Publications

February 2023

  1. Iraq Country Profile: Productivity growth, diversification, and structural change in the Arab States

    24 February 2023

January 2023

  1. Enterprise Risk Management. A guide for EBMO's to promote efficiency and business resilience.

    04 January 2023

    Employer and Business Membership Organisations (EBMO's) can play a pivotal role in raising awareness about Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) across enterprises, sectors and countries to foster business resilience and preparedness for crises. This report is mainly aimed for EBMOs as a thought piece for action.

December 2022

  1. Bureau for Employers' Activities Newsletter - Seventh edition

    22 December 2022

  2. The role of employer and business membership organizations in promoting the labour market integration of refugees

    13 December 2022

    Good practices from Colombia, Germany, Türkiye and Uganda

  3. The role of Employer and Business Membership Organizations (EBMOs) in supporting business adaptation and mitigation to climate change

    12 December 2022

    Climate change is a global challenge that is affecting billions of people, entire communities, employers and business organisations, and enterprises across regions. In the context of the ambitious obligations of the Paris Agreement, participating countries need to make emissions reductions in all industrial and economic sectors. However, this can only be realised by the private sector if a holistic and coherent policy framework is implemented, in consultation with Employer and Business Membership Organisations (EBMOs). Therefore, supporting business mitigation and adaptation to climate change is of the essence to accelerate change towards a net zero carbon emissions economy.

  4. Enabling business mitigation and adaptation to climate change. Green policies and the role of Employer and Business Membership Organizations. Executive Summary

    12 December 2022

    Climate change is a global challenge that is affecting billions of people, entire communities, employers and business organisations, and enterprises across regions. In the context of the ambitious obligations of the Paris Agreement, participating countries need to make emissions reductions in all industrial and economic sectors. However, this can only be realised by the private sector if a holistic and coherent policy framework is implemented, in consultation with Employer and Business Membership Organisations (EBMOs). Therefore, supporting business mitigation and adaptation to climate change is of the essence to accelerate change towards a net zero carbon emissions economy.

  5. Enabling business mitigation and adaptation to climate change. Green policies and the role of Employer and Business Membership Organizations

    12 December 2022

    Climate change is a global challenge that is affecting billions of people, entire communities, employers and business organisations, and enterprises across regions. In the context of the ambitious obligations of the Paris Agreement, participating countries need to make emissions reductions in all industrial and economic sectors. However, this can only be realised by the private sector if a holistic and coherent policy framework is implemented, in consultation with Employer and Business Membership Organisations (EBMOs). Therefore, supporting business mitigation and adaptation to climate change is of the essence to accelerate change towards a net zero carbon emissions economy.

  6. A practical guide to private sector consultation for employer and business membership organizations in the Pacific

    08 December 2022

    Consultation with the private sector, both member and non-member enterprises, is a critical foundation for the success of employer and business membership organizations (EBMOs) of every size and focus. Whether consultation is conducted to inform strategic planning, policy work, development of services or organizational evaluation, there is a need for consultations with the private sector to be professional, well planned and well executed. This guide has been developed for Pacific EBMOs to share insight into best practices and lessons learned by EBMOs globally while setting out practical step-by-step approaches that can be tailored and adapted to local contexts and needs.

November 2022

  1. Briefing note - How to maximize the business benefits of diversity and inclusion

    17 November 2022

    The EBMO members’ briefing note enables employers’ organizations to distil the key messages of “Transforming enterprises through diversity and inclusion” for its enterprise members in an accessible, practical and business-friendly manner. For EBMOs, other organizations or stakeholders who wish to adapt or customize this briefing note, please reach out to actemp@ilo.org

October 2022

  1. Violence and harassment at work: a practical guide for employers

    10 October 2022

    The guide aims to enable enterprises to better control the risks and minimize the negative impacts that violence and harassment brings to the workplace.