ILES Research Department conducts research on labour and employment matters with the aim of improving the world of work and contributing to Botswanaโs policy formulation. The Department continues to strengthen and solidify its mandate of carrying out research and consultancy work which has been evident by the position the Institute has placed itself by being an important key player and think-tank for labour and employment matters in the country.
Relations with Development and Social Partners continue to be strengthened and new partnerships developed. Amongst the already existing development partners, that is, International Labour Organisation (ILO) and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) in ILESโs portfolio, significant partnerships have been established with organisations such as Street Net International, which is a global organisation of committed informal traders, that promote and leverage an autonomous and democratic alliance of street vendors, hawkers, and cross-border traders in over 50 countries.