What's new
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Publication
Gender dimensions of national employment policies: A 24 country study
18 November 2013
EMPLOYMENT Working Paper No. 152
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Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP)
Progress for Portugal needs job-centred approach, says ILO Chief
08 November 2013
With a loss of one in seven jobs in Portugal since the crisis began, the ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, told Portuguese broadcaster RTP it was time to take a longer-term perspective on fiscal deficit reduction, invest in areas to maintain and create jobs, get credit lines to small and medium-sized enterprises and make youth guarantee schemes available. One of Portugal's greatest assets, Guy Ryder said, is its tradition of strong social dialogue. Bringing together government, workers and employers to find solutions needs to be taken advantage of, he said, to help bring about a change in the country's direction.
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Publication
The Social Dimensions of Free Trade Agreements
06 November 2013
The report provides a comprehensive review of all existing trade agreements that include social provisions and discusses impacts for enterprises and workers.It also helps assess the challenges for arising from the multiplication of trade agreements that include different social provisions.
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Meeting document
Report of the ILO Solution Forum: Promoting Sustainable Development and Decent Work in through South-South and Triangular Cooperation
31 October 2013
Within the Global South-South Development (GSSD) Expo that took place in Nairobi from 28 October to 1 November 2013, the ILO Solution Forum focused on projects concerning sustainable development and decent work in a variety of contexts worldwide. This report summarizes the proceedings.
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Sustainable Development and Decent Work Solution Forum
ILO sharing knowledge and boosting green jobs
28 October 2013
Sharing best practices for the promotion of green jobs can have a positive impact on sustainable development around the globe. A number of countries are meeting this week in Nairobi with that purpose in mind.
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Video interview
Renata Lemos: Research Linking Better Management Practices and Productivity
24 October 2013
Renata Lemos , researcher at the London School of Economics on Management, Productivity and Development, shares the results of recent research, which demonstrates the positive link between the adoption of better management practices in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and improved productivity.
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Video interview
Anna Biondi: The value of worker participation in SME management
24 October 2013
Anna Biondi, Deputy Director of the ILO Bureau for Workers Activities (ACTRAV) underlines the need to create a cooperative environment in small and medium-sized enterprises, so that workers and managers can jointly bring about improved working conditions and develop policies addressing the needs of women in the work place.
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Video interview
Michael Elkin: How small and medium-sized enterprises can boost competitiveness
24 October 2013
Michael Elkin, the global manager for the ILO Sustaining Competitive and Responsible Enterprises (SCORE) programme underlines the link between working conditions and productivity in small and medium-sized enterprises (SME), highlighting the dramatic improvements in competitiveness and working conditions experienced in one SME in Indonesia as a result of SCORE training.
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Video interview
Hilary Steedman: Apprenticeships and productivity of small and medium-sized enterprises
24 October 2013
Hilary Steedman, a Research Associate at the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics talks about how apprenticeships can help small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) improve their productivity, and their importance for young employees, both women and men.
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Programme
Sustaining Competitive and Responsible Enterprises (SCORE)
23 October 2013
SCORE is a practical training and in-factory counselling programme that improves productivity and working conditions in small and medium enterprises (SMEs).