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ILO report highlights Jordanian labour market challenges

Report looks at three competing groups in Jordan’s strained labour market - Jordanians, migrants and Syrian refugees – and possible solutions to resulting political challenges.

106th International Labour Conference

ILO adopts new Recommendation on Employment and Decent Work for Peace and Resilience

World Day against Child Labour 2017

"In conflicts and disasters, protect children from child labour"

“Children in areas affected by conflict and disasters are among the most vulnerable. No child must be left behind,” says ILO Director-General Guy Ryder in his statement for World Day Against Child Labour.

Reflecting on the relevance of cooperatives to the topics of discussion at the 106th ILC

On the second day of the 106th International Labour Conference, the COOP Unit was invited to make a presentation to the African government group on the relevance of cooperatives and other social and solidarity economy enterprises with regard to the...

ILO assists Jordan to update its quarterly employment and unemployment survey in accordance with International Standards

The Government of Jordan has adopted a new methodology for surveying employment and unemployment that takes into account the changes that have occurred in the labour market, which now includes large numbers of non-Jordanians.

World Refugee Day

Syrian and Jordanian women find sweet success in training and employment project

Flexible working hours are among the measures that can help boost employment of Syrian and Jordanian women in the sweets-making industry in Jordan.

Netherlands funds ILO project to promote decent jobs among Syrian refugees and host communities in Jordan’s manufacturing sector

The project will assist manufacturing companies export, expand and create jobs under the new EU-Jordan trade agreement.

ILO response to Syria refugee crisis

ILO online learning programme introduces Syrian refugees to their workplace rights in Jordan

The programme is part of on-going efforts by the ILO to help formalize the work of Syrian refugees in Jordan.

Ministry of Labour, EU and ILO start cooperation to boost job matchmaking services under EU trade scheme and promote decent working...

ILO’s Guy Ryder: Syria refugees need our help – but so do the communities hosting them

Over six years into the Syria conflict, Syrian refugees in Lebanon and the local communities hosting them are finding it difficult to cope with the dire economic and labour market challenges brought about by the influx of vast numbers of refugees....

Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region Conference

ILO launches “Jobs Make the Difference” report

The ILO, in partnership with UNDP and WFP, launches a report which focuses on expanding economic opportunities for Syrian Refugees and host Communities in Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and Turkey.

ILO Director-General Guy Ryder meets Lebanese President Michel Aoun

The meeting was held at the presidential Baabda Palace in the capital Beirut, during Ryder’s first official visit to Lebanon

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ILO Chief Guy Ryder to discuss labour issues with Lebanese host communities and Syria refugees, ahead of signature of MOU with Lebanon

Following the visit, which will also encompass a visit to a community centre for the rehabilitation of child labourers, and the location of a new labour-intensive infrastructure-building project, the ILO, Ministry of Labour and social partners will...

Employment and Decent Work for peace and resilience

ILO revises the Recommendation concerning Employment Organisation in the Transition from War to Peace

Their stories, our impact

Basmadi can laugh now, surviving the disaster with bike repair business

The eruption of Mt. Sinabung has changed the life of Basmadi Kapri Peranginangin. The disaster has ruined his village and livelihoods, but he has now risen with new hopes and dreams with his new business.

Syrian Refugees and Investment

Investors from Şanlıurfa and Syria Join Forces for Employment

Spotlight Interviews with Cooperators

A social enterprise creating job opportunities for migrants and disadvantaged persons in Berlin

"Spotlight Interviews with Cooperators" is a series of interviews with leaders of cooperatives and social and solidarity economy enterprises (SSEEs) from around the world with whom ILO officials have crossed paths during the course of their work...

ILO donors visit refugee response frontline in Jordan

Donors examine outcomes of ILO employment programmes for Syrian refugees and Jordanians.

ILO response to Syria refugee crisis

Certificates for Jordanians and Syrians signal important step in response to Syria refugee crisis

Certificates awarded to participants for completing ILO-supported programme designed to boost job prospects for refugees and host communities in construction sector.

Syrian refugees

ILO’s Ruba Jaradat: We must create decent jobs, not any jobs, for Syrian refugees and host communities

The ILO’s Regional Director for Arab States Ruba Jaradat participated in a high-level panel on jobs and economic opportunities during the Helsinki Conference on Supporting Syrians and the Region from 23-24 January, at which the UN appealed for over...