ACT/EMP working with Employers' Organizations
The Bureau for Employers' Activities of the ILO (ACT/EMP) is a specialized unit within the ILO Secretariat. Its task is to maintain close and direct relations with employers' organizations in member States, to make the ILO's resources available to them and to keep the ILO constantly aware of their views, concerns and priorities.
ACT/EMP's mission is to foster well-functioning employers' organizations, which are crucial in shaping
an environment conducive to competitive and sustainable enterprises that can contribute to socioeconomic development. ACT/EMP assists employers' organizations in responding to the challenges faced by their members by:
- assisting them to develop their management systems and processes and improve their services to members,
- assisting them to anticipate and respond to the issues faced by business at the national, regional
and international levels.
ACT/EMP maintains close contacts with employers' organizations in all ILO member States. It also runs a Technical Cooperation Programme, which provides assistance to employers' organizations in developing and transition countries. The Technical Cooperation Programme is designed to enhance the capacity of employers' organizations to:
- advocate a business-friendly environment, and
- provide services, whether representation and advocacy, or the provision of advice, training, information or research, to enable employers' organizations to address current and emerging issues.
International Organisation of Employers
ACT/EMP works in close cooperation with the International Organisation of Employers (IOE) on the international labour and social policy issues the ILO deals with. Today, IOE consists of 148 national employer organizations from 141 countries from all over the world. The IOE acts as the Secretariat to the Employers' Group at the ILO International Labour Conference, the ILO Governing Body and all other ILO-related meetings. The IOE is the permanent liaison body for the exchange of information, views and experience among employers throughout the world. It acts as the recognized channel
for the communication and promotion of the employer point of view to all United Nations agencies and other international organizations.
Learning Employers Network (Lempnet) at the ILO Turin Centre
The Learning Employers Network (Lempnet) at the ILO Turin Centre works closely with ACT/EMP and the IOE to offer training and experience-sharing opportunities to employers' organizations in a wide range of fields ranging from workplace issues to social and economic issues.
Training is crucial to building up the capacity of employers' organizations and enterprises to participate in setting national agendas for advancing employers' interests and to play an effective role as social partners.
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