All news: Palestine (State of)
Let’s play! ILO “Business Game” hones budding Palestinian entrepreneurs’ business knowledge and skills
The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Sharek Youth Forum brought the ILO’s Start and Improve Your Business (SIYB) Game to the Palestinian city of Ramallah.
ILO supports Palestinian partners in initiating Labour Law reform
Workshop brings together government, worker and employer representative to advise on relevant international standards as well as approaches and methodology to be followed in the reform process.
ILO assists Palestinians to finalize first social security law for private sector workers and their family members
Palestinian employers gather in Jordan to forge unified recommendations on draft social security law
As the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) prepares to roll out a historic comprehensive social security system to cover all private sector workers and their family members, the ILO gathers Palestinian employer representatives at a workshop to...
ILO response to Gaza crisis
New skills and a brighter horizon for Gaza fishermen
An ILO training initiative gives a group of young Gaza fishermen, beleaguered by severe restrictions on movement and trade, a chance to learn new skills and increase their chances of employment.
ILO annual report on the occupied Palestinian territory endorsed by the Palestinian government, workers and employers
The ILO Director General’s report on the situation of workers in the occupied Arab territories highlights how the Israeli occupation and a grim political situation, led to a serious deterioration of the Palestinian economy, high unemployment, and...
ILO: Unemployment among Palestinians up by over 25 per cent
Occupation, settlement expansion, violence and tensions further depress Palestinian economy.
United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for the occupied Palestinian territory launches string of ILO projects in Gaza
James Rawley presides over the launch of ILO projects as part of the UN-wide response to the loss of Palestinian livelihoods and economic opportunity in Gaza.
Apprenticeship systems
Technical seminar plans ahead for improvement of apprenticeship systems in some Arab States
The ILO and representatives from across the Arab region agree on new plans to bolster apprenticeship systems and address youth unemployment.
Palestinian Decent Work Programme
Kuwait contributes US$500,000 to support ILO activities in the occupied Palestinian territory
The State of Kuwait grants the International Labour Organization (ILO) half a million US dollars, bringing the State’s total contributions dedicated to promoting decent work and social justice in the occupied Palestinian territory and the Arab...
Gaza reconstruction / Unemployment
Gaza conflict in 2014 caused hefty Palestinian job losses through destruction of workplaces and productive assets
New ILO study assesses how the Israeli military operation during the latest Gaza conflict caused widespread “disemployment” in the Palestinian territory’s private sector through the destruction of land, structures, capital equipment and tools.
Media Advisory
ILO assesses destruction of Palestinian private sector jobs due to Gaza summer conflict
Gaza conflict in 2014 caused hefty Palestinian job losses through destruction of workplaces and productive assets – new ILO study
Jobs destroyed by conflict
Stories of “Disemployment” from Gaza
Palestinians in Gaza tell how they lost their livelihoods due to severe damage to buildings, vehicles, machinery and other productive assets caused by the Israeli military operation during the Israel-Gaza conflict of July-August 2014. These accounts...
Gaza reconstruction
ILO to engage in Gaza reconstruction efforts through expansion of its Palestinian Decent Work Programme
Regional Director’s visit to the occupied Palestinian territory lays the groundwork for expanding the ILO’s work in Gaza, and consolidating national decent work initiatives.
Occupied Arab Territories
ILO: Employment outlook bleak for Palestinians, Gaza a “tinderbox”
The ILO’s annual report on the situation of workers of the occupied Arab territories calls for resumption of negotiations and the lifting of restrictions to improve the situation of Palestinian workers and entrepreneurs.
ILO study
Syrian refugees in Lebanon face harsh working conditions
An ILO assessment of Syrian refugee employment in Lebanon finds that low wages, high unemployment and lack of labour market regulation pose serious challenges to livelihoods for both residents and refugees in host communities.
Kuwait contributes US$500,000 to support ILO activities in the occupied Palestinian territory
The State of Kuwait grants the ILO half a million US dollars bringing the State’s total contributions dedicated to promoting decent work and social justice in the occupied Palestinian territory and the Arab States to US$3 million since 2009.
Social Protection
Palestinian Authority to adopt private sector social security scheme by 2015
The National Social Security Committee has unveiled a proposed social security scheme covering pensions, and maternity and employment injury benefits to be financed by both employers and workers
Skills, Knowledge and employability
Gaza begins Local Economic Recovery activities with ILO support
The ILO’s International Training Centre begins value chain development training aimed at post-conflict job creation and economic growth in Gaza’s fisheries.
Skills, Knowledge and employability
Post-conflict recovery of Palestinian fisheries begins in Gaza
ILO launches one-year project on supporting livelihoods and job opportunities in the fisheries sector in Gaza