Event

Greening Enterprises: Transforming processes and workplaces

Report Launch

Our impact, their voices

Employing digital strategies to honour, care and respect the elderly

31 October 2022

As the co-owner iElder.asia, Olivia Quah is committed to ensuring elders can live life to the fullest through her medical service e-commerce platform. Always on the lookout for opportunities to pursue new digital marketing strategies, Olivia participated in a programme delivered under the ILO’s Rebuilding Better project which inspired her to transform her business website.

Our impact, their voices

Glass half-full: Social entrepreneur embodies optimism & hope through COVID-19

31 October 2022

Susan Zamora Olarte is the co-owner of Vino Arsan Enterprises, a small agribusiness producing local wine in the Philippines. Determined to take her 100% Filipino handcrafted wines and spirits to the next level, Susan is promoting the livelihood of local farmers and pushing the market towards environmental sustainability in the post-pandemic, ‘new normal”.

Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs)

How MSMEs can contribute to and benefit from a just transition

20 October 2022

This policy brief is part of the ILO Just Transition Policy briefs series and is intended to present the linkages between just transition and MSMEs, providing stakeholders with information and recommendation for implementation.

Our impact, their voices

Resilience and growth aided by digital tools and inspiring female friendships

19 October 2022

Sirintra Jittrawong is a Thai entrepreneur juggling not one, but two separate businesses. Always looking to expand her skillset and help those around her, Sirintra demonstrates the powerful role women play in their business communities.

News

Twenty Lebanese entrepreneurs win ILO competition for best business idea

14 October 2022

Winners of the “Women do Business Experience” were granted a seed fund each, in a competition aiming to encourage entrepreneurship in some of Lebanon’s most disadvantaged areas.

Press release

Youth Network Committee to shape activities for the host and refugee youth in Ethiopia

13 October 2022

The committee will provide strategic direction and guide implementation of the meaningful youth engagement programme of the ILO, UNHCR and UNICEF focusing on skills and socio-economic development of the youth in Ethiopia.

Press release

ILO supported Business Development Service Providers Association established in Ethiopia

12 October 2022

The association will provide its services to refugee and host community businesses and entrepreneurs in Ethiopia to improve their performance.

Research Seminar

Assessing Fiscal Employment Measures in Middle-Income Countries

This report documents the economic impact of COVID-19 on middle-income countries to highlight the necessity of employment stimulus policies that limit negative shocks, and help to support labour market recovery. Secondly, its compiles a comprehensive database of the different programmes adopted by both lower- and upper-middle-income countries, according to a basic schema introduced, which includes multiple programs across over 100 economies.

Event

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