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Five years of partnership on social security in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
The Kurdistan Region, ILO and European Union mark five years of major social security reform and set priorities for the next phase of joint work.
Iraq finalizes design of the 2026 National Labour Force Survey
Survey will provide reliable and internationally comparable national data to support development of labour market policies.
New momentum to build social protection capacities in the Arab region
New training modules support governments in the Middle East and North African region to build integrated, shock-responsive systems that expand coverage and protect vulnerable populations
Tripartite committee established in Nineveh to expand social security
EU-funded ILO Social Protection Programme holds high-level meetings in Nineveh and Kirkuk to advance implementation of Iraq’s Workers’ Social Security Law.
National Conference on Child Labour in Iraq: Towards a National Strategy to Protect Children and Promote Decent Work
ILO holds a national conference under the EU-funded BEIT Project and in collaboration with the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs to chart a way towards a national strategy to eliminate child labour.
Iraq and the United Nations advance key commitments to strengthen social protection ahead of the Second World Summit for Social Development
Migration, Asylum, and Humanitarian Challenges: Between International Responsibility and National Commitments
"Beit Al-Hikma" in Baghdad, in collaboration with the ILO and other academic institutions, organized an international conference focused on finding sustainable solutions and community policies to govern migration and asylum issues.
Transforming Employment in Kurdistan
ILO and MoLSA Host Job Fair and Introduce Job-Matching Platform
The initiative, funded by the EU, aims to make employment opportunities more accessible and to support employers in finding qualified local talent efficiently.
Iraq, ILO and partners launch the National Social Security Awareness Campaign
Iraq’s Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs and the ILO, in cooperation with the European Union, UNICEF and the World Food Programme, launch a national bloc for awareness of social security in Iraq.
National Conference Paves Pathways to Formalizing Iraq's Informal Economy
In collaboration with the Government of Iraq and with funding by the EU, the conference brought together national and international stakeholders to foster a unified approach to formalizing the country’s economy.
A holistic approach needed for reforming Iraq’s pensions system in line with international labour standards
A new IMF/ILO/World Bank policy note presents an overview of the key features of the comprehensive pension reforms in Iraq, including a tax-financed social pension
Full and timely implementation of Iraq’s Pensions and Social Security Law critically needed
A two-day seminar in Karbala by the Al-Nabaa Dialogue Forum and the ILO, funded by the EU, highlighted the importance of implementing Iraq’s newly enacted Retirement and Social Security Law for Workers.
ILO and partners discuss efforts to expand social protection in Iraq in light of new Social Security Law
A mutli-stakeholder meeting focused on measures needed to ensure the effective enforcement of the new law by partners working closely to implement a social protection reform programme, with the support of the European Union.
New ILO-supported National Training Centre for inspectors at the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs inaugurated in Iraq
The centre will build the capacity of labour and social security inspectors on the principles and functions of labour inspection, occupational health and safety and social security.
Iraq invests in building a social security system that protects workers
Iraq’s parliament votes for new social security law, introducing far-reaching reforms to the social security system for private-sector workers.
Iraq and ILO intensify efforts to strengthen social security system, in light of recent ratification of ILO flagship Social Security...
Supporting the process to ensure the extension of social security coverage to workers in the private sector has been one of ILO’s key priorities under a European Union funded programme to reform social protection in Iraq.
New ILO paper: “Education attainment gap in Iraq and the potential of social protection to reverse it”
A new ILO working paper examines loss of earnings due to Iraq’s education gap and outlines the potential of social protection to address this gap, based on international good practices.
Introducing labour and social security laws to university students in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
The Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs and the ILO hold symposium on introducing labour and social security laws into university teaching curricula.
Multi-stakeholder meeting focuses on the extension of social security to Iraq’s farm workers
Organised by the ILO with the support of the European Union, a meeting with multi-stakeholders in Basra centred around the challenges faced in the inclusion of farm workers in social security coverage and ways to address them.
Capacity building training for ILO constituents boosts efforts to reform social protection in Iraq
The training is part of broader support to Iraq’s constituents in strengthening the social protection system in Iraq.