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ILO Helpdesk for Business: more than 35,000 visitors per month
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| More than one million users have now consulted the ILO Helpdesk for Business web site (www.ilo.org/business) since its launch in 2010. The average number of visits per month is 36,452 for the reporting period (March 2020 to February 2021), the highest since the creation of the Helpdesk. During the period, the Helpdesk answered 178 receivable requests, which is a 40.1% increase over the previous reporting time. Much of this surge occurred in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. The annual report of the ILO Helpdesk for Business is now available online. Read more |
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Launch of a financial inclusion initiative for host communities and displaced persons in Iraq
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| The ILO and the Central Bank of Iraq, with support from the Government of the Netherlands, will launch a financial inclusion initiative to support host communities and displaced persons in Iraq. The initiative will support young people and small, and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to access much-needed financial services that will help them start and develop their own businesses, while addressing barriers for access to decent self-employment. Read more |
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Online Course on Enterprise Formalization now available in French
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| This course was developed by ILO SME unit in cooperation with ITC-ILO. It targets ILO staff, constituents and others interested in the topic, and takes around five hours to complete. It is a self-guided learning tool that covers the following thematic areas: 1) Introduction to informality in MSMEs, 2) Simplifying business registration, 3) Incentives to formalize, 4) Business productivity, 5) Enforcement and compliance and 6) Role of social dialogue. Enrolment to the online course is free. We are happy to announce that the course is now available in French! Read more |
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Social Finance Brief: Microfund for Women (MFW) Jordan
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| In a new brief, focussing on “Making Finance Work for Refugees”, Social Finance documents the experience of MFW Jordan. MFW aims to provide sustainable (non-)financial services to poor (female) entrepreneurs and to empower them socio-economically. Since broadening its product portfolio to meet refugees’ needs, MFW has been more exposed and familiarized with the new client segments and learned how to serve them effectively. Learn more in the brief. Read more |
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Promotion of the MNE Declaration in Asia and the Pacific: Perspectives from governments, employers and workers
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| This publication provides an overview of the responses to the questionnaires received from governments and employers’ and workers’ organizations in Asia and the Pacific on the promotion of the MNE Declaration, which corresponds to a chapter of the forthcoming report “Multinational Enterprises, Development and Decent Work: Report on the Promotion and Application of the Tripartite Declaration of Principles concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy in Asia and the Pacific” prepared for the 17th Asia and the Pacific Regional Meeting. Read more |
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What works for sustainability in entrepreneurship training delivery?
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| More than 30 years of start-up and MSME business management training in over 100 countries. What the ILO’s Start and Improve your Business (SIYB) entrepreneurship training programme learned about financial and other forms of sustainability of these interventions? This new report tries to answer one of the trickiest questions for technical cooperation projects promoting entrepreneurship and business management training: what makes a programme sustainable? Read more |
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Seguros para el desarrollo (Insurance for Development)
The Impact Insurance Facility is accepting applications for this online course which will take place in Spanish. We are also pleased to announce scholarship opportunities for this course.
Application deadline: 5 April
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Green jobs for sustainable development: Concepts and practices
This course provides an opportunity to explore green jobs concepts and emerging practices. By undertaking a review of tools, selected literature and best practices, participants are introduced to the labour-market implications of the transition to greener and more sustainable economies.
Application deadline: 5 April
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Promoting an enabling environment for sustainable enterprises in fragile contexts
Business environment reform is increasingly considered as a key component of development strategies in fragile settings, as the ability of local enterprises to survive is an important factor in the recovery process. This online course aims to provide participants with an understanding of existing tools and approaches to conduct and contribute to business environment reforms in situations of fragility.
Application deadline: 26 April |
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Global Academy on the Green Economy
The Academy on the Green Economy gathers policymakers, UN agencies and non-state actors to share country efforts and experiences towards a more sustainable, inclusive and green recovery.
Application deadline: 30 April |
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E-learning Course on Skills for a Greener Future
This course strengthens the capacity of participants to understand the role of skills development policies in advancing the sustainable transition to a greener future and formulate and implement strategies that contribute to improving the employability of women and men in emerging green industries.
Application deadline: 17 May |
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