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Applying the ILO’s Productivity Ecosystems for Decent Work Approach: A Practical Guide
This guide provides practical guidance for ILO country teams and partners on applying the Productivity Ecosystems for Decent Work approach. Drawing on country experiences, it offers an operational framework, examples and good practices for designing...
Registration of individual businesses in Viet Nam: Drivers, challenges and lessons from international experience
This report examines the legal, institutional and policy environment governing individual businesses in Viet Nam and identifies opportunities to promote their formalization.
International experiences in the development of Viet Nam’s private sector
This report examines international experiences in private sector and SME development from the Republic of Korea, China, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, India and Estonia.
Review of key policies supporting private sector development in Viet Nam
This report reviews the policy and regulatory framework supporting private sector development in Viet Nam, with a focus on SMEs.
Productivity ecosystems for decent work
Building capacity to drive SME productivity and decent work in Viet Nam
New training, advisory services, and knowledge-sharing initiatives are helping SME support organizations and enterprises accelerate digital and green transformation while improving productivity and working conditions.
Productivity ecosystems for decent work
Viet Nam builds momentum for policy reform to strengthen support for SMEs and household businesses
Recommendations from a multi-stakeholder consultation will inform reforms to the SME support framework, helping businesses become more productive while creating better jobs and more inclusive economic opportunities.
Productivity Ecosystems for Decent Work
Empowering women in the leather and footwear sector through skills and opportunity
Productivity ecosystems for decent work
Viet Nam takes a major step toward sustainable enterprise development with new national programme
With technical contributions from the ILO, the Government of Viet Nam has approved a landmark national programme to advance sustainable business practices across the country's private sector for the period 2026–2030.
Productivity ecosystems for decent work
Viet Nam strengthens capacity of SME support organizations to drive productivity and decent work through digital and green transformation
A series of five training courses strengthened the capacity of SME support organizations in northern Viet Nam to help enterprises improve productivity through digital and green transformation while promoting decent work.
Ghana’s shea sector signs landmark collective bargaining agreement
The Ghana Shea Employers Association and the Ghana Shea Workers Union have signed their first Collective Bargaining Agreement, advancing decent work, productivity, and social justice across the shea value chain.
Productivity
Productivity dialogue drives action on jobs in South Africa
A national tripartite+ symposium in Johannesburg brings together key stakeholders to advance a shared agenda linking productivity growth with decent work and inclusive economic development in South Africa.
Productivity ecosystems for decent work
ILO welcomes Swiss mission, highlighting progress on productivity and decent work in Viet Nam
High-level delegation of Swiss Government, employers and workers reviews ILO-supported initiatives linking productivity growth with improved working conditions.
Stimulating local procurement to grow Ghana’s garment industry
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) is supporting the Association of Ghana Apparel Manufacturers (AGAM) to design and implement an advocacy campaign aimed at increasing local procurement of garments and strengthening Ghana’s domestic apparel...
Ghana takes steps towards sustainable development through policy review dialogue on Trade and Industry
The Government of Ghana, in collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO), has initiated a comprehensive review of trade and industrial policies through a national stakeholder dialogue aimed at boosting productivity, employment, and...
Productivity ecosystems for decent work
International experiences of modernizing the organization and operation of employment services: Implications for Viet Nam
This report draws on international experiences in modernizing employment services to identify implications for Viet Nam, contributing to the ILO’s Decent Work Country Programme 2022–26 and supporting evidence-informed decision-making.
In Their Hands: New exhibition showcases how productivity and decent work go hand in hand in Ghana
A new ILO exhibition, “In Their Hands”, organized by the Productivity Ecosystems for Decent Work programme in Ghana, highlights how improving productivity can transform not only businesses, but also the lives of the workers who power them.
Productivity ecosystems for decent work
When AI meets decent work: A productivity breakthrough from the factory floor
Insights from HITI’s real-world pilot under the ILO’s Productivity Ecosystems for Decent Work Programme
Productivity insights to strengthen and advance Decent Work in South Africa
ILO support enhances productivity measurement to inform evidence-based reforms.
Productivity ecosystems for decent work
Productivity with purpose: Collaboration for a new era in Viet Nam
How ILO is supporting Viet Nam’s forward-looking employment promotion efforts.
Action toward shared prosperity through dialogue, skills, and inclusion
Trade Unions in South Africa lead the way for fairer productivity gains