This project promotes alignment of living wage and income initiatives with ILO principles, on how to estimate and operationalize living wages, by enhancing awareness and understanding of the living wage concept among Programme stakeholders, contributing to improved living standards for workers and their families and the sustainability of enterprises.
Strategic framework
Developing guidance materials and raising awareness of the living wage concept and ILO principles among governments, social partners, enterprises, and other key stakeholders.
Intervention results:
1.1. Guidance materials on aligning living wage and income initiatives with ILO principles are available to constituents and stakeholders.
1.2. Programme stakeholders have improved awareness and understanding of the living wage concept, fostering integration of living wage considerations into national wage-setting mechanisms and responsible business conduct.
Strengthening engagement with UN agencies and other organizations to develop joint research and policy initiatives on living wages and incomes.
Intervention results:
2.1. Joint research and policy initiatives on living wages and incomes are developed in collaboration with UN agencies and other organizations, including through the Global Coalition for Social Justice.
2.2. Shared knowledge on living wage and income trends informs constituents and initiatives across regions.
Facilitating exchange among ILO constituents and living wage and income initiatives to harmonize approaches and build shared understanding, creating an enabling environment for informed social dialogue on wage adequacy.
Intervention results:
3.1. ILO constituents and living wage and income initiatives reach shared understanding through conferences, roundtables, and workshops.
3.2. Living wage and income initiatives operate in alignment with ILO principles, with national ownership and social dialogue at their core.
