EMPINVEST
Employment in Investments Branch
EMPINVEST mainstreams employment and decent work into investment policies and programmes, trade and sectoral strategies at national level, while supporting a rights-based approach, and promoting the humanitarian development peace nexus. We support governments, social partners, development partners and international financial institutions to contributing to economic development, transition to formality, resilience, equality and environmental sustainability by:
- Ensuring that measures of quantity and quality of jobs are embedded in sectoral, trade and investment policies, programmes and projects;
- Promoting employment-intensive investments, including through sectoral strategies, supporting job creation, work-based learning and through the provision of transformative infrastructure and services;
- Supporting the transitions towards formal employment and to a greener economy through structural transformation in selected sectors which are crucial for economic stability and shared prosperity;
- Addressing challenges related to the risks of rapid technological change, particularly digitalization with the risk of leaving out the most vulnerable, highlighting the need for appropriate technologies and an inclusive development approach.
We work through
EIIP
Employment-Intensive Investment Programme
IST
Investments, sectoral strategies, and transitions
METI
Mainstreaming Employment into Trade and Investment in the Southern Mediterranean
STRENGTHEN2
Employment impact assessment to maximize job creation in Africa
Policy fit
The work of the Branch is guided by relevant Global Frameworks and ILO Conventions and Recommendations, including the ILO Fundamental Conventions and not limited to:
- Employment Policy Convention C122;
- Recommendation 204 concerning the transition from the informal to formal economy;
- Recommendation 205 on Employment and Decent Work for Peace and Resilience;
- ILO’s initiative on the Global Coalition for Social Justice and the Global Accelerator on Jobs and Social Protection for Just Transitions; and
- Just Transition Guidelines.
Key resources
Highlights
Turning e-waste into opportunity: Zambia's journey towards green jobs for young people
EIIP Herat Afghanistan project
ILO Crisis Response Initiative: Decent work for women and men in Afghanistan
From rubble to resource: Guidance for people-centred circular rubble management and reconstruction