The enabling environment for sustainable enterprises in Timor-Leste

The ILO is implementing the Enabling Environment for Sustainable Enterprises (EESE) initiative, which was developed as the ILO flagship programme following the conclusion of the Conference. In Timor-Leste, EESE was carried out to collect and analyse all the necessary data and to present a report on the findings. In accordance with the methodology, focus groups were organized to identify the most important pillars for deeper analysis. With the support of external researchers and using the EESE questionnaire, a survey was conducted in May-June 2016 among 254 companies from six districts of Timor-Leste, namely Manatuto, Baucau, Viqueque, Dili, Liquica and Bobonaro. About 66 per cent of the respondents, which is 167 enterprises, were based in Dili.