Employment Policy Design Lab

The Employment Policy Design Lab is a space to showcase ILO’s approaches, tools and good practices in countries that can support policymakers develop and implement more effective employment policies. Explore the Lab by either: 1) Accessing information, tools and country experiences for each step over the policy cycle; or 2) Discovering new insights on innovations in different thematic areas.

  1. Employment diagnostics

    Find tools and resources for understanding the underlying causes of decent work deficits and how countries can move towards full and productive employment

  2.

    Policy formulation

    Developing national and sub-national employment policies and integration of employment objectives in other development, economic and social policies

  3.

    Implementation strategies

    Institutional capacity building, action plans, pro-employment budgeting, partnerships to facilitate implementation

  4.

    Monitoring and evaluation

    Learn how to assess the performance and effectiveness of employment policies including through monitoring and employment impact assessment

Policy innovation areas

  1.

    Pro-employment macroeconomic and sectoral policies

  2.

    Structural transformation and sectoral policies

  3.

    Green recovery and employment policies

  4.

    Youth employment strategies

  5.

    Digitalization and employment policies

  6.

    Gender-responsive employment policies

  7.

    Employment services to support transitions

  8.

    Pro-employment budgeting

What's new

  1. Women missing out on benefits of labour market growth in Asia and the Pacific

    27 October 2023

  2. Where women work in Asia and the Pacific: Implications for policies, equity and inclusive growth

    11 October 2023

  3. Public employment services and active labour market policies for transitions: Responses to mega trends and crises

    14 July 2023

Key resources

  1. International Labour Conference – 110th Session, 2022

    Reports of the Recurrent Discussion Committee: Employment

    Proposed resolution and conclusions submitted to the Conference for adoption.

  2. Report

    Guide for the review of employment-related public expenditures and application to six pilot countries

    This report presents the first assessment of employment-related public expenditures (ERPEs) in six pilot countries, as an input to support the gradual transition towards pro-employment budgets. The goal is to understand the consistency of public expenditures with national employment policies and issues related to their incidence, effectiveness, and allocative efficiency.