Resources on work, peace and resilience
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News
Local Governments in Puntland creating decent jobs through Promotion of the Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Sector
18 June 2015
In Somalia like in most post conflict and emerging economies, where the public sector is still struggling to recover from the effects of war, the private sector and in particular the MSMEs has been the key driver of employment and growth.
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Publication
Towards Decent Work in Lebanon: Issues and Challenges in Light of the Syrian Refugee Crisis
10 June 2015
The objective of this report is to review labour market and employment conditions and focuses on both the quantity and quality of jobs in Lebanon in the wake of the Syrian refugee crisis.
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Child Labour Survey
ILO and constituents launch the Jordan National Child Labour Survey for 2015-2016
The survey will be a successor to the Jordan Child Labour Survey implemented by the Department of Statistics of Jordan in 2007-2008.
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Press release
Repairing Collateral Damage; Decent Work for Temporarily Displaced Persons from North Waziristan Agency
28 May 2015
In October 2014, the ILO initiated a project on Employable Skills Development for Improved Livelihoods of Temporarily Displaced Persons (TDPs) in North Waziristan Agency (NWA) as part of the UN System in Pakistan’s response to the crisis sparked by civil unrest. Since then, the project has imparted training to a total of 200 persons, 80 men and 120 women in marketable trades including competency based training in plumbing, electrical, tailoring and hand embroidery. The project is part of “Community Resilience Program” of the UNDP implemented through Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority (KP-TEVTA).
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Syrian Refugee Crisis
ILO helps Lebanese farming communities hosting Syrian refugees
25 May 2015
The ILO has partnered with the local economic development agency in Lebanon’s Northern Akkar region to identify the causes of farmers difficulties that stem from the Syrian refugee crisis, implement solutions to increase their access to markets and upgrade agricultural value chains. "Please click on the"cc" button on the bar below the video for English subtitles".
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ILO response to Syrian refugee crisis
Lebanese farmers pay heavy price for Syrian crisis
25 May 2015
The tranquillity of Lebanon's fertile north belies a brewing crisis. Just two miles from Syria and its civil war, local farmers say the conflict has been disastrous for business
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Syrian refugee crisis in neighbouring countries
Launch of ILO interventions in the agricultural sector in North Lebanon
19 May 2015
The ILO is launching its interventions in Akkar in North Lebanon to support the local farmers who have been most affected by the Syrian crisis.
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Study
Informally employed Syrian refugees, working under harsh conditions, further strain Jordanian labour market
18 May 2015
The arrival of hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees in neighbouring Jordan has increased unemployment in areas in which they are highly concentrated, and further strained the host country’s infrastructure, resources and public services. This has increased competition in some sectors and added to the informality of the labour market, a new joint report by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and Institute for Applied International Studies (Fafo) finds.
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Syrian Refugee Crisis
Helping communities cope: Jordan and the Syrian Refugee Crisis
18 May 2015
An International Labour Organization survey on the impact of the influx of Syrian refugees on the Jordanian labour market found that unemployment has increased among both Syrian refugees and Jordanians since 2011. As well as straining Jordan’s limited resources and infrastructure, the arrival of the refugees also increased competition for already scarce jobs and forced more children into tiring and potentially hazardous work.
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Syrian Refugees
Syrian refugees, working informally and under harsh conditions, increase pressure on Jordan’s Labour market
18 May 2015
The arrival of high numbers of refugees has put further strain on infrastructure, resources and public services like education and health care, and increased competition for already scarce jobs in some sectors.