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ILO Response to the Syria Refugee Crisis

Employment gives Syrian refugee women in Jordan “second chance”

The ILO and partners are helping Syrian refugees find jobs in Jordan’s garment sector, as part of efforts to implement an agreement between the EU and Jordan to relax rules of origin.

ILO response to Syrian refugee crisis

Jordan issues first e-work permit for Syrian refugees in construction

The new electronic system was introduced after 16,000 flexible work permits were issued in the sector in one year, as part of an ILO-coordinated agreement between the Ministry of Labour and the General Federation of Jordanian Trade Unions (GFJTU) 

Pay Equity

ILO lauds Jordan for protecting private school teacher wages through digital payments

The National Committee for Pay Equity (NCPE) and the Stand-up with Teachers Campaign have lobbied for the move since late 2017 with the support of the ILO.

ILO response to Syrian refugee crisis

ILO, Jordan to expand green employment project for Jordanians and Syrian refugees

The ILO and Jordan’s Ministry of Agriculture agree to implement the second phase of a project to boost decent jobs through green works and labour-intensive employment in agriculture and forestry.

Our impact, their voices

ILO training opens doors for Syrian refugees and Jordanians

Training programme supports members of both communities to find work and generate income through their newly-acquired skills.

Jordan's Better Work Forum

Making quality jobs a reality for all: Highlights from Jordan's Better Work Forum

Better Work Jordan hosts a high-level discussion on the future of the garment industry in the country.

World Day against Trafficking in Persons

Jordan: Migrant workers find ways to access justice

The combination of effective grievance procedures and action taken by a pioneering Workers’ Centre is helping to put an end to the abuse of migrant workers in Jordan.

Response to the Syria Refugee Crisis

ILO, UNHCR strengthen partnership to promote employment for refugees and Jordanian host communities in Jordan

A Letter of Understanding, signed by the two agencies, outlines ways to increase collaboration of joint activities aimed at helping Refugees and Host Communities access decent work.

ILO response to Syrian refugee crisis

ILO, EU delegation visits employment centre offering decent jobs to Jordanian and Syrian jobseekers

The centre, which is funded by the EU, is part of a series of offices being set up across the country by the ILO to help connect Syrian refugees and Jordanian jobseekers with employers. A total of 1,015 people, 26 per cent of whom are women, have so...

Applying the G20 Training Strategy in Jordan (Phase 2)

Social partners discuss sectoral skills governance strategies in Jordan

The G20 Training Strategy aims to enhance the relevance of education and training outcomes to labor market demands and to build the capacity of those working in the TVET sector to develop systems for national and sectoral skills development.

Jordanian youth join the My Fair Home youth advocacy network for domestic worker rights

The ILO FAIRWAY project is supporting youth in the Arab States to become change makers for migrant domestic workers’ rights in their communities.

ILO Celebrates fourth anniversary of the Middle East’s first migrant garment workers’ center

As part of ILO’s efforts to ensure access to adequate services for migrant workers, the unique center provides its members with their own space where they can pursue recreational and other activities, in the Irbid governorate in Jordan.

Employment centre at Jordan Refugee camp

Job centre for Syrian refugees opens in Jordan camp

The ILO and UNHCR launch the Azraq Centre for Employment to help refugees access work permits and find employment.

Applying the G20 Training Strategy in Jordan (Phase 2)

The ILO partners with the Russian Federation to support Jordan’s endeavours towards improving the Technical and Vocational Education and...

A 2-day Skills for Trade and Economic Diversification (STED) workshop took place in Amman, Jordan under the “Applying the G20 Training Strategy: A Partnership of the ILO and the Russian Federation” (Phase 2) project. The workshop marked the...

The Ministry of Labour and SADAQA consolidate cooperation towards a more ambitious agenda on childcare in Jordan

The Ministry and SADAQA sign a Memorandum of Understanding to continue collaboration towards a National Framework for Workplace Daycare Centres, in a process supported by the ILO.

ILO’s Ruba Jaradat meets Jordanian Prime Minister Hani al-Mulki

Jaradat confirms ILO plans to establish and manage a specialised vocational training centre, to train practitioners on developing the skills of youth in line with labour market needs.

EU-funded Zaatari camp job centre hosts unprecedented job fair

Companies advertised hundreds of jobs for Syrian refugees at the event which was made possible by European Union funds, and organized by the ILO and UNHCR.

Global garment industry

Better Work cartoons spark conversations from the boardroom to the factory floor

Joint ILO-IFC programme promotes innovative approach to improve industrial relations in the global garment industry.

Jordan’s first job centre for Syrian refugees opens in Zaatari camp

Following the Jordanian government’s decision to allow Syrian refugees to obtain work permits, a new job centre has opened at the country’s largest refugee camp to help the people living there access the local labour market.

Jordan issues first-of-their-kind work permits to Syria refugees in the Arab region

Jordanian trade unions begin issuing non-employer-specific and non-position-specific work permits in the construction sector, following an ILO-coordinated agreement with the Government. The permits are the first of their kind to be issued to Syrian...