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ILO and CBI sign MoU to boost decent working conditions for farm workers and improve export opportunities for SMEs to foreign markets

The agreement will help enhance economic opportunities and decent work, through joint collaboration at export, farm and sectoral level.

Investing in youth employment: how the PROSPECTS Partnership aims to boost the labour market outcomes for refugees and their communities in...

ILO and Kurdistan Region of Iraq pledge to support formal employment for forcibly displaced persons and host communities

The ILO and the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq sign an agreement to support job creation through the establishment and upscaling of Ministry-run employment service centres.

New challenges, new opportunities

The socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic turned the world upside down. There is probably no worker or business in the world that has not been affected. The latest ILO estimates show that working hour losses have worsened during the first...

ILO and RDPP launch a partnership to combat worst forms of child labour in Iraq

The new partnership aims to tackle the worst forms of child labour amongst internally displaced persons, Syrian refugees and vulnerable host community members in Iraq.

COVID-19 crisis in Iraq disproportionately affects young workers and the informally employed

A new rapid assessment on the impact of COVID-19 on households and enterprises in Iraq highlights the devastating effects of the pandemic on vulnerable workers and their households and on small-scale businesses.

Syria: IV Brussels Conference

Statement by the ILO Director-General to the Brussels IV Conference supporting Syria and the region

“Let us focus on building back better with a human-centred approach with and for refugees and their host communities,” ILO Director-General Guy Ryder has said to the Brussels IV Conference on supporting the future of Syria and the region, convened...

Signing grant agreement between Italian Government and ILO supporting “Towards a more inclusive economy through immediate-job generation...

A new intervention in Jordan will provide employment and livelihood opportunities through labour-intensive approaches and business development support.

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Impact of COVID-19 on Syrian refugees, host communities and enterprises in Jordan and Lebanon

Recent assessments by the ILO highlight emerging challenges facing vulnerable workers and businesses as a result of the pandemic.

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on enterprises in Jordan

New assessment highlights significant impact of COVID-19 on enterprises and employees in Jordan.

COVID-19: Protecting workers in the workplace

ILO warns of COVID-19 migrant ‘crisis within a crisis’

Policies need to be put in place to protect stranded migrant workers and to ensure the reintegration of those who return to their home countries, says the International Labour Organization.

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ILO assesses impact of COVID-19 on migrant workers

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At Mbera refugee camp, in Mauritania, the ILO is training young people in building trades

At the hands-on construction training site of the PECOBAT project, students are building an elementary school for the camp’s children, while learning skills that will make them more employable.

World Day Against Child Labour – responding to COVID-19 in the Arab States

On the occasion of the World Day Against Child Labour, the ILO in the Arab States sheds light on key projects addressing child labour in the region, and measures taken in some countries to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Protecting is creating: Supporting vulnerable enterprises and workers is key to open new ways

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Assessing market opportunities in East Darfur and West Kordofan

In March 2020, the ILO visited West Kordofan and East Darfur to assess opportunities for local economic development.

Rapid assessment highlights impact of COVID-19 pandemic on vulnerable workers and small-scale businesses in Lebanon

The assessment examines how the crisis has affected employment and livelihoods of Lebanese nationals and Syrian refugee workers, as well as the new challenges now facing small-scale enterprises in an already fragile economy.

COVID-19 and EIIP Jordan

Distribution of ATM cards to EIIP workers in Jordan ensures salary payments are not disrupted

Efforts to support workers employed in Jordan’s EIIP ensure much-needed salaries are paid during COVID-19 lockdown.

COVID-19: Supporting enterprises, jobs and incomes

Helping the “double casualties” of COVID-19

The spread of COVID-19 in fragile states riven by conflict and political insecurity, is turning millions of vulnerable people into double casualties of the pandemic.

ILO and Fafo launch rapid impact assessment of COVID-19 on workers in Jordan

The assessment highlights the vulnerabilities of informally employed workers, including Syrian refugees, during lockdown.