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Voices against child labour: Celebrating ethical reporting of child labour

The Voices Against Child Labour media competition, held to celebrate the role of journalism in shedding light on the complexities of child labour, ended with the first prize awarded to Egyptian filmmaker Mr. Mohanad Diab.

Knowledge exchange study tour in Egypt for Job Search Club stakeholders from Arab countries

The visit enabled participants from Egypt, Jordan, Iraq and Lebanon to exchange knowledge and best practices on their experience with the Job Search Club training programme by the PROSPECTS programme with funding from the Netherlands.

Press release

ILO empowers Egypt's business landscape

The Federation of Egyptian Industries and ILO collaborated to accelerate formalization and the role of companies in mitigating informality.

With ILO’s support refugee brothers build their dream business in Egypt

By providing access to business development training and financial support, the ILO PROSPECTS programme in Egypt supported Mustafa and Muqueem, Syrian brothers and refugees in Egypt to start their own business and even generate employment.

METI programme

Second regional technical training on employment and investment in the southern Mediterranean countries

International best practices in labour management

Dialogue for coherence and coordinated approach to promote sustainable and responsible business practices for a just transition in Egypt

The Way Forward after the Revolution: Decent Work for Women in Egypt and Tunisia

The project “Decent Work for Women” has been financed by Finland for more than 10 years and in 2023, the project concentrated on climate change as a model project of the ILO in North Africa.

Our impact, their voices

“I am a resilient entrepreneur and a determined mother”

On International Women’s Day, we are sharing an inspiring entrepreneurial journey of Wegden, a Sudanese refugee in Egypt supported by ILO’s entrepreneurship development training programme.

Empowering futures: Celebrating Child Achievements in the SCREAM Programme in Egypt

EU and ILO to improve the employability of Youth NEETs in the MENA region

A new action funded by the European Union will enable the ILO to improve the employability of young people not in employment, education or training across the Middle East and North Africa for their successful integration in labour markets.

ADWA' project

Roadmap for promoting sustainable investments and business practices in Egypt

ILO integrates international labour standards in national judicial decisions

ILO and Egyptian Government join forces to support legal aid offices.

Portraits from PROSPECTS - Visualizing change in host and refugee communities

Depicting stories of host and refugee individuals with improved self-reliance and resilience, an exhibition led by ILO PROSPECTS programme at the colonnade of ILO Headquarters will underpin ILO’s approaches promoting inclusive socio-economic growth...

Governments, workers’ and employers’ organizations validate the AU-ILO youth employment strategy for Africa

A collaborative effort between the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the African Union Commission (AUC), YES-Africa is a guiding framework to shape the future world of work for the continent's youth.

ILO partners with the African Union to spearhead transformative macroeconomic policy framework for employment generation in Africa

The International Labour Organization (ILO) in partnership with the International Training Centre, Turin conducted a capacity development and planning workshop on pro-employment macroeconomic and sectoral policies for African Union (AU) member...

Fifth UfM Trade and Investment Forum

Trade provides economic opportunities, but can this be translated into decent jobs for all?

The ILO’s Director of the Employment Policy, Job Creation and Livelihoods Department, Sangheon Lee, advocates for stronger alignment of trade, investment and employment policies for translating economic opportunities into decent employment realities...

The Netherlands commits to further support for ILO’s work on forced displacement

PROSPECTS Partnership enters second phase with the new agreement signed between the Netherlands and the ILO

Enterprises registration procedures and transformation steps to the formal sector

A workshop organized by the Federation of Egyptian Industries and an ILO- EU project focused on company registration procedures in Egypt.

ILO explores transformative private sector solutions in forced displacement contexts

Through a three-day knowledge-sharing event bringing together a wide range of partners, the ILO placed the spotlight on the importance of working closely with private sector actors in forced displacement with a collective vision for sustainable and...