Strengthening local development in rural areas through cooperatives and other social and solidarity economy enterprises and organizations.
The International Labor Organization (ILO) believes that cooperatives and other social and solidarity economy enterprises and organizations (EOESS) contribute decisively to providing opportunities for productive employment and to improving the living and working conditions of women and men.
Report  Spanish 

Diversity Management and Promotion of Equality in the Company: Management Tools
Compendium of seventeen fact sheets (theoretical information), nine templates and six checklists accompanying the good practice guide and training modules to support companies in implementing the guide to promote equality and non-discrimination in the workplace.
Tool  Spanish 

Rural Economy/ Innovation lab: Caribbean Women Farmers
Costa Rica/ Agriculture/ Women in Agriculture
Video  Spanish  English 

Small and Medium Enterprises Unit
In line with the decent work agenda of the ILO, the Small and Medium Enterprises Unit seeks to unlock the potential of creating more and better jobs in small businesses - a sector where the bulk of employment is being provided.
Website  English 

Women's Entrepreneurship Development (WED) Programme
The Women’s Entrepreneurship Development programme of the International Labour Organization (ILO-WED) works to empower budding and existing women entrepreneurs who want to start, run and grow their business and to create conducive conditions for inclusive, resilient and sustainable economies.
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Promotion of sustainable entrepreneurship through business incubators and accelerators as well as innovation centers
This document elaborates a typology of companies called “incubators and accelerators” and compares the functioning of the different types of entities by analyzing, in particular, their target groups, their business models and their services. It reflects on the differences between incubators and accelerators and other more traditional formats for providing business development services, and on their methods of promoting entrepreneurship. It concludes with a series of critical reflections on the effectiveness and impact of incubators and accelerators.
Document  Spanish 

Six-step plan to promote the continuity of SME operations during the COVID-19 crisis
This tool has been designed to help companies due to the crisis caused by COVID-19. Basically, it serves to design a "business continuity plan" adaptable to their company.
Guide  Spanish  English  Portugese 

Gender and Entrepreneurship: Training guide for women entrepreneurs
This training package differs from conventional business training materials since it examines basic entrepreneurial skills from a gender perspective. The document responds to the practical and strategic needs of women entrepreneurs of low literacy levels and seeks to strengthen their skills, focusing on companies and people management.
Manual  Spanish 

Business Diagnostic Guide
Business Diagnostic Guide- Know and improve your labor compliance
Guide  Spanish 

Management of diversity and promotion of equality in the company: Good practices guide.
Guide aimed primarily at the Human Resources Directors of companies of any sector and all sizes to be used as a basis for designing policies, procedures and internal regulations
Guide  Spanish 

Maximizing the talent of men and women: A gender-focused Human Resources Management Guide.
Practical tool to introduce the gender approach in the management of Human Resources of companies
Guide  Spanish 

Inicie y Mejore su Negocio. (Start and improve your business) (IMESUN)
IMESUN is one of the largest business management training programs worldwide. This program helps small business entrepreneurs start and strengthen their businesses, creating through this strategy more and better jobs for women and men.
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Gender-inclusive service provision: A quick guide for financial and business development services providers
This guide explains the benefits of targeting women entrepreneurs and women-led businesses and how to tailor products and service delivery to them. It provides step-by-step guidance for how to begin to incorporate gender-inclusive strategies into content and delivery of services,
Guide  Spanish  English 

Managing diversity and promoting equality in the workplace: Handbook for participants
Handbook comprised by 48 practical activities aimed to Human Resources managers and senior management as support in their work regulations, policies and internal procedures development processes to promote equality and non-discrimination in workplaces.
Manual  Spanish 

Guide to incorporate a gender perspective in the training of women entrepreneurs
Win-Win Program: Guide developed along with OMEU with good practices when designing a workshop with a gender focus for entrepreneurs.
Guide  Spanish 

Start.Coop
Start.COOP is a low-cost, easy to use tool for those interested in starting and launching a cooperative in a participatory manner. It draws on technical content from existing materials in different ILO cooperative training tools.
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Think.Coop
Think.COOP is a low-cost, easy to use tool for those interested in establishing or joining a cooperative. It draws on technical content from existing materials from different ILO cooperative training tools on the basics of cooperatives.
Website  Spanish  English  Portugese 

Tool  Spanish 

Guide  Spanish 

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