ILO in the Arab States

ILO launches mapping of training and post-training service providers in collaboration with the Ministry of Labour for the Government of Lebanon to help job seekers access suitable employment opportunities in Lebanon

The mapping aims to help local organizations navigate and maximise support currently available in the country and, in the longer term, develop a comprehensive, cross-sector referral services network to further facilitate partnership and collaboration among training and post-training service providers.

6 - 9 December 2022, Singapore

17th Asia and the Pacific Regional Meeting

The 17th Asia and the Pacific Regional Meeting (APRM) will bring together government ministers, representatives of workers' and employers' organizations, and academics from Asia, the Pacific and the Arab States in Singapore to discuss concrete steps to drive a human-centred recovery from the COVID-19 crisis.
International Day of Persons with Disabilities

I always wanted to set up a business, and employ other blind persons so they can make a living too

02 December 2022

Fifty-two-year-old Khabour Mohammed Ali runs a small home-based business in Dohuk selling knitted products. Khabour, who is visually impaired, has many talents- from teaching braille to making all types of handicrafts. Determined to expand her business, Khabour enrolled in ILO’s business and financial education programmes, and received a loan that will help her business grow
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ILO-UNHCR policy dialogue examines access of host communities and forcibly displaced persons to Iraq’s labour market

02 December 2022

The event focused on ILO’s newly developed report which examines global and country level policy, legislative and regulatory frameworks, practices and gaps shaping access to the labour market and proposes recommendations that support efforts to promote decent work for refugees, IDPs and host communities in Iraq.

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