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From family workshop to global kitchens: My journey of transformation and growth
Portrait of Ying Changbin at his kitchenware manufacturing business in Yongkang, Zhejiang Province. (Yongkang, 2025)

ILO Voices | Small and medium-sized enterprises

From family workshop to global kitchens: My journey of transformation and growth

I manage a kitchenware manufacturing business in Yongkang. In the past, our company struggled and we faced bankruptcy. With the support of China’s Ministry of Emergency Management and the ILO SCORE Training methodology designed to help small and...

ILO Sustaining Competitive and Responsible Enterprises: Annual update 2024-25

ILO SCORE Training

ILO Sustaining Competitive and Responsible Enterprises: Annual update 2024-25

The Sustaining Competitive and Responsible Enterprises (SCORE) Programme annual update 2024–25 highlights the continued global impact of the ILO’s flagship programme for small and medium enterprises.

ILO helps strengthen workplace cooperation in Mongolia’s cashmere sector
Results Workshop on the Completion of Module 1: Workplace Cooperation under the ILO SCORE Programme

Youth Employment Promotion Project (YEPP)

ILO helps strengthen workplace cooperation in Mongolia’s cashmere sector

Five Mongolian cashmere enterprises participating in the ILO’s Sustaining Competitive and Responsible Enterprises (SCORE) Programme reported significant improvements in workplace cooperation, efficiency, and inclusiveness, demonstrating how the...

ILO’s SCORE Programme Launches in Mongolia’s cashmere sector

Youth Employment Promotion Project (YEPP) in Mongolia

ILO’s SCORE Programme Launches in Mongolia’s cashmere sector

15 years of SCORE: A milestone in enterprise development and decent work

15 years of SCORE: A milestone in enterprise development and decent work

To mark 15 years of the SCORE Programme, the ILO hosted a special event bringing together SCORE donors and partners to celebrate achievements and share their journeys. Since its inception in 2010, SCORE has helped small and medium enterprises (SMEs)...

ILO Sustaining Competitive and Responsible Enterprises Training Annual Update 2023-24

ILO Sustaining Competitive and Responsible Enterprises Training Annual Update 2023-24

Since 2009, the SCORE Programme has been implemented in over 30 countries across Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America,the Middle East, Eastern Europe and Central Asia. As of August 2024, nearly 1 million workers and managers in more than 5,600...

ILO, International Trade Centre and Government of Lesotho team up to strengthen SME competitiveness, productivity and decent work
Garment workers stand next to a line of sewing machines in a clothing plant in Lesotho

ILO, International Trade Centre and Government of Lesotho team up to strengthen SME competitiveness, productivity and decent work

Driving investment and export growth in Lesotho’s textiles and clothing sector, this latest project incorporates SCORE Training as a key component.

ILO and Government of Flanders join forces to strengthen productivity in South Africa
Woman working in clothing company. Africa

SCORE Training

ILO and Government of Flanders join forces to strengthen productivity in South Africa

SCORE Training is set for implementation in SMEs within the clothing and textiles manufacturing sector over the course of the year.

ILO promotes resource efficiency, clean production and circularity in Kyrgyzstan and Mauritius
Man taking care of tomato plants_Kyrgysztan

SCORE Training

ILO promotes resource efficiency, clean production and circularity in Kyrgyzstan and Mauritius

SCORE4Climate training module launches in SMEs across different sectors and sub-sectors, integrating environmental considerations into production practices.

SCORE Training catalogue
 Cover image - SCORE training catalogue

SCORE Training catalogue

SCORE Training helps SMEs to achieve better working conditions and productivity through its wide variety of modules and stands as an aid to compliance.

SCORE Programme Brochure

SCORE Programme Brochure

Introduction to the ILO SCORE Programme: Supporting small and medium-sized enterprises to grow and create better jobs.

Sustaining Competitive and Responsible Enterprises (SCORE) Programme
female workers in a factory

Sustaining Competitive and Responsible Enterprises (SCORE) Programme

Interview with Vice Minister Song Yuanming, Ministry of Emergency Management of China

15th anniversary of ILO SCORE

Interview with Vice Minister Song Yuanming, Ministry of Emergency Management of China

In this special interview to mark the 15th anniversary of the ILO SCORE Programme, Vice Minister Song Yuanming of China’s Ministry of Emergency Management reflects on the programme’s impact in China.