Machailo-Ellis leaves Business Botswana
Staff Writer | Friday October 9, 2015 16:28
The Bureau for Employers’ Activities in Geneva, Switzerland is an integral member of the ILO Decent Work Technical Support Team that provides technical support and guidance to a particular region.
A press statement from Business Botswana stated that Machailo-Ellis will be in charge of the employers activities in 10 countries in Southern Africa among them Botswana, South Africa and Rwanda. She will be residing in South Africa.
“Business Botswana and indeed Botswana as a country are very proud to have a Motswana appointed to such an important organ of the United Nations. We are proud to be associated with this achievement through our very own, especially that this was a very competitive selection,” read the statement.
According to the statement, Business Botswana recognises Machailo-Ellis’ career move as a positive one as she will continue to drive the cause of the private sector in Botswana and in the region.
It added that the move could not have come at an opportune time when the SADC region has just revised/finalised both its Regional Integration and Industrialisation strategies.
The role of the regional private sector is critical in the roll out of these two strategies and with her being at the helm of initiatives that will support the capacity of business, it is indeed good timing.
Machailo-Ellis joined Business Botswana (then BOCCIM) in January 2007 as its executive director and has seen the organisation through major milestones such as organisational restructuring, the Private Sector Development Strategy and the Private Sector Development Programme (PSDP) as well as many major policy regulatory reforms to improve Botswana’s business environment.
She will resume her duties with the ILO at the beginning of January 2016.
“We are already in the process of identifying and recruiting her successor and all our stakeholders will be informed accordingly,” said the statement.
Through its programme of technical cooperation, ACT/EMP seeks to strengthen business organisations such as Business Botswana so that they are more representative and increase their value to their members and potential members.
This work also enhances social dialogue in the countries concerned.
Botswana is a member of the ILO represented by the three constituent members of employers (Business Botswana), labour (Botswana Federation of Trade Unions) and the government.