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ILO: Productivity and working conditions in SMEs: A course for policy-makers

ILO: Productivity and working conditions in SMEs: A course for policy-makers

October 2019

October 07, 2019 TO
October 07, 2019

2019 joint Cedefop and OECD Symposium: The next steps for Apprenticeship

Paris, France

The joint Cedefop/OECD symposium on apprenticeship brings together policy makers, practitioners and researchers from around the world to consider new research exploring the next steps for apprenticeship provision. The symposium organisers would welcome contributions on how apprenticeship provision is changing or would need to change in response to external mega trends, such as socio-demographic and socio-economic changes, new technologies and labour market changes, new forms of work organisation, trends in education and training.

October 07, 2019 TO
October 07, 2019

RIETI Blockchain Symposium - Next Blockchain: Creation of a new ecosystem for future industries

Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

Just like iPhone hit the scene in 2007 and played a vital role in shaping the current smartphone-centered society, the appearance of 'Libra', a crypto currency developed by Facebook, indicates great social changes led by blockchain technologies.

October 21, 2019 TO
October 25, 2019

IFS at 50: The future of income in retirement

London, United Kingdom

The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) is celebrating its 50^th anniversary in 2019, and to mark the occasion they will be holding a series of events throughout the year where they draw on this experience to consider these big issues and discuss what evidence-based analysis can tell us about how to understand and respond to them. Events in this series will feature expert insight from IFS researchers and key commentators on each topic, and there will be plenty of time for discussion and debate.

October 24, 2019 TO
October 25, 2019

15th IZA & 2nd IZA/CREST Conference on Labor Market Policy Evaluation

IZA, Bonn

The Program Committee invites submissions for about 14 presentations from academic researchers doing program evaluation research on policy issues related to the labor market. Papers that include innovative approaches or methodological contributions are of particular interest.

October 30, 2019 TO
November 01, 2019

2019 World Employment Conference: Leadership in a new World of Work

Gold Coast, Australia

For the first time in its 51 year history the World Employment Confederation will hold its annual conference in Australia in conjunction with the RCSA International Conference.
November 2019

November 11, 2019 TO
November 11, 2019

IZA/DFID Growth and Labour Markets in Low Income Countries Call for Proposals 2019

Online

IZA and the UK Government Department for International Development (DFID) run the joint IZA/DFID Growth and Labour Markets in Low Income Countries Programme (GLM|LIC), which aims to improve worldwide knowledge on labour market issues in low-income countries (LICs).

November 22, 2019 TO
November 23, 2019

IZA Workshop: Heterogeneity and the Labor Market

IZA, Bonn

The workshop will focus on the causes and effects of heterogeneity among workers, households, or firms on macroeconomic outcomes.

November 28, 2019 TO
November 30, 2019

Call for papers: 'Labour is not a commodity', today: the value of work and its rules between innovation and tradition

Bergamo, Italy

ADAPT’s International Conference this year is on the topic of “'Labour is not a commodity', today: the value of work and its rules between innovation and tradition". The X international conference on the new Great Transformation of Work is organized in partnership with the ILO and CIELO Laboral Network and under the auspices of the World Employment Confederation (WEC).

March 13, 2017 - March 17, 2017

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Around the globe SMEs are the main providers of employment but show significantly lower levels of productivity than large enterprises. In SMEs low productivity often coexists with poor working conditions, low market share, a low skilled workforce and ineffective management practices.

This training course enhances the skills of policy makers and practitioners to assess and design policies to improve productivity and working conditions in SMEs. Participants in this training course will:

Interpret productivity data and trends at the
macro, meso and micro level using different
types of productivity measurement methods;

Analyse the relationship between productivity, growth, and employment;
Identify some of the linkages between productivity and working conditions in SMEs;
Gain an improved understanding of the role of universalist policy measures and SME policies in enhancing SME productivity and working conditions;
Analyse policy options and generate policy recommendations to improve SME productivity and working conditions.

The course hopes to inspire policy makers and practitioners to adopt a systemic approach to SME productivity that encompasses an effective combination of macro- and meso-level policies, the creation of a conducive business environment, the strengthening of SME support institutions together with interventions at the enterprise level. Special attention will be given to strategies to promote productivity at the firm level and ways to scale-up firm level productivity programmes. The course will be delivered by ILO, OECD and ITC-ILO specialists.

Who should attend?

The training course is specifically designed for policy makers and practitioners involved in the design and implementation of policies and related interventions affecting the productivity and working conditions of SMEs, such as decision makers and managers representing:

Governments
Workers’ and Employers’ Organizations
Productivity organizations
SME agencies

Enrolment deadline: 10 February 2017