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The tools developed by the ILO to promote micro and small enterprises can be targeted to meet the needs of the poorest. ILO training courses on how to start and improve a small business attract many thousands of poor people with aspirations and good ideas for a business of their own. Many have already developed some kind of income-generating activity out of pure necessity for survival. Here, our tools and guidance turn their ingenuity and commitment into entrepreneurship and sound management. For example, home-based food processing activities become small restaurants on the roadside, carpenter shops expand their markets with new products, and hairdressers start small beauty salons. In response to new demands from community groups wanting to improve their living conditions, targeted support helps them to set up sustainable waste collection enterprises or drinking water kiosks. These community-based enterprises are a source of new job opportunities for youth and women with low skill levels. In partnership with local governments, they provide sustainable environmental services which are accessible and affordable for the poor. Blended into the training approach are concerns for job quality, productivity, organization and dialogue – especially when small enterprises start engaging more workers. To learn more about this author, visit International Labour Organization's Website.

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As the world's only tripartite multilateral agency, the ILO is dedicated to bringing decent work and livelihoods, job-related security and better living standards to the people of both poor and rich countries. It helps to attain those goals by promoting rights at work, encouraging opportunities for decent employment, enhancing social protection and strengthening dialogue on work-related issues. The ILO is the international meeting place for the world of work. We are the experts on work and employment and particularly on the critical role that these issues play in bringing about economic development and progress. At the heart of our mission is helping countries build the institutions that are the bulwarks of democracy and to help them become accountable to the people. The ILO formulates international labour standards in the form of Conventions and Recommendations setting minimum standards of basic labour rights: freedom of association, the right to organize, collective bargaining, abolition of forced labour, equality of opportunity and treatment and other standards addressing conditions across the entire spectrum of work-related issues.
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