Bureau for Employers' Activities

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The ILO Bureau for Employers' Activities (ACT/EMP) assists Employer and Business Membership Organizations (EBMOs) in building strong, independent, and representative organizations.

EBMOs, representing private sector enterprises, are crucial to sustainable development, societal stability, and prosperity.  ACT/EMP maintains direct relations with EBMOs in member States, conveying their views, concerns, and priorities within ILO work. Read more about ACT/EMP

News and articles

ILO report highlights the role of Kuwait’s private sector in a just transition to a low-carbon economy
Launch of the report Kuwait private sector transition to a low-carbon economy

ILO report highlights the role of Kuwait’s private sector in a just transition to a low-carbon economy

Employers’ organizations prepare to navigate emerging labour market trends through collective bargaining 
Employers organisation representative

Global Social Partners’ Academy

Employers’ organizations prepare to navigate emerging labour market trends through collective bargaining 

Highlights

Guidance for employers’ and business membership organizations to position and use data as a strategic asset
Guidance for employers’

Transforming EBMOs into data-driven organizations

Guidance for employers’ and business membership organizations to position and use data as a strategic asset

How to prevent and address violence and harassment at work: A training course for enterprises
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How to prevent and address violence and harassment at work: A training course for enterprises

Most recent publications

Kuwait private sector transition to a low-carbon economy

Just Transition

Kuwait private sector transition to a low-carbon economy

Guidance for employers’ and business membership organizations to position and use data as a strategic asset

Transforming EBMOs into data-driven organizations

Guidance for employers’ and business membership organizations to position and use data as a strategic asset

Key areas of work

Building effective employer and business membership organizations
Strengthened Employers Organizations

Building effective employer and business membership organizations

Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) for Employers Organizations
ESG resource hub

Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) for Employers Organizations

Productivity
Productivity and competitiveness

Productivity

Sustainable Enterprises
Roads

Sustainable Enterprises

Transforming EBMOs into data-driven organizations
Data driven organizations

Transforming EBMOs into data-driven organizations

Women in Business and Management
Women in business

Women in Business and Management

Events and meetings

353rd Session of the Governing Body
Governing Body room

10–20 March 2025

353rd Session of the Governing Body

New training course on Violence and Harassment for Enterprises
Calling all employers

New training course on Violence and Harassment for Enterprises

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Bureau for Employers' Activities
Phone: +41 22 799 8941
E-mail: actemp@ilo.org