Instructional materials

December 2022

  1. Designing a national strategy to improve safety and health in micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises A “how to” guide

    14 December 2022

    This “how to” guide aims at supporting government officials, representatives of employers’ and workers’ organizations and other stakeholders to cooperate in the development of an adapted OSH strategy aimed at improving OSH conditions in MSMEs.

September 2020

  1. Conducting Covid-19 impact assessment Surveys: Guidelines and template

    30 September 2020

    Guidelines and survey template developed to assess impact of Covid-19 on enterprises and their need for assistance. The template can help enterprises and public institutions like SME agencies, business support organizations and NGOs to develop their own questionnaires.

  2. Forming an Enterprise Improvement Team - Checklist

    10 September 2020

    Extracted from the SCORE Training Workplace Cooperation - A foundation for business success module Participant Manual, this checklist accompanies the animated film on "Forming and Enterprise Improvement Team"

May 2020

  1. Safe Return to Work: Ten Action Points

    21 May 2020

    This tool provides guidance to employers, workers and their representatives on preventive measures for a safe return to work in the context of COVID-19, conforming to well established ILO principles and methods on occupational safety and health risk management.

April 2020

  1. Prevention and Mitigation of COVID-19 at Work ACTION CHECKLIST

    16 April 2020

    Prevention and mitigation of COVID-19 in workplaces requires effective processes of risk assessment and risk management. This tool offers a simple and collaborative approach to assess COVID-19 risks as a step to take measures to protect the safety and health of workers.

March 2016

  1. Rights@Work 4 Youth: Decent work for young people (rev. 2015)

    18 March 2016

    Facilitator’s guide and toolkit

December 2015

  1. Community child care: Training manual

    16 December 2015

    The manual is a training tool and technical reference guide to support the development of community-based childcare centres that offer high quality and affordable childcare, and provide decent employment opportunities for childcare givers in communities, be they women or men, working as entrepreneurs or in business groups.

February 2014

  1. Skills and livelihoods training – A guide for partners in child labour projects

    06 February 2014

    This Guide is intended to support individuals and organizations providing skills and livelihoods training for older children through child labour projects.

June 2013

  1. Training package on workplace risk assessment and management for small and medium-sized enterprises

    07 June 2013

    This training package on risk assessment and management at the workplace seeks primarily to empower owners and managers of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to take action themselves to improve safety and health conditions in their workplaces.

January 2013

  1. Training Manual: Value Chain Development for Green Jobs REDD+ Opportunities in village landscapes of Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

    31 January 2013

    The present version of this training manual was written as a component of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) GLACIER project (Green livelihood access for Central Kalimantan’s inclusive environmental response to climate change).

December 2011

  1. Toolkit on Poverty Reduction through Tourism

    12 December 2011

    The toolkit outlines the background to poverty reduction approaches and how the ILO is involved within the context of decent work and the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. Recent developments in tourism and a vision for an inclusive, pro-poor tourism industry are summarized.

June 2010

  1. Labour Inspection: what it is and what it does. A guide for workers.

    08 June 2010

    The Guide for Employers and the Guide for Workers will particularly prove useful as good knowledge of the labour inspection issues and implications can contribute to national progress through its efforts in preventing accidents at work, protecting workers and improving their working conditions. Efficient labour inspectorates have the potential to enhance labour productivity by guaranteeing a decent working environment. This is in the interest of both workers and employers alike.

  2. Labour Inspection: what it is and what it does. A guide for employers.

    08 June 2010

    The Guide for Employers and the Guide for Workers will particularly prove useful as good knowledge of the labour inspection issues and implications can contribute to national progress through its efforts in preventing accidents at work, protecting workers and improving their working conditions. Efficient labour inspectorates have the potential to enhance labour productivity by guaranteeing a decent working environment. This is in the interest of both workers and employers alike.

December 2005

  1. Overview of child labour monitoring (CLM)

    01 December 2005

    This publication is part of the Child labour monitoring resource kit

July 2003

  1. ILO Convention on indigenous and tribal peoples: a manual

    01 July 2003

    This is an easy-to-use manual to ILO Convention No. 169. It helps to understand the Convention, and how it can be used to gain recognition, promotion and protection of indigenous and tribal peoples' rights

June 2003

  1. Preventing Discrimination, Exploitation and Abuse of Women Migrant Workers - Booklet 6

    01 June 2003

    Booklet 6: Trafficking of Women and Girls

  2. Preventing Discrimination, Exploitation and Abuse of Women Migrant Workers - Booklet 5

    01 June 2003

    Booklet 5: Back Home: Return and Reintegration

  3. Preventing Discrimination, Exploitation and Abuse of Women Migrant Workers - Booklet 4

    01 June 2003

    Booklet 4: Working and living abroad

  4. Preventing Discrimination, Exploitation and Abuse of Women Migrant Workers - Booklet 3

    01 June 2003

    Booklet 3: Recruitment and the journey for employment abroad

  5. Preventing Discrimination, Exploitation and Abuse of Women Migrant Workers - Booklet 2

    01 June 2003

    Booklet 2: Decision-making and preparing for employment abroad