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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.
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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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Iraq expands nationwide job search support to address youth unemployment
Ministry of Youth and Sports graduates first cohort of institutionalized Job Search Clubs under the PROSPECTS partnership.
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First workshop launches development of Iraq’s National Social and Solidarity Economy Policy
Supported by the ILO under the PROSPECTS Partnership, the National Committee mandated to prepare Iraq’s Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) Policy convened its first workshop, formally launching the policy development process.
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ILO strengthens employment services and labour-market links in Iraq’s Kurdistan Region and Ninewa province
Training series equips Public Employment Services and Career Development Centres to improve job matching and workforce support.
ILO, Ministry of Youth and UNICEF train facilitators to support young job seekers in Iraq
Intensive programme builds national capacity to deliver effective employment support for Iraqi youth.
ILO PROSPECTS launches learning portal to transform forced displacement response
The ILO PROSPECTS Learning Portal turns years of field experience into practical, interactive resources to help practitioners, policymakers, and partners improve responses to forced displacement worldwide.
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Talent beyond borders: Why businesses should hire young refugees
Discover how businesses can unlock innovation and resilience by hiring young refugees. In this episode, Ingka Group’s Roman Bojko shares lessons from integrating refugee talent across 26 countries.
ILO employment-intensive projects create one million workdays in two years in the Arab States region
Employment-Intensive Investment Programmes revitalize infrastructure and create decent work opportunities for communities amid humanitarian and economic challenges.
Regional Tripartite Forum charts framework for cooperation on labour market recovery in Syria and neighbouring countries
Held under the patronage of Syria’s Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour, the Damascus meeting endorses joint commitments to promote inclusive employment, rights-based social protection and regional policy coherence to support Syria’s recovery and...
PROSPECTS podcast - Refugees at Work
Refugee inclusion in practice: Experiences, outcomes, and impacts
This final episode of the series examines how the Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus (HDPN) shapes refugee livelihoods and host community economies. Svein Erik Stav (Fafo Institute for Labour and Social Research) and Tewodros Aragie Kebede...
PROSPECTS podcast - Refugees at Work
Refugee agency, livelihoods and inclusion
In the fifth episode Professor Alexander Betts (Oxford University) and Bisimwa Mulemangabo (Oxford Refugee-Led Research Hub) discuss refugee livelihoods, access to decent work, and the importance of recognizing refugee agency in shaping sustainable...
PROSPECTS podcast - Refugees at Work
How the ILO is redefining refugee livelihoods and advancing host community development
Nick Grisewood, Global Programme Manager for the ILO PROSPECTS Programme, joins the fourth podcast episode to discuss how the ILO has become a central actor in refugee responses and why access to decent work, skills and social protection is key for...
PROSPECTS podcast - Refugees at Work
Innovating refugee response: How the Netherlands built the PROSPECTS Partnership
In this episode, Ana Uzelac, Senior Policy Officer at the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, discusses the origins and evolution of the PROSPECTS partnership. She highlights how innovative donor approaches can strengthen the...
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Young, displaced & determined: Refugee voices on rights to and at work
This special episode of the PROSPECTS podcast series features young refugee leaders sharing their perspectives on the right to work and the barriers they face to economic inclusion. Hasan Almatroud from Jordan and Shadya Abduljabbar from Ethiopia...
PROSPECTS podcast - Refugees at Work
The history of the ILO’s refugee engagement
In the second episode, we trace the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) historical engagement with refugee issues — from the post–World War I Russian refugee crisis to today’s debates on migration, labour, and displacement. Researcher and...
PROSPECTS podcast - Refugees at Work
Transforming the international refugee regime and framing the Humanitarian Development and Peace Nexus
In the opening episode of "Refugees at work – What are their prospects?", we speak with Professor Roger Zetter, a leading voice in refugee studies, to explore global trends in displacement, the challenges refugees face in accessing labour markets,...
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ILO shares lessons from PROSPECTS to advance support for forcibly displaced persons and host communities
The new report and an upcoming digital learning portal highlight lessons from five years of implementation under the PROSPECTS programme, offering practical insights and tools to strengthen inclusive, sustainable support for refugees and host...
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Working the land, shaping new lives: Refugees and host communities join forces in Iraq
In Iraq, refugees and host community members work together to improve irrigation and farmland through the ILO’s Employment-Intensive Investment Programme (EIIP).
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First-of-Its-kind youth and women’s centre opens in Mosul, empowering communities and promoting inclusion
The centre is a collaboration between the ILO, Iraq’s Ministry of Youth and Sports, UNICEF, and the World Bank, offering skills training, sports, and inclusive opportunities for youth and women in Mosul.