Social finance

With an emphasis on social justice, the ILO's Social Finance Programme supports efforts to extend financial services to excluded persons by addressing two main goals:
- The promotion of better employment; and
- A reduction in the vulnerability of the working poor.
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Building resilience and COVID-19 recovery for Lao PDR’s micro, small and medium enterprises
08 April 2021
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ILO hosts first-ever virtual exhibition on sustainable enterprises
07 April 2021
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Document
Enterprises Monthly Newsletter
01 April 2021
Projects & Programmes
Knowledge Generation & Dissemination
- Impact Insurance Facility
- Microfinance for Decent Work
- Sustainable Investments in African Agriculture
Institutional Capacity Development
- Financial education
- Making Microfinance Work: Publications, Training and Trainer Certification program
- ApexFinCoop: Advance Policy and Effectiveness for Financial Cooperative Apexes
Policy Analysis & Advice
Projects with a social finance component
Global
Project name: Support CFC’s Development of a Social and Environmental Management SystemResponsible unit/department: Social Finance
Web link: https://www.ilo.org/DevelopmentCooperationDashboard/#a28xobn
Type of intervention: Innovative financial services
Starts on: 12/4/18
Ends on: 3/31/20
Social Finance theme: Sustainable investing
Global
Project name: Building capacity for social compliance of investments in agriculture in Africa (AATIF)Responsible unit/department: Social Finance
Web link: https://www.ilo.org/DevelopmentCooperationDashboard/#ai21hxm
Type of intervention: Technical assistance, capacity building
Starts on: 7/1/12
Ends on: 7/14/21
Social Finance theme: Sustainable investing
Global
Project name: Partnership with Insurance for Rural Resilience & Economic Development (INSURED)Responsible unit/department: Social Finance
Web link: https://www.ilo.org/DevelopmentCooperationDashboard/#btj0h1b
Type of intervention: Technical assistance, capacity building
Starts on: 11/8/18
Ends on: 12/31/21
Social Finance theme: Impact insurance
Global
Project name: A Global Action Network to make agriculture insurance work betterResponsible unit/department: Social Finance
Web link: https://www.ilo.org/DevelopmentCooperationDashboard/#ado75e2
Type of intervention: Capacity building
Starts on: 10/1/14
Ends on: 12/31/19
Social Finance theme: Impact insurance
Global
Project name: Change Management to achieve impact with insurance - Phase IIResponsible unit/department: Social Finance
Web link: https://www.ilo.org/DevelopmentCooperationDashboard/#a2r6p31
Type of intervention: Innovative financial services, capacity building
Starts on: 4/1/16
Ends on: 11/30/19
Social Finance theme: Impact insurance
Global
Project name: Partnership for improving Prospects for host communities and forcibly displaced persons (PROSPECTS)Responsible unit/department: Policy
Web link: https://www.ilo.org/global/programmes-and-projects/prospects/WCMS_725066/lang--en/index.htm
Type of intervention: Capacity building
Starts on: 7/1/19
Ends on: 6/30/23
Social Finance theme: Financial inclusion
Global
Project name: Joining Forces To Promote Impact InsuranceResponsible unit/department: Social Finance
Web link: https://ilo.org/DevelopmentCooperationDashboard/#a2b2urq
Type of intervention: Innovative financial services, capacity building
Starts on: 6/1/18
Ends on: 5/31/21
Social Finance theme: Impact insurance
Global
Project name: Le rôle de l’Economie Sociale et Solidaire dans le développement durable, et l’avenir du travail et de l’emploiResponsible unit/department: Social Finance
Web link: https://ilo.org/DevelopmentCooperationDashboard/#a2sa6ka
Type of intervention: Research
Starts on: 12/2/15
Ends on: 12/31/19
Social Finance theme: Financial inclusion
Events
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Rural Development Academy 2021
12 - 23 April 2021