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PROSPECTS Uganda: Dutch envoy inspired by refugees in Nakivale Settlement

Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Uganda met with young refugees at the country’s oldest refugee settlement, and examined impact of ILO's entrepreneurship training programme, implemented with the support of PROSPECTS.

Partnerships

PROSPECTS develops strategic partnerships with local government and the private sector to support decent jobs creation in Kenya

Partnerships and collaboration are at the heart of the strategy in the implementation phase of the PROSPECTS programme in Kenya. Over the last year, the programme has prioritized the development of relationships with key stakeholders in the project...

The ILO holds a virtual validation workshop to discuss the report on informality in refugee settlements and host communities in Nakivale...

On 8 July 2021, a draft version of the report “Diagnosis on informality in targeted intervention areas of the PROSPECTS programme in Uganda” was discussed in a multi-stakeholder validation workshop. The report intends to assess drivers of...

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The ILO and the LWF to strengthen vocational skills development for refugees and youth in Kebribeyah

The ILO and the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) have partnered to bring integrated skills development services to the youth of Kebribeyah in Ethiopia

The ILO launches recovery grants for refugee and host community-owned businesses

To contribute to the recovery of COVID-affected businesses, the ILO has launched a small business grant scheme, targeting 200 enterprises owned by refugees and host community members in Rhino Camp, West Nile, and Nakivale in Isingiro District in...

Industrial welding skills programme

Seventy students graduate from the industrial welding skills programme in Turkana and Garissa, Kenya

The ILO in Kenya collaborated with the East African Institute of Welding (EAIW), the Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM) and the county governments of Turkana and Garissa to introduce a six-month welder training programme to empower youth,...

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Supporting host and refugee communities in Ethiopia to start and improve their businesses

From March to June 2021, the International Labour Organization (ILO), in partnership with UNHCR, international NGOs IRC and ZOA, regional and district jobs creation offices and district administration offices supported capacity-building workshops...

Local Economic Development Committees to guide and support PROSPECTS programming and implementation in Sudan

At the end of June 2021, the ILO PROSPECTS programme in Sudan held a four-day workshop with representatives from the East Darfur and West Kordofan Local Economic Development Committees (LEDCs).

Lebanese and Syrian entrepreneurs showcase creativity during business plan competition

The winners of the competition will benefit from seed funding and coaching by the ILO for a period of six months that will help them set up their own businesses.

World Refugee Day: The power of inclusion

World Refugee Day, 20 June, is the international day designated by the United Nations to honour refugees around the globe. It celebrates the strength and courage of people who have been forced to flee their home country to escape persecution,...

Global pool of multi-lingual trainers established to make finance work for refugees and host communities around the world

The capacity development of trainers in “Making Finance Work for Refugees and Host communities” aims to develop a pool of trainers to be deployed around the world to teach and technically support financial services providers in expanding their...

Press release

The ILO and the Federation of Egyptian Industries (FEI) join forces to support youth and refugees in Greater Cairo

The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Federation of Egyptian Industries (FEI) have signed an agreement to implement the apprenticeship programme for Egyptian youth and refugee communities in Greater Cairo.

ILO, Madrasati and Ministry of Education celebrate the achievements of joint venture to strengthen career guidance services in Jordanian...

With the support of the Government of the Netherlands, 3,000 youth including vulnerable Jordanians and Syrian refugees, participated in the initiative.

The role of the South-South and Triangular Cooperation in achieving the SDGs - Human stories from 
the Arab States

Digital acceleration in the context of learning and skills development

A learning event, organised by UNICEF and the ILO under the PROSPECTS Partnership, examined digital solutions to learning and skills development to support forcibly displaced children and youth as well as host community members in response to...

Geneva Peace Week 2020

Improving prospects, social cohesion and peaceful coexistence for forcibly displaced persons and host communities

ILO-led panel discussion highlights challenges and opportunities in promoting social cohesion and peaceful coexistence under the PROSPECTS partnership, through improving access to education, decent work and protection for displaced populations and...

Improving access to water and healthcare in East Darfur and West Kordofan: Contractors training kicks off in Sudan

On 21 March 2021, the ILO kicked off a three-week training course for local contractors from the East Darfur and West Kordofan States. The theoretical component of the training, held in Khartoum with a hybrid format of online and in-person lectures,...

Industrial welding skills programme

Training programme that “Empowers, Skills, Employs”

Having gained a more detailed understanding of the challenges, ILO PROSPECTS Kenya partnered with Turkana and Garissa county governments, the East Africa Institute of Welding (EAIW) and the Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM) to deliver a...

Overcoming barriers and stereotypes: Social inclusion in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET)

In partnership with the East African Institute of Welding (EAIW) and the Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM), a dual learning industrial welding training programme with low barriers to entry and deliberately targeting female youth and persons...

ILO and the Central Bank of Iraq launch new financial initiative supporting youth and small and medium enterprises from host communities...

With support from the Government of the Netherlands, the initiative will provide young women and men and small businesses with access to much-needed financial services that will help them start and develop their own businesses, while addressing...