Laos Clause Samples

Laos. The ILO In Business learning programme, designed to support enterprises’ development, growth and enhancement, has made its way to the Lao PDR. The ‘Laos In Business’ Financial Management and Business Planning Modules have been tailored to meet the needs of SMEs and financial institutions in Laos to increase SME access to finance. ‘Laos in Business’ has been received with enthusiasm from government, commercial banks, private sector and BDS providers, setting the foundation for integrated SME services, under a delivery mechanism with full cost recovery. See project factsheet. Senegal became the first country in Africa to appoint four national focal points responsible for the promotion and application of the MNE Declaration such national focal points. Earlier this year, Senegal already made history by creating the first tripartite Commission to promote the MNE Declaration within a national social dialogue institution. Côte d’Ivoire has also appointed national focal points for the promotion of the MNE Declaration. After Portugal and Senegal, Côte d’Ivoire is the third country to make such an appointment. The Côte d’Ivoire national focal points will launch their joint national action plan during first “National Forum on the Promotion of the MNE Declaration” in December 2018. Côte d’Ivoire and Senegal both benefit from the project “Enterprises and Decent Work” financed by France. The project has trained and sensitized more than 200 national actors on the revised MNE Declaration, its principles and operational tools. “Strengthening home-host country policy dialogue to maximize decent work impact of the FDI/MNEs in Viet Nam” was organized by Viet Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the ILO with the support of the Government of Japan as part of the MNED project in the electronics Sector. The first home-host country policy dialogue to maximize the decent work impact of the FDI/MNEs was attended by over 100 stakeholders of the Vietnamese electronics industry as well as representatives of the government, employers and workers organisations of the investor country. The panel highlighted the achievements of the CSR Business Coalition in the electronic sector and confirmed the need for continuous dialogue involving MNEs in advancing decent work. More info click here. Two billion people in the global workforce are in the informal economy and over 80% of economic units across the world are informal. This phenomenon is predominant in Africa, notably in the sub-Saharan ...