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ILO promotes early recovery through community resilience in earthquake-damaged Aleppo

The ILO Regional Director for Arab States Ruba Jaradat visits the Syrian city of Aleppo to inaugurate the project “Early Recovery through Community Resilience in Aleppo’s Earthquake-hit Neighbourhoods” and hand over earthquake structural damage...

19th Regional Seminar for Labour-Based Practitioners

Participants Statement from the 19th Regional Labour-based Seminar

Theme: Promoting skills and productive (decent) jobs for our common better future

19th Regional Seminar for Labour-Based Practitioners

Participants Statement from the 19th Regional Labour-based Seminar

19th Regional Seminar for Labour-Based Practitioners

Ministerial Declaration from the 19th Regional Labour-based Seminar

The Declaration amongst other recognizes that “infrastructural development is key for successful inclusion, integration, economic and social development and it is essential to ensure the benefits from construction activities benefit young men and...

19th Regional Seminar for Labour-based Practitioners

Ministerial declaration presented at the 19th Regional Seminar for Labour-Based Practioners

17 African Ministers and Representatives recognize infrastructure is key for inclusive economic and social development, stressing the need to benefit youth, women, and people with disabilities from construction activities.

ILO creates infrastructure jobs in earthquake-hit Syrian city

An employment-intensive project creates decent jobs for community members affected by the earthquakes in the Syrian city of Aleppo, while rehabilitating infrastructure in damaged neighbourhoods.

Second meeting of the Policy Working Group (PWG) in Egypt

Employment-intensive Investment Project phase VI

Signing of Implementation Agreement between the ILO-EIIP-KfW Project and the Ministry of Agriculture in Jordan

ILO in Jordan signs a new Implementation agreement with Ministry of Agriculture in Jordan for the afforestation of 1,750 dunums (175 Ha) in 4 Governorates namely Irbid, Jerash, Ajloun an Al Balqa.

STRENGTHEN2

STRENGTHEN2 reinforces employment impact assessment capacity for national stakeholders and international partners in Namibia

Crisis Response

ILO focuses on job creation in Türkiye’s earthquake-hit region

In the wake of the earthquakes that hit Türkiye in February 2023, the ILO is focussing on creating new employment opportunities, promoting decent jobs and skills development in the affected regions.

Crisis Response

ILO deepens its support in the earthquake-hit region in close cooperation with government and social partners

The ILO is considering strengthening further the technical support to implement decent work programmes in the recovery from the disaster caused by the earthquake.

Employment-Intensive Employment Programme

ILO promotes labour intensive methods to improve livelihoods of host and refugee communities in Ethiopia

Through an intensive training, the ILO has strengthened the capacity of road construction engineers from Ethiopia’s refugee-hosting districts to apply labour intensive methods to boost socio-economic development through infrastructural development...

Crisis response

Urgent support needed for hundreds of thousands of workers after Türkiye and Syria earthquakes

Devastating earthquakes have destroyed the jobs and businesses of hundreds of thousands of people in Türkiye and Syria. Workers and enterprises urgently need help to rebuild livelihoods and prevent poverty, informality and exploitation.

Inclusive Green Economic Growth for Jordan's Refugee and Host Communities

A new ILO project funded by the Government of Italy aims to build a sustainable and inclusive green labor market for Jordan's refugee and host communities.

Workshop aims to increase women’s participation in employment intensive works in Jordan

Gender Awareness Workshop for Ministry of Agriculture and the directorates under EIIP Project Phase VI

The EIIP project funded by German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) through the German Development Bank (KfW) was launched in Jordan in 2016 in response to the Syrian crisis and to provide support to the Jordanian...

Employment Intensive Investment Infrastructure Programme in Jordan

BMZ supports Green Jobs and Women's Participation in Jordan

The EIIP project funded by German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) through the German Development Bank (KfW) was launched in Jordan in 2016 in response to the Syrian crisis and to provide support to the Jordanian...

ILO trains engineers on its employment-intensive infrastructure recovery approach in Syria

The training took place in preparation of ILO emergency employment scheme in Aleppo, that will create decent jobs and rehabilitate destroyed infrastructure.

Response to Turkiye and Syria earthquakes

ILO assigns $3.6 million of direct support to workers affected by the Türkiye and Syria earthquakes

The ILO announced the allocation at a donors’ conference hosted in Brussels in support of victims of the earthquakes in the two countries.

First regional knowledge-sharing workshop on the impact of trade and investment policies on productive and decent employment in the...

Ahead of emergency employment scheme, ILO trains engineers in Syria on Occupational Safety and Health in earthquake response

Building the capacities of engineers is part of broader efforts to promote a safe working environment for workers involved in the earthquake response and recovery operations, as the ILO prepares to implement an emergency employment scheme in the...