Work Improvement in Small Enterprises (WISE) is a practical programme developed by the
International Labour Organization
The International Labour Organization (ILO) is a United Nations agency whose mandate is to advance social and economic justice by setting international labour standards. Founded in October 1919 under the League of Nations, it is the first and o ...
for improvement of
occupational health and safety
Occupational safety and health (OSH), also commonly referred to as occupational health and safety (OHS), occupational health, or occupational safety, is a multidisciplinary field concerned with the safety, health, and welfare of people at wor ...
conditions - in particular small and medium-sized enterprises (
SME
SME may refer to:
Economics
* Small and medium-sized enterprises
* Socialist market economy, an economic system of China
Organizations Music
* SME Limited, UK audio turntable manufacturer
* Sony Music Entertainment, US
* Spontaneous Music Ensembl ...
s). It is a highly pragmatic approach that focus on simple low-cost interventions which improve both
labor productivity
Workforce productivity is the amount of goods and services that a group of workers produce in a given amount of time. It is one of several types of productivity that economists measure. Workforce productivity, often referred to as labor producti ...
and work conditions at the same time. A complete training package with an action manual and a trainers' manual is available from the ILO.
The programme has found particular use in developing economies.
The programme was originally launched as a
PIACT PIACT is an acronym for programme developed by the International Labour Organization for improvement of occupational health and safety. The acronym is derived from its French name ''Programme international pour l'amélioration des conditions et du ...
activity in 1976.
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Resources
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* (Trainers' manual)
Work Improvement in Small Enterprises (WISE)
Organizations related to small and medium-sized enterprises
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