Small matters: Who is providing jobs in sectors at risk from COVID-19?
This infographic highlights the own-account workers, micro-enterprises and larger enterprises that operate formally and informally, in the seven sectors considered at risk.

Policies and Business environment:

• Effects of the health crisis on economies and government policies and their response to COVID 19 for SMEs, see ILOs SME briefing note
• Scoping Study on business enabling environment for resilient SMEs in response to the COVID 19 crisis
• ITC ILOs new training course on the government response, SME resilience and COVID 19

Informality:

• Country-level rapid assessments of the impact of COVID 19 on informality and entry points for response
• COVID-19 crisis and the informal economy: Immediate responses and policy challenges
• Answering key questions around informality in micro and small enterprises during the COVID-19 crisis

Productivity and working conditions in SMEs (including occupational health systems):

• Distance learning solutions using SCORE programme

Market Systems and Value Chains:

• A guidance note on building back better micro & small enterprises and resilient market systems during crisis and after lockdown

Inclusive Entrepreneurship and business development services:

• Distance learning solutions using development of a new family of distance learning tools for SIYB Master Trainers, Trainers and BDS providers, and combination with Business Continuity Management tools 

Women’s Entrepreneurship Development:

• Digital gender-responsive entrepreneurship training and support for lead trainers, trainers and trainees combining the GET Ahead methodology with a revisited section on risk management
• In collaboration with the Rebuilding Better Project, the ILO-WED team published an assessment of women entrepreneurs’ needs and available support services during COVID-19 in Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand. The report is available here.