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ILO supports Occupational Safety and Health across cooperatives in Jordan

A week-long training workshop focused on ILO’s “Practical Occupational Safety and Health Training for Cooperatives in Agriculture,” a training tool for partners providing advisory and training services for cooperatives in Jordan.

ILO and UNICEF join forces to support youth through job search activities in Jordan

With support from the Government of the Netherlands, the collaboration will build the capacity of 300 Syrian and Jordanian youth on job search and employability related skills. 


ILO supports key partners to deliver employment and career guidance in Lebanon

A three-day training focused on ILO’s “Career Guidance and Employment Services: How to Choose my Future Profession,” a training tool for institutions providing employment and career guidance for jobseekers.

Apprenticeship brings a new dawn for host community and refugee youth in Uganda

The ILO, with support from the government of the Netherlands and participation of the government of Uganda, employers and training institutes, has been able to place 95 hotel management apprentices in 40 hotels to gain on-the-job experience

A new partnership to boost productivity and employment of small and medium enterprises in the agro-food sector

The ILO and the Jordan Chamber of Industry have partnered in an initiative, supported by the Government of the Netherlands, to enhance the productivity and resilience of agro-food SMEs employing or serving refugees and host community members.

ILO builds capacities of financial service providers to expand the scope and market of their services to forcibly displaced and host...

With the support of the Government of the Netherlands, the initiative seeks to contribute to devising durable solutions for forcibly displaced and host communities in Iraq through improving their financial inclusion and opportunities for more and...

UPSHIFT to elevate youth in Uganda with skills and social entrepreneurship

The joint ILO and UNICEF programme will impart life skills and improve employability of youth recovering from the impact of COVID-19 pandemic.

ILO holds consultative and capacity building workshops to support employment services in Iraq

The events support on-going activities with the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of the Federal Government and of the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq to enhance career guidance and job-matching services.

Strengthening resilience of small businesses through access to knowledge and finance in Turkana County

Under the PROSPECTS programme, the ILO and its partners are imparting business management skills to upskill enterprises owned by refugee and host communities in Turkana County, Kenya.

Bringing recognition to the skills of informal “Jua Kali” sector workers in Kenya

Launch of the 'Recognition to prior learning' process in Kenya will enhance the employability of local refugee and host community youth. It will validate the under-recognised competencies of artisans and provide them new work opportunities.

ILO promotes productivity on Lebanon farms through modern greenhouse initiative

The ILO is piloting an initiative to test the impact of modern greenhouses on productivity and working conditions on selected farms in Lebanon, which have been affected by the financial and economic crisis in the country.

Gaming app encourages students to explore future career pathways in Jordan

The ILO, together with the Ministries of Education and Labour, has developed a career guidance gaming app to help youth make informed decisions about future career options that are in demand in the labour market.

Trainers in Sudan capacitated to help small-scale entrepreneurs to start and grow their business

The ILO held its first face-to-face Start and Improve Your Business (SIYB) Training of Trainers (ToT) to promote entrepreneurship and business start-ups in PROSPECTS’ targeted states of East Darfur and West Kordofan.

Young female entrepreneur strives to transform the medical sector in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

Nasreen Hassan - Iraq

Youth Engagement: EIIP and Green Works

ILO and UNICEF joint initiative supports young engineers to play a key role in promoting Green Works in Iraq

With the support of the Government of the Netherlands, the ILO and UNICEF are working together to build the capacities of selected youth to engage in Employment Intensive Investment Programme interventions aimed at improving the local environment...

State-level Local Economic Development Committees capacitated to provide critical field-level feedback in Sudan

In November 2021, the ILO held a workshop with representatives of Local Economic Development Committees (LEDCs) from the East Darfur and West Kordofan states to transfer relevant knowledge and skills for ensuring coordinated, locally appropriate...

Market-based interventions to create more and better jobs in the dairy value chain in Somali Region, Ethiopia

On 25 October 2021, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and Vétérinaires Sans Frontières (VSF) Suisse launched their joint intervention to develop the dairy value chain in the Fafan zone of the Somali Regional State of Ethiopia.

Women entrepreneurs join hands for better recovery post COVID-19

Supported by the ILO, the women entrepreneurs’ forum in Uganda extends its support services to refugee and host community business women affected by the pandemic.

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The ILO and ITU highlight opportunities for boosting youth employment in the digital economy in Ethiopia’s Afar and Somali regions

On 1 November 2021, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) invited key youth employment stakeholders to discuss, validate the results and identify potential priority areas in the study on...

Community centres to bring new skills and employment opportunities for refugee and host communities in Uganda

The ILO and UNHCR, with support from the Government of Netherlands, have initiated development of six multipurpose community centres which will offer safe spaces and socio-economic services for refugees and host communities.