Events and meetings

May 2023

  1. Skills for a Greener Future

    29 May - 9 July 2023

    This online course strengthens the capacity of policy-makers, social partners, training providers and civil society organizations, from both developed and developing countries, 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.

  2. Promoting Green Jobs in a Circular Economy

    15 May - 2 June 2023

    This course will enable participants to understand the labour and economic aspects related to the transition towards a circular economy in their respective countries and communities. Participants will thus be prepared to actively shape the transition to a greener, job rich and socially just economy. The course will allow participants to become leaders on harnessing the emerging opportunities related to the circular economy and will enhance their professional profile by acquiring new skills with an increasing demand in the future.

  3. Effective investment facilitation and sustainable development

    15 - 19 May 2023

    This five-day course will help investment promotion agencies to strengthen their investment promotion and facilitation capacities, expand their after-care services and, more broadly, enhance the development impacts of FDI flowing into their countries, particularly as regards the creation of more and better jobs. The course is run jointly by WAIPA (World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies) and the International Labour Organization (ILO).

  4. Employment policies for social justice

    11 - 12 May 2023

    The 2023 Symposium, organized in partnership with the European Commission's (EC) Joint Research Centre (JRC), focuses on the theme of employment policies and social justice. The Symposium will highlight the latest thinking on how integrated national employment policies tailored to the circumstances of countries promote inclusive transitions and social justice.

April 2023

  1. Financial education and social justice - how we deliver on the ILO mandate

    27 April 2023

    On 27 April 2023, the ILO's Social Finance Programme organized the webinar "Financial education and social justice - how we deliver on the ILO mandate".

  2. Outreach strategies - how to bring financial education to our target groups

    20 April 2023

    On 20 April 2023, the ILO's Social Finance Programme organized the webinar "Outreach strategies: how to bring financial education to our target groups".

  3. Financial Education month

    1 - 27 April 2023

    During April 2023, the ILO's Social Finance Programme will showcase their work on financial education. Through blog posts, articles, video testimonials and webinars, you will learn more about financial education from colleagues and partners, certified financial education trainers and beneficiaries in the field.

December 2022

  1. Scaling inclusive property insurance: Findings from market research in Kenya

    14 December 2022

    On 14 December 2022, the ILO's Social Finance Programme organized the webinar "Scaling inclusive property insurance: Findings from market research in Kenya".

  2. Accelerating Progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals through the Social and Solidarity Economy

    14 December 2022

    The ILO will co-organize the session on “Accelerating Progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals through the Social and Solidarity Economy” as part of the ESCAP’s Business Innovation for the Sustainable development Goals Forum on 13-14 December 2022.

  3. Gender-Sensitive Approaches to Value Chain Development: Learnings and Guidance

    8 December 2022

    Value chain development and gender equality: two goals that are deeply intertwined, yet often understood separately by international development organisations.

  4. Financial education: training of trainers and ILO certification

    5 - 16 December 2022

  5. ILO COOP presents on “Decent Work and the Social and Solidarity Economy” pre-conference event of the Japan Society for International Development (JASID)

    2 December 2022

    The Japan Society for International Development (JASID), SSE Research Group Solidaridad Japan, and ILO Office for Japan will hold an event on "Decent Work and the Social Solidarity Economy (SSE)" on December 2, 2022 between 18.00 and 19.30 prior to the Japan Society for International Development (JASID) 33rd national conference.

November 2022

  1. Business Day Dialogue on SME resilience in the tourism sector: How to fully realize South Africa’s potential as a tourism destination

    30 November 2022

    Within the framework of the Resilient and Sustainable Enterprises in Tourism (RESET) project, the Business Day Dialogue explored the pressing challenges to MSME resilience in South Africa’s tourism sector, and the role that business member organizations and public sector can play in promoting resilience.

  2. Economic diversification, industrial linkages and FDI local sourcing towards decent work and a human-centred employment recovery in Asia- Pacific

    21 November - 2 December 2022

    An online course that aims to increase knowledge on policies that promote economic diversification, industrial linkages and FDI local sourcing. The course aims to build stakeholder capacities to advocate for evidence-based policies, develop consensus and advise their institutions on strategies that enable industrial linkages and leverage direct investments for creation of productive employment and local industry development.

  3. Fostering Green Business Growth

    21 November - 2 December 2022

    Environmental challenges, including climate change, are changing the way businesses work, either because they are forced to or because they proactively seek to. Green businesses are more profitable and future proof. This course targets policy makers and business service providers involved in the design and implementation of national or local strategies and instruments to support the greening of businesses, providing both a conceptual and practical overview of how to support SMEs going green.

  4. Workshop on digital wage payments in Cambodia’s garment industry

    15 November 2022

    Better Factories Cambodia, in collaboration with the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training in Cambodia and the ILO’s Global Centre on Digital Wages for Decent Work, hosted a one-day workshop on promoting responsible digital wage payments in Cambodia’s garment industry.

  5. ApexFinCoop: Advance policy and effectiveness for financial cooperative apexes

    14 - 25 November 2022

  6. Transformational change for gender equality through responsible business conduct

    14 November - 2 December 2022

    This three-week online course will look at the role of governments, employers’ and workers’ organizations as well as enterprises in advancing gender equality in the world of work, and explore how responsible business conduct can be used to create inclusive and equitable workplaces. The course offers two learning tracks to better fit the diverse training objectives of the participants.

  7. Promoting Green Jobs in a Circular Economy

    7 - 25 November 2022

    The course will provide participants with the knowledge to systemically apply measures to promote the creation of more and better jobs in the circular economy. They will acquire both the tools and the technical knowledge to be able to initiate and implement change processes at institutional, business and policy level.

October 2022

  1. Financial Inclusion Week 2022: Scaling responsible digital wages for inclusive growth

    17 - 20 October 2022

    The Centre for Financial Inclusion organized the eighth edition of the Financial Inclusion Week from 17 to 20 October 2022. The ILO’s Global Centre on Digital Wages for Decent Work participated in a joint session with Better Than Cash Alliance and BSR on “Scaling responsible digital wages for inclusive growth”.