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Terms of reference
Call for consultants: Assessment of MSME barriers to social protection in Zambia
26 September 2023
The ILO is inviting applications from national consultants to undertake a diagnostic study to identify social protection barriers facing Zambian MSMEs (formal and informal) and understand ways in which existing contributory schemes can be adapted to MSME needs to promote their registration and coverage to social protection and encourage transition to formality.
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Enabling environment for sustainable enterprises
Leveraging foreign investment for decent and productive jobs: Enabling policies and strategies for linkage development in Cambodia
03 July 2023
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Publication
Promoting Gender Sensitive Business Environment Reform in South-East Asia: A Compendium of Solutions
28 November 2022
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News
Promoting gender-sensitive business environment reform is key to advancing women’s entrepreneurship development and decent work
28 November 2022
While governments must create conditions for an enabling business environment, public and private stakeholders should be increasingly involved in ensuring women’s representation in the reform process.
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Call for expression of interest
Methodologies to measure productivity in Suriname
14 November 2022
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Center for Innovation and Productivity
ILO and Suriname moving forward to support productivity growth with decent work
28 September 2022
The current collaboration between the ILO and key stakeholders in Suriname including the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Youth Affairs, and constituents has operationalized the Centre for Innovation and Productivity (CIP) as a mechanism for support to productivity.
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Publication
The ILO’s provision of technical assistance to promote an enabling environment for sustainable enterprises
27 September 2022
This publication outlines the technical assistance activities carried out by the ILO to help Member States to achieve an enabling business environment that is conducive to the development of sustainable enterprises. The Enabling Environment for Sustainable Enterprises (EESE) work supports ILO constituents’ efforts to conduct assessments aimed at identifying barriers and develop action plans to favor the creation of sustainable enterprises and decent jobs.
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Webinars
Webinar series on "Navigating shocks and crises: A framework for small firms in developing countries"
The ILO, supported by McKinsey & Company, recently published a comprehensive framework of policy options to help small firms in developing countries to confront shocks. This webinar series is based on the findings of the report, and focuses on the Caribbean, Africa and Asia-Pacific regions. It aims to discuss key challenges that shocks pose, and a range of policy options for governments and stakeholders to support small firms during such conditions.
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Publication
Enabling Environment for Sustainable Enterprises (EESE) in fragile contexts
25 April 2022
In the wake of conflict or disaster, decent work is often considered as a secondary priority, when it can be the key to resolving many of the drivers of conflict and can be instrumental to restoring peace and resilience. Employment and self-employment enable women and men affected by conflict and disaster to establish sustainable livelihoods; support to the private sector is thus essential to facilitate inclusive recovery. Building on the work carried out by the Enabling Environment for Sustainable Enterprises (EESE) team and the Coordination and Support Unit for Peace and Resilience (CSPR), this publication sets out a series of guidelines for conducting EESE in fragile, conflict-affected, and disaster-prone contexts, considering both the conditions for improving the enabling environment and the process to conduct assessment.
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Publication
Post Covid-19 EESE assessment of MSME trends and policies in Armenia
04 March 2022
Republican Union of Employers of Armenia (RUEA), in line with its mandate to contribute to the development of a conducive environment for enterprises in Armenia, has called upon the ILO to assist the organization to assess the follow up analyses of the business environment in the country focusing on two specific topics – taxation system in Armenia, and Export, FDI and FDI-SME linkages.