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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.

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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...

ILO, UNESCO and UN-HABITAT launch consultations on a “Regional facility for urban crisis recovery and reconstruction in the Arab States”

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ILO Publishes a Brochure on its Response to the Syrian Refugee Crisis

Ahead of the upcoming Brussels Conference on "Supporting the Future of Syria and the region", ILO’s Partnership for Field Support Department in cooperation with the ILO Regional Office for the Arab States and the ILO Office for Turkey are providing...

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Promoting decent work for Syrians under temporary protection in Turkey

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Turkey’s first women cooperative consist of both Syrian and host community women is established

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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.

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International Labour Organization (ILO) And Labor and Social Security Training and Research Center (ÇASGEM) Joined Forces for Improving...

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Trade unions and employers organizations discussed the role of unions and organizations to promote decent work for both Syrian refugees and...

ILO and UNICEF join forces to tackle child labour in Syria

Both UN agencies stress the importance of integrating efforts against child labour in the early stages of rehabilitating livelihoods in communities that have suffered from conflict, displacement and other crisis situations.

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...

Jordan Minister of Public Works and Housing visits road maintenance works taking place under ILO project

The works are part of an ILO project which works to improve the living conditions of Syrian refugees and Jordanians through increased employment and improved infrastructure.

ILO response to Syrian refugee crisis

Syrian refugees in Jordan welcome work permits, but challenges persist

New ILO study, prepared in collaboration with UNHCR, looks at the impact of work permits provided to Syrian refugees in Jordan that has resulted in thousands of them formally joining the Jordanian workforce.

Government and trade unions sign agreement to grant more work permits to Syrian refugees in Jordan

The Memorandum of Understanding for issuing more work permits for Syrian refugees working in the construction sector was reached with the support and coordination of the ILO.

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Syrian and Jordanian women find sweet success in training and employment project

Flexible working hours are among the measures that can help boost employment of Syrian and Jordanian women in the sweets-making industry in Jordan.

Netherlands funds ILO project to promote decent jobs among Syrian refugees and host communities in Jordan’s manufacturing sector

The project will assist manufacturing companies export, expand and create jobs under the new EU-Jordan trade agreement.

ILO response to Syria refugee crisis

ILO online learning programme introduces Syrian refugees to their workplace rights in Jordan

The programme is part of on-going efforts by the ILO to help formalize the work of Syrian refugees in Jordan.

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....