The International Labour Organization launches a Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) – “Business and Decent Work: How enterprises contribute to achieve decent work for all (SDG 8)”

The aim of this Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) is to enhance understanding on the ways and means whereby multinational enterprises can contribute to the achievement of decent work for all (SDG 8) through their operations. Starting from the principles set forth by the ILO Tripartite declaration of principles concerning multinational enterprises and social policy, the MOOC will gradually expose participants to the business and decent work nexus, ways in which companies can contribute to the different pillars of the decent work agenda, and the issue of partnership, coherence and synergies with other existing frameworks that promote responsible business practices.

The MOOC is a unique event reflecting the diversity of actors which constitutes the field of responsible business, and bringing together representatives from the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the United Nations Global Compact, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) amongst other with the International Labour Organization (ILO) as the lead organizer of the MOOC.

The MOOC has been designed for a wide range of professionals from the public and private sectors (enterprises, governments, social partners and other relevant stakeholders), in particular CSR professionals; government officials dealing with MNEs and/or business and human rights; workers’ and employers’ organizations; civil society; and members of local UN Global Compact networks.

The MOOC will be offered through the eCampus of the International Training Center of the ILO from 6 September to 15 October 2021.

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Deadline for application is 5 September 2021.