The financial sector is an influential player in the world of work. Investments, loans and insurance can be powerful drivers to create jobs, improve working conditions and enhance resilience. The ILO’s Social Finance Programme engages with the financial sector to explore how it can contribute to decent work and social justice.
Our engagement with the financial sector is three-fold, dealing with different sets of players in the financial sector:
The Annual Report 2022 highlights the achievements of the Social Finance Programme over the past year. The report covers developments in Social Finance's three streams of work: financial inclusion, impact insurance and sustainable investing.
Project name: Support CFC’s Development of a Social and Environmental Management System Responsible 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
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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
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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
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Project name: A Global Action Network to make agriculture insurance work better Responsible 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
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Project name: Change Management to achieve impact with insurance - Phase II Responsible 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
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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
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Project name: Joining Forces To Promote Impact Insurance Responsible 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’emploi Responsible 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