Resources on social finance

  1. News

    ILO Joins World Investment for Development Alliance (WIDA)

    28 July 2023

    In June 2023, the International Labour Organization (ILO) joined the World Investment for Development Alliance (WIDA), a network of organizations from the investment-for-development community launched at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in May 2022.

  2. News

    Building Capacity in Investment Promotion to Advance the SDGs in least developed countries (LDCs)

    10 March 2023

    A side event was organised during the Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries to promote investment in SDG-related sectors and present strategies, programmes and tools for governments.

  3. News

    Building Capacity in Investment Promotion to Advance the SDGs in least developed countries (LDCs)

    10 March 2023

  4. Training

    Effective investment facilitation and sustainable development

    This five-day course will help investment promotion agencies to strengthen their investment promotion and facilitation capacities, expand their after-care services and, more broadly, enhance the development impacts of FDI flowing into their countries, particularly as regards the creation of more and better jobs. The course is run jointly by WAIPA (World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies) and the International Labour Organization (ILO).

  5. News

    Promoting sustainable and responsible business practices in the extractive industry in Mozambique

    19 January 2023

    The Ministry of Labour and the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources along with employers’ organizations, trade unions, enterprises and other stakeholders engaged in a vibrant dialogue on the guidance of the MNE Declaration in the extractive industries in Mozambique.

  6. News

    Building a coherent and coordinated approach for the promotion of sustainable and responsible investments and business practices for the realization of decent work in Egypt (Cairo, 10-12 October 2022)

    03 November 2022

    A roadmap for the promotion of sustainable, responsible and inclusive investments and business practices for the realization of decent work in Egypt, built upon the ILO Tripartite Declaration of Principles concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy (ILO MNE Declaration) was presented after a three-day workshop facilitated by the ILO with representatives from Government, Employers’ and Workers’ organizations in attendance.

  7. Training

    Investment facilitation, sustainable development and building back better

    This four-weeks course provides practical guidance to investment promotion agencies and other institutions with a mandate in investment promotion and facilitation to enhance the development impacts of FDI flowing into their countries, particularly as regards the creation of more and better jobs and to address the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The course is run jointly by World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA), United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the International Labour Organization (ILO).