All news: Lebanon

Roads for farmers and jobs for the community

An ILO project has worked to build and rehabilitate agricultural roads to serve farmers in northern Lebanon, while at the same time creating short-term jobs for both the local population as well as displaced Syrians in the area.

Youth employment

Lebanon: Better technical and vocational education and training for higher youth employment

At the launch of the Technical and Vocational and Education Training (TVET) National Strategic Framework, Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad Hariri says the framework will increase employment prospects for youth and boost productivity and economic growth.

Empowerment through music: Lebanon’s choir against child labour

Children who have a history of child labour have embarked on a musical journey led by the ILO and Lebanon’s Ministry of Labour, and have taken their talents to Lebanon’s Presidential Palace for their first ever performance.

More jobs and better infrastructure for Lebanon

Lebanon’s first Employment Intensive Infrastructure Programme (EIIP) is launched, to provide jobs in infrastructure projects for both Lebanese and Syrians.

ILO to launch programme to create infrastructure jobs in Lebanon

The programme works to create short- to mid-term employment opportunities for Lebanese host community members and displaced Syrians through infrastructure works.

Lebanon’s President launches National Choir against Child Labour

Children who have a history of child labour are empowered through music, and have taken their talents to Lebanon’s Presidential Palace for their first performance, marking National Children’s Day.

Lebanon launches its first labour force survey to meet mounting economic and labour market challenges

Under the Patronage of Prime Minister Saad Hariri, the Central Administration of Statistics launches the Labour Force and Households’ Living Conditions Survey, which will be carried out with technical support from the ILO and funding from the EU.

My.Coop – Managing your agricultural cooperative training package adapted and piloted in Lebanon

My.Coop – Managing your agricultural cooperative training package got yet another adaptation when it was adapted to the Lebanese context by the ILO Office in Beirut.

ILO hosts information session on rights and responsibilities of employers of domestic workers in Lebanon

Through outreach programmes, employees in the private sector take part in the My Fair Home campaign to change attitude and practice towards domestic workers in Lebanon.

ILO opens new centre to combat child labour in Nabatieh, southern Lebanon

New initiative is one in a series of pioneering centres the ILO and its partners are establishing in a nationwide effort to step up the fight against child labour in Lebanon.

ILO seeks to combat street-based child labour through new support centre in Beirut

The ILO, Lebanon’s Ministry of Labour and the Norwegian Embassy inaugurate an ILO-supported children’s centre in one of the Lebanese capital’s southern suburbs. The centre, operated by Beyond Association, will provide a variety of support services...

ILO and MOL to open new support centre for working street children in Beirut

The Beyond Ouzai Centre in one of the Lebanese capital’s southern suburbs will provide a variety of support services to local and refugee child labourers.

UN agencies ILO and FAO launch first Arabic-language guide for practitioners attending to child labour in agriculture

The guide offers practical and detailed information on attending to child labour in the agricultural sector in Lebanon, where the incidence of child labour has increased dramatically in recent years.

COOP Champions

Badra Alawa, ILO DWT/CO-Cairo

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...

ILO and UNICEF join forces to improve vocational training for youth in Lebanon

A joint UNICEF and ILO project works to strengthen technical and vocational training for youth in Lebanon, in line with labour market needs.

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.

ILO launches journalism fellowship to improve reporting on labour migration in the Arab States

The programme – produced in partnership with the Ethical Journalism Network – targets journalists and digital media in order to change the narrative on migration in the region.

ILO’s Guy Ryder: Syria refugees need our help – but so do the communities hosting them

Over six years into the Syria conflict, Syrian refugees in Lebanon and the local communities hosting them are finding it difficult to cope with the dire economic and labour market challenges brought about by the influx of vast numbers of refugees....

Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region Conference

ILO launches “Jobs Make the Difference” report

The ILO, in partnership with UNDP and WFP, launches a report which focuses on expanding economic opportunities for Syrian Refugees and host Communities in Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and Turkey.

ILO Director-General Guy Ryder meets Lebanese President Michel Aoun

The meeting was held at the presidential Baabda Palace in the capital Beirut, during Ryder’s first official visit to Lebanon