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Article: Paving the road to financial inclusion for rural workers in Nepal
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How do construction workers in remote areas of Nepal access a digital payment system? And what does the ILO do to support the financial inclusion of these workers? This article sheds light on how the Strengthening National Rural Transport Programme partnered with MEGA Bank to facilitate access to financial education and digital financial services to road maintenance workers in rural areas of Nepal.
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Promoting workers’ well-being and sustainable enterprises through digital wage payments in Jordan and Egypt
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Earlier this month, our Global Centre on Digital Wages for Decent Work, the Better Than Cash Alliance, Better Work and BSR organized an online event, focussing on how responsible digital wage payments can contribute to workers’ empowerment, financial inclusion, and sustainable enterprises. We heard about good practices in the garment industry in Jordan and Egypt to transitioning to responsible digital wages through the framework of the UN Principles for Responsible Digital Payments. A recording of the event is now available in English.
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Online launch event on digital wages for decent work in Cambodia
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The ILO Global Centre on Digital Wages for Decent Work, Better Factories Cambodia, and the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia organized an online launch event on ensuring a responsible transition towards digital wages in Cambodia. The event featured contributions from the organizers and representatives of Business for Social Responsibility, Cambodian Women for Peace and Development and Women’s World Banking.
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Social Finance Brief: Segurísimo
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Segurísimo is a low-cost insurance product, developed by Seguros Mundial in 2020 and aimed at the vulnerable, rural or traditionally excluded people in Colombia. In our latest Brief, we give a history of the development and characteristics of this inclusive insurance initiative.
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The Actuary – The human touch
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Our colleague Lisa Morgan and Queenie Chow and Barbara Chesire-Chabbaga have written an article for “The Actuary”, explaining the concept of human-centred design and its use in the public and private insurance sectors. Find out how human-centred design can help evolve the advice and solutions of actuaries.
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ILO Working paper 54
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Opportunities for a Just Transition to environmental sustainability and COVID-19 recovery in the textile and garment sector in Asia.
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| Call for applications and proposals |
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Call for expression of interest (in French only) EESE Comores
Le Bureau international du travail cherche un.e consultant.e national et un.e consultant.e international.e pour développer un Cadre stratégique pour un Environnement Favorable et une Transition Juste des MPMEs vers une économie bleue aux Comores.
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| Upcoming trainings and events |
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25 April - 2 December 2022
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Designing and implementing conducive policies for MSME development
This course teaches best practices in policy support for MSME development, including topics such as the business environment, preferential regimes for MSMEs, access to finance and non-financial business development services, innovation, productivity, working conditions, and value chain linkages.
Application deadline: 19 April 2022 |
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Academy for ILO Entrepreneurship Trainers
The ILO Entrepreneurship Trainers Academy 2022 offers participants the possibility to become certified trainers in the ILO SIYB training packages. This Online Academy combines intense training of trainers on both content and methodological issues, and cannot be missed by any trainer working for a public or private institution striving to make a real difference in the lives of new or existing entrepreneurs. It is based on the most recent versions of Generate Your Business Idea (GYB), Start Your Business (SYB) and Improve Your Business (IYB).
Application deadline: 22 April 2022 |
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Executive course on market systems development for decent work
This course helps participants design and manage programmes using a market systems development approach (MSD). The executive programme targets those involved in the design and management of cooperation programmes and portfolios in the areas of private sector development, economic development, livelihoods, inclusive growth and job creation.
Application deadline: 22 April 2022 |
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MY.COOP - Managing your agricultural cooperative
My.COOP is a training package on the management of agricultural cooperatives. This course is an opportunity to become an effective trainer in the My.COOP package, enabling you to support managers of agricultural cooperatives to improve cooperative governance and offer high quality, efficient and effective services to cooperative members.
Application deadline: 22 April 2022 |
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Productivity Ecosystems for Decent Work: A course for policy-makers and practitioners
This training course aims to enhance the skills of policy-makers and practitioners in assessing and designing policies to improve productivity and working conditions in SMEs. The course aims to inspire policy-makers and practitioners to adopt a systemic approach to SME productivity that encompasses an effective combination of macro- and meso-level policies, the creation of a conducive business environment and the strengthening of SME support institutions, together with intervention at the enterprise level.
Application deadline: 8 May 2022 |
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Financing development: navigating the landscape of financial instruments and mechanisms
This course trains development actors to navigate the changing context of financing development and build partnerships around financing mechanisms in support of the SDGs. The course brings together some of the key learnings and practices in creating scalable and effective ways to leverage diverse sources of finance towards achieving the SDGs.
Application deadline: 19 May 2022 |
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12 September- 7 October 2022
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Multinational enterprises, development and decent work: the approach of the MNE Declaration
This 4-week online course looks at the potential of enterprises to contribute to the achievement of decent work for all, a universal goal recognized in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It provides a comprehensive introduction the ILO Tripartite Declaration of Principles concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy (MNE Declaration), and touches upon issues related to Business and International Labour Standards, Responsible Business Conduct (RBC), Human Right Due Diligence and social dialogue amongst others.
Application deadline: 5 September 2022 |
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