ILO in the Arab States
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UN Secretary-General visits ILO employment creation project in northern Lebanon
As part of a four-day official visit to Lebanon, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visited a joint ILO-UNDP project that is creating jobs and rehabilitating the Tripoli waterfront.
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World Social Protection Report 2020–22: Regional companion report for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region
This regional companion report for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is intended to complement the ILO’s World Social Protection Report 2021–22. Social Protection at the Crossroads – in Pursuit of a Better Future. The regional companion report first gives a global perspective that is taken from the main report and outlines recent developments in social protection systems worldwide. It then highlights key developments, challenges and priorities for social protection in the MENA region.
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How domestic workers got organized in Kuwait
Ann Abunda arrived in Kuwait 18 years ago to work as a domestic worker. Having lived through some challenging experiences, she helped found a thriving organization that advocates for the rights of domestic workers in the country.
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ILO promotes entrepreneurship among Lebanese nationals and Syrian refugees in Lebanon
The ILO has trained over 650 women and men on its My First Business entrepreneurship training programme, aimed at promoting livelihoods and decent job creation in the agriculture and agro-food sectors.
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Preserve Iraq’s cultural heritage, create decent work
In the first video story of our ILO in Action series, Chief Technical Adviser, Bashar Elsamarneh, explains how a joint ILO/EU/UNESCO project in Iraq’s historic Erbil City is preserving its cultural heritage, while teaching skills and promoting decent work for local people and Syrian refugees.
What's new
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News
UNICEF and ILO convene a skills roundtable to discuss strategic directions for TVET sector in Lebanon
12 January 2022
The roundtable brought together major development partners to reflect on a future course of action to address labour market needs in the current crisis situation in the country in order to build back better
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News
12th Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy - Elective 7: SSE as tool for social cohesion, peace and resilience
10 January 2022
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Video
Iraq Decent Work Country Programme – Two years on
05 January 2022
The Decent Work Country Programme was signed in December 2019 between the ILO, the Government of Iraq and social partners to support employment promotion, rights at work, social dialogue and social protection. Two years on, the ILO looks back at some of the progress made in advancing decent work in the country.
Publications
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Towards a Productive and Inclusive Path: Job Creation in the Arab Region
This report by ESCWA and the ILO Regional Office for Arab States examines why Arab economies fail to create sufficient decent jobs. It provides guidance to policymakers, help reduce labour market deficits, especially in the formal private sector, and unlock the potential of the private sector to become a major driver for economic growth and the creation of decent employment across the region.
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Report - “Assessing Informality and Vulnerability among Disadvantaged Groups in Lebanon: A Survey of Lebanese, and Syrian and Palestinian Refugees”
This study assesses the extent of informal employment and vulnerability among the most deprived Lebanese citizens, and the Syrian and Palestinian refugees living in Lebanon, through the analysis of representative survey data on employment and labour market conditions of these three population sub-groups.
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Impact of COVID-19 on Migrants and Refugees in the Arab Region
This technical paper examines the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on migrants and refugees. It focuses on several relevant areas including health, income security, the economy and education.