All news: Lebanon
ILO project provides financial support and education for Lebanon’s agricultural sector
The project incorporated financial education courses and business management trainings alongside a credit scheme providing financial support to farmers and farm workers.
Fifth UfM Trade and Investment Forum
Trade provides economic opportunities, but can this be translated into decent jobs for all?
The ILO’s Director of the Employment Policy, Job Creation and Livelihoods Department, Sangheon Lee, advocates for stronger alignment of trade, investment and employment policies for translating economic opportunities into decent employment realities...
The Netherlands commits to further support for ILO’s work on forced displacement
PROSPECTS Partnership enters second phase with the new agreement signed between the Netherlands and the ILO
A rehabilitated irrigation channel and economic empowerment for residents of Lebanon’s Damour area
A project by the ILO’s ENABLE programme is working to empower agricultural communities through employment opportunities and infrastructure rehabilitation of an irrigation channel.
A rehabilitated irrigation canal and economic empowerment for residents of Lebanon’s Damour area
A project by the ILO’s ENABLE programme is working to empower agricultural communities through employment opportunities and infrastructure rehabilitation of an irrigation canal.
Our impact, their voices
Photo essay: Young persons in Jordan share their Green Job Search Club experience
Four enthusiastic Jordanian and Syrian youths who became part of the Green Job Search Clubs have shared their personal experiences with us. Tune in to the stories of Hadeel, Abdullah, Adham, and Mais, and join us in celebrating their achievements
ILO explores transformative private sector solutions in forced displacement contexts
Through a three-day knowledge-sharing event bringing together a wide range of partners, the ILO placed the spotlight on the importance of working closely with private sector actors in forced displacement with a collective vision for sustainable and...
ILO Workshop aimed to boost agricultural cooperatives in Lebanon and Iraq and foster knowledge exchange
The PROSPECTS Programme held a Training of Trainers workshop to address the needs of agricultural cooperatives in the region, raise awareness about their work, and enhance local capacities by establishing a network of qualified trainers.
Building Bridges: ILO’s EU-funded ENABLE Programme links Social Protection and Employment Activation in Lebanon
The new programme aims to empower individuals and enhance social protection measures by creating sustainable employment opportunities in Lebanon.
Training marks a significant step forward in addressing child labour in Lebanon
Training on inter-agency child labour toolkit for the MENA region, with funding from the EU, Sweden and the UK, empowers stakeholders and promotes sustainable livelihoods.
Empowerment through skills development
Lebanon’s green thumb: ILO trains workers from rural communities in landscaping activities across local agricultural schools
The landscaping and garden maintenance competency-based training aims to build capacity and develop the skills of hundreds of trainees in the agricultural sector, eventually connecting them with in-demand jobs on the market.
Minister of Social Affairs, the European Union, UNICEF and ILO visited one of the Rights and Access Centres part of the National Disability...
Rehabilitation works help create decent learning environment for children in Northern Lebanon
An inauguration ceremony celebrates the ILO’s rehabilitation of a school in northern Lebanon funded by the German government through KfW Development Bank, increasing the capacity of the school, and providing children in the area with a better...
A returnee raised her income and improved her skills
Migrant workers who lack proper information usually end up extending their stay, despite their visas having expired, putting them in danger of being classified as irregular/undocumented migrants. Migrants are even more vulnerable in such situations...
World Youth Skills Day
Creating new opportunities for youth with skills training
This video collage highlights the voices of youth from Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq and Syrian refugees living in these countries explaining why skills development are key to employment.
Call issued for involving persons with disabilities in social protection policymaking in Lebanon
The call was made by Lebanese organizations for persons with disabilities in partnership with the ILO, at a joint event which presented a working model for disability inclusion in social protection policymaking and programming.
In Lebanon ILO PROSPECTS organizes a business plan competition to select social and solidarity economy entities that will benefit from...
The business plan competition took place on 19-21 June 2023 with the participation of 37 SSE projects that aim to create decent jobs for vulnerable host communities and Syrian refugees to bring about changes in their communities.
New cooperation set to prepare a better skilled industrial workforce in Lebanon
The Ministry of Education and Higher Education, the Ministry of Industry, and the Association of Lebanese Industrialists sign a memorandum of understanding for cooperation on technical and vocational education and training and life-long learning in...
Our impact, Their voices
PROSPECTS Partnership joins efforts to increase employability and job opportunities in northern Lebanon
A programme carried out by the ILO in collaboration with the UNHCR and implemented by the Danish Refugee Council (DRC), has helped hundreds of Lebanese nationals and Syrian refugees to hone their skills and find jobs amid the country’s multi-level...
What works and what doesn’t in reducing migrant women workers’ vulnerability to forced labour and human trafficking?
An event held in Beirut, marking the completion of a 10-year ILO labour migration programme, presented lessons learned and findings that can guide future efforts to tackle challenges related to forced labour and trafficking of women migrant workers.
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