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SCORE Training catalogue
SCORE Training helps SMEs to achieve better working conditions and productivity through its wide variety of modules and stands as an aid to compliance.
SCORE Programme Brief
Sustaining Competitive and Responsible Enterprises programme at a glance - Phase IV
Future of work
Platformization of the tourism sector in Sri Lanka: Impacts on labour market and decent work opportunities
This paper considers the impacts that digital platforms are likely to have on the tourism sector -- one of the 'bright spots' in Sri Lanka's future of work.
COVID-19 and accommodation and food service activities: Prevention and control checklist
This checklist is designed as a practical and participatory tool to help implement and continuously improve practical action to prevent and mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in accommodation and food service activities.
Brief
Accelerating tourism’s impact on jobs
Portfolio of Policy Guidance Notes on the Promotion of Decent Work in the Rural Economy
Sustainable Tourism – A Catalyst for Inclusive Socio-economic Development and Poverty Reduction in Rural Areas
Back to the Future: Challenges and opportunities for the future of work addressed in ILO sectoral meetings since 2010
This working paper summarises how issues directly related to the future of work have been discussed by ILO constituents in sectoral meetings held since 2010, as further material for reflection by the Global Commission on the Future of Work, as it...
Sectoral Studies on Decent Work in Global Supply Chains
Comparative Analysis of Good Practices by Multinational Enterprises in Promoting Decent Work in Global Supply Chains
Destination Mutual Benefit A Guide to Inclusive Business in Tourism
Tourism is one of the fastest growing industries worldwide, and it’s growing most quickly in emerging and developing countries. Currently, UNWTO calculates that tourism is responsible for 9% of global GDP, for over 1 in 11 jobs and for USD 1.3...
Measuring Employment in the Tourism Industries - Guide with Best Practices
The Guide is one of the technical outputs produced under the joint ILO/UNWTO Agreement which completes a series of international references and methodological tools produced within the framework of the joint ILO/UNWTO Agreement.
Workplace Policy on HIV and AIDS, TB and other opportunistic illnesses for the Tourism Industry in Zimbabwe
The objective of this policy is to set standards for the effective management of HIV and AIDS, TB and other opportunistic illnesses that apply to all stakeholders within the Tourism and Hospitality Industry.
Publication
International Women's Day 2014: Equality for Women is progress for all
On International Women’s Day 2014, the ILO-Irish Aid Partnership Programme on disability recognizes the leadership and achievements of individual disabled women in selected countries. This brochure acknowledges their accomplishments and shares...
Tourism
Inland tourism: highlights of best practices
The brochure introduces the best practices in developing inland tourism in Quang Nam Province. These are the lessons learnt from the ILO project that started in March 2011 and ends in December 2013.
Sustainable Tourism for Development
The Guidebook demonstrates how the tourism sector can be a vehicle to foster economic and social growth, through the achievement of development imperatives, while minimizing negative social, cultural and environmental impacts.
Economic Crisis, International Tourism Decline and its Impact on the Poor
This report is an analysis of the effects of the global economic crisis on the employment of poor and vulnerable groups in the tourism sector.
International perspectives on women and work in hotels, catering and tourism
This working paper highlights structural and cultural issues that often determine the roles that women play within the HCT workforce and the strategies which can make a difference to their status and opportunities within the sector.
Strategic Plan - Sustainable Tourism and Green Jobs for Indonesia
This Strategic Plan for Sustainable Tourism and Green Jobs explores how tourism can play a role in enhancing livelihoods and improving quality of life in Indonesia. The Plan was initiated by the International Labour Organization (ILO), together with...
Good Practices Guide for Guesthouses and Small Hotels
The Good Practices Guide for Guesthouses and Small Hotels is an activity based learning program for managers or business owners who wish to manage customer service effectively and proactively – through motivating and inspiring their employees and...
International Migration Papers No. 112
Migrant workers in the international hotel industry
This paper is published jointly by the International Migration Branch of the Labour Protection Department of the ILO and by the ILO’s Sectoral Activities Department. We live in an increasingly mobile world, and it is a well-known fact that much...
Making Tourism Work for Development
Brochure on the UN Steering Committee on Tourism for Development.