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UNHCR and ILO to launch a joint initiative to support the urbanization and economic integration process of Malian refugees in Niger

Youth employment

Empowering Indonesian youth and refugee youth through social enterprises

As part of the ongoing livelihood skills for Indonesian youth and refugee youth, the ILO and UNHCR introduced the benefits of community-based social enterprises, supported by four social entrepreneurs.

ILO signs new agreement with the Netherlands on forced displacement response

PROSPECTS Partnership: Putting decent work at the nexus between humanitarian action and development cooperation

Norwegian Prime Minister meets Syrian refugees, ILO officials to examine impact of employment on refugees in Jordan

The meeting was part of a two-day visit to Jordan by Prime Minister of Norway Erna Solberg.

News

Refugee access to labour markets and decent work sensitization workshop

According to latest estimates, 6.8 million refugees (UNHCR, 31 August 2019) are living in Ethiopia, and 2.8 million internally displaced populations have been forced to flee their homes due to recent unrest in the country.

Sharing experience and tools on decent work for refugees

The Government of Norway and the ILO partnered to organise a panel discussion on Decent work for refugees: lessons learned and guidance for inclusive labour markets as a side event to the 3rd Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD)...

Promoting Formal Employment in Arab States (Jordan, Lebanon, and Iraq): Transition from Informal to Formal Economy

ILOITC training examines informal employment in the Arab region, in particular in the context of crisis- impacted countries such as Lebanon, Iraq and Jordan and offers a platform to discuss ways to promote formal employment and enterprises, to...

Denmark’s Minister for Development Cooperation visits ILO employment centre in refugee camp

The Minister met with Syrian job-seekers benefiting from the centre’s services.

ILO and Australia sign agreement to advance decent work in the floriculture sector in Jordan

The new partnership will support Jordanians and Syrian refugees to develop their skills and enhance their employability in the sector.

Women refugees

Success is sweet for “Determined Women” from Jordan and Syria

A group of Syrian and Jordanian women who received ILO support to set up a joint business venture producing and selling sweets and other foods, have found success.

EU Ambassador to Jordan: “Jobs are the centre of our effort to help Jordan get on a path to sustainable economic growth”

H.E. Ambassador Fontana examines impact of EU-ILO interventions to promote decent work in Jordan.

SADA Women’s Cooperative in Turkey selected for the Paris Peace Forum

Training trainers to promote cooperative development in Jordan’s agriculture sector

An ILO “training of trainers” workshop strengthens the role of cooperatives in advancing decent work for Jordanian workers and Syrian refugees in Jordan’s agricultural sector.

Better Work Jordan holds its eleventh Annual Stakeholders' Forum

Better Work Jordan’s annual forum calls for strengthened efforts to sustain progress in working conditions and building more partnerships to ensure the sustainability of compliance in the garment industry in Jordan.

Lessons learned from the ILO’s Refugee Response Programme in Turkey - Supporting livelihood opportunities for refugees and host communities

This report examines lessons learned in the ILO Turkey’s Refugee Response Programme, which supports mainly Syrian refugees, but also includes non-Syrian refugees, and host communities.

ILO supports socio-economic integration and decent work for migrants and refugees from Venezuela

At a workshop in Brussels, the ILO discussed its interventions aimed at responding to the challenge of the socio-economic integration of Venezuelans arriving in other countries of Latin America.

World Day Against Child Labour

World Day Against Child Labour sheds light on working children in Jordan’s agricultural sector

ILO Jordan holds events for children working on farms to highlight importance of education on the occasion of World Day Against Child Labour.

Promoting the inclusion of asylum-seekers and refugees in the labour market

The ILO participated in a conference organised by ETUC on the second phase of the Labour-INT project, which promotes the inclusion of asylum-seekers and refugees in the labour market through a multi-stakeholder approach.

Infrastructure and productivity in Jordan

Supporting farmers in water-scarce Jordan through ILO’s labour-intensive approach

An ILO project in Jordan supports hundreds of local farmers with the construction of rainwater cisterns to help improve infrastructure and agricultural productivity.

ILO response to Syrian refugee crisis

Advancing decent work and better living conditions for workers in Jordan’s agricultural sector

Representatives from the Kingdom of the Netherlands visit refugee farm workers being supported by ILO interventions aimed at improving working and living conditions for workers in the agricultural sector.