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ILO Just Energy Transition Innovation Challenge
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| In 2021, energy and jobs have emerged as prominent issues within most national and international agendas, underscoring the effects of the COVID-19 crisis and debates on recovery models and mounting awareness of the need for ambitious climate action. In this context, and as part of the milestones to reach the targets of the Paris Agreement, the ILO is launching its first-ever just transition innovation challenge, specifically addressing energy transitions. The objective of the Challenge is to identify, enhance, test and disseminate high-potential policy ideas and solutions that promote a just transition for all, breaking from business-as-usual. The winners will be awarded technical assistance equivalent to the value up to 50.000 USD. Read more |
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“Formalize Your Business” training programme for enterprises
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| Formalize Your Business is a training course designed to support the transition of informal enterprises to the formal economy. The training aims to sensitize entrepreneurs on the importance of formalization, how to achieve it, and how to deal with the challenges of formalizing micro and small enterprises. It also raises awareness on the relevance of complying with existing laws as a formalized business. Read more |
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Capacity building on enterprise formalization for constituents in West Africa
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| From 14 October to 2 December 2021, the ILO and ITC-ILO partnered on an eight-week online learning course on enterprise formalization for constituents in West Africa. The modular training targeted participants from Senegal and Ivory Coast and covered issues such as simplifying business registration and compliance as well as designing effective incentives for formalization. Read more |
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Gender and Entrepreneurship in Latin America
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Between 2020 and 2021 the network of Gender and Entrepreneurship (GET Ahead) Trainers and Lead Trainers in Latin America saw a boost in numbers. In the last six months of 2021, over 500 women entrepreneurs were supported and the region now counts with 12 certified GET Ahead Trainers and 4 Lead Trainers. To celebrate this achievement, the ILO-WED Team organized a webinar on December 7 where members of the network shared experiences, highlighting some of the strengths of the gender-sensitive entrepreneurship training programme. Read more (in Spanish) |
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Social Finance Brief: Seguros Futuro
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| Seguros Futuro is the only cooperative insurer in El Salvador. First created in 1994, Seguros Futuro’s mission is to provide protection for Salvadoran families that do not have access to insurance. In this brief, we cover the growth of Seguros Futuro and its new parametric insurance product. Read more |
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Review of the EESE Action Plans for Moldova in the context of the COVID-19 crisis
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| The ILO Decent Work Team for Central and Eastern Europe and the Country Office for Moldova commissioned in 2018 - 2019 the “Enabling Environment for Sustainable Enterprises" assessment. The report, together with its conclusions and recommendations, was validated during a tripartite workshop in 2019. As a follow up to this workshop and the completion and publication of the report, a more thorough consultation process had to take place to refine and elaborate more in details the action plans on the priority areas and identify funding opportunities. The goal of this Report is to complete the action plans taking into consideration the COVID-19 context. Read more |
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The ILO's Social Finance Programme welcomes applications from qualified French-speaking professionals with expertise in insurance, microfinance and development for inclusion in our Fellowship Programme roster and for a potential placement in West Africa.
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Financial education: three ToTs in Ethiopia, Jordan and the Philippines in January
The ILO’s global programme on financial education will have a promising start to the new year with three training of trainers (ToTs) planned in January.
- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – 10-14 January, in English, offered in partnership with the ILO’s Better Regional Migration Management project, funded by the government of the United Kingdom. Click here for more information and applications.
- The Philippines (online) – 24 January-4 February, in English, in collaboration with the ILO’s Bringing Back Jobs Safely project. Contact parungo@ilo.org for more information and applications.
- Amman, Jordan – 23-27 January, in Arabic, in collaboration with the Better Work Jordan. (This call has closed).
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