June 3, 2024
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6min
A delegation representing 14 leading private sector companies together with Employers’ Federation of Ceylon (EFC) engaged in a high-level visit to explore strategic investment, trade, and growth opportunities in key sectors in the northern province. Organized by the International Labour Organization (ILO) in partnership with EFC, among the key objectives of the visit were to […]

November 2, 2023
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5min
      The report is based on extensive analysis, including surveys of over 550 MSMEs across 10 districts One of the main findings indicated that tourism, manufacturing, construction, transport and storage, wholesale and retail trade were among the severely impacted Outlines recommendations to facilitate the growth of MSMEs, focusing on areas that can have […]

September 26, 2022
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4min
        ● Better Work aims at strengthening resilience of the industry ● An opportunity to partner with local and international stakeholders 26th September 2022: The apex body of the apparel industry, the Joint Apparel Association Forum (JAAF) pledged absolute support to the ILO’s Better Work initiative demonstrating the industry’s deep commitment to […]

April 30, 2020
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6min
The latest ILO data on the labour market impact of the COVID-19 pandemic reveals the devastating effect on workers in the informal economy and on hundreds of millions of enterprises worldwide. GENEVA (ILO News) – The continued sharp decline in working hours globally due to the COVID-19 outbreak  means that 1.6 billion workers in the informal economy […]


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