Cross cutting areas

Key Guides

  1. Environmental and social safeguards guidelines

  2. ILO Guide for Skills Development in Employment-Intensive Investment Programmes

  3. Illustrated guidelines for gender-responsive employment intensive investment programmes

  4. Basic safety and health guidelines for rural road works

  5. Employment-intensive infrastructure programmes : labour policies and practices

What’s new

  1. Employment-Intensive Investment

    Training in the Employment Intensive Investment Approach of Small and Medium Enterprises and Design Offices - Realization of training sites in Madagascar

    06 June 2023

  2. Employment-Intensive Investment

    Construction of school buildings following the labour-intensive approach, within the framework of the joint UNICEF/WFP/ILO program in Madagascar

    30 May 2023

  3. 19th Regional Seminar for Labour-Based Practitioners

    Participants Statement from the 19th Regional Labour-based Seminar

    19 May 2023

    Theme: Promoting skills and productive (decent) jobs for our common better future

  4. 19th Regional Seminar for Labour-Based Practitioners

    Ministerial Declaration from the 19th Regional Labour-based Seminar

    16 May 2023

    Theme: Promoting skills and productive (decent) jobs for our common better future

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What are Crosscutting areas?

Crosscutting areas reflect the ILO’s core values that cut across all EIIP thematic areas, and are integrated into all EIIP projects. The strengthen the unique approach that the EIIP has developed over the past half century. Some of the key crosscutting areas include:

  • Gender equality
  • Social inclusion and reaching vulnerable groups
  • Skills development
  • Working conditions and Occupational Safety and Health
  • Environmental and social safeguards
  • Social dialogue

The resources listed provide practical guidance how these care ILO values can be integrated into projects and programmes.