted more than 400 participants and 1,400 viewers online from Asia and beyond.

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Clean water for life and livelihoods amid pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the need for clean water to prevent infection, while making it more difficult for some remote and vulnerable communities to access supplies. In the Philippines, an ILO-Japan project is developing better water...

ILO COOP 100 Special Interview Series “Cultivate the COOPs” - Vol.3 Mr. Akihiro Takatsuka (Central Union of Agricultural Co-operatives – JA...

Policy design of employment adjustment subsidy in Japan

This paper aims to review and summarize the feature and design of the Employment Adjustment Subsidy (Koyou Chousei Joseikin) in Japan in order to contribute to discussions in Indonesia about policy designs on unemployment protection.

KoSEA and ILO convene a second virtual interim research workshop with country researchers for the ILO project on strengthening SSE policy...

Officials of the Korea Social Enterprise Promotion Agency (KoSEA), and ILO staff members met online with country researchers for the project to discuss the feedback from the second drafts of the case studies to prepare for presentation in a research...

Japan - Country baseline under the ILO Declaration Annual Review (2017-2019) - P029

Japan - Country baselines under the ILO Declaration (2000-2019)