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ILO and the Erbil Polytechnic University partner to develop local skills in Employment Intensive methods

The new partnership will include the development of technical manuals and guidelines to implement a certification programme that supports the recognition of acquired skills for future assignments in the cultural heritage sector.

Vocational training initiative gives families of working children chance to improve skills and employability in Iraq

Parents and caregivers of working children from forcibly displaced and host communities attend vocational training programme to learn new skills that will enable them to generate income and pull their children out of child labour.

ILO builds capacity of tripartite partners on collective bargaining and labour agreements in Iraq

Capacity building workshops were held in Basra and Erbil as part of efforts to improve social dialogue, working conditions and overall governance of Iraq’s agriculture sector, with the support of the European Union.

ILO introduces learning tool to strengthen cooperatives in Iraq’s agricultural sector

With the support of the European Union, the ILO has introduced its global learning tools Think.Coop  and Start.Coop in Iraq, designed to enhance the role of cooperatives in advancing decent work and boosting productivity.

The Ministry of Youth and Sports and the ILO partner to advance financial education among youth in Iraq

The new partnership focuses on training a pool of national trainers from the Ministry in 10 governorates on the ILO’s Global Financial Education Programme, who will in turn train some 1,000 youth.

Members of Parliament, Government officials and ILO intensify efforts to strengthen social protection and labour rights in the Kurdistan...

With the support of the European Union, officials held a consultation on the draft Labour Law and the draft Social Security Law, followed by a training on social security governance aimed at strengthening capacities of relevant authorities in the...

Building Iraq’s Social Protection Floor: Joint UN paper proposes recommendations to strengthen the adequacy, coverage and equity of the...

The paper is part of efforts to facilitate the transition and reform of the social protection system in Iraq.

Effective measures are needed to ensure adequate Occupational Safety and Health for workers during extreme heat in Iraq

ILO Country Coordinator in Iraq Maha Kattaa highlights the importance of adequate measures to mitigate some of the risks workers are exposed to due to soaring temperatures in Iraq.

ILO and partners introduce key global toolkit to respond to child labour in Iraq

The toolkit, developed by the Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action, provides practical tools and case studies for humanitarian actors and other agencies on ways to respond to child labour.

Iraq and ILO launch first national Labour Force Survey in a decade

Iraq’s Ministry of Planning, the Central Statistical Organization, in collaboration with the International Labour Organization release the findings of the Labour Force Survey, which cover a sample size of 16,400 households.

Multi-stakeholders committee, convened by the Government and the UN, holds its first meeting to discuss integrated social protection...

Led by the Government of Iraq, the Social Protection Sector Coordination Committee is a new coordination mechanism to accelerate the reform of the social protection sector, with the support of the European Union.

Women Entrepreneurship Development

ILO introduces key entrepreneurship training package for Iraqi women in enterprise

With the support of the European Union, the ILO has launched one of its key entrepreneurship training programmes in Iraq to support hundreds of women to set up small-scale businesses in the agricultural sector.

On “Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day”, the UN calls for support to MSMEs as effective agents of change to help advance in...

UN agencies in Iraq share a statement to recognize MSMEs at the heart of any resilient recovery from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, conflicts, and climate crisis.

Our impact, their voices

He is from Syria and I am from Iraq. But we work together like brothers

ILO labour intensive programme brings communities together in Iraq.

Iraqi entrepreneurs access loans to support growing businesses

When Sandra was forcibly displaced, she set up a small business selling party decorations to support her young family. Now, with the support of the ILO, under an initiative with the Central Bank of Iraq and partner banks, Sandra and many others like...

On this World Day Against Child Labour, ILO and UNICEF call for joint work among all stakeholders to create a protective and inclusive...

ILO Voices | Child labour

I had to stop school and go to work because of COVID-19

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the city of Mosul in Iraq, Akram’s parents lost their income and livelihood. Akram dropped out of school to help support his family by collecting and selling scrap metal. An ILO project has helped him return to...

Symposium sheds light on Iraq’s social security and protection policies and practices

With the support of the European Union, the symposium was an opportunity to analyse challenges and good practices on key aspects shaping Iraq’s labour market and directions for more inclusive social security systems.

Tailored ILO trainings in Iraq build capacities of inspectors in various fields

A new partnership boosts workers’ voices and labour rights in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

The ILO has embarked on the new partnership with the Kurdistan United Workers Unions to improve working conditions and address the needs of workers at Employment Intensive Investment Programme sites in Dohuk.