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ILO launches career guidance and counselling campaign for 750 university students and job seekers in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
The initiative equips young people with guidance, access to employment services and knowledge of their rights to navigate the transition from education to decent work.
Press release
ILO supports Syria’s shift to a greener economy through skills, partnerships and policy dialogue
Green skills development is helping equip workers and institutions with the knowledge needed to support Syria's just transition and sustainable recovery.
Financial inclusion
How inclusive banking is creating opportunities for refugees and host communities in Ethiopia
Through their partnership, the ILO and Shabelle Bank are expanding access to affordable, inclusive finance, helping refugees and host communities in Ethiopia’s Somali Region grow businesses and build more resilient livelihoods.
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Employment-intensive fish farming creates green jobs in Uganda
With ILO support, a fish farming group in Isingiro District is demonstrating how employment-intensive nature-based solutions can create jobs, strengthen community cooperation and protect wetland ecosystems.
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African tripartite partners advance policy pathways for decent work in displacement at regional meeting
The International Labour Organization along with governments and employers’ and workers’ organizations discussed more inclusive labour markets benefiting refugees and host communities during a regional forum.
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From the fields to the classroom: Children's journeys out of child labour in Lebanon
For many girls and boys in rural Lebanon, work in the fields has replaced education and play. Through safe spaces, psychosocial support and assistance to families, the ILO and its partners are helping children build a future beyond child labour.
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PROSPECTS Africa Forum launches regional dialogue on decent work and forced displacement
The three-day regional forum brings together governments, employers’ and workers’ organizations, regional institutions and development partners to advance policy solutions that expand decent work opportunities for refugees and host communities.
PROSPECTS Impact
Enterprise bridges needs: how youth innovation is supporting livestock owners in Kassala
Through the ILO PROSPECTS supported i-UPSHIFT programme, a group of young entrepreneurs in Kassala State transformed a local challenge into a business opportunity, improving access to veterinary medicines for livestock farmers while creating...
International day of cooperatives
A youth-led poultry cooperative gives entrepreneurs in Ethiopia a pathway to decent work
With support from the ILO, a cooperative in Addis Ababa is showing how a sustainable enterprise can strengthen livelihoods and help create opportunities for young people.
Voices from ILO PROSPECTS
A grant, a business plan and 300 chickens: how ILO-supported competition helps poultry farmer grow in Ethiopia
Through entrepreneurship training and access to finance under the PROSPECTS programme, Hussien Saleman has expanded Al Nur Poultry Farm, created jobs for young people and strengthened local supply chains in Ethiopia’s Somali Region.
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National dialogue in Uganda discusses decent work in the platform economy
With support from the ILO PROSPECTS programme, the National Organisation of Trade Unions convened a national dialogue in Kampala to strengthen workers’ representation and support social dialogue on decent work in the platform economy.
From skills to opportunity: How hands-on training is helping youth in Jordan access decent work
The ILO, through the PROSPECTS partnership, is providing young Jordanians and Syrian refugees with practical experience that links to real jobs in a changing labour market and expands opportunities for individuals choosing to return their home...
PROSPECTS Impact
ILO supports youth innovators in Sudan to create jobs and solutions for local challenges
Through the i-UPSHIFT programme, the International Labour Organization brought together 160 young entrepreneurs from refugee and host communities supporting them to showcase innovative solutions and promote inclusive economic opportunities.
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ILO-supported skills recognition initiative in Uganda opens pathways to decent work for refugees and host communities
An ILO-supported initiative in Uganda is helping refugees and host community members transform informally acquired skills into nationally recognized qualifications, improving access to employment, enterprise opportunities and economic inclusion.
Social Protection
Uganda advances towards a rights-based social protection system
With support from the ILO, tripartite constituents and civil society organizations chart a reform agenda aligned with international social security standards.
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Refugee youth call for stronger investment in skills and decent work at ECOSOC Youth Forum 2026
ILO, UNICEF, UNHCR and the Global Refugee Youth Network co-organized a side-event highlighting youth-led initiatives driving change in their communities and urgent calls to expand socio-economic opportunities for forcibly displaced young people.
PROSPECTS Impact
ILO empowers Sudanese partners to advance employment-intensive infrastructure development
The ILO brought together Sudanese institutions, contractors and infrastructure specialists in Addis Ababa to strengthen employment-intensive approaches that promote job creation, local recovery and resilient infrastructure development in Sudan.
PROSPECTS Impact
From skills to income: youth in Ethiopia turn training and grants into businesses
Supported by the ILO’s Youth-to-Youth Fund, refugee and host community youth in Ethiopia are using business training and seed funding to launch enterprises and generate income.
PROSPECTS Impact
Climate solutions drive dairy livelihoods for refugee and host communities in Ethiopia
A partnership led by the ILO is helping refugee and host communities in Ethiopia’s Somali Region increase incomes and build resilience through climate-smart dairy solutions.
Learning event
ILO-led workshop supports countries to strengthen recognition of prior learning systems
Countries from Africa and the Middle East share practical solutions to strengthen recognition of prior learning and expand access to decent work.
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