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Photo Essay – Empowering Lebanon's youth

Empowering women through fashion and hygiene: The Nouara Initiative

Social entrepreneurs in Lebanon successfully grew their businesses through EMDAD, an ILO PROSPECTS-led initiative that offered financial support, personalized coaching, technical training, and networking opportunities, boosting their community and...

Photo Essay – Empowering Lebanon's youth

Creating a Literary Haven: The Inspiring Story of Hadi Yahya's Bookstore

Social entrepreneurs in Lebanon successfully grew their businesses through EMDAD, an ILO PROSPECTS-led initiative that offered financial support, personalized coaching, technical training, and networking opportunities, boosting their community and...

#CoffeePeople documentary highlights hazards in coffee supply chain

Key stakeholders gathered in Brussels to watch the documentary, which stresses the importance of occupational safety and health in the coffee supply chain.

Press release

Digital innovation improves the access of dairy farmers in West Java to financial services

The ILO’s Deputy Director-General concludes her first official visit to Indonesia witnessing how digital innovation benefits dairy farmers in West Java to expand and grow their businesses through better access to financial services.

Farming in Lebanon: Aline Tannous Speaks on Hardship and Lack of Healthcare

This video is the last in a short series by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and Centre for Social Sciences Research and Action (CeSSRA) that aims to shed light on the multiple challenges agricultural workers and farmers in Lebanon face...

Video illustrates current interventions and future directions of the ILO-UNHCR “Enhancing Livelihoods for Refugee and Host Communities in...

Informal economy

Dialogue on informal sector formalization, social protection and decent work

The first tripartite plus meeting on integrated formalization brought together government, workers, employers, informal sector representatives, and key partners to extend social protection and decent work to the informal sector.

Enterprise digitalization

Bangsamoro enterprises to benefit from first Digital Transformation Centre

The ILO, Japan and the Department of Information and Communications Technology launch the Digital Transformation Centre to support enterprises in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.

Photo Essay – Empowering Lebanon's youth

Empowering women and embracing sustainability: Mavia Bakery is transforming Beirut's Culinary Scene

Social entrepreneurs in Lebanon successfully grew their businesses through EMDAD, an ILO PROSPECTS-led initiative that offered financial support, personalized coaching, technical training, and networking opportunities, boosting their community and...

Unlocking national potential: Two years of ILO Productivity Ecosystems for Decent Work

At this programme milestone, we reflect on the highlights of the past year while also offering a glimpse into what 2024 brings.

Knowledge exchange study tour in Egypt for Job Search Club stakeholders from Arab countries

The visit enabled participants from Egypt, Jordan, Iraq and Lebanon to exchange knowledge and best practices on their experience with the Job Search Club training programme by the PROSPECTS programme with funding from the Netherlands.

Photo Essay – Empowering Lebanon's youth

Sustainable and Inclusive: With ILO, Vengo redefines logistics in North Lebanon

Social entrepreneurs in Lebanon successfully grew their businesses through EMDAD, an ILO PROSPECTS-led initiative that offered financial support, personalized coaching, technical training, and networking opportunities, boosting their community and...

Brussels VIII Conference: Fostering inclusive recovery in Syria through the private sector

Stakeholders from various sectors convened on the sidelines of the Conference’s Day of Dialogue to discuss the pivotal role of the Syrian private sector in rebuilding and revitalizing the economy.

ILO concludes Recognition of Prior Learning programme in collaboration with the Vocational Training Corporation in Jordan

With ILO’s support refugee brothers build their dream business in Egypt

By providing access to business development training and financial support, the ILO PROSPECTS programme in Egypt supported Mustafa and Muqueem, Syrian brothers and refugees in Egypt to start their own business and even generate employment.

Photo Essay – Empowering Lebanon's youth

Zero Waste Community: Transforming Lebanon's Garbage Crisis into Opportunity

Social entrepreneurs in Lebanon successfully grew their businesses through EMDAD, an ILO PROSPECTS-led initiative that offered financial support, personalized coaching, technical training, and networking opportunities, boosting their community and...

Start and improve your business

ILO extends capacity building support to business development service providers in Ethiopia

A new batch of trainers were trained in ILO’s Start and Improve Your Business (SIYB) programme to improve self-reliance of host and refugee community entrepreneurs.

SCORE Training

ILO promotes climate action: Global SCORE4Climate workshop enhances national trainers' capacities

In response to the growing demand from the Global SCORE Trainer Network, ILO SCORE Programme organized a second workshop focused on improving resource efficiency and circularity among small and medium enterprises to optimize their business...

Prospects to achieve decent work in cocoa supply chain

In a closing address to the 5th World Cocoa Conference, the ILO addressed challenges and opportunities to make the cocoa supply chain more sustainable, based on its decent work approach.

Business competition for hospitality and tourism sector in Timor-Leste

We are partnering with HOTL Association to organize the business competition for hospitality and tourism sector in Timor-Leste. This is part of the joint initiative with ACT/EMP on “Supporting the Hospitality and Tourism Sector in Timor-Leste...