All news: Palestine (State of)
ILO supports the establishment of the new Palestinian cooperative agency
The ILO has recently started working with the Palestinian Cooperative Work Agency (CWA) for its institutional development and legal enhancement.
ILO Director-General Guy Ryder meets Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
The meeting begins a three-day visit, Ryder’s first official visit to the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
ILO’s participation in the 1st Asia-Pacific Cooperative Development Conference
Three officials from the ILO offices in Colombo and Jerusalem participated in the 1st Asia-Pacific Co-operative Development Conference in Colombo, Sri Lanka to share ILO’s cooperative development initiatives in the world of work.
Kuwait pledges $0.5 million in continued annual support for ILO activities in the Palestinian Territory
A new grant from Kuwait to the ILO will promote decent work and social justice in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, bringing the total of Kuwait’s contributions to ILO efforts in the Arab States region to US$ 5 million since 2009.
ILO’s Know About Business programme conducts ground-breaking activities across Arab States region
Entrepreneurship education promoted in the Arab Region through a number of capacity building workshops targeting technical and vocational education teachers using the ILO Know About Business Programme (KAB).
High female education and low labour participation rates: IFAD and ILO tackle the “MENA gender paradox”
Issue explored at policy forum facilitated by a grant-funded project on gender monitoring and evaluation in the Near East and North Africa.
First Palestinian social security system for private sector workers ready to be rolled out
Establishing an independent Social Security Institution will enable the Occupied Palestinian Territory to roll out its first ever social security system to cover private sector workers and their families.
COOP Champions
Rasha El-Shurafa, ILO Representative Office in Jerusalem
COOP Champions features ILO colleagues from around the world working on cooperatives and other social and solidarity economy enterprises. It highlights their contributions, and shares highlights of their experiences, current work, and future...
Occupied Arab territories
ILO calls for urgent action to provide decent work for Palestinian workers
Five decades of occupation have created pervasive unemployment and a fragmented and ineffective labour market in the occupied Arab territories, rendering the reactivation of the peace process an urgent necessity, an ILO annual report says.
Kuwait promotes decent work for Palestinians with $0.5 million in continued annual support for ILO activities
A new grant from Kuwait to the ILO is dedicated to promoting decent work and social justice in the occupied Palestinian territory and the Arab States.
Palestinian Prime Minister launches Cooperative Sector Strategy
Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah referred to the need for improved regulation and administration of the cooperative sector as well as support for the implementation of the recently adopted strategy, which was developed with the support of the ILO.
ILO’s Know About Business (KAB) educational programme introduced into 20 Palestinian technical colleges
With the aim of creating sustainable jobs, the initiative is part of efforts to promote an entrepreneurial culture among youth and help create and promote small enterprises.
ILO encourages unions to adopt new approaches to communication
ILO, regional Arab trade unions re-think communication strategies and practices in a fast changing media landscape.
Campaign launches to promote Palestinian women’s rights at work
The ILO has supported the development of the “Rights of Palestinian Women at Work” campaign, to improve the working conditions of women in the occupied Palestinian territory, especially in relation to discrimination at work.
Occupied Arab territories
ILO calls for renewed efforts to promote peace, decent jobs and social justice for Palestinian workers
Applying the principles of social justice and decent work could help to address persistent inequalities, tensions and vulnerability in the West Bank and Gaza.
Kuwait pledges $US 0.5 million in continued annual support to ILO activities in the occupied Palestinian territory
A new grant brings to $US 4 million the total amount of funding from Kuwait to the ILO since 2009, in grants dedicated to promoting decent work and social justice in the occupied Palestinian territory and the Arab States.
Regional constituents examine good practices in combating child labour
Workshop brought together government, employer, worker and NGO representatives from the region to share knowledge on ways to tackle child labour.
First Palestinian private sector social security system is now law
A long-awaited, ILO-supported social security system for private sector workers has been signed into law by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
Social Protection
Palestinian employers hold workshop to discuss draft social security legislation
Ahead of the expected adoption of the first ever Palestinian social security law for private sector workers and their families through a presidential decree early next week, the ILO convened a three-day workshop to enhance employers’ understanding...
Sustaining livelihoods
New skills and jobs for Gaza fishers
An ILO training initiative gives a group of unemployed men from fishing families in the Gaza Strip a chance to learn new skills and increase their chances of employment in Gaza’s sea fishing sector, which is beset by severe restrictions on movement...