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Child labour

Lebanon seeks to adopt code of conduct and coordination mechanism to address working street children

Lebanon’s Internal Security Forces, non-governmental organizations, Ministries of Labour and of Social Affairs organizations have developed a draft code of conduct and coordination mechanism to facilitate better coordination and methodologies to...

Promoting decent work for Syrians: The ILO experience

Turkey has become a major refugee-hosting country after an unpredicted increase in the displacement of Syrian refugees since 2011. In order to mitigate the impact of the refugee crisis, the focus is increasingly shifting toward livelihood support...

Syrian refugee crisis

ILO and public works ministry in Jordan sign agreement to expand formal employment programme for refugees and host community members.

The agreement signed by the ILO and the Ministry of Public Works and Housing in Jordan aims to expand formal employment through employment-intensive public construction project in governorates most affected by the influx of Syrian refugees.

Spotlight Interviews with Cooperators

Cooperative housing for refugees in Greece

“Spotlight Interviews with Cooperators" is a series of interviews with cooperative leaders from around the world with whom ILO officials have crossed paths during the course of their work with cooperatives. For this issue, ILO interviewed Ms Polina...

Employment promotion

ILO launches first academy on decent work in fragile and conflict-affected states

ILO Regional Office for Arab States and the ILO International Training Centre in Turin have launched the first international academy to promote decent work in fragile and conflict-affected states.

Our impact, their stories

Better skills and more formal employment for Syrian refugees

A new ILO project supporting the objectives of the London Syria conference aims to build skills and formalize employment status among Syrian refugees in Jordan’s construction and agricultural sectors, and improve job prospects for Jordanians in...

Cooperative response to migrant and refugee situations

Jordan bazar promotes self-employed Jordanian and Syrian women

Three-day event brings together Jordanian and Syrian women to showcase homemade products and explore ways to develop their businesses.

ILO and partners launch first community centres in Lebanon to combat child labour

ILO Regional Office for Arab States, Lebanon’s Ministry of Labour and Beyond Association have launched the first phase of an initiative to establish community centres to combat child labour in Lebanon as part of the implementation of the National...

Syrian Refugees and Labour Market

ILO Turkey office provides skills training for 1,330 Syrian refugees and Turkish citizens

A national plan and new investments needed to respond to the growing number of refugees, ILO Country Director says.

71th UN General Assembly

Statement of ILO's Deputy Director-General Gilbert Houngbo at the UN Summit for Refugees and Migrants

Child labour

Norway funds new ILO project to combat child labour in Lebanon

A new Norwegian-funded ILO project will work to withdraw hundreds of Lebanese and Syrian children from hazardous working conditions and protect thousands of others from engaging in especially the worst forms of child labour.

Employment Creation through Rehabilitation of Xannaano Road

The transport infrastructure, which is vital for Somalia’s economic and social development, is in poor state. The inadequate road infrastructure in the country is a key constraint on the population’s access to social services, such as education and...

Child labour doubles in Jordan since 2007 – Survey

The 2016 National Child Labour Survey finds that child labour remains a matter of grave concern with a significant number of children employed in potentially hazardous jobs.

Syrian refugees and Jordanian host communities set to benefit from German-funded ILO jobs and infrastructure project

The German Government through its Development Bank (KfW) is funding an ILO Employment Intensive Investment Programme aimed at creating short-term jobs for thousands of Syrian refugees and members of their Jordanian host communities, while improving...

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Refugee crisis: Child Labour in agriculture on the rise in Lebanon

Host to hundreds of thousands of refugees who have fled the war in neighbouring Syria, Lebanon has witnessed a rise in child labour in recent years, largely in the hazardous agricultural sector.

Inter-agency partnerships

UNHCR and ILO sign new agreement to help displaced people find work

Agencies expand collaboration to find long-term solutions for refugees and others displaced by conflict and persecution.

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Helping Syrian refugees formalize their work status through cooperatives

The ILO is working with agricultural cooperatives to help Syrian refugees obtain work permits during a three-month grace period announced by the government of Jordan, in a further step to improve access of Syrian refugees to the formal labour market.

World Humanitarian Summit 2016

Event highlights decent work in addressing Syrian refugee crisis

A high-level ILO side event held in Istanbul underlines the role of decent work in addressing the Syrian refugee crisis.

Ayan Ahmed: An opportunity to employment through vocational skills training

Ayan Ahmed Hassan is one of the vocational skills training beneficiaries who did tailoring under the “Promoting Durable Solutions and Livelihoods support for IDPs in Galkayo” project.